Odisha Facebook

For fostering entrepreneurship in the state, the Odisha government has forged a partnership with social networking giant Facebook to train about 25,000 MSME (micro,small and medium enterprises) and SHG (self-help group) entrepreneurs in next one year.The state government plans to organise hands-on workshops for MSME women entrepreneurs and women SHGs on 'Digital Marketing Skills' in collaboration with Facebook.The decision to this effect was taken at a meeting chaired by LN Gupta, additional chief secretary of MSME department."The primary objective of these workshops is to help skill and train MSME entrepreneurs, SHGs and artisans of Odisha to go digital and grow their business by leveraging social media", said a government source. The workshops are slated to be held at various locations that includes key places Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Balasore, Berhampur, Angul, Sambalpur, Rourkela, Rayagada, Jeypore, Puri and Keonjhar.Facebook team will teach the entrepreneurs the digital skills for ..