India
about
With Buzz Women in India we create a space for women to learn and grow together, since 2012. We do this with our mobile schools that drive into villages to provide training. We work on ‘Self-Shakti’, which means inner-strength, and on how to apply this in daily life. Through local Beehives, women groups, a permanent learning system is established in every village.
Self
Shakti
The Self Shakti is two half a day session for all women who are members of SHGs in a village, whom we reach with our mobile classrooms.
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Covers the basics of enterprise, family budgeting, assets and liabilities, financial goal setting, loan management and building relationships.
Spoorthi
Fellowship
The Inspiration Fellowship is a six month training for Anchor Women—the Volunteer leader selected by the Self Shakti training group who collectivise as Buzz Beehives in their village.
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Covers leadership skills, confidence building, communication, community building, problem-solving and taking ownership.
Buzz
Vyapaar
The Buzz Vyapaar training for both existing women entrepreneurs and women who want to start generating income.
Covers ideation of a business model, financial access, incubation of enterprises, and provision of skills and mentorship.
Buzz
Green
The Buzz Green Program on three levels: climate change awareness, close to home climate action and eco-preneurship.
Covers awareness, sustainability and management of natural resources, climate smart technology and living-practices, agricultural sustainability, and food security.
flagship programs
We currently have programs rolled out in the following places:
Tumkur, Kolar, Chitradurga, Chikkaballapur, Ramanagara, Bangalore Rural, Hassan, Chamrajnagara, Mysore, Davangere, and Mandya.
meet
the team
A word from our Chief Changemaker in India
Uthara Narayanan
What did you do before Buzz?
Working in an NGO.
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Why did you start working at Buzz?
To explore the answer to the question "how do people come out of poverty?"
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What do you do on a daily basis during your work?
Build relationships with outside stakeholders, keep up the teams motivation and give strategic direction to functions in head office.
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What do you like most about working at Buzz?
The positive changes that women experience in themselves, their families and communities. My field visits are my favourite times since I get to interact with the women. They have so much to teach.
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What is your dream with Buzz?
See the communities become full of independent thinkers who believe in their own power.
Uthara Narayanan
Co-founder and Chief Changemaker
Sharada K
Head of Finance
Venkatesha GS
Senior Operations Manager
Jyothi MS
Head of IT
Lekha J
Buzz Vyapar (Business) Manager
Suresha B
Operations Manager, Chikkaballapura & Bangalore Rural
Nagabushana
Operations Manager, Chitradurga
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Vaibhav Gothe
Operations Manager,
Hassan
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Balakrishna HR
Operations Manager, Mandya
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Chethan
Operations Manager, Chamrajnagara
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Kempanna MS
Operations Manager,
Tumkur
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advisors
Buzz Women India is actively supported by the following people. We are proud to call them Buzz advisors and ambassadors:
Suresh K Krishna
Chairman Board & Co-Founder
Padmaja
Trustee
Shweta Taneja
Advisor
Thejesh GN
Advisor
Gayatri Sriram
Advisor
Prof. Sourav Mukherji
Advisor
Madhur Singh
Advisor
partners
Buzz Women supports thousands of women and their families around the world—but we don’t carry out our mission alone. These partners make it possible for us to do what we do every day.
Present Partners
Partners who have supported us
"After the first session of the training, I learnt about book-keeping. And soon I realised that my family was spending around 4,000 rupees on unnecessary things. Saving or investing this money properly would be a smarter alternative. I soon began to take loans from banks instead of relying on private/local money-lenders. Educating my children is important to me, and I had to take loans for the same. So, I keep an eye out for the interest rates and check where the interests are low. I often have people ask me where they should borrow money as well. I also started looking at schemes that allowed me to save on the interest. We are not leveraging our gold for money anymore. I am grateful to Buzz Women for their training."
