IIM Ranchi will study Jharkhand's tribal entrepreneurship

 IIM Ranchi will study Jharkhand's tribal entrepreneurship

The Birsa Munda Centre for Tribal Affairs will carry out the study, according to IIM Ranchi Director Deepak Kumar Srivastava in a chat with The Indian Express.

The Indian Institute of Management, Ranchi in Jharkhand will study tribal entrepreneurship there as part of its efforts to fulfil its "local responsibility." Director of IIM Ranchi Deepak Kumar Srivastava told The Indian Express that the Birsa Munda Centre for Tribal Affairs will carry out the study, with the goal of having a "real world impact" in the area of tribal entrepreneurs in Jharkhand. The Centre opened its doors in 2020.

After the research is finished, we will publish it as a book, according to Srivastava. Birsa Munda Centre for Tribal Affairs at IIM Ranchi conducts research on tribal entrepreneurship with a focus on local responsibility, hopes to have a real-world impact on the world of tribal businesses in India, and raises awareness of the size of the tribal economy in academic and policy debates.

He continued by saying that the study of tribal entrepreneurship will provide a complete picture of the businesses run by tribes in tribal territory, including both nonprofit and for-profit ventures.

According to Srivastava, "the studies will concentrate on the evolution of organisations, success stories of founded enterprises, exploring the key to success and replication, optimising minor forest products for developing new enterprises, tribal skill development, problems and opportunities in the tribal areas, and socioeconomic growth of tribes in India."

Renjith R, who comes from a tribal clan in Kerala, serves as the center's chairman. He claimed that despite the numerous issues the Jharkhand tribal group faces, he had the idea of giving the people some enduring authority. Renjith R further mentioned that the Centre has engaged in the area of tribal entrepreneurship.

"We are located among the tribal population, and the idea is that as a business school, what can we do the best about tribal entrepreneurship?" he said to The Indian Express. First, we participated in the Unnat Bharat Abhiyan and Van Dhan Vikas Yojna sponsored by Cente. We have trained Didis who are involved in Self Help Groups. We are empowering them because this would enable people to generate some form of revenue and because we are aware that the majority of the advantages from the produce produced by Jharkhand's approximately 29 percent forest cover are received by middlemen. The purpose of the study is to gain an understanding of Indian entrepreneurship that we can then apply to Jharkhand.

IIM Ranchi also plans to introduce required electives like "Tribes in India" classes, where students would also study a "local tribal language."