CENTRE MANAGER

Meenakshi Farakte

ROLE:

Centre Manager

DISTRICT:

Mohal Kaloni, Bamori · Guna, Madhya Pradesh

ENTERPRISE:

Enterprise: Unnat Agro-Processing Unit, Bamori | District: Guna, Madhya Pradesh | Education: Schooled to 10th standard

With an education up to the 10th standard, Meenakshi worked as a labourer for ₹100 a day. Together with her husband’s farming income, it was barely enough for a family of four — and she remained almost entirely dependent on them. She could only afford to send her son to college, while her daughter’s education had to wait.

---- Meenakshi Farakte

From a ₹100-a-day labourer to the manager running an entire agro-processing centre — and winning over sceptical vendors.

01

The Starting Point

In the beginning the vendors would not even let me stand in front of the shops… now they greet me with a smile, offer me a seat and bring refreshments while discussing their next order.

02

The climb

Her transformation came in stages: a cook in the Mid-Day Meal Scheme, an SHG loan to buy cows and sell milk, then a seamstress in a garment factory who earned a promotion to Supervisor at ₹9,000 a month. In 2024 she heard about an opportunity at the Unnat agro-processing enterprise. Hesitant at first, she applied — and became Centre Manager for the Bamori unit.

03

the aCTUAL SITUATION

Meenakshi runs the centre’s entire operation — strengthening market linkages, maintaining retailer relationships, securing raw materials and leading her team. She had to confront a society sceptical of women entrepreneurs, and changed their minds through sheer determination. Her monthly revenue has reached ₹17,000. She now fully supports her family — and is sending her daughter for a postgraduate education too.

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