Jammu and Kashmir, India

In order to boost the talent of young entrepreneurs of the Kashmir valley, the Chamber for Commerce and Industries Kashmir (CCIK) provided an offline exhibition for the budding start-ups in the valley. 

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Around fifty start-ups were chosen by CCIK for the exhibition. Among them forty-six were businesses run by women. From calligraphy art, resin art, handmade soaps, perfumes, spices and sanitary pads, clothing labels, bags, pashmina, and home decor, it was creativity on display. 

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“As the resolution for 2024-25 of CCIK is to encourage entrepreneurship and promote start-ups, we decided to have an exhibition for young entrepreneurs. Our main focus in providing the platform for the young entrepreneurs of the valley is to give them exposure to offline selling," said Adnan Shah, Sect. General Chamber of Commerce & Industries Kashmir. 

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"These start-ups are mostly online and most of them have not had any exposure to the offline retail marketing concept. We also picked up 46 women out of a total 50 stalls to give the women entrepreneurs an edge to showcase their talents. Some of these start-ups are doing well online and for some of them, it’s time to shift to offline as well. At Chamber we always strive to help these budding entrepreneurs," Shah further said.

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The exhibition also witnessed the amazing talent of girls from the Kashmir valley.

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A girl from North Kashmir has started manufacturing pure cotton sanitary pads which are organic and skin-friendly and claim to maintain hygiene without any side effects. 

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“We have launched our products here in the exhibition for the first time. By giving us this stall, we have been given a platform to promote our sanitary napkins. We are producing these sanitary pads and manufacturing them at North Kashmir, Kupwara. A lot of ladies keep having infections and issues after using pads that have plastic and nylon in them and that’s why we got the idea to make something very skin-friendly and hygienic. We sometimes use products that we have no idea about what they are made from. That’s why I wanted to start this and it’s a request the ladies to check before buying a product,” said Sualeh Nisa, Sanitary Pad manufacturer. 

The exhibition will be held for two days and upon the response of the public, the CCIK will decide to hold many such exhibitions for the youth of the valley.