The State Level Selection Committee under the
Chairmanship of Commissioner for Cooperation and Registrar of Cooperative
Societies, Govt. of Maharashtra selected Annapurna Mahila Coop Credit Society
Ltd, Warje, Pune for Cooperative Excellence Award – first prize in Women
Cooperative category.
The award ceremony was held on 4th January 2019 at
NCDC Pune premises and the award was presented to Annapurna by Mr.Satish Soni,
the State Commissioner for Cooperation.
The award comprised of a cheque for Rs.25,000, citation and a
certificate. On this occasion Ms.Ujwala
Waghole, Annapurna’s Microfinance Head spoke about the various initiatives
taken up by Annapurna for women empowerment like loans, savings, insurance,
pension and chain of day care centers for slum children during the last 25
years. She also drew attention to the
fact that Annapurna has successfully inculcated financial discipline into its
members and these poor women have never defaulted on loan repayments.
The award was accepted on behalf of Annapurna by
Ms.Ujwala Waghole – MF Head, Ms.Sujata Bhat - Finance Manager, Ms.Varsha
Gaikwad and Ms.Reshma Tamboli – both of whom are Community Representatives and
successful micro entrepreneurs.
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