The Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DICCI) is an Indian association that promotes business enterprises for
Dalits
Dalit (from sa, दलित, dalita meaning "broken/scattered"), also previously known as untouchable, is the lowest stratum of the castes in India. Dalits were excluded from the four-fold varna system of Hinduism and were seen as forming ...
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It was founded in 2005 by Milind Kamble. Some of the key members of DICCI are
Kalpana Saroj
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Described as the original " Slumdog Millionaire", she bought the distressed assets of Kamani Tubes Company and successful ...
,
Chandra Bhan Prasad
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Organization
DICCI has 29 state chapters and 7 international chapters. Members of DICCI come from diverse range of manufacturing, services and construction sectors. It organizes trade fairs and training camps among other things, and carries out promotional activities for the Dalit MSMEs. The organization is headquartered in
Pune
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Activities
* In 2013, DICCI announced to float venture capital fund to promote SC/ST entrepreneurs. SIDBI became first investor in the fund by announcing Rs 10 crore.
* In February 2015, Telangana CM
Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao
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announced one acre of land in
Hyderabad
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and financial assistance for setting up of a Dalit entrepreneur incubation centre.