

Enablers
A NATIONWIDE MOVEMENT
The Entrepreneur Network
When every grassroots incubation centre connects to every other — and every entrepreneur connects to every entrepreneur — something far greater than a programme emerges
In image, Udyamie Pooja Davar has a bag making unit, Devas in Madhya Pradesh
10
Partner Organisations
16 Blocks
Operational Reach
7 States
Across India
THE VISION
Picture this.
Across India, local grassroots incubation centres now exist — organisations with a defined philosophy, a basket of services, piloted batches, trained teams, and proper tracking. Each is an ecosystem builder in its own block.
And then there are the entrepreneurs — trained, coached, credit-ready, with social capital built through cohort learning. Each has grown within their local incubator.
"Now envision the power of connecting all of them — through a hub and spoke model, powered by technology, animated by shared purpose."
This network of spread-out incubation centres throughout the heartland of India, and the entrepreneurs and stakeholders they connect.
This is the Entrepreneur Network.
A super connector.
A constant buzz of people and institutions leveraging the power of a collective.
Incubation Centres
Each a trusted, capable, locally rooted institution — the spoke of the network in its own block
Entrepreneurs & Their Businesses
Nano and micro enterprises at the heart of local economies — now plugged into something far larger than their block
The Resource Centre Hub
The central backbone — tools, platforms, helplines, and real-time support flowing outward to every spoke
Ecosystem Stakeholders
Banks, government agencies, market players, and policy institutions — connected at multiple points simultaneously
THE ARCHITECTURE
A hub and spoke model at national scale.
The Entrepreneurship Resource Centre sits at the hub. Incubation centres form the spokes. Entrepreneurs sit at the tips — closest to the ground, furthest from isolation

WHAT THE NETWORK DELIVERS
A buzz of people and institutions in motion.
The Entrepreneur Network is not a static directory. It is a live system — continuously disseminating, connecting, learning, and amplifying
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Technology-Powered Helpline
Real-time guidance and troubleshooting for organisations and entrepreneurs alike. A blocked loan, a broken supply chain, a compliance question — help is one message away, wherever you are in India
02
Government Scheme Dissemination
Hundreds of schemes exist for micro enterprises — but most entrepreneurs never hear about them. The network ensures timely, effective dissemination of schemes, subsidies, and institutional products to every block
03
Policy Insights and Bite-Size Learning
Policy shifts, best practices, field learnings, and business insights — streamed through the network in formats organisations and entrepreneurs can actually use. No jargon. No barriers. Just relevant knowledge at the right moment
04
Voice of the Microentrepreneurship Sector
Together, the network represents tens of thousands of nano enterprises. That collective voice shapes policy, attracts institutional attention, and changes how this sector is seen, supported, and funded at national level
THE ULTIMATE DREAM
The sky is the limit when we move together.
An India whose happiness and well being is fuelled by these many micro and nano enterprises
10 Million Businesses
The potential scale of formalisation and incubation across India's nano enterprise sector — one block at a time
20 Million Livelihoods
Each business that grows creates jobs for others — a multiplier effect that compounds across communities and states
7,256 Blocks
India's blocks are the operational unit of change. One incubation centre per block is the goal — the network makes it replicable
Policy Influence
A network of this scale becomes the authoritative voice of the micro entrepreneurship sector — shaping how India funds its smallest businesses
Shared Knowledge Base
Every field learning, best practice, and failed experiment — captured, shared, and built upon by every organisation in this vast network
Decentralised Economy
When livelihoods are rooted in thousands of local enterprises rather than concentrated in a few cities, India's economy becomes more resilient and more just
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Since 2009, Grassroutes has created scalable, community-rooted livelihoods across India. From rural tourism to promoting entrepreneurship, our journey has evolved to build resilient livelihood ecosystems
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