Students offer helping hand to India

Business School students on a passage to India.


Exeter students have travelled to India to teach life-changing business skills to the Gujurati people of Mithapur.

The 14 Business School students, members of the Exeter Enactus group, aimed to help the villagers of Mithapur create a sustainable business, using £3,800 raised themselves with an additional £3,000 grant from the Business School.

The group spent two weeks teaching confidence building and idea generation skills to 72 people, offering the basic principles of business advice. As a result, 16 ideas were presented to the Enactus students. 15 ideas, ranging from button making to fast food businesses, were put through and given funding to be set up.

Neha Agarwalla, one of the team leaders, said: “The money we raised both from the Business School and from donors in India has enabled us to achieve a fantastic result. It was a powerful learning experience for the whole team and one which we’ll never forget.”