About Us

Mann Deshi Udyojika Private Limited
Empowering Women. Transforming Lives.

Management Team

Vanita Shinde

Serves as the Chief Administrative Officer and the Head of the Women’s Empowerment Programme at the Mann Deshi Foundation. As part of the senior management team, she oversees the overall development, implementation and administration of Mann Deshi’s programmes, manages a staff of nearly three hundred, and monitors targets and assessments. She plays a key role in developing various partnerships, funder engagements as well as business expansion. Over 600,000 women and girls have been trained under her leadership and by 2024, she hopes to reach one million women. With a Bachelor of Commerce and a Diploma in Cooperative Management and Accountancy from Mumbai University, Vanita has a background in business and bilingual translation. She has written Mann Deshi’s flagship Financial and Digital Literacy and Deshi MBA courses. She is regularly invited to present her work and experiences nationally and internationally.

Vandana Bhosale

Is currently working as the Program Director of Mann Deshi’s Chamber of Commerce for rural entrepreneurs. A graduate in Arts from Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University and a diploma holder in Fashion Designing from SNDT University, Vandana began her journey at Mann Deshi back in 2016 when she was appointed as the coordinator for Chamber of Commerce (COC). In this capacity, she not only spearheaded setting up of COC in Nashik, Chiplun, Sangola and Latur but also participated in restructuring of COC.

The Mann Deshi Udyojika Private Limited Company was set up in 2019 to support rural women micro entrepreneurs by creating a platform for them to market and sell their products.

This company is a dream come true for the tens of thousands of women who are part of the Mann Deshi family.

Set up in 1996, Mann Deshi is dedicated to the economic empowerment of rural women. The Mann Deshi Mahila Sahakari Bank www.manndeshibank.com is our country’s first cooperative bank set up by and for rural women. It offers customised financial products for rural women and its clients are farmers, daily wage labourers, street vendors, and micro business owners.

The Mann Deshi Foundation www.manndeshifoundation.org runs Business Schools and Chambers of Commerce for Rural Women in Maharashtra, Gujarat and Karnataka and supports women to set up and run successful enterprises. It also has a Community Radio, Water Conservation Programme and a Sports for Development programme.

Mann Deshi has also facilitated a Farmer Producer Company for women farmers.

Our holistic model provides the skills, training, confidence, capital, and access to collectives, resources and markets so that rural women are empowered to make their own choices and be celebrated as equal and valuable members of their families and communities.

Together we have reached over half a million women and plan to reach one million women by 2024.