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{{Infobox non-profit
| name = (DICCI)
| motto = Be Job Givers – Not Job Seekers
| founder = [[Milind Kamble]]
| type = [[Chamber of commerce]]
| members = 3,000+
| founded = {{Start date and age|2005}}
| mission = To motivate Dalit youth to enter the business & industry sector as entrepreneurs and to carve their own niche; To encourage them to contribute to the nation's economy through wealth creation and to spread the spirit of enterprise to other fellow members.
| homepage = {{URL|http://www.dicci.in/}}
}}
The '''Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry''' ('''DICCI''') is an [[India]]n association that promotes business enterprises for [[Dalits]].<ref name="Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry - About DCCI">{{cite web |url=http://www.dicci.org/about.html |title=About DCCI |publisher=Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry |access-date=25 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131123102709/http://www.dicci.org/about.html |archive-date=23 November 2013 }}</ref>
It was founded in 2005 by [[Milind Kamble]].<ref name="ToI - 12 December 2013 - Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry to open Chennai chapter">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Dalit-Indian-Chamber-of-Commerce-and-Industry-to-open-Chennai-chapter/articleshow/27233282.cms|title=Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry to open Chennai chapter|last=Ramalingam|first=Arpana|date=12 December 2013|work=[[The Times of India]]|publisher=[[The Times Group]]|access-date=25 January 2014}}</ref> Some of the key members of DICCI are [[Kalpana Saroj]], [[Chandra Bhan Prasad]] and [[Rajesh Saraiya]].

==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.<ref>http://www.diccismeportal.in/</ref> The organization is headquartered in [[Pune]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thestatesman.com/news/bengal/dicci-seeks-policy-for-sc-st-smes-in-wb/115698.html|title = DICCI seeks policy for SC/ST SMEs in WB|date = 10 January 2016}}</ref>

==Activities==
* In 2013, DICCI announced to float {{INR|500 crore}} venture capital fund to promote [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|SC/ST]] entrepreneurs. [[SIDBI]] became first investor in the fund by announcing Rs 10 crore.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-06-04/news/39740639_1_dicci-crore-venture-capital-fund-dalit-indian-chamber|title = Business News Today: Read Latest Business news, India Business News Live, Share Market & Economy News}}</ref>
* In February 2015, Telangana CM [[Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao]] announced one acre of land in [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]] and {{INR|5 crore}} financial assistance for setting up of a Dalit entrepreneur incubation centre.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/telangana-govt-to-give-1-acre-rs5-cr-for-dalit-entrepreneur-incubation-centre/article6891795.ece|title = TS govt. Extends hand to Dalit entrepreneurs|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 13 February 2015|last1 = Kumar|first1 = N. Ravi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-01-20/news/58268087_1_dicci-dalit-indian-chamber-dalit-entrepreneurs|title = Business News Today: Read Latest Business news, India Business News Live, Share Market & Economy News}}</ref>

== See also ==
*[[Dalit businesses]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.dicci.org/]
*[http://www.diccismeportal.in/]

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