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'''Kamal Kumbhar''' is an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[Social entrepreneurship|social entrepreneur]], “[[Entrepreneurship|serial entrepreneur]]”. She is the founder of Kamal Poultry and Ekta Producer Company.<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Kamal Kumbhar was born in [[Osmanabad]], Maharashtra to a daily-wage labourer. She lived in [[poverty]] and grew up without access to education. She married at a young age and after that failed, she was financially vulnerable.<br />
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== Career ==<br />
Kumbhar joined women's [[Self-help group (finance)|self-help groups]] and started a small business selling [[bangle]]s from an investment of 500 INR. Two years later, she was leading a women's federation in [[Maharashtra]].<br />
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She started Kamal Poultry and Ekta Producer Company in 1998 with no knowledge of business or marketing, with an investment of Rs 2,000. The company sells about Rs 1 lakh every month. She has [[Mentorship|mentored]] more than 5,000 women from her state to set up similar enterprises and become [[Self-sustainability|self-sufficient]].<br />
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In 2012, she became a [[Sustainable energy|clean energy]] entrepreneur and lit up over 3000 homes with [[Solar power|solar-powered]] devices, after training as an “Energy Sakhi” in SSP ’s “women in clean energy program”, which trained over 1100 women across Maharashtra and [[Bihar]]. She owns six business ventures earning the [[Nickname|moniker]] “serial entrepreneur”. She owns a range of [[Agriculture in India|agriculture-allied]] businesses.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/serial-entrepreneur-her-ventures-have-enabled-3000-women-in-the-drought-prone-region-of-osmanabad-to-be-financially-independent/1102551/|title=Serial entrepreneur: Her ventures have enabled 3,000 women in the drought-prone region of Osmanabad to be financially independent|date=18 March 2018|publisher=}}</ref><ref>https://www.sspindia.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Profile-of-Kamal-Kumbhar-Serial-Entrepreneur.pdf</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2018/05/hatching-a-thousand-enterprises/|title=Kamal Walked Out Of Poverty And A Failed Marriage To Set Up 6 Business Ventures|date=30 May 2018|publisher=}}</ref><br />
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== Awards ==<br />
* CII Foundation's Woman Exemplar award from President [[Pranab Mukherjee]]<br />
* Women Transforming India Award, 2017, organized by [[United Nations]] and NITI Aayog.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://in.one.un.org/women-transforming-india-2017/|title=Women Transforming India 2017|website=United Nations India}}</ref><br />
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