Our Training Programs

• Program	Focus	Duration
  CREAM* (Full program)	What is a business Finance, sales, marketing, operations, strategy Diagnosing and solving business problems	36 days over 6 months
  Functional CREAM*: Sales & Marketing	Financial management basics Sales (planning, metrics) Marketing (customer segments, product decisions, pricing, promotion) Impact of sales and marketing decisions on financials	10 days over 2 months
  Functional CREAM*: Operations	Production and operations (planning, inventory management, quality mgmt.) Impact of production and operations decisions on financials	10 days over 2 months
  Functional CREAM*: Financial Management	P&L, break-even, working capital, fixed and variable costs Sound management of financials Understanding impact of business decisions on financials	10 days over 2 months
  Project Management	Project management as it relates to managing businesses	16 days over 4 months
  Business Viability	Understanding business viability Diagnosing problems of the business	10 days over 2 months
  Responsibilities of Board Members	Understanding responsibilities of a cooperative board and the business concepts needed to carry out those responsibilities	10 days over 2 months
  TEAM	Application oriented teaching of Business Concepts Covers concepts from CREAM	22 days in 4 months
  Train-The-Trainer: CREAM for NRLM	CREAM (Full Program) Teaching TEAM	36 days in 6 months
  TEAM Condensed	Application oriented teaching of Business Concepts	10 days in 1 month
  ADEPT	Conceptual training for using Business Planning Tools	22 days in 3 months

  * CREAM - Certificate in Rural Enterprise Administration and Management
  * TEAM - Training in Rural Enterprise Administration and Management
  * ADEPT - Application Driven Enterprise Planning Toolkit

• Client	Type of Program	Language	Year
  TC GramSiri	Business Plan preparation	Telugu	2013
  NRLM Bihar	Train-The-Trainer NRLM Version of CREAM	Hindi	2013
  TC Milita Coop	Business Plan preparation	Telegu	2013
  NRLM Jharkhand	Train-The-Trainer NRLM Version of CREAM	Hindi	2013
  KS-NRO Refresher	Refresher Course	English	2013
  Kudumbashree CREAM	Train-The-Trainer NRLM Version of CREAM	Malayalam	2013
  NRLM Karnataka CREAM	Train-The-Trainer NRLM Version of CREAM	Kannada	2014
  Refresher for Kudumbashree mentor MEC	Refresher Course	Malayalam	2014
  NRLM Maharashtra CREAM	Train-The-Trainer NRLM Version of CREAM	Marathi	2015
  Refresher for KS-NRO MEC	Refresher Course	Malayalam	2015
  NRLM Gujarat CREAM	Train-The-Trainer NRLM Version of CREAM	Gujarati	2015
  Session for Timbaktu Organic Directors	Decision Making for Producer Cooperatives	Telegu	2016
  NRLM Jharkhand, MEC Refresher, Ranchi	Refresher Course	Hindi	2016
  NRLM Rajasthan, ToT	Field application version of TEAM	Hindi	2016
  NRLM Jharkhand	Train-The-Trainer NRLM Version of CREAM	Hindi	2016
  Srijan CREAM	Full Version of CREAM	English	2018
  AzRIP Business Development Training	Overview of Business and Financial Statements	English	2018
  AzRIP Azerbaijan	Overview of business and Financial Statements	English	2018
  ADEPT	Enterprise Planning Tools	Malayalam	2019
  Kudumbashree NRO NRETP	NRETP Business Groeth Training	Hindi	2020
  Tamil Nadu Rural Transformation Program (TNRTP)	NRETP OSF Toolkit	English	2021

• All course material used by TREE Society has been developed by faculty members with extensive business experience.
  Teaching pedagogy and hence content creation focused on three aspects:

  1) Relevance and appropriateness for the audience... Study of rural enterprises and producer companies to understand typical problems Use of concepts and case studies which are directly relevant to a small business, excluding content relevant to large companies Classes held in bilingual manner; all content in local language Sessions held 5 days a month to enable participants to continue working Incorporating participants own businesses into the discussions

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  2) Retention of business topics covered... Concepts are taught through the use of examples and exercises Every concept is illustrated through simple small-business situations (case study) Every concept involves reiteration of the key points and questions for discussion In-class exercises -- individual and in groups Faculty available in the evenings for further Q&A “Most training sessions have three hours of narration and 15 minutes of thinking. Here (in CREAM) there is 15 minutes of narration and we have to think for three hours.”

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  3) Application of business topics covered to real-life businesses... Throughout the course, students apply concepts to their own or alternate business through a project that extends throughout the program At the end of each module, they are given a list of questions to help them analyze their business at increasing levels of detail After the last module they use the detailed analysis to create a business plan. This plan is then reviewed by faculty Post-training, there are scheduled check-points (typically 6 months after end of training), where students meet the faculty to discuss issues in understanding or application Once the material was developed, it went through several rounds of revisions and corrections. Firstly, content for each module was reviewed in detail by the faculty of all other modules to ensure internal consistency and application across modules. After the delivery of the first pilot, the content was improved based on feedback from participants and organizational leaders. Subsequently, the content was reviewed in detail by Prof. R. Rajagopalan, who, during a long and illustrious career, has been a senior professor at IRMA (Institute of Rural Management, Anand) for 15 years. We continuously improve and update the content to incorporate relevant local examples and feedback from participants.