{"id":9596,"date":"2020-07-02T12:47:30","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T08:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/?p=9596"},"modified":"2021-04-26T15:52:35","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T11:52:35","slug":"institute-for-nature-care-and-development-in-calcutta-is-building-a-marketplace-on-cs-cart-to-connect-rural-artisans-with-urban-markets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/institute-for-nature-care-and-development-in-calcutta-is-building-a-marketplace-on-cs-cart-to-connect-rural-artisans-with-urban-markets\/","title":{"rendered":"Institute for Nature Care and Development in Calcutta is Building a Marketplace on CS-Cart to Connect Rural Artisans with Urban Markets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/incd.org.in\/\" target=\"_blank\">INCD<\/a> is a non-profit organization from Calcutta, whose mission is to empower the underprivileged sections of the society, the rural areas of India. The organization\u2019s new project is a social B2B eCommerce marketplace to connect rural artisans with urban markets, shops, and government agents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Karumoti Promotional Video\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OZR1ghQB-EA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>INCD is working for the Government of India and building the marketplace by its order. Within our <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/nonprofits-and-governmental-organizations-can-now-start-a-marketplace-on-cs-cart-multi-vendor-for-free\/\" target=\"_blank\">support campaign<\/a> for non-profit and governmental organizations, we\u2019ve provided INCD with a free license for our marketplace solution <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cs-cart.com\/multivendor.html?internal_campaign=Blog&#038;internal_content=Post+Text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"CS-Cart Multi-Vendor (opens in a new tab)\">CS-Cart Multi-Vendor<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\" style=\"grid-template-columns:23% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"195\" height=\"195\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/somprakash.png?resize=195%2C195&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/somprakash.png?w=195&amp;ssl=1 195w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/somprakash.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>Somprakash Bandyopadhyay, Advisor at INCD:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>I and my research team are working on a Govt. of India funded R&amp;D project that aims to utilize the potential of social technologies in addressing problems related to marginalization and social exclusion of rural Indian artisans. For this purpose, we want to develop a web and mobile app-based marketplace that would empower rural artisans by connecting them with urban markets, government agents, trainers, investors, etc. It would not only provide market linkage, but also training opportunities to the rural artisans.<\/em><br \/><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re a non-profit or governmental organization, you create an online marketplace for free on CS-Cart Multi-Vendor. Learn how to apply in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/nonprofits-and-governmental-organizations-can-now-start-a-marketplace-on-cs-cart-multi-vendor-for-free\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">this article<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INCD is a non-profit organization from Calcutta, whose mission is to empower the underprivileged sections of the society, the rural<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31003,"featured_media":9598,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/incd-banner.jpg?fit=800%2C400&ssl=1","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9596"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31003"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}