Arohan & Ujjivan bag the Srijan 2010 MFI Transparency Award

Arohan Financial Service Ltd. received Srijan 2010 MFI Transparency Award in the Emerging Award Category and Ujjivan received the award in the Established Award Category at the fifth annual Srijan Financial Inclusion Forum hosted by Intellecap at Taj Land`s End in Mumbai.

The award recognizes the document and publicizes practices that ensure maximum transparency for all MFI stakeholders.

Winner of Srijan 2010 MFI Transparency Award in the Established Award Category

Winner of Srijan 2010 MFI Transparency Award in the Emerging Award Category

About Arohan:

Arohan is a Sanskrit word which variously means ‘progress’, ‘journey forward’, ‘going beyond’; all of which Arohan seeks to embody. The mission of Arohan is to provide financial services to the socio-economically disadvantaged sections of society to enable them attain a better quality of life, and while doing so earn an attractive return on capital for its investors. Arohan has chosen to work in hitherto two neglected areas of microfinance in India – urban India and eastern India.

Click http://www.arohan.in/ to know more

About Ujjivan:

Ujjivan’s goal is to provide a holistic range of services to poor working women in urban and semi-urban areas to enable them to be free of poverty within five years. As on 31st August 2010, Ujjivan has disbursed over Rs. 14,265 Million to over 824,000 customers in 19 states across India and plans to expand nationally to serve 2,000,000 customers with 500 branches by 2012-13.

Click http://www.ujjivan.com/ to know more

About Srijan 2010 MFI Transparency Award:

Constituted since 2006, the Srijan Awards have injected the Indian microfinance space with much needed entrepreneurial energy and innovation. The Srijan 2010 MFI Transparency Award aims to recognize initiatives and practices within an MFI that allows it to be more transparent and eventually fairer to its clients. This award recognizes the need for MFIs to be more client-centric and transparent in its pricing, operations and practices.

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