About Mavim

Mahila Arthik Vikas Mahamandal is known as MAVIM and it is the State Womens Development Corporation of Government of Maharashtra, established on the 24th February, � 1975 on the occasion of International Women’s year. Her Excellency Hon. � Pratibhatai � Patil, Ex.President of India, was the first Chairperson of MAVIM.

MAVIM� has been declared as a Nodal Agency by Government of Maharashtra � on 20th January 2003 to implement various Women Empowerment Programme through Self Help Groups ( SHGs). � The headquarter of MAVIM is based at Mumbai and MAVIM has offices at every district� to implement� developmental schemes in � rural areas. � It is comprises� of� four professional officers, support staff and sahayoginis who act as a field workers in the field .� Each sahayogini works with50-60 SHGs covering around 10 villages. She is responsible to provide the basic capacity building training inputs to SHG members depending upon their age and level of maturity � and � also � nurture them qualitatively. It is registered under Companies Act 1956 (Section 25 C) as not for profit Company.

MAVIM has covered 13000 villages of Maharashtra. As on May 2010 , 53929 SHGs have been formed and seven lakhs women have been mobilized.