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.