Meghalaya
Entrepreneur
Bernadette Khongsngi, a women entrpreneur hailing from Sohra loves flowers !! Her passion for floriculture paved ways to develop vermicomposting unit to generate compost for her plants. In 2004 Bernadette along with five of her friends formed a women SHG called Kyntiewlang Women’s Group which is now engaged in cultivation of Anthurium, Leather leaf, Heliconia, Roses and Strawberry. With the profits from her sales, she has built a small showroom to house her more exotic pots and foliage plants.
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