Objective:

To map 650 high growth Villages in 7 districts of North Karnataka & Register Micro Entrepreneurs.
Using this data Scimergent can apply its analytics and predict potential villages & potential customer
in the future.
Outcome:
The target was to map 650 Villages in 7 districts out of which we have mapped below,
District Target Actual No of MER
BAGALKOT 93 71 662
BELGAUM 227 161 1494
BELLARY 138 131 1348
DHARWAD 26 26 199
GADAG 11 7 53
KOPPAL 69 66 771
RAICHUR 86 68 671
Grand Total 650 530 5198


Approach:
I have approached around 20 colleges through phone. Finally i got appointment in 10 colleges, then
i went there & given a corporate presentation, i have choose 3 best colleges from this list & i have
hired around 15 interns from these colleges.
Later on i have trained all 15 interns in the class room as well as in the field. Then I have assigned
them into different locations. Then i did around 40% of the data auditing to ensure maximum
quality.
Challenges
I have recruited around 4 members but after getting training they left the co. due to lack of
travelling.
Then i continued with VM alone. During my village Visit i have found one a guy called Mahesh, After
that i has tested him around 8 days in the field, I have found that he is good for doing VM. Then i
have hired him, after that he started VM in Koppal district itself. Then he referred his friend called
Ravichandra for in Bellary location. Here also i have tested him on the field. Then i have hired him.

Recruitment:
Here i have hired 4 employees in the beginning but, due to lack of travelling they have left
the co. they have worked only 2 to 3 days in the field.
We have hired some MBA guys they also left the co. because of standard of working.
Non- availability of Interns.
Some areas we dont have any colleges to Approach/hiring interns.
Thats why i could not do even single VM in 7 talluka.
Travelling & staying facility.
Many employees are left the co. due to lack of travelling, also 2 employees worked with us
because we have given them staying facility in all the places. But finally, due lack of
motivation they are also left the co..
Learnings
- I did 60 VM in Koppal district to understand the each & every questions & understanding the
level of people response in the field.
- Motivation is very important. Especially for freshers.
- We should not hire MBA guys for data collection.
- If you want to put pressure put indirectly, dont put pressure directly.
- Speak nice with all employees.
- I have understood that usually lower level people are giving more preference to salary, so
we need to give them salary on time.
- Even interns are also giving more preference to get Stipend & Project Certificate, so here we
need to check their data very carefully.