Santhe is the first of its kind SHG/Artisan profiling platform and mobile application offering them a digital identity to showcase their products, thus increasing their visibility and value.

The app lets you discover the nearest SHGs/Artisans and their products and approach them.

Features:
• View products and profile of SHG/Artisans
• Discover nearby SHG/Artisans
• Verified SHGs/Artisans from Karnataka only
• Contact SHG/Artisans
• Multilingual Access – English and Kannada
• View Blogs
• Discover Recently Added and Popular Products
• Search Products by their local name
• Get live updates

Background of Project:

Technological advancements have made it possible for the micro enterprises that belong to SHGs/artisan to have the same opportunities in reaching out to the international market as the medium enterprises. Given the right ecosystem, support, policies and regulatory environment, the micro enterprises could have the same opportunities as the small and medium enterprises. However, there are certain barriers such as lack of a consolidated data base of all the SHGs/artisan and their products in the state of Karnataka and lack of connectivity of SHGs/artisan to online platforms to showcase their products.

This COVID-19 situation has provided an impetus to accelerate the need for SHGs/artisan to be part of the digital economy and have a digital identity. Given the scale of the COVID-19 crisis in India, the focus on enabling digital inclusion of SHGs/artisan is one of the critical strategies to support their economic recovery and to maximise its digital potential to accelerate transactions from SHGs/artisan through digital platforms and compete effectively in the increasingly digitised and integrated economy.

With this application, UNDP and Government of Karnataka are providing digital visibility, business connections and increased value for products of SGH’s/artisan in Karnataka.