In an interview with Business Standard, Mazumdar-Shaw spells out her plans for the institution over coming years.
Cooperatives which earlier found it difficult to sell their wares have now found an online market via several e-commerce websites.
Diageo, the world's largest distiller, has been focusing on compliance at United Spirits Ltd (USL) after its acquisition of a controlling stake in India's largest spirits maker.
Ever since Diageo struck a deal to buy controlling stake in United Spirits Ltd, the two companies have pulled all stops to ensure the "dream combination" gets all the regulatory clearances.
The sale came when Mallya was trapped in a sea of debt, mainly as a result of the losses his now grounded carrier, Kingfisher Airlines, had been piling.
The move also invalidates, albeit temporarily, Mallya's repeated assurances to the court and the public of a revival plan for the carrier.
The sportswear major has picked the activity to encourage a community around it in colleges.
UB Holdings had appealed to the bench, of judges Dilip B Bhosale and B Manohar, to let it use Rs 13 crore (Rs 130 million) from a Rs 380-crore (Rs 3.8 billion) deposit to pay a month's salary to employees of the grounded airline and Rs 47 crore (Rs 470 million) to settle tax dues on capital gains made from the sale of a stake in United Spirits to London-based Diageo that got it Rs 1,460 crore (Rs 14.6 billion).
Soon after acquiring strategic management control of Vijay Mallya's crown jewel, United Spirits, Diageo has swung into action, making up for years of lost time in trying to figure out the Indian market.
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