ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE OF INDIA (EDI)

INTRODUCTION

The Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, Ahmedabad, is an autonomous non-profit institution, such as IDBI, IFCI, ICICI and SBI.

OBJECTIVES Augment the supply of trained entrepreneurs through

training. Generate oppurtunities for self-employment. Improve managerial capabilities of small scale industries. Contribute to the dispersal of business ownership and

thus expand the social base of the Indian entrepreneurial class.

Augment the supply of trainer motivators for entrepreneurship development.

Sensitize, the support environment to facilitate potential as well as existing entrepreneurs to establish and manage their enterprises.

Promote micro enterprises at the rural level. Inculcate the spirit of ‘entrepreneurship’ amongst youth.

FUNCTIONS

To accelerate the process of entrepreneurship development ensuring its impact throughout the length and breadth of the country.

To conduct training for trainers for the officers of promotional agencies, banks.

To provide professional assistance to various institutions for their entrepreneurial development activities such as ICICI and SBI.

To conduct workshops, seminars, conferences etc., to promote entrepreneurship development.

To interact with developing countries and help them in capacity building programmes for industrial development.

To organise economic cross-culture programmes to promote entrepreneurship among the small and medium enterprises

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