ENTERPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE OF INDIA

The Enterpreneurship Development Institute of India(EDI), an autonomous body and not-for-profit institution, set up in 1983, is sponsored by apex financial institutions, the industrial Development Bank of India(IDBI), the Industrial Finance Corporation of India(IFCI), The Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India(ICICI) and the state Bank of India(SBI). The Institute is registered under the Societies Registration Act-1860 and the Public Trust Act-1950. The Government of Gujarat pledged twenty three acres of lank on which stands the majestic and sprawling campus.

EDI today is acknowledged national resource institution committed to enterpreneurship education, training and research; striving to provide innovative training techniques, competent faculty support, teaching and training material, besides sharing benefits of inhouse research as well as experience in relevant spheres.

EDI has been spearheading entrepreneurship movement throughout the nation with a belief that entrepreneurs need not necessarily be born, but can be developed through well conceived directed activites.

In consonance with this belief, EDI aims at:

* Augmenting the supply of competent entrepreneurs through training.
* Creating multiplier effect on opportunities for self-employment,
* Improving managerial capabilities of small scale industries,
* Contributing to the dispersal of business ownership,
* Developing and disseminationg new knowledge insight in entrepreneurial theory       and lpractice through research,
* Augmenting the supply of entrepreneur trainer-motivators,
* Participation in institution building efforts,
* Sensitising the support system to facilitate potential and  existing entrepreneurs        establish and manage their enterprises,
* Promoting micro enterprises at rural level,
* Inculcating the sprit of 'Entrepreneurship in youth', and
* Collaborating with similar organisations in India and  other developing countries       to accomplish the above objectives.

Realising that such gigantic task can only be accomplished with collaborative effort, EDI has linkages with nationwide network of organisations and institutions committed to entrepreneurship development.

EDI is

* An Inter-Regional Centre for Enterpreneurship and Investment Training
Sponsored By United Nations Industrial Development
Organisation (UNIDO) &
Govt. of India

* A National Facility for Science and Technology Based Entrepreneurship  
   Innovations
Sponsored by National Science and Technology Entrepreneurship
Development Board(NSTEDB), DST, Govt. of India

* A Member of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific(ESCAP) Network of Centers of Excellence for HRD
Research and Training

* The winner of the prestigious 'Aga Khan Award for Architecture' for the campus      for the year 1992.

The EDI's mission led to the emergence of severaltraining programmes around strategic thrust areas' thereby advancing the frontiers of the theories and practices of   entrepreneurship, and effectively contributing to the Nation's economic vitality.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN EDUCATION

The EDI envisages the introduction of entrepreneurship curricula in all the institutions of higher learning in the country. The target institutions include business schools, engineering colleges and higher secondary schools in most states of the Indian subcontinent. EDI's interventions focus on carrying out research studies that lead to policy formulation; curriculum design; pedagogical methods of
imparting education; and human resource development in general. The pioneering endeavour of the Institute in launching its one-year PGDBEM would play a vital role in developing youth either to take up New Enterprise Creation as a carrer option, or join their family businesses or start of join an NGO.

MICRO ENTERPRISE AND MICRO FINANCE DEVELOPMENT.

The Institute is engaged in rural development, poverty alleviation and employment generation through promotion of micro and small enterprises. The EDI had also developed and incorporated the modalities and techniques involved in the
development of Self-Help Groups(SHG's), local area banks and micro-credit delivery system into its rural development thrust. Cluster-based micro enterprise development in rural areas has also emerged as a significant initiative of the
institute.

PERFORMANCE AND GROWTH OF EXISTING ENTREPRENEURS.

PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTOF ED ORGANISATIONS AND ED PROGRAMMES

INNOVATION CENTRE

ENTREPRENEURSHIP ENVIRONMENT AND SUPPORT SYSTEM

STRATEGIC INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMES

EDI ADDRESSES ITS PROGRAMMES TO:

TARGET INSTITUTIONS

* State level ED organisations
* ED institutions at the international level
* Education institutions
* Non-Governmenta Organisations Voluntary Organisations
* Industry Organisations]
* Banks/Financial institutions
* Industry/Business Associations
* Government Organisations

TARGET TRAINEES

* Government Officers/Executives
* Bankers
* Trainers
* Teachers
* Students
* Rural Poor
* Women
* Existing Entrepreneurs
* Potential Entrepreneurs
* Counsellors and Consultants
* Technocrats
* Educated Unemployeds
* Artisans
* Ex-servicemen

FACULTY

The EDI faculty comprises researchers, academicians, consultants, extension workers and trainer-motivators. The core group is supplemented by visiting faculty from reputed academic institutions and professional organisations. The courses and programmes offered by EDI, therefore, are marked by both conceptual rigour and practical insight. In addition to managing EDI's own activities, the faculty extends its services and support to other institutions involved in entrepreneurship development at national and international levels.

THE EDI CAMPUS

Set in rural and amidst verdant surroundings, the aesthetically designed campus with a simple yet elegant structure is a judiciious blend of the major influences on
architecture- Hindu, Isalamic and European. The buildings are developed around inner courtyards and loggias which are a major source of light and ventilation. Interspersed with sprawling lawns, thick leafy trees and flora which match
the quiet dignity of the solid fagade that generates very specific elements and expression. The buildings consist of offices, three air-conditioned and well furnished seminar halls, a conference hall and two air-conditioned residential
halls with 30 air-conditioned rooms. The campus has been awarded the prestigious 'Aga Khan Award for Architecture' for the year 1992. The award jury adjudged it to be place with an "inviting environment for work, interaction and repose".

THE EDI LIBRARY AND INFORMATION CENTRE(EDILIC)

The EDILIC is a technologically updated centre with facilities of Internet and computerised database searches giving access to latest infromation globally. The highly specialised collection is closely linked with the training programmes and research conducted by EDI and encompasses subjects related to entrepreneurship like training, management, behavioural sciences, economics, gender issues,
rural development and voluntary organisations. The collection includes books, directories, project profiles, working papers, periiodicals, newsletters, videos and so on.

The facilities are complimented by computerised database of books, periodical articles, project profiles for faster access of information.

THE EDI COMPUTER CENTRE

The institute's computer centre is equipped with state-of-the-art technology keeping pace with diverse educational, training and research endeavours. Adopting a user friendly attitude, the centre continually updated its software inventory and complements the latest training technologies used in the programmes.

CONTACT ADDRESS:

Enterpreneurship Development Institute of India Ahmedabad( Near village Bhat)
P.O. Bhat
PIN 382428
Gujarat
India
Telephone: 91 79 2864331, 2869068
Fax : 91 79 2864367

EMAIL:ediindia@ad1.vsnl.net.in

WEBSITE:www.ediindia.org