Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India

The Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (abbreviated as EDII) is an autonomous body and not-for-profit institute located Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. Established in 1983, the institute offers master's degree programmes in Entrepreneurship, a fellowship programme and a number of entrepreneurship training programmes.[2] The Institute's founding director was V. G. Patel.[3]

Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India
Motto in English
The Goddess of wealth, Lakshmi comes to a man who is diligent like a lion
Established1983
DirectorSunil Shukla[1]
Location
Ahmedabad
,
Gujarat
,
India
CampusUrban
Websitewww.ediindia.org

History

EDII was established on 1983 with the active support of the Government of Gujarat, IDBI Bank, IFCI Ltd, ICICI Bank and State Bank of India. The 23 acres land occupied by the institute was pledged by the Government of Gujarat.[4] Its initial aim was to help potential and existing entrepreneurs and then gradually ventured to train trainers and faculty members. One of the major achievements of the EDII is inducing entrepreneurship in the curriculum of colleges, schools, science and technology institutions and management schools in several states of the country and also setting up entrepreneurship development centres in 12 states across India. The EDII has also set up the Entrepreneurship Development Centre at Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam and is in the process of launching them at Uzbekistan and five African countries. The United Nations Economic & Social Commission for Asia and Pacific in Bangkok has declared the EDII as a Centre of Excellence.[5][6]

Academics

EDII offers four-year of full-time Fellow Program in Management (FPM) course, two-year PGDM program in Business Entrepreneurship (PGDM-BE) and Development Studies (DS) with intake of 120 seats in each discipline. PGDM-BE Program is approved by AICTE and Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Dept. of Higher Education, Govt. of India and Accredited by National Board of Accreditation. EDII is honoured with AICTE Award for Supporting Start-Ups.[2][7][5]

Notable alumni and associates

References
  1. "Faculty Profile Director General EDII". EDII. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  2. "Academics of Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India". EDII. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  3. "Padma Shri Dr. V G Patel passed away at 79, leaves an imprint on the Discipline of Entrepreneurship". The Economic Times. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  4. "About EDII". EDII. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  5. "Entrepreneurship is a State of Mind: Sunil Shukla , director general of Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India". Forbes India. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  6. "Entrepreneurship Development Institute to focus on start-ups in coming years". Business Line. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  7. "EDII bags AICTE award for supporting start-ups". Business Line. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
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