Was associated with research organisations and NGOs, before joining EDI, as a Faculty and Academic Coordinator for NGO Management programme. He has worked on various developmental issues with more focus on HIV/AIDS and Reproductive and Child Health. Was actively involved in training, evaluation and NGO networking & coordination for various projects. Has good experience in working with rural as well as urban communities in Gujarat.

An SME and Private Sector Specialist, with over 6 published books on entrepreneurship and cluster development. Has also served as Member of the Planning Commission, Govt. of India (working group related to cluster development). Served as international UN (UNIDO, ILO, etc.) expert for cluster, enterprise development and private sector development related initiatives in developing countries / India. Serving as Distinguished Visiting Faculty at EDI

Specializes in Cluster Development and Rural Marketing. Handling activities of the International Centre for Cluster Competitiveness, Growth and Technology (IC3GT) and also engaged in providing strategic and management support to the MSME clusters in different states. Conducted a series of Cluster Development Programmes within the country and outside. Carried out research on various facets of clusters and BDS market in India. Also has experience of handling Rural Marketing programmes, targeting the NGO sector and teaching in the Post Graduate Programme of the institute. About 12 years of experience of working with SMEs and NGOs.

An engineer with Industrial Management Education at post-graduate level. Equipped with 30 years experience in industrial activities. About 7 years as an Industrial Engineer with exclusive experience on productivity improvement, line balancing as well as various diagnostic studies for facility improvement and improving efficiency of industrial resources. About 20 years of extensive experience in all facets of Development Banking. For last 3 years involved in conducting training programmes on Credit Risk Assessment for Project Appraisal and Growth Also conducts international training programmes.

More than 3 decades of experience in the areas of business opportunity identification, project formulation, project appraisal, counselling and guiding entrepreneurs. Conducted more than 10 international programmes and worked as an expert in a number of developing countries in the above fields. Also Local Representative for the Netherland Senior Experts Organisation.

20 years of experience in conducting Rural Entrepreneurship Development Programmes. Currently involved in imparting behavioural inputs in REDPs.

Specializes in identifying business opportunities in the areas of Food Processing, Electronics and IT. 23 years of work experience as an Entrepreneur Trainer Motivator.

Twenty four years of experience in conducting entrepreneurship related training programmes on New Enterprise Creation, Business Counselling and Growth for Existing Entrepreneurs and Faculty Development. Specialises in training Resource Persons (trainers) at national and international levels. Worked in various countries and has been involved as Country Director Sudan in the Inter Regional Investment Promotion Programme of UNIDO. Visiting faculty at DA-IICT. Member of State Level Advisory Committee of SISI, Govt. of India and Member of the National Expert Committee of NSTEDB, Dept. of Science & Technology, Govt. of India. At present looking after two mega projects of Govt. of India; DST sponsored – NIMAT; & MoFPI, sponsored – NEC project.

A business management specialist with 34 years of experience in consultancy and industry in the areas of project formulation and appraisal, project planning and enterprise establishment & management. Has been Managing Director of Gujarat Industrial & Technical Consultancy Organisation Ltd. and Member of the Governing Council of CDC, Ministry of S&T, GOI. Also worked as President for 6 years in Chemicals and Pharmaceutical Companies. He is on Experts' panel of UNIDO, UNDP & EXIM Bank of India. Specialises in plastic industry and has exposure in chemical and pharma sectors.