Centre For Entrepreneurship Education & Research

      Programmes 2008-09

 
Sr.
No.
Activity Location Duration/
Period
Target Group Objectives & Outcome
1.1 Educational Programmes 
1.1.1 Post Graduate Diploma in
Management- Business
Entrepreneurship (PGDM-BE),
1st year of the 2 year programme
EDI Campus 2 years Graduates,
Family Business
Wards
To train students to become successful
entrepreneurs and thus challenge the
conventional job-seeking mind-set.
1.1.2 Post Graduate Diploma in
Management of NGOs
(PGDMN)                                        
EDI Campus 1 year Graduates,
Employees,
NGO Nominees
To motivate students to
set up/ professionally manage an NGO.
1.1.3 Integrated PG Diploma in
Entrepreneurship and Family
Business Management
(IPGDEFBM) 
1st batch- 2nd year 
2nd batch-1st year
Jain Group of
Institutions
(JGI),
Bangalore &
EDI Campus
4 years Graduate
students,
specifically from
commerce
stream of JGI &
interested in
developing family
business
To continue with the joint initiative of EDI
and JGI, Bangalore, to offer  need-based
inputs on entrepreneurship and family
business for a select group of students.
1.1.4 Integrated PG Diploma
in Corporate Entrepreneurship
and Management (IPGDCEM)
Jain Group of
Institutions
(JGI), 
Bangalore &
EDI Campus
4 years Graduate
students of JGI
interested in
working with the
corporate sector
To offer a new programme together with
JGI, Bangalore, to groom a select batch
of graduate students and impart them traits
of entrepreneurial managers.
1.1.5 Open Learning Diploma in
Business Entrepreneurship
(OLPE)
National 1 year Graduates &
Under Graduates
with three years
of work
experience
To develop potential entrepreneurs through
Distance Learning. Expand the reach through
institutional network and make more youths
entrepreneurial.
1.1.6 Orientation Programme for
OLPE Counsellors
EDI Campus 3 days New OLPE
Counsellors
To orient counsellors on course management
and enhance their counselling &
marketing skills. 
1.1.7 Convention of OLPE Learners EDI Campus 1 day OLPE Learners An interactive forum to take feedback and
gauge the progress of learners for improving
the effectiveness of the programme. 
1.1.8 Post Graduate Programme in
Corporate Entrepreneurship
and Management (PGP-CEM)-
Based on Open Learning 
Mode.
EDI Campus 1½ years Field Managers
of Zydus Cadila
New programme to groom ‘entrepreneurial’
managers. No new enrolments, but on-
going 150 learners to be supported with the
help from regional offices and select nodal
agencies.
1.2 Sensitization of Youth and Children : ‘Catch Them Young’  
1.2.1 Entrepreneurship Awareness
Camps (50 Nos.)
NRO/CRO/ 
Bangalore
3 days
each
College
Students
To use the EAC forum to sensitize the
students' community towards the ‘Charms of
Being an Entrepreneur’ and orient them towards
entrepreneurship and self-employment.
1.2.2 17th National Summer Camp
on Entrepreneurial Adventures
for College Going Youth
EDI Campus 2 weeks
May 11-20,
2008
HSC & College
Students
To help youth identify innovative and
challenging career options and plan these
entrepreneurially. A good opportunity for
youth to tap their latent potential for
achievement.
1.2.3 15th National Summer Camp
on Entrepreneurial Stimulation
for School Children
EDI Campus 1 week
May 4-9,
2008
12-16 yr. old
students (7th -
10th std.)
To inculcate entrepreneurial values among
children at a tender age.  A forum to interact
with parents as well.
1.2.4 OrientationVisit of Students to
the Institute
EDI Campus 1 day
each
School & College
Students
(including B-
Schools,  Engg.
Colleges)
To orient students towards the ‘Charms of
Becoming an Entrepreneur’ as also
motivate them to become self-employed.
1.3 Capacity Building Programmes in Entrepreneurship Education 
1.3.1 Faculty Development
Programmes (10 Nos.)
A’bad (2),
Indore,
Udaipur,
Gangtok,Puri,
Nainital, Varansi
Jammu, B’lore,
Trivandrum
Pondicherry
2 weeks
each
Teachers of
Universities,
Engg. Colleges,
B- Schools, etc.
To develop professional skills in teachers of
higher education towards teaching the
subject ‘Entrepreneurship’ effectively.
1.3.2 Certificate Course for
Development of Responsible
MSME Association’s 
Executives in Clusters
EDI Campus 6 months Executives
from MSME
Associations
working in
Clusters/
Industry
Promotion
Officers
New and pilot project, to build capacity of
Industry Associations by addressing the
problems arising mainly due to functional 
lapses in select MSME clusters by providing
competent human resources to manage
the affairs of the associations effectively.
1.3.3 Sensitization Workshop on
Promoting
Entrepreneurship in the S & T
Institutions
Nainital 1 day VCs, Heads of
Universities,
Directors,
Principals and Sr
Professors of
Engg. Colleges,
B- Schools, etc.
To debate, deliberate and explore options to
promote Entrepreneurship in Science &
Technology institutions, specifically in Uttar
Pradesh & Uttarakhand. The event helps
evolve state-specific strategy to involve S&T
institutions as also identify  the thrust areas
for S&T based entrepreneurship
development in these states.
1.4 Research & Dissemination
1.4.1 Journal of Entrepreneurship - Bi-annual Academic
Community
To share research findings with the
academic community and enhance the
boundaries of knowledge in entrepreneurship.
1.4.2 Short-term Fellowships in
Entrepreneurship
EDI Campus 02-Dec
weeks each
Researchers Up to 5 fellowships to ED trainers, teachers,
researchers to work on specific themes.
1.4.3 International Seminar on
‘Current Trends in
Entrepreneurship Research’
EDI Campus 3 days Educationists/
Policy-makers/   
Officials from the
ED Institutions
To organize a biennial research seminar at
an international level for researchers and
academicians with an objective to provide a
platform to share experiences and latest
innovations in the field of entrepreneurship.
1.5 Others 
1.5.1 Bharti Centre for
Entrepreneurial Initiatives - Best EDP-trained
  Entrepreneur Award
- Fellowships for PGP students
- Archive on Achievers
- Annual Lecture on
  Entrepreneurship
EDI Campus Through
out
the
year
PG Students,
EDP Trained
Entrepreneurs
To showcase the significance of
entrepreneurship training by awarding EDP
trained entrepreneurs and also to sensitise
youth through a host of activities to take up
Entrepreneurship as a career option.
1.5.2 Long-term Programme on
Vocational Guidance & Skill
Development
Bhubaneswar 8 months Displaced
Families
A combination of soft skill development
inputs along with vocational training and
entrepreneurship education to help
prepare a batch of displaced families in the
Lanjigarh area of Orissa towards self-
employment/ gainful employment.

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