An Economist with extensive experience in Entrepreneurship education, research and training. Worked extensively on policy issues related to SMEs with several multilateral agencies like ILO, UNIDO, UNDP, as a Consultant on several international assignments. Has four books, over 55 research papers and 14 research reports to his credit. His areas of interest are: policy research, cluster development, sub-sector analysis, micro-finance and rural banking, rural entrepreneurship and NGOs. Dr. Awasthi is a Member of various Apex Committees and Core Groups of Ministries of MSME, Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation, Department of Science & Technology, etc.

A business management professional with more than 14 years of teaching and consultancy experience in the areas of financial management, idea generation and business plan formulation. Trained in entrepreneurship teaching at Stanford Technology Venture Programmes and Indian School of Business, Hyderabad. Worked as Research Fellow with Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. Developed cases on Innovative Entrepreneurs of Gujarat.

Library and Information Science Professional engaged in modern library and information centre, having 21 years experience in managing, administering, developing and disseminating information in Business Management, Entrepreneurship, Social Sector and Engineering Sector. He has authored eight research papers in various conferences and scholarly journals. He earned M.L.I.Sc. from Annamalai University and possessed 'Gujarat Sate Level Eligibility Test for Lectureship'.

Has 18 years of experience in the field of Entrepreneurship Development. Worked for two years in the area of rehabilitation of Adolescents engaged in hazardous occupation. Involved in promotion of cultivation and processing of medicinal and aromatic plants through training and counselling for around 7 years. Besides other EDI activities, he works as Cluster Development Executive for Chanderi / Gwalior handlooms cluster.

Specialises in Social Psychology, Organisational Behaviour and Research Methods. Trained in conceptualising and developing measurement tools for Social Science Research. Associated with more than sixteen national as well as international research projects. Core competency in Psychometric Assessment Administration and Reporting.

Possesses about 13 years of teaching experience in Management Information Processing, Computer Applications, Programming, Quantitative Methods and Research Methods. Has a working experience with IIM-A as Academic Associate in Production and Quantitative Methods area. Presented papers in 1 International and 2 National Conferences. Also worked with ICFAI National College for more than 3 years as a Faculty. Developed several Software applications to support decision system in academic institutions. Submitted a thesis in the area of Decision Making in SMEs and Business Intelligence Tools.

More than 3 decades of experience in the field of Entrepreneurship Development at national as well as international levels. An experienced Business Counsellor, specializes in training of trainers and existing entrepreneurs for their growth. His academic interest lies in teaching 'Family Business Management', 'Intrapreneurship', Social Entrepreneurship & CSR Development. Also provides capacity building support to NGOs and is involved in developing Social Enterprises. Currently, he is looking after the 'Centre for Social Entrepreneurship and CSR' at EDI.

A visiting faculty at CEPT University & Regional Institute of Co-operative Management (RICM), Dr. Dwivedi was also at IIM-A as an Academic Associate (F&A area). He is associated as an Editor with reputed national and international journals. He is also a member of Editorial & Review Board of various organisations. He has around 30 research publications to his credit and contributed two working papers for IIM-A. Has presented (more than 20) research papers in International and National Conferences and congresses. Currently, he is working on Costing and Benchmarking of Banking Industry & Microfinance Institution in India.

Possesses around 27 years of industry experience with top of the line organizations like; Tata Steel (Jamshedpur), Maruti Udyog Ltd. (Gurgaon), Apollo Tyres Ltd. (Gurgaon), Coats Viyella India Ltd. (Ambasamudram), Arvind Mills Ltd. (Ahmedabad) and Ashima Ltd., (Ahmedabad). He has also been actively engaged in academia as visiting faculty in Management Institutes in Ahmedabad. His areas of interest include Production & Operations, Supply Chain Management, Data Warehousing & Business Intelligence, IT and MIS and ERP Implementations.

More than two decades of experience in the field of Entrepreneurship. Expertise in establishing network and vital linkages with donor agencies, national level institutions, state and central government departments/ministries. Developed curriculum, modules and structures for various Entrepreneurship Development activities. Specialises in areas such as; business opportunity identification and guidance, project report preparation, marketing, working capital management and entrepreneurship.