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, National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector, etc.

A business management professional with more than 13 yrs 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 20 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 17 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.

A professional social worker with Master’s of Philosophy Degree in “Social Work” and professional license in “Statistical Methods and its Applications”. Over more than two decades of experience as an Advisor, Trainer, Researcher, Teacher and Advocate / Ambassador. She has worked with various state and central government, bilateral/donor funded livelihood promotion and right based projects of AKF, DFID, UN agencies, OXFAM, Netherlands Embassy, World Bank, SDC, WOCAN, GWA, AKF, and EU etc. Her specialisation is in areas such as ; gender mainstreaming, institutional development and organizational changes across sectors of natural resources management, micro-finance, entrepreneurship development, health, education, disasters, and sector reforms projects meant for urban/township development.

Specializes in Management of Non-Profit Organizations. Has fifteen years of experience in working with UN organizations and national level NGOs. Has taught in MBA (Rural Management) programme at Amity University and has also worked with UNICEF as state level consultant. Resource Person for IGNOU School of Management Studies and a life time member of Indian Society of Labour Economics, New Delhi. He has several research papers and programme evaluation reports to his credit.

22 years of experience in various industries like paints, pharmaceuticals, dairy, beverages and water management covering various facets of industrial experience like maintenance, plant engineering, project implementation, purchase and stores, supply chain management and project engineering. For last 5 years, involved in cluster development activities of EDI.

A certified trainer and counselor having hands on experience of more than 12 years of experience in handling HR in esteemed organizations in both Plant and Corporate sector. He has to his credit several papers and articles published in some of the renowned HR journals as well as popular newspapers. With a keen interest in teaching, he has been a regular visiting faculty at MS University, Nirma University, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Udaybhansinhji Regional Institute of Cooperative Management and Gujarat University.

More than 3 decades of experience in the field of Entrepreneurship Development at national as well as international level. 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.

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.

A business management professional, has worked extensively at the grassroots level promoting range of income generating activities. Having specialization in promoting micro enterprises in rural areas, Mr. Gupta has considerable experience in micro enterprises promotion and cluster development projects, particularly handloom and handicrafts clusters. Prior to EDI, he has worked with National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) and Seva Mandir, Udaipur (Rajasthan).

A Post-Graduate in Sociology from the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, he was awarded the Junior Research Fellowship of UGC. Worked in the Organizational Behavior Area with IIM Ahmedabad for over four years. A visiting faculty at Gujarat University. His research, teaching and training interests include human resource management (especially HR issues in Retail and BPO sectors), organizational development, cross-cultural management, organizational change, innovation and talent management. He has to his credit several research papers, articles and conference presentations.

Specialises in the areas of finance and accounts with 18 years experience in Government and Industry. Presently involved in counselling existing entrepreneurs for growth; training bankers and investment promotion officers in the area of project appraisal; teaching finance, accounts and small business management to PG students. At present working on Millennium Cities Initiative (MCI) in 7 cities of Africa for developing Industrial Infrastructure and Policies.

Heads the Centre for Micro Enterprise, Micro Finance & Sustainable Livelihoods. Provides hand holding and mentoring support to the informal / unorganized sector in the area of Handloom, Handicraft and also the Village Industries and Khadi sector. Specializes in Rural Development, particularly in areas such as; strategic management, social engineering, micro finance, monitoring and evaluation of REDPs. 16 years of experience in providing support to various national and international projects in the areas of project management, diagnostic studies, pre-feasibility assessment and planning and implementation of programmes in sustainable livelihoods, Micro-enterprises (particularly farm and off-farm sector), Micro-finance, Agri-business and Business Development Services for MSMEs etc .

Visiting Lecturer, University of Uppsala, Sweden; Ford Scholar, Harvard Business School, USA; Visiting Professor, McGill University, Canada; Universities of Munich and Bamberg, Germany. Dr. Misra is a Humboldt Fellow; Shastri Indo-Canadian Fellow and Commonwealth Faculty Research Fellow. Currently, Dr. Misra is Institute Professor and Editor of ‘The Journal of Entrepreneurship’. He is co-author of Institution Building: An International Perspective. He has over 50 publications in prestigious journals. He has been Professor of Organizational Behaviour at IIM Ahmedabad for over three decades. He was Vice-Chancellor, Berhampur University, Orissa.