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Core competency lies in psychometric assessment Ministry of MSME. His thematic areas of interest
administration and reporting. He is associated with include development studies, sub-sector analysis,
over 20 national as well as international research livelihoods, institutional innovations in informal sector,
projects. He is also a National Team Member of Global value chain, new product & design development
and social entrepreneurship.
Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), India and has co
authored four GEM India Reports.

Baishali Mitra
Ph.D. (English)
Prakash Solanki
M.A. (English), M.A. (Linguistics)
M.A. (Sociology)
BEC (Business English Certificate) Trainer
LL.M. (Labour Law), B.Sc. (Chem)
baishali@ediindia.org
PGD PPT, PGD BM, PGD RD,
psolanki@ediindia.org An educator in the areas of Business Communication,
Organizational Communication, Corporate
Specialises in conducting programmes for New Communication, with over 18 years of experience in
Enterprise Creation and Capacity Building of academia, Dr. Baishali Mitra holds expertise in
development organisations. 23 years of experience in grooming budding entrepreneurs, training post-
graduate students, and corporate executives. At
the field of entrepreneurship development through
present, she is engaged in research in the areas of
implementation of different Entrepreneurship
Business Communication, Women Entrepreneurship,
Development activity models. Has expertise in
and Development Communication. Her research in
entrepreneurship concept, process and practice, mobile-enabled language learning under the UGC
business opportunity guidance, business plan and Grant has helped students in anytime, anywhere
enterprise creation process. He is teacher/trainer in the learning. She is a qualified Business English Certificate
field of conducting national and international (Cambridge English) Trainer and certified in Corporate
programmes. Presently implementing important Communication. She specializes in Communication for
projects to promote entrepreneurship among women Professional Success, Effective Persuasion and
in Maharashtra sponsored by TATA Communications
Negotiation.
Ltd. and in Gujarat sponsored by GWEDC, Govt. of
Gujarat. Also involved in capacity building &
entrepreneurship development programmes Dinesh Jain
organized for SC / ST youth. FPM / Ph.D.
(Management - Food and Agribusiness)
MBA (Agribusiness Management)
Rajesh Gupta Bachelors in Agricultural Engineering
Ph.D. (Management) dineshjain@ediindia.org
rajesh@ediindia.org

Possesses experience of over 13 years as a researcher
at IIMA and later as a faculty at Entrepreneurship
A business management professional with more than 2 Development Institute of India and National Institute of
decades of work experience in industry and Bank Management (NIBM), Pune. Has been visiting
development sector. He has worked extensively in the faculty to IIM Shillong and IIM Indore. His research and
areas of creative co creation in livelihoods and has publications span various topics including institutional
promoted rural micro-enterprises in various sectors design and behaviour in water management, food &
including the handloom and handicraft clusters.
agriculture policy, biotechnology in agriculture, rural
Currently under the Ministry of Rural Development banking, agricultural and social entrepreneurship, and
Project, he is involved in promoting nano enterprises in the impact of development programmes. His areas of
rural areas spread across 80 blocks in 15 states across specialization include Rural Finance, Banking,
the country. He is also involved in promoting and Agricultural Entrepreneurship, and other development
managing Handicraft clusters under SFURTI Scheme of
areas.
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