EDII imparts entrepreneurship training to 71 international participants from 27 developing countries

Mumbai, January 20, 2023: Seventy one overseas professionals from 27 developing countries had been awarded certificates in a valedictory ceremony organised by the Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII) on Friday. Three programmes sponsored by the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) Division of Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, together with, Infrastructure and Sustainable (*71*) Preparation & Appraisal and Informal Sector (*27*); Entrepreneurship Education, Knowledge Management and Policy Research; and Promoting Startups in Developing Economies by way of Innovation and Incubation, concluded at EDII on Friday.

The professionals had been from developing countries like Bangladesh, Bhutan, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Fiji, Ghana, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Niger, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Togo, Turkmenistan, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.

The Chief Guest on the valedictory operate was Smt. Abhilasha Joshi, Additional Secretary [DPA-II & IV], Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India. Also, current on the event was Dr. Sunil Shukla, Director General, EDII.

The three Capacity Building programmes, had been provided throughout 1 – 19 January 2024.

Addressing the participants Ms. Abhilasha Joshi stated, “India has a protracted custom of sharing data and specializing in schooling and studying. We place excessive worth on our civilizational ethos of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, that means that the ‘world is one household’, and pushed by that, we be sure that our visitors are taken care of in each attainable means. The programmes underneath the ITEC, Ministry of External Affairs, are extremely related, based mostly on up to date requirement and these subscribe to the ethos of South-South cooperation. I additionally discover elevated girls participation in these programmes which once more is a promising indication in direction of women-led growth.” Ms. Joshi urged the participants to implement the educational again of their nation and organisation, for nationwide well-being.

Dr. Sunil Shukla, in his handle stated, “The dedication of the federal government in direction of providing a serving to hand to, greater than 160 countries internationally is unparalleled. While the participants of the three programmes learnt subject-related expertise, additionally they acquired a chance to observe how the nation, and the state of Gujarat, prioritizes financial progress, infrastructure, schooling, startups and social growth. I’m positive the expertise has been healthful and it’ll have a percolating impact by way of the benefits reaching down to a number of layers of society. I request the participants, due to this fact, to unfold the educational again of their house nation.”

The programme, Entrepreneurship Education, Knowledge Management and Policy Research which had 28 participants from 18 countries, aimed toward enabling the participants to formulate custom-made and need-based entrepreneurship schooling insurance policies, methods and programmes within the nation. Dr. Pankaj Bharti was the Programme Director for this programme.

The programme, Infrastructure and Sustainable (*71*) Preparation & Appraisal and Informal Sector (*27*) aimed toward enhancing and updating data of officers within the areas of challenge preparation & appraisal strategies, decision-making course of in sectors of commercial, infrastructure & sustainable alternatives main to improved viability, returns, and efficient funding selections. Dr. Amit Kr. Dwivedi, was the Programme Director for this programme which had 17 participants from 10 countries.

The programme, Promoting Startups in Developing Economies by way of Innovation and Incubation was designed to put together a cadre of execs for main the Startup motion in developing countries by way of institution and assist of incubation facilities. Dr. Satya Ranjan Acharya was the Programme Director for this programme which had 26 participants from 16 countries.

The participants gained insightful data and had been in a position to hyperlink the theoretical data with the sensible elements by way of related publicity visits.