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to various handicraft clusters. His thematic areas of publications span various topics including institutional
interest include development studies, sub-sector design and behaviour in water management, food &
analysis, livelihoods, institutional innovations in agriculture policy, biotechnology in agriculture, rural
Prakash Solanki of Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM),
informal sector, value chain, new product & design banking, agricultural and social entrepreneurship, and
M.A. (Sociology) India and has co-authored four GEM India
development and social entrepreneurship the impact of development programmes. His areas of
LL.M. (Labour Law), B.Sc. (Chem) Reports.
specialization include Rural Finance, Banking,
PGD PPT, PGD BM, PGD RD,
Baishali Mitra Agricultural Entrepreneurship, and other development
psolanki@ediindia.org Lalit Sharma
Ph.D. (English) areas.
Ph.D. (Youth Entrepreneurship)
M.A. (English), M.A. (Linguistics)
Specialises in conducting programmes for lalit@ediindia.org
BEC (Business English Certificate) Trainer Subrata Kumar Biswal
New Enterprise Creation and Capacity Building
baishali@ediindia.org Ph.D (Public Administration)
of development organizations. 22 years of Specializes in Entrepreneurship Theory &
PGPPM (Public Policy & Management)
experience in the field of entrepreneurship Practice, Entrepreneurial Lab, Creativity &
An educator in the areas of Business Communication, subrata@ediindia.org
development through implementation of Innovations, New Venture Creation and
Organizational Communication, Corporate
different Entrepreneurship Development Effective Entrepreneurship. His research areas Communication, with over 17 years of experience in An alumnus of IIM Bangalore, he is an academician and
a c t i v i t y m o d e l s . H a s ex p e r t i s e i n include: youth entrepreneurship, women academia, Dr. Baishali Mitra holds expertise in development management professional having more
entrepreneurship concept, process and entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship grooming budding entrepreneurs, training post- than 13 years of cross functional experience with
practice, business opportunity guidance, education. Actively engaged in the national
research projects of the Government of India graduate students, and corporate executives. At multilateral and government agencies. He specialises in
business plan and enterprise creation process.
on entrepreneurship development, he is also present, she is engaged in research in the areas of Public Policy, Strategy and Governance, Inclusive
He is teacher/trainer in the field conducting
well-recognized as a corporate trainer by Business Communication, Women Entrepreneurship, Growth, Rural Development, Rural Banking &
national and international programmes.
various industrial associations. His research and Development Communication. Her research in Insurance, Sustainable Development Goals,
Presently implementing many important
articles on entrepreneurship have been widely mobile-enabled language learning under the UGC Grant Microfinance & Livelihoods, Entrepreneurship
projects for specialised sectors and targets
published in reputed international journals has helped students in anytime, anywhere learning. She Development & Impact Investment. He is well
including disadvantaged groups and weaker
like International Journal of Gender & is a qualified Business English Certificate (Cambridge recognised as a social impact strategist by multilateral
sections.
E n t r e p r e n e u r s h i p , J o u r n a l o f English) Trainer and certified in Corporate and apex think tank organisations like NITI Aayog, The
Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies, Communication. She specializes in Communication for World Bank, UN agencies, corporate foundations etc.
Pankaj Bharti
J o u r n a l o f S m a l l B u s i n e s s a n d Professional Success, Effective Persuasion and Prior to joining EDII, he was with NITI Aayog,
Ph.D. (Psychology)
Entrepreneurship and several others. Negotiation Government of India. He has also served in various
pbharti@ediindia.org
capacities with Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of
Rajesh Gupta Dinesh Jain India, Panchayati Raj department, Govt. of Odisha,
Has over 21 years of teaching and research
Ph.D. (Management) FPM/Ph.D. (Management- Food Planning Department, and Govt. of Andhra Pradesh.
experience. Specialises in Social Psychology,
rajesh@ediindia.org and Agribusiness)
Organisational Behaviour and Research
MBA in Agribusiness Management Sasikanta Tripathy
Methods. He is trained in conceptualising and
A business management professional with Bachelors in Agricultural Engineering Ph.D. (Finance), M. Phil.
developing measurement tools for social
more than 2 decades of work experience in dineshjain@ediindia.org sasikanta@ediindia.org
science research. He has published nine
industry and development sector. Has worked
papers and a book - Dehumanisation of Urban
extensively in the areas of creative co-creation Possesses experience of over 12 years as a researcher at Specializes in Corporate Finance, Business Reporting,
and Rural Poor. Core competency lies in
in livelihoods, has promoted rural micro- IIMA and later as a faculty at Entrepreneurship Business Valuation, Investment Management,
psychometric assessment administration and
enterprises in various sectors and worked in Development Institute of India and National Institute of Derivatives and Financial Econometrics. Having
reporting. He is associated with over 20 various handloom and handicraft clusters. Bank Management (NIBM) Pune. Has been visiting completed Ph.D. in Finance (with MHRD Fellowship)
national as well as international research Currently he is involved in promoting nano- faculty to IIM Shillong and IIM Indore. His research and from Vinod Gupta School of Management (VGSOM) of
projects. He is also a National Team Member enterprises in rural areas spread across 61