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Collaborations... AICTE Lilavati Awards 2020

EDII and Usha Martin University, Jharkhand signed an MoU to propagate and widespread
entrepreneurship amongst students through various entrepreneurship development interventions.
Seen during MoU signing are (L-R) Dr. Madhulika Kaushik, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Usha Martin University (2nd from L) Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank', Hon'ble Education Minister honouring EDII with the Lilavati Award 2020 on
and Dr. Sunil Shukla, Director General, EDII Women Empowerment. (2nd from R) Mr. Harkesh Mittal, Distinguished Visiting Faculty, EDII accepted the award on behalf of
EDII in the presence of (L) Prof. Anil D Sahasrabuddhe, Chairman, AICTE and (R) Prof. M P Poonia, Vice-Chairman, AICTE

EDII has been honoured with the AICTE Lilavati promoting entrepreneurship as a viable career option
Awards 2020 on Women Empowerment. The and bringing academic rigor in this field for more than
Institute was adjudged as first runner-up for the sub- 35 years. It is heartening to see entrepreneurship
category of women entrepreneurship amongst the taking center stage as a means to economic
456 teams who took part in a contest initiated by development and women empowerment. Through
AICTE. our several targeted courses and projects, we have
been training and mentoring women entrepreneurs in
Lilavati Awards is an innovative step by AICTE that is
rural areas as well. Many of our current students and
aimed at motivating girls to join higher education.
startup incubatees are women who have
This year's Lilavati award's theme was empowering
demonstrated innovation and pragmatism in their
women and was spread across 6 sub themes:
respective enterprises.”
Women's Health, Self-Defense, Sanitation and
EDII collaborated with council of Handicrafts Development Corporations (COHANDS) to promote the
Hygiene, Literacy, Women Entrepreneurship, and Through several training programmes and focused
cause of handicrafts, offer courses/training programmes on cluster development and
entrepreneurship, undertake handicraft related projects and setup Craft Incubation Center. Seen during Legal Awareness. course work, the Institute has been training women
MoU signing are (R-L) Shri. V. P. Thakur, Executive Director, COHANDS; Prof. Piyush Sinha, Chief Mentor, to become entrepreneurs. In addition, the Institute is
Speaking about the achievement, Dr. Sunil Shukla,
SVEP, EDII; Dr.Rajesh Gupta, Faculty & Incharge SVEP, EDII and Mohd. Fazal, Technical Advisor, promoting entrepreneur networking and adequate
Director General, EDII, said, “It is a proud moment for
COHANDS business skills to ensure their long-term survival and
all of us at EDII. We have been working towards
growth.

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