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EDII

• Faculty Step Forth to Promote Women Entrepreneurship

The entrepreneurship landscape is replete with women creating landmark successes. Yet entrepreneurial
aspirations of women have been seen to be taking a backseat when it comes to taking the plunge as an
entrepreneur.
EDII in conjunction with AICTE Training and
Learning (ATAL) Academy, conducted a virtual
National Faculty Development Programme (FDP)
on 'Women Entrepreneurship: Opportunities from
Ideation to Implementation'. The aim of this
programme was to create a cadre of Women
Entrepreneur trainer -motivators by developing
knowledge, skills and competencies so that, in
Dr. Baishali Mitra, Faculty, EDII conducting a virtual session on
Women Entrepreneurship: Opportunities from Ideation to Implementation turn, aspiring and nascent women entrepreneurs
could be encouraged and empowered to initiate
enterprises. Such a trend is expected to greatly strengthen the entrepreneurial ecosystem of the country. In
the ve-day programme, 110 participants from across the country received comprehensive understanding
on women entrepreneurship with focus on the frameworks and the tools that can strengthen the
phenomenon. Dr. Baishali Mitra, Programme Coordinator, opines, “I hope this programme has given the
participants a clear perspective on identifying right business ideas for women entrepreneurs, and the
methodologies to be adopted to develop necessary knowledge and skills in them to run a business.”

• Faculty Develop a Perspective on Promoting Social Entrepreneurship
Just as the economy needs commercial entrepreneurs; the society needs social entrepreneurs. A social
entrepreneur's work embodies Strategy, Innovation, Sustainable Development and Impact.

EDII conducted a virtual Faculty Development Programme on social entrepreneurship in association with
AICTE with the objective to train and develop professionals in the area of Social Entrepreneurship so that
they can act as 'Resource Persons' in guiding and motivating young students to take up Social
Entrepreneurship as a career.

77 faculty members from different colleges / universities, across India were trained in the discipline of social
entrepreneurship with focus on imbibing knowledge on traits, competencies and attitude required for
Social Entrepreneurs. The curriculum targeted accomplishing the objective through case studies on social
entrepreneurship, strategies to develop a winning pitch for the business idea, design thinking & business
model canvas for social ventures, understanding of social business ecosystem and incubation and
acceleration support, among other relevant topics.

The participants understood how social entrepreneurs can effect changes in needy communities; analyzed
various social enterprise business models, including micronance, microenterprise development, etc. The
participating faculty members got trained and equipped with requisite skills, competencies and
contemporary teaching tools and methodologies to conduct courses on social entrepreneurship and
counsel students for career in the domain.

The virtual inauguration ceremony of the programme took place in the presence of Chief Guest,
Mr. Dinanath Kholkar, Vice-President & Global Head, Tata Consultancy Services and Guest of Honour,
Prof. Anil D Sahasrabudhe, Chairman, AICTE. Dr. Mamta Rani Agarwal, Adviser-I, ATAL Academy and
Dr. Amit Dutta, Deputy Director, ATAL AICTE were also present at the ceremony.

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