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EDII sets up its Centre in Goa to implement the
Goa Udyamita Yojana
The recent times have been most rewarding for the country on the fronts of
entrepreneurship and start ups. India's entrepreneurial landscape is abuzz with
dynamism, especially by its youths. The innovative start ups ideas and concepts are a
testament to the increasing interest of Indian youth in entrepreneurship. Goa is among
one of the foremost states to encourage entrepreneurship on its land. The Goa Udyamita
Yojana was launched on March 12th 2024 at the hands of Hon'ble Chief Minister of Goa,
Dr. Pramod Sawant. The Yojana envisions to strengthen the entrepreneurial ecosystem of
Goa by harnessing the potential of human capital and indigenous resources, thus
ensuring a high incidence of New Enterprise Creation and MSME growth.
The implementation partner of the project is EDII, while the nodal agencies are Goa CSR
Authority and EDC Limited, Goa are the nodal agencies. EDII has set up its Centre in Goa
to implement the project. The Centre was also inaugurated on 12th March by Hon'ble
Chief Minsiter, Dr. Pramod Sawant. In this Govt. to Govt. initiative, Shri Pramod Sawant
approached the Chief Minister of Gujarat, Shri Bhupendra Patel to facilitate, responding
to which EDII was beckoned to take up the task.
Also present at the inauguration at the EDC House in Goa on 12th March 2024, were Dr.
Sunil Shukla, Director General, Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India,
Ahmedabad; Dr. Milind Kamble, Chairman, Dalit Indian, Chamber of Commerce &
Industry (DICCI) & Board Member, EDII; Shri Sanjay Satardekar, Vice Chairman, EDC
Limited; Shri B. S. Pai Angle, Managing Director, EDC Limited, and Dr. Amit Dwivedi,
Incharge - Department of Government Projects, EDII.
Glimpses of the inaugural event...
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'SHE' Unlocks Her Entrepreneurial
Potential
EDII in collaboration with the National Commission for Women (NCW) has undertaken the
National Project of organizing 100 Entrepreneurship Awareness Programmes (EAPs) for
potential women entrepreneurs across the country to orient women to the benefits of
adopting entrepreneurship as a career and overcome social, economic, and familial
barriers to become entrepreneurs. So far EDII has trained 5574 Women across India, as a
part of the association.
The 97th Programme was organized at IIC Delhi where Ms. Rekha Sharma was the Chief
Guest. Dr. Sunil Shukla Director General, EDII; Mr. Subhransu Acharya, Chief General
Manager, SIDBI and Ms. Meenakshi Negi, Member Secretary, National Commission for
Women were also present. Ms. Anuja Babat, Dy. Director General, Ministry of MSME, Govt.
of India was also present as a mentor and resource person to the 65 participating women.
The EAPs aim at orienting the participating women to the benefits of adopting
entrepreneurship as a career, learn the finer skills and overcome social, economic, and
familial barriers to becoming entrepreneurs. On the same lines, the Delhi EAP aimed at
developing entrepreneurial skills among women so that they could gain knowledge, skills
and motivation to build their own businesses. After the inauguration by Chief Guest Ms.
Rekha Sharma, Chairperson, NCW, the sessions and panel discussions were organized
where experts deliberated on topics such as the fundamentals of entrepreneurship,
identifying business opportunities, cultivating an entrepreneurial mindset, strategies to
overcome challenges commonly faced by women, understanding gender specific issues
and challenges, and information on government schemes and policies for women business
owners.

Seen during the Inauguration of the EAP at Delhi are (2nd from L) Chief Guest, Ms. Rekha Sharma, Chairperson,
NCW; (2nd from R) Mr. Subhransu Acharya, Chief General Manager, SIDBI; (L) Dr. Sunil Shukla Director General,
EDII and (R) Mr. Harkesh Mittal, Sr. Advisor, EDII.

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