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On September 30, 2024 (2nd from L) Shri B.S. Pai Angle, Managing Director, EDC
Limited, Goa (3rd from R) Shri B. S. Borkar Jt. Managing Director of EDC; (1st from L)
Shri S. N. Mandrekar General Manager (Law) of EDC;
Dr. Abdul Razak, Associate Faculty
addressing participants of
Entrepreneurship Development
Programme training conducted
under DAY-NULM (Deendayal
Antyodaya Yojana-National
Urban Livelihoods Mission).
Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Goa
Goa Chief Minister, Dr. Pramod Sawant had inaugurated the Entrepreneurship
Development Institute in Goa on March 12th 2024, to make the State a cradle for
entrepreneurial aspirations and mindsets. The objective was to institute activities that
instil entrepreneurial capabilities among the people of Goa. Significant research of
outcome-based initiatives and launch of relevant programmes has commenced. EDII is the
implementation agency.

During the last two months, EDII organized three entrepreneurship related programmes in
Goa, on – Funding Options for New Venture of Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship
Awareness and Funding, Financing, Marketing and Scaling a Startup. Together, the
programmes sensitized more than 200 youths of the state.

Participants of Entrepreneurship
Awareness Programme on,
‘Funding, Financing, Marketing
and Scaling a Startup’ with
Dr. Abdul Razak, Associate
Faculty, EDII, at the Sant
S o h i r o b a n a t h A m b i y e
Government College of Arts &
Commerce, Virnoda, Pernem,
Goa.

Additionally, two three-day Entrepreneurship Development Programmes (EDPs) were
held under the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-
NULM) on September 18-20 and September 23-25, 2024. Targeting City Level Federations
(CLFs), Area Level Federations (ALFs), Self Help Groups (SHGs), and individual/group
entrepreneurs, these programs were organized by the Goa State Urban Development
Agency (GSUDA) in partnership with the EDII-Goa Centre, with a total of 125 participants.

Goa, with its dynamic blend of culture and commerce, offers a fertile ground for
entrepreneurial ventures to flourish. The EDII's Goa Centre is poised to serve as a catalyst,
nurturing the inherent spirit among the people of Goa, particularly its youth.

On September 30, 2024, (3rd from L) Dr.
Sunil Shukla, Director General, EDII
v i s i t e d E D C L i m i t e d G o a f o r
deliberations on collaborative activities
in to promote entrepreneurship in Goa.
Seen here is (2nd from L) Shri B.S. Pai
Angle, Managing Director, EDC Limited,
Goa with Dr. Sunil Shukla. Also present in
the discussions were (L-R) Shri S. N.
Mandrekar General Manager (Law) of
EDC Limited; Shri B. S. Borkar, Jt.
Managing Director, EDC Limited; Dr.
Amit Kumar Dwivedi, Director, Dept. of
Projects (Government), EDII; Dr. Abdul
Razak, Associate Faculty, EDII.

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