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Building Entrepreneurship Ecosystem

in Ladakh

(2nd from R) Prof. S K Mehta, Vice Chancellor, University of Ladakh and Dr. Sunil Shukla, Director
General, EDII during the MoU signing ceremony, with (3rd from R) Dr. Pawan Kotwal IAS, Pro-
Chancellor, University of Ladakh. Also present on the occasion were (L-R) Dr. Shubrat Sharma,
Dean Research, University of Ladakh; Dr. Mohd. Rafee, Assistant Professor, University of Ladakh;
Pravir Krishna IAS (Retd.) Sr. Advisor, EDII and Dr. Amit Dwivedi, Director, Department of Projects
(Government), EDII.

EDII signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Ladakh on 9th
August 2024 to promote entrepreneurship in Ladakh, especially among the youth by
training, capacity building, handholding and mentoring them to adopt
entrepreneurship as a career. The mandate is to develop an overall entrepreneurial
ecosystem in Ladakh.

EDII in conjunction with the University of Ladakh will promote entrepreneurship
education, training, policy research, innovations and incubation support across the
Union Territory of Ladakh by undertaking entrepreneurship education and ecosystem
building activities including; creation of project profiles on emerging business
opportunities; creation of a pool of start-up mentors and industry experts; orientation
and training (EDPs) of students for taking up entrepreneurship as a career; streamlining
the operations of existing incubation centres & supporting start-ups and innovations
through training, counselling, mentoring and handholding interventions.

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