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This year GEW was celebrated from November 18th to 24th. With events across different
platforms, youths were motivated to shed their inhibitions and explore the unlimited
potential of entrepreneurship. 'Entrepreneurship is for Everyone' – the theme of this year,
did impact all.

EDII too, over these years, has been reaching out to various target groups, across the
country and also the globe, with entrepreneurial avenues and opportunities.
Entrepreneurship is not limited by the factors of caste, creed, gender, family business
background or for that matter even availability of finance. Anybody can be creative,
innovative, resilient and thus become an entrepreneur. For an inventive entrepreneur,
funding options open up automatically. Through our various projects, programmes and
associations with corporate bodies/Govt. Ministries and Departments, EDII seeks to
foster a strong entrepreneurial ecosystem within and outside the nation, where
entrepreneurship gets established as a natural career option for people at large and youths
in particular.

Today, the country is focussed on promoting entrepreneurship, and through its efforts, the
Institute is complementing national initiatives towards erecting a growth-oriented,
sustainable economy on the premise of entrepreneurship.

Several strong National and International platforms and strategies are bringing people
closer to the charms of being an entrepreneur. Ideas, innovations and best practices need
to actively be shared, and global events, conclaves, conferences and symposiums visibly
place entrepreneurship before the world, besides bringing us together as a like-minded
community. EDII has been organizing Biennial Conferences on Entrepreneurship since
1994. These conferences, organised under the aegis of Centre for Research in
Entrepreneurship Education and Development (CREED) (setup by EDII), provide a
forum for researchers, educators, and practitioners to share their research findings and
experiences in entrepreneurship development.

At this international conference, the themes of Entrepreneurship Theory, Functional
Areas of Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship Policy, Manifestations of
Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship Education & Capacity Building, Entrepreneurship
Context and MSME Entrepreneurship, are well explored and brainstormed, leading to
worthwhile revelations. The 16th Biennial Conference is scheduled at EDII campus
during February 26-28, 2025. We look forward to strengthening the entrepreneurial
knowledge base and evolving yet more significant strategies in entrepreneurship
development.

We at EDII are committed to placing India and the world on the trajectory of
entrepreneurial achievements!!!
- Sunil Shukla

Editor Editorial Board
Dr. Sunil Shukla Ms. Julie Shah | Dr. Raman Gujral | Dr. Satya Ranjan Acharya

Dr. Piyush Sinha | Mr. Ganapathi Batthini | Ms. Harmeet Dawar

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