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Centres
National Education Policy – 2020 Implementation
The centre aims to entrepreneuralize the mindset of students in Higher Education Institutes
(HEIs) and place them on the path of the entrepreneurship; promote entrepreneurship among
students pursuing skill-based and/or vocation-based programmes and institutionalize
entrepreneurship education in the HEIs.
Primary Activities
· Develop of a Robust Module on Entrepreneurship for HEI Students.
· Undertake Entrepreneurship Promotion among Skill/Vocation – Programme Students.
· Contextualize Entrepreneurship Education to Domain-specific Programmes, with
domains including; science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM), humanities,
business and art.
Institutionalize Entrepreneurship Development Work Within HEIs by building a dynamic
pool of faculty-resource persons.
October 8, 2023: Hon'ble Governor of Himachal Pradesh, Shri Shiv Pratap Shukla, inaugurated the Centre for Implementa on of
Na onal Educa on Policy- 2020. The Center guides educa onal establishments on implemen ng NEP 2020 for incorpora ng
inclusive and holis c educa on approaches.
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Temple Based Economy
The Centre will assess the growth potential for selected temple economies and formulate
strategy and action plan for harnessing such potential. It will seek to promote economic growth
by catalyzing new enterprises, expanding existing enterprises, promoting employment, skill
development and such related tasks to ensure sustainable development of temple towns. The
Centre will also emphasize on upgrading temple administrative mechanisms.
Primary Activities
· Undertake studies addressed at both integrated development as well as specific aspect
development of selected temple towns in India.
· Gather baseline data in respect of selected temple towns.
· Become a repository of knowledge products on temple towns in India.
· Showcase the economic and cultural impact of the temple towns.
· Undertake Capacity Building of the stakeholders in the temple town.
· Assisting the temple towns through project management services to launch a range of
projects meant to accelerate growth and development.
November 20, 2025: A Vision Document on Centre for Temple-Based Economy was also released by (4th from R) Dr. Hari Babu
Kambhampa , Hon'ble Governor of Odisha. Also present were (3rd from L) Shri Arjun Modhwadia, Hon'ble Minister, Forests and
Environment, Climate Change, Science and Technology, Gujarat; (2nd from L) Dr. Neerja A. Gupta, Vice-Chancellor, Gujarat
University; (2nd from R) Shri Uday Mahurkar, Noted Author & Former Central Informa on Commissioner, Govt. of India; (3rd from R)
Dr. Sunil Shukla, Director General, EDII; (Right) Shri Saurabh Pandey, Founding Director, India Think Council and (Le ) Dr. Satya Ranjan
Acharya, Professor & Director - Department of Entrepreneurship Educa on, EDII.
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