Centre for Research in Entrepreneurship Education and Development (CREED)

EDII set up the Centre for Research in Entrepreneurship Education and Development (CREED) on its campus, in the year 1997 emphasizing on research. The goal of CREED is to facilitate expansion of the boundaries of knowledge and give an identifiable thrust to the Entrepreneurship Development Movement. The focus areas of CREED include Entrepreneurship Education, Innovations in Training Techniques, Voluntary Sector: Issues and Interventions, Gender and Enterprise Development, Microfinance and Microenterprise Development and Emerging Profile of Entrepreneurship.

The Mission

CREED aims at serving as a bridge between theory and practice in the field of Entrepreneurship.  The Centre catalyses networking of researchers and institutions by encouraging enquiries into the emergence and growth of entrepreneurship as a discipline.

The Centre
  • Supports in-house research in entrepreneurship
  • Catalyses the process of networking researchers and institutions in the sphere of entrepreneurship
  • Encourages young researchers to make use of intellectual and other resources at the Centre so as to make valuable contribution to the knowledge on entrepreneurship
  • Promotes collaborative research endeavours with institutions and individuals outside the Centre
  • Disseminates and shares various research findings among planners, policy-makers, academicians and organizes conferences, seminars, workshops and colloquies.
The Focus Areas of CREED

CREED focuses enquiries into:

  • Entrepreneurship in Education
  • Innovation in Training Technology
  • Voluntary Sector: Issues and Interventions
  • Gender and Enterprise Development
  • Microfinance and Microenterprise Development
  • Emerging Profile of Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century
Activities of the Centre

The major activities under CREED are:

  • In-house Research Projects: In its pursuit to extend the frontiers of knowledge on entrepreneurship, CREED encourages and undertakes in-house research activities by making use of intellectual and other resources of the Centre.
  • Fellowships: Through these short-term research fellowship programmes, the Centre envisages to promote collaborative research endeavours with institutions and individuals outside the Centre. It encourages young researchers to contribute to the field of entrepreneurship.  Need based funding and academic assistance is also provided to the researchers.  The Centre takes care of local hospitality of researchers.
  • Visiting Fellowships: These fellowships are for senior researchers whom the Centre invites to write papers or conduct research in the area of entrepreneurship and delve into a range of issues surrounding small and medium enterprise sector.