First phase of SVEP initiated in 10 states

The Institute has been selected as National Resource Organization (NRO) for Government of India’s Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP). The programme was announced by Honourable Finance Minister in the previous year’s budget speech. Under the aegis of Ministry of Rural Development, the institute has initiated the programme in 23 blocks in ten states: Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh in association with respective State Rural Livelihood Mission (SRLM).

SVEPMinistry of Rural Development (MORD). The implementation of the programme will be monitored by Project Director, Dr. Manoj Mishra.

EDII Appointed as Nodal Institute for Start-ups by Government of Gujarat

With a view to encourage potential start-ups in the state, Ministry of Industries, Government of Gujarat, has appointed EDII as Nodal Institute for Start-ups under the Start-ups/innovation scheme. As a nodal institute, EDII will provide counselling and guidance to potential start-ups. Budding start-ups with innovative ideas in the fields of agri-business, food processing, bio-technology, chemicals, plastics and manufacturing will benefit from this.

Government of Gujarat, keen to promote entrepreneurship, has recognized need for start-ups as they “transfer new knowledge or new ideas into products and process into commercial applications.”

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