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Mr. Yashvardhan Soni from Information Technology Department and Mr. Ajit from Electronics & Communication Engineering Department, Dronacharya College of Engineering, Gurgaon attended a two week FDP in Entrepreneurship conducted by Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDI India) sponsored by National Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB) and Department of Science and Technology (DST), GOI at EDI Campus, Gandhinagar from 16th December to 27th December 2013. A total of 26 members had participated in the FDP, from different regions (one from Nigeria) and diverse field (Faculty, Student, Banking & Media Consultant).

Each day learning plan was sub-divided into four sessions of 75 minutes each. The first session of day-one started with the talk of Prof. B.B. Siddiqui, Faculty, EDI India focusing on entrepreneur and role of EDI in enriching entrepreneurship among Indians and people all over the world. There were talks by Prof. Sunil Shukla, Faculty, EDI India and a session on General Enterprising Tendency Test (GETT) developed by Durham University. Day-Two theme was Entry Barriers in Entrepreneurship and Education Curriculum Development and Research, Role of DST & EDI in Promoting Entrepreneurship. There were talks by Prof. Sunil Shukla. Prof. Rajiv Joshi, faculty from EDI and Prof. S. B. Sareen. Day three was devoted to Entrepreneurship Motivational Training with lecture by Prof. B. B. Siddique, Ph.D (Behavioral Science) on entrepreneurship motivation. The participants were also taught about the risk taking capability in any individual through the ring target game in open ground under guidance of Prof. Pankaj Bharti. Day four focused on Entrepreneurship Motivational Training. Theme of fifth day was Opportunities in Agri Business with talks by Prof. Samar K Datta, IIM Ahmedabad and Mr. Jignesh Shah (C.A).

The focus of Day-Six was on Case Study Exercise on Creativity & Problem Solving and Entrepreneurship Opportunities in Biotechnology under the guidance of Prof. Bharti and Prof. A.K Srivastava. On Day- Seven EDI Professor P.G Makhija and Prof. Rajiv Joshi took sessions on Business Profile Preparation and Entrepreneurial Marketing. Next day Business Plan Preparation (Market and Technical Analysis) and ICT for Business Development Sessions were taken by Mr. Umesh Menon, a well-known Entrepreneur and a Visiting Faculty in EDI and by Mr. Jignasu Yagnik. On day-nine Dr. Mayank Upadhyay, Professor EDI took session on Innovations in Sourcing Finance. The participants also visited Kamakshi Flexiprints pvt ltd. (Packaging Industry) and interacted with Entrepreneurs. On the tenth day Prof. Samar K Datta and his Ph.D Student Kanish Debnath (IIMA) took a session on Microfinance and Micro Insurance. Session on Emerging Business Opportunity and Policy Measures was taken by Dr. Chandan Chatterjee, Director, CED. On Final Day of the Training Session, participants interacted with Dr. Awasthi, Director, EDI who told them about the true value of being an entrepreneur. In final session the participants presented an action plan on designing the Curriculum for undergraduates. Overall, it was a very beneficial FDP.