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OBJECTIVES
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To create awareness about
entrepreneurship among local people and motivate them for setting up of
rural, tiny small or medium scale industrial, commercial or service
ventures.
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To identify and select
potential entrepreneurs from among various groups such as educated
unemployed, low income and under privileged groups, women, science and
technology graduates and others.
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Influencing the environment in
the State to facilitate entrepreneurship development and growth.
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To create a cadre of competent
trained trainer–motivators for implementing entrepreneurship
development activities throughout the State.
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To organize training programme for existing entrepreneurs on survival,
growth, expansion/ diversification, export promotion and new
technologies with a view to improve the health of the existing SME
sector and to reduce industrial sickness.
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To keep abreast of the latest
information and knowledge in the field of entrepreneurship development
by conducting , sponsoring research studies in
area of industrial environment, industrial policies and also
performance improvement and growth of existing industries.
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To develop an industrial
database centre with a view to enabling entrepreneurs in the State to
select their product and acquire market, technological and product
process information for the projects feasible in the State.
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To maintain and continuously
update a library and documentation centre.
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To orient support-system
officers including those from financial institutions about entrepreneurship
development and establish linkage with them to ensure needed support to
train potential entrepreneurs.
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To provide consultancy
services independently or in association with any expert, agency or
institution.
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To develop and publish
training material related to entrepreneurship development.
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To conduct training programmes, seminars, workshops, conferences etc.
for any institution or groups of individuals, directly or indirectly
associated with entrepreneurship promotion and development as well as
policies.
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To undertake research and
evaluation work towards sensitizing and influencing the environment in
the State to facilitate entrepreneurship development and growth.
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