:::Jammu and Kashmir Entreprenuership Development Institute:::

Aims and Objectives
For being an acknowledged state resource institution, J&K EDI is committed to entrepreneurship education, training and research. The Institute has been spearheading entrepreneurship movement throughout the state with a belief that entrepreneurs need not necessarily be born, but can be developed through a well conceived package of training activities. In tune with this belief, J&K Edi endeavors to:

Inculcate entrepreneurship spirit and values amongst the education youth motivate them to think in term of entrepreneurship as a visible career option;
Get the entrepreneurship courses introduced in the education system to wean away the youth from job seeking and motivate them to become entrepreneurs and create jobs for others;
Create a conductive support environment by orienting all the stakeholders, officials of the support system;
Support, guide and counsel existing entrepreneurs, so that they are able to operate profitably and grow;
Institutionalize entrepreneurship development through a cadre of competent trainer motivators;
Create multiplier effect on opernatities for self employment;
Promote micro enterprises at rural level throughout the state,
Serve as a link among the support agencies/departments for entrepreneurship development;
Identify, exploit and utilize fully the potential resource endowments available throughout the state,
Strive for productivity and industrial development of the state ;
Reduce the intendance of industrial sickness in the state by adopting industrial estates us as to make them vibrant, through proper consultations,
Facilitate research on entrepreneurship development,
Supports the Government initiates for industrial development of the state; and,
Collaborate with similar organizations in India and other countries to accomplish the above objectives.