Website: http://www.nstedb.com
Contact: Harkesh Kumar, Adviser & Head, Dept. of Science & Technology
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Tel: +91 11 2651 7186
Adress: National Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board, Dept. of Science & Technology, Technology Bhavan, New Delhi 110 016

About
The National Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB), established in 1982 by the Government of India, is an institutional mechanism to help promote knowledge driven and technology intensive enterprises.

Program description
1.) Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp (EAC): Each Camp, of 3 days duration, aims to create awareness among students about various facets of entrepreneurship while highlighting the merits of pursuing such a career option. In each EAC, about 75 students are exposed to different aspects of entrepreneurship, including opportunity guidance, services offered by agencies of support system etc. A visit to the industries located in the region is also arranged to bring the students in direct touch with practicing entrepreneurs.
2.) An Entrepreneurship Development Program (EDP), of 6-8 weeks duration, aims at training the S&T graduates and the diploma holders in the essentials of conceiving, planning, initiating and launching an economic activity or an enterprise successfully Entrepreneurship Development Program (EDP)
3) Open Learning program in Entrepreneurship (OLE): is a programme in the distance education mode, under which potential entrepreneurs are provided not only with study material but also guidance by resource persons during the contact sessions in different parts of the country.
4) Technology Based Entrepreneurship Development Programme (TEDP): is a structured training programme of 6-weeks duration designed to motivate and develop entrepreneurs in specific products/technologies/processes developed by CSIR labs, R&D institutions, universities etc.

Participants
Depending on program

Applications
Depending on program. Information on website.