Ahmedabad: A
six-day Faculty Mentor Development Programme was organised at the EDII, Ahmedabad
campus for 40 faculty members from higher education institutions and
universities in Odisha. The programme aims to empower faculty members to
promote student entrepreneurship in the state.
The programme was announced by the
Hon’ble Minister of Higher Education during his visit to EDII last month and
was formally launched in Bhubaneswar on September 5. The Department of Higher
Education selected 40 faculty members for the first phase and sent them to
EDII, Gandhinagar for training.
The programme concluded with each
faculty member presenting an individual action plan outlining the initiatives
to be implemented at their respective institutions. The primary objective is to
prepare campuses for student entrepreneurship development, thereby nurturing
young people who can create employment opportunities and contribute towards
realising the vision of a developed Odisha.
On the occasion, Dr. Sunil Shukla,
Director General, EDII, said, “This programme will pave the way for
promoting entrepreneurship at scale in government institutions. The real
beneficiaries will be the students and the entire ecosystem.”
EDII has previously collaborated on
similar initiatives with the governments of Uttarakhand, Goa and Gujarat.