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Technology Based Entrepreneurship Development
Programme (TEDP)
A Technology Based EDP primarily focuses on training
and development need of S&T entrepreneurs in a specific technology
area (for example, Leather, Plastic, Electronics & Communication,
Fragrance & Flavour, Instrumentation, Sports Goods, Bio-technology,
IT Computer Hardware, Food Processing, Bio-medical Equipment, Glass
& Ceramics, Jute Products, Sustainable Building Materials, Herbs
& Medical Plants Processing, etc.). The participants are provided
with hands-on training in indigenous technologies developed by R&D
institutions that are available for commercial exploitation.
In each TEDP, 20-25 persons, having a degree/diploma
in S&T are trained through a structured training programme
of about 6 weeks duration. The TEDP provides class room training
on motivational management areas besides actual hands-on training
in the specific technology areas by technology providers.
Programme Objective
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.
In a TEDP :-
1. The entrepreneurs are
exposed to technical knowledge about the products and technologies
and are enabled to develop their skills at the lab of the
technology provider.
2. The R&D lab having
commercially viable technologies, get potential entrepreneurs
as its "takers"; and
3. The entrepreneurship-training
institute can put concerted efforts in a specific discipline
of product-technology and thus can have better control over
the course of the programme and its success.
The participants
are selected through various tests and personal interviews
to assess their potential of becoming a successful entrepreneur.
During the training period, the participants also get to know
the intricacies of how to start and manage an enterprise.
At the end they are assisted in preparing a bankable project
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