Excelsior Correspondent
New Delhi, Jan 21: Jammu and Kashmir Entrepreneurship Development Institute (JKEDI) has been awarded as the second best organization in the entrepreneurial and self-employment space in India. This makes the institute the first in the State to win the award by India’s leading industry lobby, Assocham.
Director JKEDI M.I. Parray received the silver award in the category “Best Organisation Encouraging Entrepreneurship in MSME” at an event in Delhi’s Le-Meridien hotel which was attended by who’s who of Indian business community.
Regional Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (RCED) based in Chandigarh won the first award as the best entrepreneurship development organization in India, according to the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Assocham) that had organized the event.
Tata Steel, Jamshedpur, was given the best private organization award for its initiatives in providing inhouse training for skilling workers.
Minister of State for Labour and Employment Bandaru Dattatreya presented the awards at the event of India’s lead apex trade associations. The event “Realigning Skilling towards Make in India” focused on skill development and entrepreneurship in the country.
The awards instituted by Assocham were sponsored by various Government of India ministries including Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Ministry of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises, Ministry of Food Processing Industry and the National Skill Development Agency.
In all there were 15 award categories in recognition of innovative efforts to blend skill and knowledge for the overall economic growth and social development of the country.
The director recalled and offered special gratitude to the State Government for its “whole hog support to JKEDI in its endeavour to battle the monster of unemployment in Jammu and Kashmir”.
The institute has so far provided entrepreneurship development training to more than 10,000 candidates and has provided financial and other business support to more than 3,700 entrepreneurs to help them establish their startups.
Almost 90 percent of JKEDI sponsored units are running successfully and many of them are in the advanced stage of their business cycle.
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