The National Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (NIESBUD) was established in 1983 by the Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises to oversee entrepreneurship development activities across India. It provides policy guidance, standardized training materials, and serves as a national resource center. The Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII) and Small Industries Service Institutes (SISI) also promote entrepreneurship training and support. District Industries Centers (DICs) and the National Entrepreneurship Development Board (NEDB) further facilitate entrepreneurship at local and national levels respectively.

1. National Institute for Entrepreneurship
and Small Business Development
(NIESBUD)
• Established in 1983 by the Ministry of Industry
[now Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium
Enterprises (MSMEs)], Government of India
• An apex body for coordinating and overseeing the
activities of various institutions/agencies engaged
in Entrepreneurship Development
• In the area of small industry and small business.
This Institute is registered as a Society under
Societies Registration Act, 1860 (XXI of 1860),
started functioning from 6th July, 1983.

2. NIESBUD
• The policy, direction and guidance to the
Institute is provided by its Governing
Council whose Chairman is the Minister of
MSME.
• The Executive Committee consisting of
Secretary (Micro, Small & Medium
Enterprises) as its Chairman and Director
General of the Institute as its Member-
Secretary executes the policies and
decisions of the Governing Council through
its whole-time Director General.

3. Objectives-NIESBUD
a) To evolve standardized materials and processes
for selection, training, support and sustenance of
entrepreneurs, potential and existing.
b) To help/support and affiliate
institutions/organizations in carrying out training
and other entrepreneurship development related
activities.
c) To serve as an apex national level resource
institute for accelerating the process of
entrepreneurship development ensuring its impact
across the country and among all strata of the
society.

4. Objectives-NIESBUD
d) To provide vital information and support to
trainers, promoters and entrepreneurs by
organizing research and documentation
relevant to entrepreneurship development
e) To train trainers, promoters and consultants
in various areas of entrepreneurship
development.
f) To provide national/international forums for
interaction and exchange of experiences
helpful for policy formulation and
modification at various levels.

5. Objectives-NIESBUD
g) To offer consultancy
nationally/internationally for promotion of
entrepreneurship and small business
development.
h) To share internationally, the experience and
expertise in entrepreneurship development.

6. Entrepreneurship Development
Institute of India (EDII)
• The Entrepreneurship Development
Institute of India (EDI or EDII) is a non-
profit organization dedicated to promote
entrepreneurship that is based in
Ahemadabad, Gujarat, India.
• It was founded in 1983 with the sponsorship
of the Industrial Development Bank of India
(IDBI), the Industrial Finance Corporation
of India (IFCI), the Industrial Credit and
Investment Corporation of India (ICICI)
and State Bank of India (SBI).

7. EDII
• EDI runs a range of educational programs in
the field of entrepreneurship including a 2
year Post Graduate Diploma in
Management (PGDM) program for first
generation entrepreneurs, family business
inheritors, agri-business, and non-
governmental organization management.

8. Functions of EDII
• Creating a multiplier effect on opportunities
for self-employment,
• Augmenting the supply of competent
entrepreneurs through training,
• Augmenting the supply of entrepreneur
trainer-motivators,
• Participating in institution building efforts,
• Inculcating the spirit of 'Entrepreneurship'
in youth,
• Promoting micro enterprises at rural level,

9. Functions of EDII
• Developing new knowledge and insights in
entrepreneurial theory and practice through
research,
• Facilitating corporate excellence through creating
intrapreneurs,
• Improving managerial capabilities of small scale
industries,
• Sensitizing the support system to facilitate
entrepreneurs establish and manage their
enterprises,
• Collaborating with organizations to accomplish
the above objectives.

10. Small Industries Service
Institute (SISI)
• MSME - Development Institute, (MSME-
DI) (Formerly Known as Small Industries
Service Institute) maintains a close liaison
with the state industries department,
Financial Institutions, Voluntary
Organizations and other agencies concerned
with the entrepreneurial development.
• There are 28 SISI's and 30 branches of
SISI's are set up all over the country.

11. Functions of SISI
• Serve as an interface between central and
state governments.
• Rendering technical support services.
• Conducting EDP's.
• Initiating Promotional Programs. It
maintains an effective linkage is maintained
with DIC’s for providing the techno-
economic and managerial consultancy.

12. District Industries Centers
(DIC's)
• These were started on May 8, 1978, with a
view to provide an integrated administration
framework at the district level for the
promotion of SSI in rural areas.
• The organizational structure of DIC's
consists of one general manager four
functional managers and three project
managers to provide Technical Services.

13. Functions of DIC’s
• Conducting industrial potential surveys
keeping in view the availability of resources
in terms of material and human skills,
infrastructure, demand etc.
• Preparing an action plan for effective
implementation of the schemes identified.
• To guide entrepreneurs to select most
appropriate machinery and equipments etc.

14. National Entrepreneurship
Development Board (NEDB)
• It devises and recommends to the
Government, the schemes for promotion of
entrepreneurship, for encouraging self-
employment in small scale industries and
small business. The Board also recommends
suitable facilities and incentives for
entrepreneurship training.

15. National Entrepreneurship
Development Board (NEDB)
Identify & remove entry barriers for potential
entrepreneurs.
Focus on existing entrepreneurs and identify
and remove constraints to survivals &
growth.
Facilitate the growth and diversification of
existing entrepreneurial venture in all
possible ways.

16. Functions of NEDB
• Support skill up-gradation and renewal of
learning processes among entrepreneurs and
managers.
• Support agencies in the area of
entrepreneurship about the current
requirement of growth.
• To act as catalyst to entrepreneurship
development by supporting and
strengthening state level institutions for
entrepreneurship development.