ITEC-MEA Fellowships for 6 International Training Programme at EDII, Bhat/Gandhinagar (Gujarat) INDIA.

ITEC-MEA Fellowships for 6 International Training Programme at EDII, Bhat/Gandhinagar (Gujarat) INDIA.

ITEC has sanctioned fellowship slots for participation in 6 international training programmes, with full sponsor support. These 6/8 week training programmes are sponsored by the ITEC Division of the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, and will be conducted at the Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India in Ahmedabad, Gujarat (India).

Keeping in mind the overall SME development in your country, we request you to kindly disseminate this information among relevant institutions such as Chamber of Commerce & Industry, educational institutions, and organizations engaged in industrial development, thereby enabling them to avail benefit of the rigorous academic courses.

Training Programmes

3^rd December, 2018 – 11^th January, 2019

1. Entrepreneurship & Small Business Promotion

2. Informal Sector Enterprise, Entrepreneurship & Local Economic Development

7^th January, 2019 – 1^st March, 2019

1. Entrepreneurial Management

2. Business Research Methodology & Data Analysis

4^th March, 2019 – 12^th April, 2019

Cluster Development Executives (CDEs) Programme

Industrial, Infrastructure and Sustainable Project Preparation & Appraisal

Fellowship Support

The fellowship will cover the following:

· Tuition Fee

· Air-Conditioned accommodation on single-occupancy basis

· Living Allowance (Food Expenses + Out-of-Pocket Allowance)

· Book Allowance (in the form of Course Material, Cases, CDs, etc.)

· Air Travel (Economy class) to Ahmedabad, India from your country and back by the shortest route

Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII)

The training programmes will be conducted by Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII), an acknowledged National Resource Institute for entrepreneurship education, training, research, and institution building, with a view to encourage entrepreneurship development and investment promotion across the globe.

Application Process:

Please note that the applicant has to submit the application online in accordance with the standard procedure. Physically filled in application forms will not be accepted. The online application has to be password protected.

The process of online registration has started, and for your ready reference, step-wise guidance for filling the nomination is given as under:

1. Please open the ITEC website www.itecgoi.in/index.php through Google.

2. There go and click ‘Apply for ITEC’. There click "APPLY NOW'.

3. From the list of streams available, select ‘SMEs & Entrepreneurship’ as EDII programmes fall under this category.

4. Then select 'Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India'

5. Select the course from the list of available courses – for instance, ‘Entrepreneurship & Small Business Promotion’. Click on ‘Apply’.

6. Select your country under ‘Nationality’ (Please do not click on 'Secretariat' as it has an altogether different routing). Click on ‘Proceed’.

7. Start filling up the form.

8. Password policy: The password policy is that in the text box enter the password with a minimum length of 8 letters containing at least 1 special character, 1 numeric, 1 alphabet in upper case. Please remember the password for future use and do not share with anyone.

One has to fill-up all the boxes without missing any of them.

How to submit the Application Form:

Participants have to submit their applications directly to the Indian High Commission/Indian Embassy in your country and not to us as we do not play any role in the selection process. For this purpose, after filling up the nomination form, please ask them to get it endorsed by the Nodal Ministry in your country (as advised by the Indian Mission) and thereafter, submit it to the Indian Mission for their endorsement.

They may please send the scanned version of the duly endorsed nomination along with scanned copies of relevant documents (educational testimonials, English Proficiency Declaration duly signed by you and Medical Report duly endorsed by a Registered Physician) to the Indian Mission on their e-mail id, which can be obtained from the website of the Indian Mission in your country.

An Applicant is not to attach any documents while filling in on-line application except to enter the required information asked for. However, they are required to attach the same with the hard copy of their applications which is required to be submitted to their Nodal Ministry duly signed by them.

Nodal Ministry is different from Embassy of India. In each country, a specific Ministry has been identified as a nodal ministry to endorse the ITEC nomination form. It could be Ministry of Industry & Commerce or Ministry of Education & Cultural Affairs so on and so forth. The participant may have to check up this aspect with the Indian Mission in their country.

The target group eligible for admission is from the age of 25 to 45 years.

PLEASE NOTE THAT A PERSON WHO HAS ALREADY ATTENDED ONE ITEC COURSE WITH FELLOWSHIP SUPPORT WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY AGAIN.

We request you to kindly pass this information to your friends and colleagues so that they can benefit from the programme. Application for the first two courses should be made latest by November 18, 2018, as procedural formalities thereafter will take few days. For further details, visit ‘International Programmes’ on EDII website http://www.ediindia.org/.

Source: A personal message received from EDI Librarian, dated 23/11/2018