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ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT CELL
(EDC)
The Department of Science & Technology, Ministry of Science & Technology,
Government of India, set up the National Science & Technology Entrepreneurship
Development Board (NSTEDB) in 1982. The NSTEDB intended the initiative be taken
through academic institutions (Institutions of Excellence). Thus centers
for entrepreneurship - "Entrepreneurship Development Cells and Science &
Technology Entrepreneurs' Parks" have been established in more than fifty
academic institutions from 1986 onward. The EDC at St. Xavier's College, Kolkata
is the first to be set up in an under-graduate Arts, Science & Commerce College.
The EDC intends that students must develop an entrepreneurial attitude
irrespective of the fact as to whether they become entrepreneurs. The Cell
conducts various programmes for undergraduate students and also for established
entrepreneurs. Details of the Cell and its activities can be accessed from the
website given below. The EDC has stated an Information Cell which is open from
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Monday to Friday). Students/ faculty interested in activities
of the EDC are invited to contact the Cell either in person or through website
at www.edcsxc.com or email at
edcsxc@vsnl.net or by Phone No: 2255-1285.
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