Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship, Guwahati, Assam, India

With an aim to undertake training, research and consultancy activities in small and micro enterprises focusing on entrepreneurship development, the Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship (IIE) was established in the year 1993 in Guwahati by the erstwhile Ministry of Industry (now the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises), Government of India as an autonomous national institute. The institute began operating from April 1994 with the North East Council (NEC), Governments of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland and SIDBI as its other stakeholders.

The policy direction and guidance to the institute is provided by its Board of Management whose Chairman is the Secretary to Government of India, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME). The Governing Council of the institute is headed by Chairman, NEC and the Executive Committee is headed by the Secretary, Ministry of MSME, Government of India.

OBJECTIVES

1.To promote and develop entrepreneurship.
2.To conduct research and provide consultancy for entrepreneurship development.
3.To coordinate and collaborate with other organizations in undertaking training,
research and other activities to increase outreach of the institute.
4. To provide consultancy and monitoring service to MSMEs/ potential
entrepreneurs and enhancing employability of participants.
5. To promote greater use of information technology in the activities/ functions of the
IIE.
6. To comply with statutory responsibility.

FUNCTIONS

1.Designing and organising training activities for different target group and
undertaking research in the relevant to entrepreneurship.
2.Improving the efficiency, effectiveness and delivery of the change agents and
development practitioners i.e. trainers, support organizations engaged in
enterprise building. etc.
3. Provide consultancy service to the prospective and existing entrepreneurs.
Increasing the outreach of activities of the institute through collaborative activities
and increasing their effectiveness through use of different tools of information
technology.