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Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India - [EDII], Gandhinagar

Gandhinagar, Gujarat
Public (Autonomous) College

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XAT 2023 exam deadline extended to 11 December 2022. Earlier the last date to register for the XAT 2023 was November 30, 2022.

Established in 1983, the Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII), Ahmedabad is a leading autonomous and not-for-profit management institute located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. EDII has been set up by apex financial institutions – the IDBI Bank Ltd., IFCI Ltd., ICICI Bank Ltd., and the State Bank of India (SBI) under the aegis of the Government of Gujarat. EDII has been recognized by the UGC and AIU, and is approved by the AICTE and NBA. The Government of Gujarat pledged 23 acres of land on which stands the majestic and sprawling EDII campus. It has also been recognized as the ‘Center of Excellence’ by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Govt. of India.

EDII Ahmedabad offers a total of three courses - PGDM Entrepreneurship, PGDM Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Venture Development, and Fellow Programme in Management( FPM). For PGDM shortlisting, Candidates are selected based on CAT/XAT/MAT/CMAT/ATMA/ GMAT scores and performance in the PI round. Admission to the doctoral level FPM program is based on Entrepreneurship Aptitude Test (EAT) scores followed by a personal interview. Read More About EDII Ahmedabad Courses & Fees Structure

EDII PGDM programs encourage students to get into entrepreneurship roles and launch their own ventures. More than 25 startups launched by EDII students have already carved a niche and are leading their business organizations offering jobs to many others. Very few students at EDII participate in the placement process although 45-50 companies line up to make offers to the EDII students. So far, EDII has trained over 1000 entrepreneur trainers, motivators, 600 NGO functionaries for creating micro-enterprises, and over 1500 teachers teaching entrepreneurship courses in colleges and universities in India and abroad.

EDII Ahmedabad​ Quick Facts

  • Member of professional societies namely IIMA and British Libraries, MANLIBNET, and ADINET.
  • Nodal Institute for Start-up Support, GO
  • Centre for Advancing and Launching Enterprises (CRADLE): An in-campus incubation center.
  • Entered a partnership with Pembangunan SumberManusiaBerhad (PSMB), an arm of the Human Resource Development Fund under the Ministry of Human Resources, Malaysia.
  • Designed an integrated nationally replicable program for start-ups (Village Entrepreneurship).
  • Honored with the AICTE Award for supporting startups and Excellence Award for promotion of startups.

EDII Ahmedabad​ Ranking & Accreditation

 Over the span of time, EDII has won many awards and rankings. It won the Business Leader of the Year Award for Best Academic & Industry Interface 2021 by the World Leadership Congress and Awards, CII MILCA AWARD 2020, Lilavati Award 2020, and Excellent Institute for Entrepreneurship Development in India Award during the 11th National Education Summit 2017. Some of its other ranking and achievements are: 

Ranking Body Ranking Parameter Ranking
ARIIA 2021 Non-Technical Category) 1st 
ARIIA 2020 Self Finance Institute Top 25
Accreditation National NBA
Accreditation MBA Equivalence AIU
Accreditation National AICTE

EDII Ahmedabad​ ​Courses & Fees

Course Name Course Eligibility Annual Fee
Residential Non-Residential
PGDM Entrepreneurship A 3-year University Degree in any stream or a 4-year degree(10+2+4) in Engineering/ Technology/ Medicine/Other recognized by the UGC/AIU/AICTE with a minimum of 50% marks 
Duration: 2 years
Admission Criteria: CAT/MAT/ XAT/ATMA/ CMAT score+ Entrepreneurial Aptitude Test (EAT)+ PI
Intake: 180

1st Year: INR 6,85,000

2nd Year: INR 6,85,000

1st Year: INR 5,95,000

2nd Year: INR 6,15,000

PGDM (IEV) Eligibility: Graduation with minimum 50% (45% for SC/ST/OBC Category) marks.
Duration: 2 years
Admission Criteria: CAT/MAT/XAT/ATMA/CMAT score+PI
Intake: 30

1st Year: INR 3,41,230

2nd Year: INR 3,13,770

1st Year: INR 2,51,230

2nd Year: INR 2,43,770

FPM

Eligibility: Master’s degree or equivalent in streams such as Engineering/ Technology/ Management/ Economics/ Social Science/ Biological Science/ Pure Science/ Commerce/ Humanities with first-division aggregate

OR

Those appearing for their final examination in the respective discipline can also apply. Such students if selected  will be provisionally admitted provided they complete all requirements obtaining their master's degree before July 2024 (or a date communicated by the Institute)
Duration: 4 years
Admission Criteria: EAT score + PI

INR 2,08,500 (for students with fellowship support)

INR 5,40,000 (for students without fellowship support)

EDII Ahmedabad​ Application Process

Candidates seeking admission to EDII Ahmedabad can apply by online mode. Detailed steps for both modes are as follows:

How to Apply?

  • Register at the official website.
  • Fill in the application form with the correct details
  • Submit the form and make the payment of INR 1000 through EPG (Net banking/ Credit/ Debit card).
  • Appear for the Personal Interview round

Read more about EDII Admissions 

Documents Required for FPM

  • NOC (if employed)
  • Mark sheet of X/ XII/ Graduation/ Post-Graduation
  • Statement of Purpose (1500 words)
  • Letter of sponsorship from Organization (for sponsorship category)

EDII Ahmedabad​ Training

EDII has trained over 1000 entrepreneur trainers, motivators, 600 NGO functionaries for creating micro-enterprises, and over 1500 teachers teaching entrepreneurship courses in colleges and universities in India and abroad. 78% of EDII’s PG Alumni have chosen entrepreneurial career paths. Of these, 54% have joined the family business, 23% have created new ventures and 1% have set up social enterprises (According to a survey conducted for PG Alumni)

EDII Ahmedabad​ Scholarships

EDII Ahmedabad offers numerous scholarships to its PGDM-E students on the basis of their merit and needs. The various scholarships that PGDM-E students can avail of are the Merit-based Scholarship Scheme, Merit cum means scholarship, and Full Tuition Fees Waiver (TFW) Scheme.  Given below are the complete details of the EDII Ahmedabad Scholarships including the eligibility to avail of them and the amount:

Scholarship Name Scholarship Eligibility Scholarship Benefits
Merit-based Scholarship Scheme The top 10 students will be awarded this scholarship based on their graduation percentage, score in the National Management Examination and performance in the personal interview conducted by EDII Ahmedabad. In the subsequent year, this award will be based on the academic performance (CGPA) obtained (without any supplementary attempts) during the previous year. INR 50,000 per annum
Merit cum means Scholarship (for meritorious students belonging to the lower economic strata) 10 students whose parents’ total income is up to INR 4.5 Lakhs per annum INR 50,000 per annum
10 students whose parents’ total income is up to INR 8 Lakhs per annum INR 40,000 per annum
Full Tuition Fees Waiver (TFW) Scheme 3 students will be awarded full tuition fee waiver on merit and means basis 100% tuition fee waiver

Note: Minimum 5 girl candidates qualifying for the Merit cum means and TFW scholarship will be awarded additional INR 25,000 per annum. 

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EDII Ahmedabad Faculty

EDII Ahmedabad has a team talented and experienced faculty. There are a total of 35 faculty memebers at the institute. Given below are the EDII Ahmedabad Faculty 2024:

Faculty Name Designation Department Qualification

Sunil Shukla

Director General

NA

Ph.D. (Psychology)

Pravir Krishna IAS (Retd.)

Senior Adviser

NA

MA ( Economics)

Harkesh Mittal

Senior Adviser

NA

B.Sc Dairy Technology, PGDMA

Raman Gujral

Professor & Director

Dept. of Projects

Corporate & Regional Director- Southern Regional Office
Ph.D. (Commerce)

Satya Ranjan Acharya

Professor & Director

Dept. of Entrepreneurship Education

Ph.D. (Economics), MBA, MFC

Amit Kumar Dwivedi

Associate Professor and In-Charge (Government) & Northern Regional Office

Dept.of Projects


M.Com, PhD (Commerce)

Pankaj Bharti

Associate Professor

NA

Ph.D. (Psychology)

Prakash Solanki

Associate Professor and In-Charge-Western Regional Office

NA

Ph.D. (Sociology), M.A. (Sociology), LL.M. (Labour Law), B.Sc. (Chem), PGD PPT, PGD BM, PGD RD.

Reshmi Manna

Associate Professor

NA

PhD (Psychology), Calcutta University SFR Fellow, IIT Delhi

Rajesh Gupta

Assistant Professor

NA

Ph.D. (Management)

Baishali Mitra

Assistant Professor & Coordinator

Dept. of Policy Advocacy, Knowledge & Research

Ph.D. (English) M.A. (English), M.A. (Linguistics)

Rajeev Sharma

Assistant Professor & Coordinator

Dept. of Business Development Services & National Outreach

Ph.D. (Industrial Economics)

A. L. N. Prasad

Assistant Professor

NA

M.B.A, PG Dip PMIR&LW

Anjani K Singh

NA

NA

Ph.D. (Social Entrepreneurship)

Samit Kumar

NA

NA

BSc (Agriculture); MBA (Agribusiness Management)

Suneel Sharma

NA

NA

PhD (FinTech), Post Doctorate Certificate in Academic Practice (CAP), PG Entrepreneurship, MSc(Tech) IT, Engineering, Humanities

P N Srivastava

Assistant Professor

NA

M.Com

Sivan Ambattu

Assistant Professor

NA

PGDRD, MSW

Raman Jee

Assistant Professor

NA

Master of Public Systems Management (Energy),
BE (Computer Science)

Lalit Arora

Assistant Professor

NA

Ph.D. (Finance); MBA (Finance)

Abdul Razak

Associate Faculty

NA

Post Doc (Entrepreneurship), Ph.D. (Management) MBA (Finance), PGDIPR, PGDTIL, PGDCL, UGC-NET (2 Times), AP-SET, BBM

Ananthavalli Ramesh

Associate Faculty

NA

Ph. D., (Technology Management), M.S. (by Research) (IITM), B.E., (NITT).

Sheetal Thomas

Associate Faculty

NA

Post-Doctoral Fellowship (Ongoing) Ph.D. (Financial Behaviour) Executive Program (Financial Analytics) MBA (Finance) B.Com (Accounting & Auditing)

Bishnu Prasad Panda

Assistant Professor

NA

M.A. (Economics), LLB, MBA (Financial Management), CSWA (TISS)

T.A. Nikita

Assistant Professor

NA

C.A., M.Phil (Commerce)

Gopal Kumar Roy

Assistant Professor

NA

B. Tech (Mechanical Engineering), Executive MBA

Zahoor Ahmad Paray

Assistant Faculty

NA

Fellowship Programme in Management, M. Phil. (Economics)

Bhaskar Jyoti Saud

Assistant Professor

NA

PhD (Zoology), MPhil (Zoology), M.Sc. PG Diploma in Computer Application, Certificate course in GIS Application (ArcGIS 9.3)

Eesha Singh

Assistant Professor

NA

Ph.D - Finance (pursuing),MBA. LLB, M.Com, B. Com. Faculty Development Course Professional Competency Course (ICAI)

Esrafil Ali

Assistant Professor

NA

PhD (Management), Master in Personnel Management, Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing Management, Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management, BBA (Human Resource Management)

Kirtika Chetia

Assistant Professor

NA

PhD (Marketing), PGDM (Business Entrepreneurship), BBA

Anju Karna Pandey

Assistant Professor

NA

PhD (Advertising) MPhil (Management), MBA, BSc (Chemistry)

Reshmi Banerjee

Assistant Professor

NA

PhD (Management), MBA – Finance, B.com (Hons.)

Ritesh Shahi

Assistant Professor

NA

PhD (Pursuing), M. Phil (Management & Labour Studies), M.A. (Social Entrepreneurship)

Ganapathi Batthini

Senior Librarian

NA

MLISc

EDII Ahmedabad Facilities and Hostel

EDII Ahmedabad provides several top-notch failities to its students. Given below are the details of EDII Ahmedabad facilities:

  • Residential Hall /Hostel: EDII Ahmedabad has two residential halls with 30 double occupancy and air-conditioned rooms. Also, it has separate boys and girls hostels. The boys hostel is named Aawaas and has a capacity of 60 students with AC rooms, while the girls hostel is named Narmada and has a capacity of 30 students with AC rooms as well. The EDII Ahmedabad Hostel rooms are double-sharing rooms. Alongside, there’s also an international center at the institute with 80 single occupancy AC rooms with WiFi facility.
  • Sports: The institute has several courts for sports like Volley Ball, Cricket, Table Tennis, Foot Ball, Basket Ball, Badminton, and also has a well-equipped Gymnasium.
  • Auditorium: EDII has a big auditorium with a seating capacity of 402 guests. The auditorium is WiFi-enabled and Air-Conditioned, and has various facilities like an HD projector, advanced audio-visual arrangement with line-array system and acoustic set-up, and green rooms.
  • Computer Centers: The Institute’s computer centres are equipped with state-of-art technology, keeping pace with the diverse educational, training and research endeavours. Adopting a user friendly attitude, the centres continually update software inventory and complement the latest training technologies used in programs. There are 3 computer centers with a seating capacity of 70, 45, and 30.
  • Library: EDII Ahmedabad library has a specialized collection of books & journals in entrepreneurship & related areas, and is equipped with fire fighting measures. It also has a digital library with subscriptions to various online journals, books and databases, digitized institute’s repository. Also, there’s an MSME library which is supported by Ministry of MSME, GoI. It has accessibility to printed journals, smart technology for content accessibility, technology driven reading area, and research block equipped with various research resources
  • Dining Halls: EDII has 3 air-conditioned dining halls with a capacity of 35 each and 1 Non air-conditioned dining hall (Aahar) with a capacity of 250.

EDII Ahmedabad​ Notable Alumni

Name Occupation
Dharmendra Jena Manager–Blind People's Association- Bareja Eye and General Hospital Navalbhai & Hiraba Eye Hospital
Krishna Thacker Asia Regional Director - Metlife Foundation
Kuldeep Arora Director - Kuldhara Group of Companies Indian Institute of Rural Development
Shalabh Mittal CEO, School of Social Entrepreneurs
Sujata Goswami Executive Director- Sarba Shanti Ayog
Nikhil Talreja Digital Upstarts, Clever Buds & Digital Marketing
Laval Bhatt HoneyBee Infomedia
Nimesh Pithava Qualimark Machines
Sonkee Shah Arch Development Foundation
Satyavir Chakrapani Shikhar Microfinance
Hareesh Belawadi Zonar Enterprises

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FAQs

Ques. Why should I join EDII?

Ans. EDII can be a good option because:
  • Acquire skills to generate, identify, and develop new business ideas in a world of endless possibilities
  • Gain hands-on experience through 8-10 weeks of Summer Internship
  • Develop an eye for opportunity identification
  • Learn how to augment your existing business venture to reach new heights
  • Benefit from Seed Funding support for selected ventures
  • Ace the dynamics of family business management through varied tools
  • Learn the concept of building a strong team to drive your business
  • Identify a social and impactful purpose and scale up your venture

Ques. Will I get a chance to intern at any company during my year of PGDM studies at EDII?

Ans. Yes, at the end of the first year, students of the PGDM program are provided with internship opportunities. There is a provision for taking up the summer internship starting from the 2nd semester of the PGDM program.

Ques. How is PGDM at EDII Ahmedabad for career growth as a self-starter of a business?

Ans. If you want to run your own business, then do join this college. The college goes to the extent of saying that it is best for those who own family businesses but that is not entirely true. If you don't have an idea about your future business, be rest assured you will be pushed to find one. It isn't like most MBA colleges.

Ques. What are EDP Programmes at EDII?

Ans. The Entrepreneurship Development Programme (EDP) at IDII is a course which helps a student in developing entrepreneurial abilities. The skills that are required to run a business successfully is developed among the students through this program. Sometimes, students may have skills but it requires polishing and incubation.

Ques. What is the start-up support provided by EDII?

Ans. EDII is a nodal institution as a part of the Industries & Mines Department, Government of Gujarat promoted Start-up Policy. It has been granted support through the Student Start-up Innovation Policy (SSIP) through the Education Department, Government of Gujarat. It is also a part of the Institutions’ Innovation Council (IIC) promoted by the MHRD Innovation Cell. Students working on their startup ideas would be supported through these policy initiatives of the Government of India and the Government of Gujarat.

Full Time Courses

Top Courses1st Year FeesTotal FeesEligibilityRankingCutoff
PG Diploma₹3.41 Lakhs₹6.55 LakhsGraduation with 50%130 out of 200 by OutlookView More
PGDM₹6.85 Lakhs₹13.7 LakhsGraduation with 50%130 out of 200 by OutlookView More
Fellowship-₹2.09 LakhsPost Graduation130 out of 200 by OutlookView More
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Top Courses, Fees & Eligibility

Select degree :
PGDMFellowshipPG Diploma
Select stream :
Management

1st Yr Fees

6,85,000
Duration2 Year(s)
Exams acceptedSee All
Application Date-
EligibilityGraduation with 50%
Cut off80 PGDM EntrepreneurshipRankingNo Ranking Found

Total Fees

2,08,500
Duration4 Year(s)
Exams accepted
No Exams Found

Application Date-
EligibilityPost Graduation
Cut off-RankingNo Ranking Found

1st Yr Fees

3,41,230
Duration2 Year(s)
Exams acceptedSee All
Application Date-
EligibilityGraduation with 50%
Cut off80 PGDIEVRankingNo Ranking Found

College Faculty

Basic Information About Faculty

Raman Gujral

Professor & Director, Department of Projects- Corporate and Regional Director


Satya Ranjan Acharya

Professor & Director - Dept. of Entrepreneurship Education


Pankaj Bharti

Associate Professor


Dr. Amit Kumar Dwivedi

Associate Professor and In-Charge, Department of Policy Advocacy, Knowledge & Research


Dr. Rajesh Gupta

Assistant Professor


Prakash Solanki

Associate Professor and In-Charge-Western Regional Office


Reshmi Manna

Associate Professor

Shri Bishnu Prasad Panda

Assistant Professor

Baishali Mitra

Assistant Professor & Coordinator - Dept. of Policy Advocacy, Knowledge & Research


College Facilities

Basic Information About Facilities

Comp Labs
Sports
Gym
Medical
Cafeteria
Laboratory
Library
Auditorium
Classrooms
Wi-FI Campus

College Ranking

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