Introduction

The National Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB), established in 1982 by the Government of India under the aegis of Department of Science & Technology, is an institutional mechanism to help promote knowledge driven and technology intensive enterprises. The Board, having representations from socio-economic and scientific Ministries/Departments, aims to convert "job-seekers" into "job-generators" through Science & Technology (S&T) interventions.

Major Objectives of NSTEDB:

• To promote and develop high-end entrepreneurship for S&T manpower as well as self-employment by utilising S&T infrastructure and by using S&T methods.
• To facilitate and conduct various informational services relating to promotion of entrepreneurship.
• To network agencies of the support system, academic institutions and Research & Development (R&D) organisations to foster entrepreneurship and self-employing using S&T with special focus on backward areas as well.
• To act as a policy advisory body with regard to entrepreneurship.

The programmes are broadly classified into the following areas:

Training programmes

• Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp (EAC)
• Entrepreneurship Development Programme (EDP)
• Faculty Development Programme (FDP)
• Technology Based EDP (TEDP)

Institutional mechanisms for entrepreneurship development

• Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Centre (IEDC)
• Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development (STED) Project
• Science and Technology based Entrepreneurship Development (i-STED)
• Science & Technology Entrepreneurs Park (STEP)
• Technology Business Incubator (TBI)

Information dissemination

• TIMEIS - Web Portal

For more details/ formats and guidelines on the NSTEDB and related programmes, please visit our websites

• NSTEDB
• Techno-Preneur

DST invites proposal for i-STED programme--Last date: January 16, 2017