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ISED is a knowledge institution that considers ‘Enterprise & Entrepreneurship’ as tools for ‘Sustainable Development’. Its motto of “sustainable development through enterprise” has its foundations in the global thinking on ‘Sustainable Development’ since the late 1980s.
The origin of the Institute, on June 08, 1988, owes to the initiatives of a group of professionals and concerned citizens from various parts of India, along with the active helping hand of the Planning Commission, New Delhi.
ISED considers private enterprise as vital to sustainable economic development, and human capabilities emerging from creativity (or 'entrepreneurship' in a wider sense), makes it happen. Action for development of sustainable enterprises and entrepreneurship needs to be based on a holistic understanding of the process of development, on the one hand, and feedback on intelligent interventions, on the other. The whole process leads to knowledge creation. ISED programme and action are anchored on maintaining such knowledge base, and taking it to the people consistently.
The United Nations agenda on ‘Sustainable Development’ offers the global framework for livelihoods and income opportunities today. While the 'right to livelihood' is a basic human right, people choose either wage employment or self-employment to meet this.
The mission of ISED is to advance the theory and practice of Sustainable Development, among enterprises and their various stakeholders: policy makers, financial institutions, promotional agencies, international partners, media, civil society and the community at large, through initiatives such as, research, development communication, and business development and advisory services.
Enterprise and entrepreneurial capabilities form the engine of economic growth today in the modern world. How entrepreneurs are born and behave? What do they contribute to the economy? How does public policy and stakeholder interaction set the tone and tenor of enterprise growth? The Programme and activities of the Institute are tuned around such fundamental questions.
Business Development Services (BDS) are a critical link between knowledge base and the practice of enterprise development. This integrated concept includes a wide variety of non-financial services, such as, EDP modelling, start-up and up-scaling training and mentoring, revival packages, LED strategies, labour and management training, marketing strategies, institution development, advisory services etc..
The advisory services of the Institute cover a wide spectrum, including feasibility studies, programme evaluation, and fact-finding Missions/Committees. Its clientele includes, Ministries and Departments of the Union, State, and local governments, international organisations, enterprise promotion agencies, financial institutions, community organisations, and business associations and Chambers.
'Development Communication' includes, programmes and institutional platforms meant for the Institute’s conversation with its stakeholders. India MSME Communication Programme (IMCP) is a national programme for communicating the concerns of the small enterprise constituency. ISED Centre for Monitoring Enterprise Development in the States (ISED-CMEDS) is a dedicated platform for studies and communication at the subnational (State) and regional levels.
The Observatory is a permanent Knowledge Hub on enterprise and entrepreneurship, Promoted by ISED, but organised on a Partnership mode.
The capabilities of the Institute are an outcome of its diversified Programme, as also of the strength of its Knowledge Centres.
Besides its small corpus fund, the resource base of the Institute come from its Programmes, both in-house and external assignments. ISED is an innovator, and hence, utilises a significant part of its resources on development of innovative programmes. Donations and contributions are encouraged. The Institute is registered under the Foreign Contributions Regulation Act (1986) and is eligible to accept foreign contributions. It is also tax-exempted under Sec. 12(A) of the Income Tax Act. The Institute has the necessary infrastructure for carrying out its Programme and activities.
ISED believes and practices in 'collective efficiency', rather than in individual action. Partnerships and Networks enrich the content and, quality of the ISED programme.