Success Stories of Entrepreneurship and Skill Development (Programmes of ni-msme under ATI scheme of Ministry of MSME, Government of India) Sponsored by Ministry of MSME Govt. of India, New Delhi Published by National Institute for Micro, Small And Medium Enterprises (ni-msme) (An organisation of Ministry of MSME, Govt. of India) Yousufguda, Hyderabad - 500 045 Edited and Compiled by Fr. C. Joseph Arumaiselvam Executive Director, PMSSS. Published by National Institute for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (ni-msme) (An Organisation of the Ministry of MSME, Govt. of India) Yousufguda, Hyderabad – 500 045, Phone: +91-40-23608544-218 & +91-40-23608317-217, Fax: +91-40-23608547 Website: http://www.nimsme.org Supported By: Pondicherry Multipurpose Social Service Society (PMSSS) No. 81, Laporte Street, Pondicherry – 605 001. Phone: 0413-2222928 Email:
[email protected] Web: www.pmsss.org.in Foreword The National Institute for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (ni-msme), being an apex training arm of the Ministry of MSME, Government of India has been playing a pro-active role of facilitating, nurturing, promoting the development of entrepreneurship and growth of enterprises for more than five decades in our country. ni-msme, has entrusted task to enhance the skills of unemployed youth in various trades with follow-up activity and provide them with either self or wage employment under the “Scheme of Assistance to Training Institutes” from 2009-10 by the Ministry of MSME, Government of India. It has been a journey of immense pleasure and at the same time a challenge. In general, most of youth want to skip the foundational entrepreneurship training and jump straight to the business, hence the very reason that most people fail.