NSTEDB functions under the aegis of Department of Science & Technology. It has representation from socio-economic and scientific Departments / Ministries, premier entrepreneurship development institutions and all India Financial Institutions.

The major objectives of NSTEDB are : 

• To promote knowledge based and innovation driven enterprises.
• To facilitate generation of entrepreneurship and self-employment opportunities for S & T persons.
• To facilitate the information dissemination.
• To network with various Central & State Government agencies for S&T based entrepreneurship development. 
• To act as a policy advisory body to the Government agencies for S&T based entrepreneurship development.
• To generate employment through technical skill development using S & T infrastructure.

The Programmes conducted by NSTEDB have created awareness among S&T persons to take up entrepreneurship as a career. The academicians and researchers have started taking a keen interest in such socially relevant roles and have engaged themselves in several programmes initiated by NSTEDB.  About 100 organisations, most of which are academic institutions and voluntary agencies, were drafted in the task of entrepreneurship development and employment generation.  

NSTEDB has also initiated programmes jointly with international organizations such as UNDP on vocational training. This has broadened the scope and content of entrepreneurship development activities and has brought in international expertise for socio-economic upliftment. A special emphasis is now being given to cluster development where in a few selected clusters have been adopted for development using S&T methods and intervention.

Some of the major programmes/activities undertaken by NSTEDB are elaborated on this portal. More programmes are being evolved to suit the changing economic and market scenario.

Achievements of NSTEDB