Open Learning Programme in Entrepreneurship (OLPE)

The Open Learning Programme in Entrepreneurship (OLPE) for S&T persons has been initiated with the help of the Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII), Ahmedabad, to spread the message of entrepreneurship at a faster rate and to cover a large number of beneficiaries in a shorter time.

This is a programme in the distance education mode, under which potential entrepreneurs are provided not only with study material but also guidance by resource persons during the contact sessions in different parts of the country.

Instruction modules have been prepared on different aspects of entrepreneurship including information support systems, business opportunity identification, market assessment, entrepreneurial motivation, business plan preparation and small business management. The resource persons trained through the FDP and other professionals associated with reputed training institutions are commissioned to organize contact programmes and extend follow-up support to entrepreneurs.

The duration of the course is eleven months. The programme facilitates learning at the pace and place of the participants. This is a roll on programme with new recruitment once in every three months. The programme has been launched in the states of Gujarat, Karnataka, and Maharashtra. More states are to be covered shortly. The  programme is likely to be conducted in the local regional languages also.