Training for Small Business 

Training for the SSI sector is offered by many different institutions, mostly supported at public expense. The primary network of organisations is directed by the central Ministry of Small Scale Industries & Agro & Rural Industries.  Over the years, with incremental changes in policy, and with natural changes in the economic environment, this central network of organisations has perhaps become unwieldy, and perhaps self-perpetuating.

Even within this network, it is necessary for an entrepreneur, or for a prospective one, to understand just Where the real training is available. Clearly, there is a lot of excellent training that business families impart to their young ones or the business organisations impart to their employees on-the-job. Aside from this, training for SSI is largely available through the following five ways. 

1.  SISI Training Programs: Every state has one or more Small Industries Service Institute. These have been set up to promote ssi’s and, in the licensing days, to provide govrnment controlled materials. With changes in the business environment, some SISI’s have developed a fair amount of training activity. The training activity at SISINewDelhi is one of the best examples.

2.  NSIC Training: An apex organisation for small scale industry, NSIC is located in Delhi and offers some training programmes.

3.  National Institute for Small scale Education & Training (NISIET)  located at Hyderabad is a specialised organisation set up by the central government to provide training for this sector. It now provides a very large number of programmes directed to the bigger SSI’s.

4.  Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship (IIE) is another apex institution. This has a wide spectrum of programmes directed to creating and improving the entrepreneurial ventures.

5. Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has funded training programmes through a number of key national institutions in technology and management.