Dr. Sunil Shukla, Director General of Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, Ahmedabad, has been closely working, for more than three decades now, in various areas linked with entrepreneurship education and development. His contribution to entrepreneurship education, research, training and institution building have been quite innovative. Dr. Shukla institutionalized ‘entrepreneurship education’ internationally and went on to launch an application-oriented, award winning post graduate, full-time education programme in entrepreneurship. Towards establishing a strong premise for entrepreneurship, Dr. Shukla also envisioned an outcome-based skill enhancing model for children and youths. Several organizations and departments are benefitting from his guidance and mentorship by having him on their Boards.
As a researcher, he has ably extended the frontiers of entrepreneurship, nationally and globally through empirical research and dissemination. He leads the largest and the most prestigious annual study of entrepreneurial dynamics in the world – the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) India Chapter.
Dr. Shukla has extensively worked in the international arena as well. His work in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) countries, Asia, Africa, America, Iran and Uzbekistan has been highly appreciate