Entrepreneurship Development Institute of Tamil Nadu goverment has reached out to college students with a series of awareness camps that will end at the M.P.N.M.J. College of Engineering at Chennimalai on July 4.

The first of the three meetings was hosted by Erode District Small Scale Industries' Association, and the second program was held at Shree Venkateshwara Hi-Tech Engineering College at Gobichettipalayam on Friday. Official sources said the interactions that constitute the first phase focus on identifying youths with zeal for entrepreneurship, and exposing them to the hand-holding role of EDI. Subsequently, the identified students will be initiated into an intensive training program for exposure to the methods of preparing project plans.

The phase two programme on Business Model and Business Plan preparation will be followed by an advanced program on Business Launch and Mentorship, according to EDI schedule.

The two awareness camps conducted so far in the district threw light on new and existing business opportunities in agriculture, manufacturing and service sectors. The participants could gather idea about step-by-step transformation into entrepreneurs. In Erode district, the enormous scope for aspiring entrepreneurs to avail themselves the benefits of subsidy-linked loan schemes will be explored through such awareness programmes.