It is a unique youth oriented entrepreneurship development approach designed to encourage entrepreneurship in formal and informal learning spaces in India. It lets youth experiment and explore self & surroundings to build livelihood opportunities through enterprises which are connected to their passions and address need gaps of their society.

EoT moves beyond the popular criticisms and myths against entrepreneurs. EoT redefines entrepreneurs as employment generators, wealth creators, solution providers, change makers, and nation builders thereby motivating youth towards entrepreneurship. It envisions creating a cadre of entrepreneurial youngsters who would be the job creators and social change makers for the next generation. 

“Investing fully in children today will ensure the well-being and productivity of future generations for decades to come.”
-----Carol Bellamy, Former Executive Director, UNICEF

The thought behind Entrepreneurship Development Cell in Dhriiti was not only to provide knowledge & skills on entrepreneurship but also influence the attitudes of the participants it worked with. It is with this thought that Building Entrepreneurs (BE) was started. Though it is a common perception in the country that the school students are too young to absorb the concepts of entrepreneurship, EDC firmly believes that the seed of entrepreneurship has to be planted at that stage so that the students are able to look at entrepreneurship as a positive option in future.

We believe that school is the phase when most of us start dreaming about our goals in life and how we would wish to see ourselves, after 20 years. The present education system in India orients children and youth towards jobs. However, the market scenario is unable to accommodate or even provide opportunities to this rich resource pool, which is an asset for any country. This dearth of jobs has led to several anti-social activities, which the educated unemployed have taken up.

The problem is more critical in the lower economic strata of the society. 75% of the age group of six years to fourteen years is enrolled in government schools, but 52% of children who enroll in Class I drop out by Class VIII and 62% by Class X. This is a large chunk of children with potential, which the education system is unable to retain and which continues to remain underutilized. Unable to find spaces and opportunities to bring out their talents, many children find themselves caught up in anti-social activities. Employment opportunities for this section are even more limited.

The programme in private and public schools is done on a charged basis and the programme in Government Schools is supported by Global Funds for Children, USA