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Gujarat Confidential: Improving efficiency
The Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII) in Ahmedabad has established the PGP Executive Committee (PGPEC) to provide guidance for strengthening the academic regulations of its postgraduate programmes. These programmes include the Post Graduate Diploma in Management-Entrepreneurship (PGDM-E), Post Graduate Diploma in Management-Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Venture Development (PGDM-IEV), and the online PGDM programme. The committee members include senior visiting faculty at EDII Mayank Upadhyay, Prof Saswata Narayan Biswas of Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA), Gujarat National University Registrar Nitin Mailk and EDII's Department of Entrepreneurship Education Director Satya Ranjan Acharya. Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) alumnus and founder of Nayan Parikh and Consultants, Nayan Parikh, has also been invited to be a member of this committee. 'The committee will also advise and undertake measures to enhance the overall efficiency and quality of the programmes,' EDII stated.
