The National Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development is a premier organisation of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, engaged in training, consultancy, research, etc. in order to promote entrepreneurship. The major activities of the Institute are Training of Trainers, Management Development Programs, Entrepreneurship-cum-Skill Development Programs, Entrepreneurship Development Programs and Cluster Intervention. NIESBUD has provided training to 10,94,529 persons as of March 31, 2017 through 41,483 different training programs since inception. This includes 4,080 international participants hailing from more than 141 countries throughout the globe.