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We at Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship (IIE) aim to be the leading provider of quality professional development programmers, research and information services in the field of entrepreneurship motivation, entrepreneurship development and enterprise management.

We commit ourselves to-Understand and fulfill our customer's needs as well as exceeding their expectations.

Understand and master new theories and methods of entrepreneurship motivation, entrepreneurship development and enterprise management in order to continually improve upon our products and services. Continually improve our processes, quality management system and organizational productivity through active participation of all members of IIE, customers and suppliers.
With an aim to undertake training, research and consultancy activities in the small industry sector focusing on entrepreneurship development, the Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship (IIE) was established in the year 1993 at   
Guwahati by the erstwhile Ministry of Industry (now Ministry of Small Scale Industry), Government of India as an autonomous national institute. The institute started its operations from April 1994 with North East Council (NEC), Govts of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland and SIDBI as other stakeholders.

The policy direction and guidance is provided to the Institute by its Board of Management whose Chairman is the Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of Small Scale Industries. The governing council of the institute is headed by Chairman, NEC and the Executive Committee is headed by the Secretary SSI & ARI, Govt. of India. The Institute is located at Lalmati, Basistha Charili, 37 NH bypass. It is 5 km from Dispur Capital complex, 10 km from Railway Station and 30 km from LGBI Airport.
  • To organize and conduct training for entrepreneurship development.
  • To evolve strategies & methodologies for different target groups & locations & conduct field tests.
  • To identify training needs and offer training programmers to Government and non-Government organizations engaged in promoting and supporting entrepreneurship.
  • To document and disseminate information needed for policy formulation and implementation related to self-employment.
  • To identify, design and conduct training programmers for existing entrepreneurs.
  • To prepare and publish literature related to entrepreneurship and industrial development.
  • To organize seminars, workshops and confer conferences for providing a forum for interaction and exchange of views by various agencies and entrepreneurs.
  • To conduct research for generating knowledge to accelerate the process of entrepreneurship development.
  • To act as a catalyst for development of self-employment/entrepreneurship, industry/business.
  • To evolve, design and help in the utilization of various media for creating entrepreneurship.
The activities of the Institute include identification of training needs, designing and organizing programmers both for development functionaries and entrepreneurs; evolving effective training strategies and methodologies for different target groups and locations; organize seminars, workshops and conferences for providing for interaction and exchange of views by various agencies and entrepreneurs; undertaking research on entrepreneurship development, documenting and disseminating information needed for policy formulation and implementation on self-employment and entrepreneurship.

The Institute acts as a catalyst for entrepreneurship development by creating an environment for entrepreneurship in the support system, developing new entrepreneurship, helping in the growth of existing entrepreneurs and propagation of entrepreneurial education