The Entrepreneurial Aptitude Test (EAT) is an entrance test conducted by Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDI), Ahmedabad for admission to Entrepreneurship courses like Post Graduate Diploma in Management - Business Entrepreneurship (PGDM-BE). Other courses offered include Post Graduate Diploma in Management – Development Studies (PGDM-DS) and Fellow Programme in Management (FPM) at the institute.
There are two sets of tests under this category designed to analyze behavioral predispositions like drive, initiative, general entrepreneurial tendencies, leadership, personality traits, etc. The tests measure entrepreneurial potential and commitment.
Important Dates for EAT 2015
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Location |
Test Dates |
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Bengaluru |
20th May, 2015 |
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Bhopal |
20th May, 2015 |
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Bhubaneshwar |
20th May, 2015 |
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New Delhi |
21st May, 2015 |
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Lucknow |
21st May, 2015 |
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Ahmedabad |
22nd May, 2015 |
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Kolkata |
22nd May, 2015 |
Who should take the EAT 2015 exam?
The Postgraduate Diploma in Entrepreneurship is open to all individuals who are:
- Considering embarking on an entrepreneurial career pathway
- Have taken the first steps of their entrepreneurial journey*
*This may involve forming a business based around new technology or service, developing an agricultural set up, pursuing an opportunity in the arts or creative media, or taking an innovation forward within a larger or more established organization. EAT exam 2015 is also individuals who want to scale their family business to new heights can enroll for the course.
About Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDI), Ahmedabad:
EDI-Ahmedabad is an autonomous institution set up in 1983 as a pioneering institute for Entrepreneurship Development and Training in India and around the globe.
EDI conceptualized 'Entrepreneurship Development' in a 'movement' format and has expanded its concern, starting with urban to include rural too.
The Institute has been acknowledged as a world leader in creating first generation entrepreneurs as also honing skills of existing ones, and it shares its expertise with several developing countries.
The driving values at the Institute are innovation, experimentation, risk-taking, inclusiveness, thinking out of the box and to offer need based & socially relevant solutions.
EDI conducts several training programmes – both national and international, implements projects for the state governments, central government and international organisations, and offers two unique Post Graduate Programmes under its Centre for Entrepreneurship Education & Research.
The Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDI), an autonomous and not-for-profit Institute, set up in 1983, is sponsored by apex financial institutions - the IDBI Bank Ltd., IFCI Ltd., ICICI Bank Ltd. and State Bank of India (SBI). The Government of Gujarat pledged twenty-three acres of land on which stands the majestic and sprawling EDI campus.