In a developing country like India, the proportion of educated and skilled people has steadily been increasing whereas increase in availability of employment opportunities has been comparatively lagging behind. Though, there has been significant development of industrial enterprises during the past few decades, maintaining the competitive strength and growth of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SME) Industry sector, in particular, is becoming increasingly challenging. The promotion of entrepreneurs as well as development of entrepreneurial skills have been the key areas both for sustaining the competitive strength of our industrial base as also towards reducing the number of job seekers. HARDICON was set up in 1985, jointly by Public Sector Banks and Financial Institutions with the twin objectives of facilitating overall industrial development of the country by catering to the technical consultancy needs of the industry and promoting entrepreneurship.