An EDC has been set with the mission to become a catalyst in facilitating the emergence of competent group of entrepreneurs and provide hand holding support for entrepreneurs through spreading awareness on entrepreneurship, promote innovation and novelty, impart skills necessary to prepare the youth to start and run their own ventures successfully 9 through training & workshops, facilitate consultation meetings, provide mentoring and facilitate networking to potential and early stage entrepreneurs, and channel micro-financing for startups. It bases its activities on the belief that–

• Entrepreneurship is a vital tool that facilitates inclusive growth of society
• Entrepreneurship education, training & counseling can hasten the emergence of progressive entrepreneurs
• Entrepreneurship encourages youth to seek innovations & challenges thus leading to optimal utilization of the State‟s demographic dividend, resources & wealth creation.

• The Government will facilitate the creation of a Startup Hub in Aizawl so that entrepreneurs can be provided with ideal conditions to flourish and accelerate the growth of their ventures. This will include the setting up of a an incubation Centre under EDC which would provide the start-ups with necessary mentoring, tech support, infrastructure, networking, and facilitating other resources that may be required for the entrepreneurs to create a sustainable, scalable & profitable business model.
• The Incubator will provide fully equipped and fully functional plug-&-play working spaces, brainstorming rooms, video conferencing hall, internet connectivity, electricity, water, security, shared IT infrastructure such as projectors, fax machines, etc.

Institutions engaged in development and promotion of entrepreneurship play a vital role in preparing young people to be responsible, enterprising individuals so that they can contribute to economic development and sustainable communities. Recognizing the need to develop the infrastructure, teaching aids etc. of such institutions, EDS will provide Need-based Assistance to Institutes/Partner Agencies based on proper criteria and guidelines.