The Department has has excelled in the field of entrepreneurship promotion and Human Resource Development. It was established as the first state level department for entrepreneurship development since 1996.

The mission of the department is to promote entrepreneurial culture and entrepreneurship through well planned interventions for different segments of the society and to contribute towards economic development.

In this department has organized series of Skill Development and Capacity Building programmes for officials concerned with Industrial Development. The department of the Asian Institute has sought professional resource support from other such National level partners.

Its activities focus on building capacities in entrepreneurship, micro & small enterprises, vocational employable skills, technology up gradation, REASERCH, academic, management, entrepreneurship education, social entrepreneurship, water and Sanitation.

It has expanded its activities to other areas also which include Monitoring & Evaluations as well as Capacity Enhancement Programmes for NGOs working in the development sector; Management Development Programmes for Government Officials; CSR interventions for Corporate Sector; Faculty Development Programmes and Educational Interventions for students from Schools, Colleges, Engineering & Management Institutions.