Do you want to be your own boss? Are you tired of taking orders? Well, now you can be an entrepreneur! The Small Industries Service Institute (SISI) shows you how.

The institute located on West of Chord Road, Rajajinagar, was set up by the Government of India to supplement the activities of the State government in promoting small scale industries. The SISI network in Karnataka State is a part of the national network under the Small Industries Development Organisation.

SISI renders technical consultancy services in the field of mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, glass and ceramics, electronics, leather and metallurgy; management services in areas like personnel, finance, marketing, quality control, economic information; and export promotion services to the small scale industries, according to Mr Mahabala, the Director of SISI.

The qualification required to join the training programmes conducted by SISI differs. There are courses for school leavers, for those with 10+2 qualification, and for graduates.

Mr Mahabala says that part time management courses are targeted at those who are already employed in the areas of industrial and financial management, production, marketing, export, packing, working capital, quality control management. A graduate degree is the minimum qualification required to join these courses. The fees for these courses is Rs 1,000 and the duration is ten days. They are held at regular intervals throughout the year.

SISI conducts specific technical training programmes for the benefit of prospective entrepreneurs in various fields like machinist trade, scientific glass blowing, lens grinding, decoration of glass and ceramic ware, plaster toy making, leather utility articles, T.V. and radio repairing, soldering and de-soldering techniques, manufacture of small transformers and coil winding, carpentry, hosiery and knitting and blue print reading. The minimum qualification for these technical training programme is 10+2 and the fees differs for each technical training programme, ranging between
Rs 1,000 to 3,000. The duration is from a few weeks to five months.

Cottage industry products like mosquito coils, detergents, vessel washing powder, liquid soap and wax candles making through simple processes is being taught here to cottage industry entrepreneurs on "nominal fees."

The short term courses at SISI are conducted about five times a year and information regarding commencement of the courses is published from time to time in local newspapers. Admission norms are as per government reservation quota.

Keeping in view the flourishing IT industry in the state, the institute, in cooperation with the Government of Karnataka, is planning to start a three-month short term training programme for computer science graduates. On completion of training, trained computer science graduates can open up their own small enterprises to produce ancillaries for IT giants like Infosys.

Address: Small Industies Service Institution, West off Chord Road, Rajajinagar, Bangalore-560 044.
Phone: 335 1540, 335 1581-2.

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