Recognizing the potential of AEDPs in providing skilling and practical learning to students, CRISP embarked on upscaling AEDPs by diversifying sectors and increasing the number of states from AY 2024-25. To fulfil this, CRISP established a Centre of Excellence (CoE) for implementing the National Initiative for Skill Integrated Higher Education (NISHE) project, headed by CRISP’s Senior Adviser on Skills, Mr. VLVSS Subba Rao, former IES Officer and Principal Economic Adviser to Govt. of India. CRISP also established an exclusive national team to work on NISHE Project.