12-29-2009, 07:51 PM
TCO provide a complete package of consultancy services at reasonable rates to small and medium enterprises, individual entrepreneurs, Government Departments and agencies, various state level institutions, commercial banks and other institutions in their task relating to industrial development and financing. Though initially TCOs focussed on pre-investment studies, over the years they have diversified their services to include (1)preparation of project profiles and feasibility studies, (ii) undertaking industrial potential surveys, (iii) identification of potential entrepreneurs and providing them technical and management assistance, (iv) undertaking market research and surveys for specific products, (v) undertaking energy audit and energy conservation assignments, (vi) project supervision and where necessary rendering technical and administrative assistance, (vii) taking up assignments on turn-key basis, (viii) undertaking export consultancy for export-oriented projects based on modern technology, (ix) offering management consultancy services, especially diagnostic study of sick units or for improvement in the existing units and their rehabilitation programmes, (x) conducting entrepreneurship development programmes and skill upgradation programmes and (xi) offering merchant banking services.