B-Schools expecting more student entrepreneurs
Ahmedabad: Top B Schools in the country are convinced that this year many more entrepreneurs will be passed out, as the placement season approaches. B Schools are forming entrepreneurship cells/clubs, collaborating with associations, organising lectures and seminars, besides arranging for consulting projects with small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), reports Chitra Unnithan of Business Standard.
The entrepreneurship cell at Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS) has an online incubation center, which facilitates interaction between students with business ideas and industry stalwarts who can help students with development and implementation of ideas in to a business venture. "This year onwards, we have implemented the placement holiday initiative wherein a student can take a break from the regular placement process and start their own venture. If by any chance they want to come back, they can come back in two years time and sit for the placement process. We also have a tie-up with National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN) and premier engineering colleges in Mumbai which will help students with the technical knowledge for their endeavours," said a member of the E-cell.
Young Indian MBAs, according to a recent survey by an MBA portal, say they are keen on choosing entrepreneurship as a full-time career option this year. Over 200 students across 15 top Indian B-schools had participated in the survey. Last year, the Indian School of Business (ISB) produced more number of entrepreneurs than ever with about 30 students submitting their ideas to the institute, of which about 50 percent were shortlised for getting the required support from ISB for blossoming these into business ventures.
To encourage this trend, the Entrepreneurship Club at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A), too, recently held its annual entrepreneurship summit 'Dream Big India 2010'. IIM Lucknow has added a new chapter of entrepreneurial activity on campus with several new initiatives - one of them being Entrepreneurship @ Unitus. The institute's laboratory on entrepreneurship motivation also had other events lined up like Nirvan, IIM-L's annual entrepreneurship summit with various competitions and guest sessions to raise the entrepreneurship influence on campus.
(Courtesy - Business Standard)
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