IIT Hyderabad Announces Course in Entrepreneurship

Updated on: Thursday, June 04, 2015

IIT Hyderabad has announced a minor in entrepreneurship in its B Tech curriculum to instill entrepreneurial spirit in students. IIT Hyderabad has said the course is designed to equip students with entrepreneurship competency, business acumen and entrepreneurial vision required to be job creators.

According to IIT Hyderabad, the program is available to B Tech students in the third year. It will last for two years and consist of 12 credits. "Of all the student clubs, the E-cell (entrepreneurship cell), was very famous with the students. Given the interest among students, we decided to formalize this entrepreneurship course as a minor. We also have plans to set up a full-fledged incubator to provide space, guidance, and environment to groom our students into entrepreneurs", Faiz, dean of academic program at IIT Hyderabad, said in a statement.

IIT Hyderabad believes that the inclusion of entrepreneurship in the syllabus will benefit students who aspire to own or run a company but do not have business background. The course would be conducted by faculty members, serial entrepreneurs, leaders from successful start-up organizations and senior industry stalwarts, IIT-H said. "Students learn to identify when and how to seize opportunities, understand the challenges of financing, the pitfalls to avoid, and how to grow their business. They will also be given many opportunities to network and socialize with professionals and successful entrepreneurs," read IIT Hyderabad's official statement about the course.

IIT Hyderabad Announces Course in Entrepreneurship

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