Entrepreneurship Education: The Missing Link for Enabling Entrepreneurship

Abstract

The article reviews the extant scholarly discourse on entrepreneurship education – the origins, design, pedagogy, and the effects. The central question “Can Entrepreneurship be taught” appears to have been put to rest by considering entrepreneurship as a method. Entrepreneurship education also needs to keep up with new insights about the entrepreneurial process and the changing nature of entrepreneurship. The paper takes stock of the state of entrepreneurship education in India and suggests a framework for aligning entrepreneurial education with the needs of the society in the context of the country’s goals of becoming a five trillion dollar economy. The paper is expected to stimulate thinking among the academia on how to design and deliver entrepreneurship education that contributes to building an entrepreneurial India.