Abstract:
Importance of Engineering and Technology cannot be over emphasized in the
development of a nation. However, most engineering and technology students do
not have the necessary entrepreneurial skills to start their own business and have
very limited understanding of how even a small business venture works. Sadly,
they have no understanding of how to convert their innovative technological ideas
into useful products and have to be satisfied as job seekers and being technically
good at their jobs. This deprives them from the opportunity of contributing to the
nation's economic development, as possible techno-entrepreneurs. All the world
over entrepreneurship is considered as one of the most powerful engines of
economic growth, contributing greatly towards economic advancement of a
nation and poverty alleviation. With more than one million student population at
engineering and technology courses, India stands to immensely gain if its ongoing
efforts to promote entrepreneurship are further aligned and integrated with
technical education. This paper reviews such ongoing efforts both nationally and
internationally and attempts to provide pointers to enhance such entrepreneurial
interventions.
Description:
Fourteenth Biennial Conference on Entrepreneurship/ Edited by Rajeev Sharma, Sunil Shukla, Amit Kumar Dwivedi & Ganapathi Batthini
