Abstract:
Entrepreneurship can be successfully taught like any other
discipline - Today, there are worthwhile testimonies to this
claim. Prestigious management institutes offer full-fledged
courses on entrepreneurship and many students have
ventured into the field but the incidence needs to be
enhanced. The Government of India, through its newly
established Ministry of Skill Development and
Entrepreneurship (MSDE), focuses on developing
entrepreneurial and employability skills among the youth
through. entrepreneurship education and training,
advocacy and easy access to entrepreneurship networks.
The Ministry has- been also trying to deliver world class
Learning and Management System (LMS) to equip
potential as well as early stage entrepreneurs. The Govt. of
India has launched several progra~mes to develop
entrepreneurs in sectors such as manufacturing, IT and
digital services, healthcare, and sanitary and hygiene. To
achieve aforementioned objectives the Government has
launched pan India programmes, viz. 'Start-up India',
'Stand-up India', 'Make-in India', 'Digital India', 'Swachh
Bharat (Clean India)', that are aimed at further propelling
entrepreneurship movement in India. Sculpting its mandate
around this mission, EDII looks forward to increasing its
effort towards cultivating entrepreneurial bent of mind and
knowledge in youth. The most crucial change agents in this
process are the faculty members specializing in teaching
entrepreneurship.
