Dr Sushil Vachani

Distinguished professor, Sushil Vachani, from Boston University visited DCSE on Friday 18 June to meet with directors of EA partners and discuss entrepreneurship education.

Dr. Sushil Vachani brings with him a breadth of knowledge in the field of entrepreneurship education. He has a doctorate in international business from Harvard Business School, a Postgraduate Diploma in Management from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and an undergraduate in engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. Additionally, he has extensive managerial and consulting experience, having worked as a consultant with the Boston Consulting Group, where he was involved with designing business strategies for American, Japanese, and European multinationals. Dr. Vachani has also worked in India as a research engineer with the Dutch electronics multinational, Philips and as a member of the Tata Administrative Service. His research has been published in the Harvard Business Review, California Management Review, Journal of International Business Studies and numerous other publications.

The session included a discussion of the following topics:

• Utilizing entrepreneurs and faculty members’ unique perspectives and knowledge of business to best prepare students to pursue an entrepreneurial life.
• How to pique faculty and students’ interest in entrepreneurship education.
• The opportunity that exists in 2nd and 3rd tier Indian cities to make a major impact in the field of entrepreneurship education.
• Examples of what other colleges have done to broaden their perspective and inspire the next generation of leaders.