Course on Grassroots innovation for MBA students

Entrepreneurship Academy conducted last course on Grassroots innovation for MBA students in Belgaum on 4 December. Students visited the social enterprise, Mitan, to see a local example of grassroots innovation and its impact on rural communities. Mitan creates livelihood opportunities for rural women in Gokak district. They are producing handicraft products and exporting to other countries. Mr Gopi Krishna, founder of Mitan, provided insightful information about how Mitan combines knowledge of local traditions and handicrafts with business principles to create a social impact.

Students also participated in a session where they learned how they can utilize the Right to Information Act (RTI). Mr. Krishna, the Program Manager of Lead, led a very engaging session and the students were excited that they now understand how RTI could be beneficial to them.
Additionally, students attended interactive sessions on IT skills for aspiring entrepreneurs and innovative resource management. The course concluded with a final question paper to ensure students grasped the critical concepts from the course.

Course on Innovation and creativity for BBA students

Creativity leads to Innovation, innovation leads to entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship Academy organized two days course on Innovation and Creativity for EA partners. Course has been hosted by Oxford College of management, Hubli.
Course stated on 22nd and concluded on 23rd of November. Fist day started with game called Pully making activity. In this activity participant are asked to create Pully with available resources in the college campus. It was very creative and interesting session for them.
Soon after the activity participant under gone a session called ‘Who am I’. This activity help hem to understand his/her own self and built confidence in all participant.

Introduction to Entrepreneurship for our MBA partners

Entrepreneurship Academy conducted a three day course on Introduction to Entrepreneurship for our MBA partners in Belgaum. KLS IMER College hosted the training in their Tilkawadi campus.
Sessions covered the entrepreneurial mindset, idea generation, building a strong company culture, elevator pitches, developing business dashboard, taking calculated risks, and much more.
Students especially enjoyed the session on Founder’s Journey, in which three local entrepreneurs shared their entrepreneurial journey. Guest speakers included, Mr Sandeep Hegde, Mr Sudhir Darekar and Rajendrakumar Harkuni, who each presented a unique perspective on leading an entrepreneurial life.

IMSR hosts event in honor of C.K. Prahalad

On 20^th April 2010, E-Lite, the E-Cell at IMSR, hosted a special event to honor the legacy of C.K. Prahalad. The event began with a memorial to Prahalad, which was followed by a video highlighting Prahalad’s work.

The keynote speaker for the event was Dr. Satyajit Mujumdar, who has studied Prahalad’s work and spoke about the profound impact Prahalad has made on the world of business by pushing people to think innovatively. Dr. Mujumdar encouraged students in the audience to heed Prahalad’s wisdom and think about how they can beat their competitors in the business world by envisioning where the future will lead and being the ones to create the markets of the future.

Naveen Jha, Director of DCSE, spoke next about Prahalad’s insight on the bottom of the pyramid and how the concept has entered mainstream vocabulary around the world. Naveen highlighted that Prahalad’s work focused on India and played a major role in how the world views India as a land of opportunity.

The panel then had an interactive discussion with students about how corporations can cater to both low and high income clients by diversifying their products.

Genny King, a Sandbox Fellow with the Entrepreneurship Academy, shared some closing remarks on Prahalad’s profound insight on the bottom of the pyramid and how he revolutionized the way the world views the poor. Genny encouraged students to take advantage of the immense opportunities that lie in their home country and carry on Prahalad’s legacy by considering how they can use business strategies to alleviate poverty at the bottom of the pyramid.

E-Lite showed great initiative by taking this opportunity to honor a leader in the social entrepreneurship movement and host an enlightening discussion on some key issues in the field of entrepreneurship.

For more information on Prahalad’s recent passing, please read the recent New York Times article: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/22/business/22prahalad.html?hpw