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.

Pragati 2010

Entrepreneurship Academy was part of Pragati 2010 which is one of the Best Practices of MBA Department of Karnataka University. Pragati is a Acdademic Forum where all teachers of all the affiliated colleges of North Karnataka gethered. It is also an opportunity for the senior and successful teachers to share their good experience and Innovations in their course delivery to the MBA students. The guest speaker Mr Shiva Ramamoorthy (Group Director, Sales and Marketing, Tejas Networks) & Mr Naveen Jha ( Director DCSE India) were present in the function. More than 100 faculties of MBA Colleges form North Karnataka had attended this function. Mr Shiva Ramamoorthy spoke about the Innovation & Entrepreneurship.