A study on how India is failing to create a new generation of entrepreneurs! by openfuel. www.openfuel.org

1. The Missing
Indian
Entrepreneurs

3. Do they want to startup
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5. And what we found out
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8. Community
Inputs
Extra-Curricular
Inputs
Pedagogial
Inputs
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10. 92% of the Indian students have
not attended a single course on
entrepreneurship
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11. Only 16% of the Indian students who were taught
Entrepreneurship, were also taught
the most essential &
contemporary
Concepts of
entrepreneurship
Incomplete !
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15. Only 10.8% of the students have frequent
access to entrepreneurship focused
workshops and events.
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16. 80%
Close to
of those who frequently meet
successful entrepreneurs also
intend to startup
soon or in medium
term.
But only 13% of the students in
India are able to frequently
meet or interact with
successful
entrepreneurs.
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21. The community
Is Missing!
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23. The alumni community cannot be found
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28. References
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1 1Linxiu Zhang, Eli Pollak, Ross Darwin, Matthew Boswell, and Scott Rozelle,(2013), Are Elite University Graduates Aiding
China’s Transition to an Innovation-based Economy? Results from a Career Choices Survey among Would-Innovators in China
and the United States, 58-69, Asia Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics, Volume 20, Issue No. 1, March 2013
2 In short to medium term; Short term : Immediately after college, Medium term: After three years of working. Wherever
used in the presentation, the intention to startup includes the short and medium term intention