Entrepreneurial and Employability

Skill Development Program

Week1: - Industry

Verticals &

Horizontals +

Problem Statements

• Participants will

understand the

concepts of Business

Verticals & Horizontals

• Participants will be

able to list out the

problem statement

• Participants will be

able to apply the

knowledge and

demonstrate the

concepts using case

study

Week 2: Design

Thinking

• Participants will be able

to understand the concept

of design thinking

• Participants will

understand the

importance of Design

Thinking

• Participants will be able

the apply the knowledge

and validate the selected

Problem Statement

Week 3: Lean Start-up

Methodology

• Participants will be able to elaborate the lean

start up methodology

• Participants will understand the five

principles of lean management

• Participants will apply the knowledge and

validate the problem hypotheses

• Participants will understand the barriers in

implementation of LSM

• Participants will be able to demonstrate

concepts using Case Study

Week 4, 5, 6 : Business Model Canvas

• Learning Outcomes:

✓ Participants will understand why business

models are important

✓ Participants will be able to explain how

the Business Model Canvas would be

useful to apply to their own

development ideas

✓ Participants will be able to describe the

nine elements of the Business Model

Canvas

✓ Participants will be able to identify key

activities and key resources

✓ Participants will be able to identify the

inherent cost in business.

✓ Participants will apply the knowledge

and validate business model

Week 7:Mid

Semester

Checkpoint

✓Participants will understand customer journey mapping and its

benefits.

✓Participants will be able to pitch business idea and prototype in 10

minutes

✓Participants will be able to improve business model based on feedback

✓Participants will be able to provide and justify constructive criticism to

other teams.

Week 8, 9: Prototyping,

UI/UX

• Prototyping is the process of building a model of

a system

• User Experience is a conglomeration of tasks

focused on optimization of a product for

effective and enjoyable use

• User Interface Design is its compliment, the look

and feel, the presentation and interactivity of a

product

Learning Outcomes:

✓ Participants will be able to build prototype for

business model and give specifications

✓ Participants will be able to define UI and UX

Week 10:Marketing &

Branding

• Participants will be able to elaborate

different ways to market startup on a

dime

• Participants will understand the

importance of branding for

companies

• Participants will be able to explain the

process of branding

• Participants will be able to calculate

the budget to be spent on marketing,

ROI

• Participants will do SWOT, PESTEL, 4P

Analysis of defined business model

• Participants will be able to understand

and use different types of marketing

collaterals, and relate it with defined

business model

• Participants will understand the

psychology of color

Week 11:Financial Management

• Learning Outcomes:

✓ Participants will understand financial terms and

prepare various budgets and statements for defined

business model

✓ Participants will understand founder stock, equity in

startup.

✓ Participants will be able to differentiate between

ROI and ROE and calculate the same

Startup Budget

Operating Budget

Profit Loss Statements

Cash Flow Statements

Balance Sheet Founder

Stock, Equity in startup

ROI and ROE

Week 12: Business

Funding & Exit Strategies

• Different stages of business funding

• Developing an exit strategy

• Validating prototype & business model

Learning Outcomes:

✓Participants will be able to apply

knowledge of business funding and exit

strategies to validate prototype and

business model.

Week 13:Legal Requirements of

a Business

• Different types of companies

• Process of registering a business

• Requirements for licenses

• Copyright & patent requirements

• NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement)

• Validating prototype & business model

• Learning Outcomes: Participants will be able to

✓Describe step wise process of registering business in

India and list out documents required for licenses

✓Understand the process to register for a copyright and

patent

✓ Validate prototype and business model w.r.t legal

requirements

Week 14,15:Business Plan & Pitch

• Developing a business plan

• Designing a pitch deck

• Preparing a pitch for investment

• Pitch business idea & prototype in 15 minutes

• Seek feedback for improvement

• Seek funding to start up

Learning Outcomes: Participants will be able to

• Differentiate between Business Plan and Pitch

• Apply knowledge and develop business plan,

one

page business pitch, pitch deck for business

idea

• Scale-up the business using constructive

feedback

Benefits to Job Seekers

• Know about various industries and business that work in my

discipline of study.

• Understand the problem-solving process.

• Develop out of the box thinking which is the requirement for

job these days.

• Know how on how does a business function and how can I as a

fresh graduate add value to it.

• Understand the various positions and their job description the

student can apply to in a business or industry.

• Learn proper documentation and reporting requirements.

• Understand what the market demands and derive a plan to

meet the supply and increase value of the business or industry.

• Understand the other working positions in the industry and

integrate with students’ study of discipline to work efficiently.

• How does the industry manage finance and how can a student

appropriately quote salary.

• Learning various soft skills like communication, confidence,

presentation and so on.

• Gain hands on experience to add value to resume.

• Internship certificate from industries that can benefit during

placements.

Benefits for Job Creators

• Understand surrounding industries and identify the competition or

supporting industries for business.

• Think from the customer point of view of what will sell in the

market.

• How to establish a start up and understand the major activities of a

start-up.

• How to plan a successful business and identify the key activities,

partners, stakeholders, resources, manpower, goods and services.

• Ability to design a long term goal and plan for business.

• Understand what attracts the customers to increase business demand.

• Understand how appropriate marketing and branding help increase

the sale.

• Know how about finance and accounts and handling monetary

resources.

• Understanding the legalities and governance requirement of business.

• Know how to apply for various grants and schemes and plan to use

the funds.

• Pitching of business plan to investors.

• How to appoint people and understand requirement of people for

various business activities.

Various Internship opportunities for students enrolling

for the course this semester are in the upcoming

slides. It consists of the Profile of the Company that is

offering various Intenships.

Internship Opportunities

• Samruddhi Technology Business Incubation

- Technology Business Interns to facilitate

Academia, Industry, School and Gram

Panchayat Interaction.

• Aavishkar Labs by Multiversity - Trainers in

Schools for small kits and modules on

basic concepts of Science and Technology.

• AMLED - Learn lighting Technology and

help develop the nearby villages.

STBI (Samruddhi Technology Business

Incubation)

Project : Establishment and mentoring STBI foundation and formulation of CREAT-

JOB initiative to achieve and build an ecosystem that can bring industry and

academia together through unique interface model.

Duration : Ongoing.

Roles and Responsibilities : Founder Director.

Outcome : Establishmnet of CREAT JOB Initiative in Sangli District. Awaiting 10Cr.

Grant in the financial year 2018 – 2019.

Multiversity

Aavishkar Lab: Earn while Learn

Aavishkar Lab:

• “Aavishkar Lab” , a brainchild of Padma Bhushan Dr.

Vijay Bhatkar .

• It is program for fostering Innovation Culture in

School Children through the e-STEEM Initiative.

• e-STEEM stands for Electronics, Science, Technology,

Engineering , Environment and Mathematics, going

beyond the STEM initiative launched in USA.

• Fostering Innovation Culture in Educational Society

Learning by Tinkering Learning by Doing Learning by Making

AM LED

Project : Design and Implementation of Go GREEN LED Mission in collaboration

with Fudan University, China to replace conventional lighting through tube light and

setting a successful start-up (AM LED).

Duration : 1 Year.

Roles and Responsibilities : Technology Head and Project Director.

Outcome : Replacement of 31,00 tube lights on all campuses of MIT – World Peace

University.