This document discusses fostering innovation and entrepreneurship through university education in India. It finds that while the number of universities and colleges is large, enrollment in professional fields like engineering and medicine is much lower than non-professional fields. It also finds that while the number of PhDs awarded is increasing, the number of patents filed by Indian universities is very low compared to other countries. It identifies that there are currently 68 incubators linked to academic institutions in India, which is far lower than other countries. It recommends introducing entrepreneurship education into university curriculums, providing funding for incubators, and training faculty to better support innovation and entrepreneurship.

1. Fostering Innovation and
Entrepreneurship through
university education in India.
Long Road Ahead
By Prof. S R Mustafa
Head – IMS Center for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship

2. Who am I ?
● An Entrepreneurship Evangelist
● Startup and Incubation Expert
● Mentor of 35+ startups
● Awardee of Best Incubator Manager SSATE-STEP
● Founder of three enterprises StartupActivator,
Kisanalya, The Employment Horizon
● Board of Advisor of 3 growing venture Openlabs,
TechAhead and Thinkware
● Curator of TESS – The Entrepreneurial Student
Society of India
● Member of CSI, TiE, NASSCOM
● Panel Evaluator of Power of Idea Economics
Times and IIMAhmedabad
● Head of IMS Center for Innovation Incubator and
Entrepreneurship.
Passionate to nurture startups and empower
academic institutions for fostering innovation
and entrepreneurship for creating wealth for
the society.
Prof. S R Mustafa
Grounded Feet and Clouded
Head

3. Fostering Innovation and Entrepreneurship through
university education in India.
Objective of Study: Journey / Contribution of educational institution in fostering
innovation and entrepreneurship so far and future road map. Replication of a
successful model in every educational institution for promotion of innovation and
entrepreneurship.
Research Methodology:
1. Survey TBI / Educational Institutions
2. Reports FICCI, NSTEDB, IEFB, TBIs, Journals
3. Personal Interviews with the head of the institution ( Director / owners) 30+
4. Interaction with 1000+ students during training program
5. Interaction with incubator managers and incubate companies 45
By Prof. S R Mustafa
Head – IMS Center for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship

4. Total No. of Universities in the Country as on 30.09.2014
Universities Total No.
State Universities 322
Deemed to be Universities 128
Central Universities 45
Private Universities 192
Total 687
Total No. of colleges in India is 2012-2013 37,204
Note: Includes Agricultural, Veterinary, Medical, Engineering / Technical
and Open Universities.

5. Student Enrollment in Higher Education during the academic session
2012-2013 enrolled in various courses at all levels in universities/colleges
and other institutions of higher education
The total enrollment in all courses and levels in regular stream
= 215.01 lakhs
Including 93.06 lakhs women students, constituting 43.28%.
Out of the total enrollment of students (215.0 1 lakhs),
37.94% in the faculty of Arts,
18.56% in Science
17.50%, in Commerce
74% enrollment in just three faculties.
While the remaining 26.70% enrollment were in professional faculties.
Engineering./Technology 16.05% Medical courses 3.52%
Agriculture and allied occupations just 0.48%
Veterinary Science 0.14 %
Findings: The ratio of professional to non-professional enrollment has been almost 1:3
and hence there is a need for an appropriate policy change which may rationalize and
reduce the disparity and need to focus on vocationalisation of education to promote
innovation and entrepreneurship..

6. Research Degrees:
The number of research degrees (Ph.Ds) awarded by various
universities
Total 16,093 in 2010-2011
17631 in 2011-2012
increase of 3.34%.
Faculty of Science had the highest number with 5607 degrees
Faculty of Arts with 5642 Ph.D. degrees.
Faculty of Engineering & Technology had topped with as many as 2098
Education faculty with 617 degrees,
Medicine faculty with 617
Agriculture faculty with 564 degrees
It is observed that there is a slight increasing trend in academic research in terms of
number of research degrees awarded by the Universities during 2011-2012 as
compared to the figures for the year 2010-2011.

7. XII Plan Guidelines (2012-2017)
ACCESS
EQUITY
QUALITY
PROMOTION OF TALENT
SKILL DEVELOPMENT
STAND ALONE SCHEMES
To support new ideas and
innovations and to start specialized
courses in Inter-disciplinary and
Emerging Areas, the UGC has been
providing cent percent development
assistance to the approved
departments of universities. Up to
31.03.2013, as many as 87
departments had been identified
and approved for support during XI
Plan under the Innovative
Programme.
A total grant of ` 11.06 crores had
been released to the departments
of universities during 2011-2012.
Unfortunately there is no scheme
talking about support scheme for
setting up of EDC / Incubator for
promoting innovation and
entrepreneurship through
university education system.

8. Patents filed in India
Patent filings have gone up from 28,940 during 2006–07 to
43,674 during 2012–13.
If we look at the patent filing trend from Indian universities,
we see that between 2006-12,
Amity University had maximum patent applications with
130, followed by IIT-Bombay 109 and
IIT Kharagpur 102.
In US, one university files over 300 patent
applications,"

9. Patents filed in 2012-13
India filed 43,674 patents
USA 2,68,782
Japan 4,88,744
China 5,61,377
Sources: Patent registration forum and FICCI report.

10. Incubator - A tool to foster innovation and entrepreneurship
"Business incubation is a unique and highly flexible combination
ofbusiness development processes, infrastructure and people designed to
nurture new and small businesses by helping them to survive and grow through
the difficult and vulnerable early stages of development."

11. Support Eco System in India under various ministries and
department.
NSTEDB- DST supported
STEP – Science & Technology Entrepreneurs Park 16
Technology Business Incubator - TBI 51
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Center IEDC 35
DC-MSME under Development of Managerial and Entrepreneurial skill
Supported institutions 150+
Other Govt supported incubators
NSIC, STPI
Private Incubators
Tlabs, The Hutch, Venture Nursery, 100Ent, Startup Village and many more
coming up

12. Other countries
Country No of Academic linked Incubator
USA 4000+
China 8000+
Korea 2000+
Japan 2800+
INDIA Only 68
A very very Long way have to go....................................

13. VENTURE CREATION
~ 2,000 ventures incubated sofar
950+ graduated already
SPACE
585,700 sq.ft. of dedicated area
CAPACITY
~1,000 hi-tech ventures can be
physically
incubated at a current occupancy rate of
80%
FOOTFALLS
~14,750 high-end innovative
entrepreneurs
approach Incubators annually
EMPLOYMENT GENERATED
~32,000 persons are estimated to be
employed
by Incubatee and Graduate
companies.
TURNOVER GENERATED
~ INR 1500 Crores is the combined
turnover
of Incubatee and Graduate
companies
In 2012-2013
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
GENERATED
~450 patents / copyrights held
INCUBATION IN INDIA
Outcome

14. IIT BOMBAY - SOCIETY
FOR INNOVATION AND
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRA
Year of establishment: 2005
Host Institution: IIT Bombay
Legal Status: Registered Society
Thrust Area: IT software incl. Mobile applications,
Hardware / Electronics / Embedded systems,
Manufacturing
(Engineering), Healthcare (Product-based),
Energy / Clean
technology, Agri-Business (Agri-Products),
Rural / Social
sector, Speciality sectors (Nano-tech, Design
etc.)
Space: 9,600 sq. ft.
No of Ventures : 115
Incubation Duration: 3 years
Employment Generated ~1063
Turnover generated ~ INR 106 Crores
Innovation and Technology Developed: 63
patented / design registration

15. ORGANIZATION BRIEF
The Amity Innovation Incubator is a concept supported by
DST, Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India.
It has, in a very short time of its existence, earned an enviable
position for itself with start-ups which have been on top of the
innovation curve and have been recognized on platforms like
The Power of ideas, Red Herring Global winner, Tata NEN,
NASSCOM Innovation and World Education Summit Awards
to name a few.
MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS
> 100+ companies incubated (physical & virtual); all showing
significant financial and operating growth
> Employment generated for more than 3500 people
> 42 start-ups established by faculty & students of Amity
University
> 16 incubatees funded under "Support of Entrepreneurial and
Managerial Development of SMEs through Incubators"
> Launched virtual incubation in 17 cities including Mumbai,
Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kochi, Bangalore
and others
> Largest producers of patent in India

16. YEAR OF STARTING: 2000
HOST INSTITUTION: JSS Academy of Technical
Education, Noida
LEGAL STATUS: Registered Society
THRUST AREA: IT software incl. Mobile
applications, Hardware /
Electronics / Embedded systems, Manufacturing
(Engineering)
INCUBATION AREA: 13,940 sq.ft.
INCUBATION CAPACITY (No. of Ventures): 25
AVERAGE PERIOD OF INCUBATION:1 - 3 Years
EMPLOYMENT GENERATED (Last 5 Years): ~1120
Note: I was the part from early age to 2012
nurtured and scaled up the operation of
incubator.

17. What are the challenges for other
institutions for fostering
innovations and entrepreneurship?
1. Lack of vision of upper management
2. Lack of knowledge and expertise to the Director /
Principal level
3. No immediate ROI
4. Treatment as department which does not suits to the
entrepreneurial organization.
5. Non willingness among faculties and staff member to
take productive involvement.
6. Lack of exposure to the startup Eco system
7. Non dedicated effort from the top management.

18. 7 steps Solutions sought to
overcome the challenges based on
the research findings
● Introduction and promotion of EDP as credit module / specialization
subjects in the university syllabus and make it more effective rather treating
this adhoc optional.
● Funding support from university to establish incubator
Formation of entrepreneurial students society to create a culture inside
campus.
● Faculty development training to prepare them for providing facilitation
services and mentoring to students by university on regular basis.
● Conduct of innovative activity based productive program on
entrepreneurship through the student society and encourage them to strive
by own.
● Establishment of separate organization with sufficient facility to provide
incubation support ( NSTEDB and DC-MSME support may be taken)
● Creation of initial SEEDFUND by Host institutions for providing initial fund
to the aspiring entrepreneurs.
● Unique Business Model of incubator required to be developed to make the
TBI self sustainable within a period of Three Years.
Note: Host institution has to take a firm step to setup incubator for fostering
innovation and entrepreneurship.

19. Good News for Incubator …...................................
Incubators play an important role in mentoring new
businesses which start as a small or medium business. The
new Companies Bill obliges companies to spend 2 percent of
average net profits under Corporate Social Responsibility. I
am glad to announce that the Ministry of Corporate Affairs
will notify that funds provided to technology incubators
located within academic institutions and approved by the
Ministry of Science and Technology or Ministry of MSME will
qualify as CSR expenditure.

20. Thank you
Do you have any question?
Ask or write to
Prof. S R Mustafa
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