The Missing
Indian
Entrepreneurs
Do they want to startup

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And what we found out

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Community
Inputs

Extra-Curricular
Inputs

Pedagogial
Inputs

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92% of the Indian students have
not attended a single course on
entrepreneurship

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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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Only 10.8% of the students have frequent
access to entrepreneurship focused
workshops and events.

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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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The community
Is Missing!

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The alumni community cannot be found

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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

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