Course abstract

The course ‘Exposure to Entrepreneurship’ uncovers the basics of what it takes to develop an entrepreneurial mindset thereby encouraging the journey of transformation to convert an idea or a solution into a business. Professor Chakravarthy uses a blended learning approach that brings together inputs from various pre-incubators and incubators like GDC, BETIC, SINE, IITH and DSSE to help familiarize the entrepreneurial framework and the start-up projects which help them navigate through their own entrepreneurial journey. This eclectic mix of guidance from expert professors and entrepreneur stories collectively foster the critical skills needed to build your own startup. The course spans 12 weeks of talks, exercises and reading material combined with the classroom experience of students of IITH as they learn to form their problem statement, build teams, understand the rigorous customer discovery process and finally learn to use the Lean Canvas Model.