BEST PRACTICES 2
- TITLE OF THE PRACTICE: INCUBATION CENTRE
- OBJECTIVES OF THE PRACTICE
- Encourage students and faculty for innovation, idea generation and product development
- To promote New Technology/ knowledge/ Innovation based start-ups.
- THE CONTEXT
- There is an acute shortage of daring students or entrepreneurs with a mindset to convert their technology ideas into solutions that can find buyers.
- The main challenge for the institutes is to create a culture of entrepreneurship, get quality businesses incubated on campus and provide them necessary resources to flourish.
- THE PRACTICE
- Market research
- Identifying team & service providers
- Allocation of resources
- Establishing interlinks & intralinks with industries
- Making programs
- To lucrative, choose, retain & manage start-ups
- EVIDENCE OF SUCCESS
- It motivated our students to participate in the hackathons.
- It enhanced the students interest towards entrepreneurship
- It increases the student’s interest of learning.
- PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED AND RESOURCES REQUIRED
- High costs: Start-up incubation can be expensive, especially for early-stage entrepreneurs who may not have a lot of funding.
- Time commitment: Start-up incubation also requires a significant time commitment.
- Developing a strong investor network is extremely crucial.
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