FACULTY: COMMERCE DEPARTMENT/COMMITTEE: COMMERCE/ ADD ON COMMITTEE IQAC ACTIVITY No: SVC/2018-19/COM/AK/1

NAME OF THE ACTIVITY: Add on Course on Entrepreneurship DATE FACULTY DEPARTMENT/ COORDINATOR NAME COMMITTEE 19th Jan,2019-12th COMMERCE COMMERCE/ DR. SHRUTI MATHUR April,2019 ADD ON COMMITTEE TIME VENUE NUMBER OF NATURE: Outdoor/Indoor PARTICIPANTS SRI VENKATESWARA 36 STUDENTS Indoor COLLEGE, 101

SUPPORT/ASSISTANCE:

BRIEF INFORMATION ABOUT THE ACTIVITY: (CRITERION NO. - I)

TOPIC/SUBJECT OF ADD ON COURSE ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP THE ACTIVITY OBJECTIVES The objective was to provide a course on Entrepreneurship keeping in mind the opportunities available in the business environment. METHODOLOGY The syllabus was designed with the help of academicians and classes were held at SVC on Saturdays and Sundays. OUTCOMES The students who took up this course learnt: • The art of mobilizing people and resources • Creating value propositions in the form of business plan • Pitching the business plan so created

PROOFS & DOCUMENTS ATTACHED (Tick mark the proofs attached):

Notice & Letters√ Student list of participation√ Activity Photos Feedback report√ √ form√ Feedback News clip with details Certificate√ Any other analysis

IQAC Document No: SVC/CERTIFICATE Criterion No: I/VII Metric No: COURSE/2018- 2019 Departmental file no IQAC file No; 2018-2019 NAME OF TEACHER NAME OF HEAD/ IQAC COORDINATOR (SEAL & & SIGNATURE COMMITTEE INCHARGE & SIGNATURE) SIGNATURE

DR. SHRUTI MATHUR Ms. Sunita Chhabra (TIC)

For Reference

Criterion I Curricular Aspects (planning & Implementation) Criterion V Student Support & Progression Criterion II Teaching Learning & Evaluation Criterion VI Governance Criterion III Research, Innovations & Extension Criterion VII Institutional Values & Best Practices Criterion IV Learning Resources and Infrastructure

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ENTREPRENEURSHIP (Add - On Course Report)

By: Department of Commerce Sri Venkateswara College 19th January 2019 - 12th April, 2019

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ...... 2 MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL… ...... 3 1. INTRODUCTION...... 4 2. TEAM BEHIND THE COURSE ...... 5 3. RESOURCE PERSONS ...... 7 4. SYLLABUS AND STRUCTURE OF THE COURSE ...... 8 5. INAUGURAL CEREMONY ...... 9 6. INDUSTRY INTERACTION ...... 10 7. ASSESSMENT ...... 13 8. VALEDICTORY CEREMONY ...... 15 9. APPENDIX: STUDENT FEEDBACK ...... 18

1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We consider it a great privilege to be a part of this prestigious institution Sri Venkateswara College. Not only academically but the college has always excelled in all the fields and it feels extremely great to be a part of one such initiative. We would to like to express our special gratitude to our Principal Madam, Dr. P. Hemalatha Reddy for fostering great values in the college environment and who constantly encouraged us to start this program and supported us throughout in running the course. We are also grateful to our mentor, Professor Amit Kumar Bardhan, Professor, FMS, for helping us in designing this course. Also, we thank Shri Ram Mohan Mishra, IAS, Additional Secretary Ministry of MSME for motivating our students at the valedictory ceremony.

We are also very grateful to the resource persons Dr. Ashish Chandra, Associate Professor , Department of Commerce, University of , Dr. Sandeep Kumar Goel, Associate Professor, Department of Commerce, ANDC and Mr. Ramesh Kumar, Associate Professor, Department of Management , SSCBS and guest speakers Mr Ravi Solanki, Dr Himanshu Talwar and Mr Vijay Kumar who have consented to be the part of this program and made it a great success. Their constant support and unique personalities played major role in the entire learning process.

We are grateful to our evaluators from MSME – Mr D.C. Sahoo & Mr. Brijender Kumar who spared their valuable time & helped us in evaluating the business plans and gave valuable feedback to students.

We also thank Dr Venkat Kumar and Dr Mamta Arora for always keeping our morale high and guiding us from time to time. Special mention goes to our team members, Ms Pooja Jain, Dr Arpita Kaul & Mr Ajit Singh who played a vital role in success of the course. Our gratitude to all the teachers of Department of Commerce who helped us throughout the implementation of the program.

Last but not the least, a special thanks to all administrative, accounting and ICT department for their cooperation throughout.

(Ms. Sunita Chhabra) (Dr Shruti Mathur) (Course Coordinators)

2 MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL

It gives me immense pride to congratulate the Department of Commerce, Sri Venkateswara College, on the successful completion of the add- on course on Entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship is a conducive incubator for tapping new potential trends of the market and for nurturing dynamic human resource. This course mentored by Prof. Amit Kumar Bardhan with the co- ordinators Ms. Sunita Chabra and Dr. Shruti Mathur received a very popular response from the academic fraternity on account of the well designed syllabus and the pedagogic scheme of the same. The course would not have been a reality without them and their earnest efforts towards the same. I also take this opportunity to thank the resource persons for the same - Dr. Ashish Chandra, Associate Professor , Department of Commerce, University of Delhi, Dr. Sandeep Goel, Associate Professor , Department of Commerce, ANDC and Mr. Ramesh Kumar Barpa, Associate Professor, Department of Management , SSCBS. Their vision and guidance were invaluable for the success and completion of the course. I also congratulate the other team members Ms. Pooja Jain, Dr. Arpita Kaul and Mr. Ajit Singh for their enthusiasm and support during the entire tenure of the course.

Entrepreneurship is the only platform which provides a meaningful interface between academics and the industry demands. Honing the employability skills of the students at the college level goes a long way in paving the way for new industries and new leaders for the future. Sri Venkateswara College with such efforts as this course, remains committed to the ever evolving dynamics of academics and industry trends. We look forward to such other meaningful and innovative courses in the future.

(Dr. P. Hemalatha Reddy)

3 1. INTRODUCTION

In the current times, entrepreneurship has been accepted as the fundamental basis of industrialization and economic development. today has a lot of job seekers but the pace of economic development is determined by successful entrepreneurs who are job creators. Entrepreneurs materialize available opportunities for the working population of the country and their contribution to increasing national income is quite significant, as they are the persons who functionally coordinate various sources of production.

The Department of Commerce, Sri Venkateswara College, under the able guidance of our Principal, Dr. P. Hemalatha Reddy understood the need of the hour and therefore took the initiative of starting an add –on course on „Entrepreneurship‟ for the students. This course aimed at infusing the problem solving skills, self-critical reflection and open-mindedness in the students‟ attitudes. This course provided an insight into the important concepts of entrepreneurship, which can help our students to understand the mindset of entrepreneurs and key requirements for starting up any business. The students also learnt about idea identification, team building, need gap analysis and value propositions in the form of business plan. They also gained insights about analyzing and generating finances and developing various promotional and marketing strategies to their ideas of business plan.

Expected Learning outcomes

The students who took up this course learnt:

 The art of mobilizing people and resources  Creating value propositions in the form of business plan  Pitching the business plan so created Course Duration

This was a three months course with a 36 hour duration which started on 19th January, 2019 and ended on 12th April, 2019. The classes were held on Saturday/ Sunday.

Student Participants

The course was open to students pursuing under graduation from any university. Thirty six students from different courses across various colleges of University of Delhi, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha College and Manav Rachna International University enrolled in this course. The course found participation from students of not only Sri Venakteswara College but also , PGDAV College, and . Students were from different streams like BA English (Hons), BMS, B.Com Prog., B.Sc. Chemistry (Hons), B.Sc. Electronics (Hons), B.Sc. Biological Sciences, B.Com (Hons) and BA(Hons) Economics, B.A. Programme, B.Sc. Maths(Hons)Biochemistry Hons reaped the benefits of this course.

4 2. TEAM BEHIND THE COURSE

COURSE MENTOR: PROFESSOR AMIT BARDHAN

Professor Amit Bardhan. is a Professor in FMS. Along with teaching and research he is involved in sponsored research, consulting and management development programs. He has teaching and research experience of more than 15 years in University of Delhi. Worked as a research fellow in school of management, University of Texas at Dallas. His PhD thesis was awarded the joint best PhD thesis (Prof MN Gopalan award) in operational research for the year 2002 by the operational research society of India. Recipient of BOYSCAST fellowship from department of science and technology, government of India. He has various international publications to his credit and has guided various doctoral thesis.

Professor Bardhan kindly consented to be the course mentor and provided valuable suggestions while designing the structure & contents of the course.

5 COURSE COORDINATORS

MS. SUNITA CHHABRA DR. SHRUTI MATHUR

TEAM MEMBERS

MS. POOJA JAIN DR. ARPITA KAUL MR. AJIT SINGH

.The journey of this add on course on Entrepreneurship, right from idea inception to materialization, would not have been possible without the collective initiative taken by the team co-ordinators and its members, in terms of creativity, techno-savvy skills, diligence and patience. This course is an initiative taken by the faculty members of the Department of Commerce. The course co-ordinators, Ms Sunita Chhabra (Associate Professor) and Dr. Shruti Mathur (Assistant Professor) worked tirelessly for the successful implementation and completion of the course. The team members of the course, Ms Pooja Jain (Assistant Professor), Dr Arpita Kaul (Assistant Professor), Mr. Ajit Singh (Assistant Professor) also deserve a special mention for their valuable inputs and untiring efforts for the successful completion of this program.

6 3. RESOURCE PERSONS Our resource persons included three eminent subject experts.

Dr Ashish Chandra, Associate Professor, Department of Commerce, Delhi School of Economics. He is the topper and Gold Medalist, and also awarded by Hon‟ble Dr. Chandra has extensively presented and published number of papers in various national and international conferences as well as reputed journals in India and abroad. He has to his credit, eight Books. He has successfully organized and conducted several events like, international & national conferences and workshops, seminars, panel discussions in capacity of convener. He has conducted many projects, out of which one was funded by Micro, Small & Medium Enterprise, Ministry of Industry, Government of India. He is involved in Teaching, Training, Research and Consultancy.

Dr. Sandeep Kumar Goel, is Associate Professor, Department of Commerce, Acharya Narendra Dev College, University of Delhi. He is a Certified Faculty for PMYUVA Course by Ministry of Skills Development and Entrepreneurship. He has a teaching experience of 16 years to his credit in University of Delhi. He takes keen interest in research, theatre and social service. He is an Executive Member of Indian Accounting Association. He is Convenor of the Theatre Society and an add-on course on “Effective Communication and Personality Development through Theatre”. He is also an active member of the Finance Committee. He has been NSS Programme Officer and Convenor of Add-on course on Foundations of Banking.

Mr. Ramesh Kumar is Assistant Professor in Department of Commerce, Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies, University of Delhi . He is the Director in SSCBS Innovation and Incubation Foundation (SIIF). He has worked with education department of H.P. Govt. as lecturer in commerce for 9 years. He has joined Hindu college of in July 2013 as assistant professor and worked there for 10 months before joining SSCBS. His area of interest is Marketing, HRM, Financial Accounting, and foundation course Business Entrepreneurship and Management. He has published four research papers in refereed national and international journals. He is a life member of All India Commerce Association.

The resource persons used interactive pedagogy including group discussions, case studies and Audio visual tools to deliver the content.

7 4. SYLLABUS AND STRUCTURE OF THE COURSE The Course covers four modules:

 Module 1: Basic Concepts  Module 2: Problem Identification & Team Building  Module 3: Preparing a Business Plan  Module 4: Launching the idea

Module 2: Problem Identification & Team Module 1: Basic Concepts Building  Idea Identification and  Insights into entrepreneurship Prioritization: How to generate ideas?  Importance and role of entrepreneur  Innovation and Creativity  Understanding the mind-set of  Need Gap Analysis entrepreneurs  Skill-set: Key requirements for  Value Creation starting up  Challenges, Pitfalls and avoiding  Team Formation / Building pitfalls  Activity: Case studies of successful  Market Size estimation Entrepreneurs  Segmenting & Targeting  Business Incubators and their role  Relevant Case studies Module 3: Preparing a Business Plan Module 4: Launching the idea  Resource Mobilisation-man, money,  What is a Business Model? machinery, material, methods  Mobilizing Finance: Analysing and  Designing business process, generating finance- Sources of location, layout finance-VCs, Angel Funding, PEs etc.  Contents of Business Plan  Schemes run by Government of India  Marketing Plan- Developing  Competitive Analysis- marketing strategies, promotion and SWOT/SWOC distribution  Feasibility Analysis  Commercialization  B-Model of different start-ups  Legal Implications/Formalities (Including Case Studies) The content was also made available through the Moodle learning platform

8 5. INAUGURAL CEREMONY The Inaugural Ceremony was held on 19th January, 2019 at 10 a.m.in the Seminar Hall of Sri Venkateswara College. The Chief Guest for the same was Professor Amit Kumar Bardhan. The Principal of the College, Dr. P. Hemalatha Reddy and Dr. S. Venkata Kumar also graced the occasion. Dr. P. Hemalatha Reddy, Principal, Sri Venkateswara College, shared her inputs on the course and wished all the luck for the same. Professor Amit Kumar Bardhan, talked about how Entrepreneurship is changing the landscape of business and economy and blessed the course. Dr. S. Venkata Kumar, senior most faculty, Department of Commerce, shared his thoughts on the Add on course of Entrepreneurship. Dr. Arpita Kaul, Ms. Pooja Jain, and Mr Ajit Singh anchored the ceremony. The function ended with a vote of thanks proposed by the course coordinator, Dr. Shruti Mathur.

9 6. INDUSTRY INTERACTIONS In all three industry interactions were organized for the students of the course to give them exposure to the issues faced by entrepreneurs in the real world.

1. MR. RAVI SOLANKI, CEO, The Social House, interacted with students from 10 a.m. to 12 noon on 2 Feb,2019. He discussed his experiences and what he has learnt as an entrepreneur. He focused on the risks attached and qualities needed as an entrepreneur. His journey of life motivated the students to follow their passion. He stressed that product needs to be perfect, otherwise it will not be successful. He also focused on the importance of following ethical practices for making money. He also told that improvisation in the product is key essential, the more improvements will be done in a product, better it will be.

2. DR. HIMANSHU TALWAR interacted with the students from 12:30 p.m.-2:20 p.m. on 2nd February, 2019. Dr. Himanshu Talwar is an Edupreneur and winner of two National Level Awards for a significant contribution towards Management and Vocational Education. Himanshu Talwar, for more than a decade, has been working for International organizations; facilitating people-to-people contacts, and conducting training/ workshops for professionals and students. He has worked for the Government of Japan, Poland, United Arab Emirates, and top executives of MNC‟s. He has studied and, attended Executive Management Programme(s) at University of Oxford, Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Calcutta and Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore. In his talk with the students, Dr. Talwar focused on key pillars of being an entrepreneur. He stressed on how to mobilize resources and planning for setting up your own venture.

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3. MR. VIJAY KUMAR, interacted with the students of the Add on Course on Entrepreneurship on 16th February, 2019 from 10a.m.-12 noon. Mr. Vijay Kumar, is presently working as Director in MSME-Development Institute, Ministry of MSME, Okhla, New Delhi and looking after the promotion and developmental activities of MSME‟s of Delhi & NCR. Visited several countries across the world like United Kingdom, Russia, Thailand, Turkey, Nigeria, Senegal etc. for implementing MSME activities on behalf of Govt. of India. He has an experience of 30 years

11 Mr. Vijay Kumar, informed the students about the Initiatives of MSME. He also discussed how students could avail the loan and grants from the government and start their own business. Students discussed their ideas with the guest speaker.

12 7. ASSESSMENT

The students were assessed on two major parameters:

1. Multiple Choice Quiz for 25 marks 2. Business Plans for 25 marks

Multiple Choice Quiz for 25 marks

The students were assessed on the Online Multiple Choice Quiz, which was held on MOODLE (Moodular Object Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment) on 6th April,2019 in the ICT Lab II of Sri Venkateswara College from 10:30 a.m-11:00 a.m. The moodle website used for the purpose of learning material dissemination, mcq and feedback is https://arpitakaul.moodlecloud.com/.

All the registered students were enrolled on this cloud and learning material was disseminated through this time to time. Not only the learning material was disseminated but the MCQ assessment was also taken on this medium. The advantage was that there was no paperwork, no expense on photocopy of question papers, no money, time and energy spent on evaluation as the evaluation was automatic and an excel sheet was generated from the same.

13 Business Plans

As part of the assessment, the student participants prepared business plans in groups. These Business Plans were evaluated by Mr. D.C Sahoo and Mr. Brijendra Chaudhry, Deputy Director, MSME, DI on 12th April,2019 from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. The following evaluation criteria was used for the same:

1. Originality 2. Feasibility 3.Presentation skills

14 8. VALEDICTORY CEREMONY The Valedictory Ceremony was held on 12th April,2019. The Chief Guest was Shri Ram Mohan Mishra, Additional Secretary Ministry of MSME, Guests of Honour, were Prof. Amit Kumar Bardhan (Professor FMS) and Shri Vijay Kumar, Director MSME Development Institute, Ministry of MSME. The Welcome Address was delivered by Ms. Sunita Chhabra, Teacher-In- Charge, Department of Commerce, Sri Venkateswara College and Coordinator, Sri Venkateswara College, followed by sapling and mementoes presentations. The Principal addressed the gathering, with focus on congratulating the students and team members for successful completion of the very first Add on Course of the Department of Commerce, and the first and the only course of the college which has used MOODLE Learning Management System for dissemination of lecture material, assessment of students and feedback of the same.

Mr. Ram Mohan Mishra, encouraged students to focus on original ideas and promised support from the Ministry in the form of setting up Business Incubator in the premises of the college. He also talked about how Gita acts as a behavioral guide for moral behavior in today‟s world. He stressed that this day marks as the beginning of a new era for the college.

Professor Bardhan congratulated the students and expressed his happiness on the occasion by drawing a comparison between how the journey from Inaugural to Valedictory has benefitted the students, Department and the College as a whole.

Mr. Ajay Shokeen, a student of the course shared his feedback with all. After this certificates were distributed to the successful students and the Team Members of the Add on Course on Entrepreneurship Committee. The ceremony ended with a Vote of Thanks proposed by Dr. Shruti Mathur.

ARRIVAL OF GUESTS FOR VALEDICTORY

15 VALEDICTORY FUNCTION: WELCOME & ADDRESS

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VALEDICTORY CEREMONY: CERTIFICATE DISTRIBUTION

17 9. APPENDIX: FEEDBACK OF THE COURSE

A structured feedback form was developed to take the feedback of the students about the course and the resource persons. 5 point Likert Scale was used to measure the responses as follows:

1 Strongly Disagree; 2 Disagree

3 Neutral 4 Agree 5 Strongly Agree

*Please note that the Modal (most popular) response is highlighted in yellow

FEEDBACK ABOUT THE COURSE Question Resposes The course was properly designed. 1 2 3 4 5 The objectives of the course were clear to you. 1 2 3 4 5 The course met your expectations. 1 2 3 4 5 The course exposed you to new knowledge and practices. 1 2 3 4 5 The lecture sequence was well planned. 1 2 3 4 5 Will you recommend this course to your colleagues? 1 2 3 4 5 The lectures were clear and easy to understand. 1 2 3 4 5 The teaching aids were used effectively. 1 2 3 4 5 The teachers encouraged interaction and were helpful. 1 2 3 4 5 The teachers were punctual and regular in taking classes. 1 2 3 4 5 The study material handed out was adequate. 1 2 3 4 5 Overall rating for the course 1 2 3 4 5 Overall rating for the course content 1 2 3 4 5 Overall rating for the teachers 1 2 3 4 5

FEEDBACK OF DR ASHISH CHANDRA

Question Responses Punctuality in the Class 1 2 3 4 5 Regularity in taking Classes 1 2 3 4 5 Completes syllabus of the course in time 1 2 3 4 5 Focus on Syllabus 1 2 3 4 5 Communication skills 1 2 3 4 5 Conducting the classroom discussions 1 2 3 4 5 Teaching the subject matter 1 2 3 4 5 Delivery of structured lecture 1 2 3 4 5 18 Skill of creating interest in the subject 1 2 3 4 5 Uses of teaching aids like Blackboard, power point 1 2 3 4 5 presentations as per requirement Uses videos, references of material available on net etc. as 1 2 3 4 5 per requirement Control mechanism in effectively conducting the class 1 2 3 4 5 Students‟ participation in the class 1 2 3 4 5 Skills of addressing inappropriate behaviour of student 1 2 3 4 5 Tendency of inviting opinion and question on subject matter 1 2 3 4 5 from students Enhances learning by judicious reinforcement mechanism 1 2 3 4 5 Additional remarks or suggestions It was a very a wonderful experience sir. Being from a maths background you did an amazing job towards inclining my interest towards Entrepreneurship and business Creating interest in the subject by engaging in off topic relevant discussion is important

FEEDBACK OF DR SANDEEP GOEL

Question Responses Punctuality in the Class 1 2 3 4 5 Regularity in taking Classes 1 2 3 4 5 Completes syllabus of the course in time 1 2 3 4 5 Focus on Syllabus 1 2 3 4 5 Communication skills 1 2 3 4 5 Conducting the classroom discussions 1 2 3 4 5 Teaching the subject matter 1 2 3 4 5 Delivery of structured lecture 1 2 3 4 5 Skill of creating interest in the subject 1 2 3 4 5 Uses of teaching aids like Blackboard, power point 1 2 3 4 5 presentations as per requirement Uses videos, references of material available on net etc. as 1 2 3 4 5 per requirement Control mechanism in effectively conducting the class 1 2 3 4 5 Students‟ participation in the class 1 2 3 4 5 Skills of addressing inappropriate behaviour of student 1 2 3 4 5 Tendency of inviting opinion and question on subject matter 1 2 3 4 5 from students Enhances learning by judicious reinforcement mechanism 1 2 3 4 5 ADDITIONAL REMARKS/SUGGESTIONS i really enjoyed and learnt a lot during the classes, Thank you sir

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FEEDBACK OF MR RAMESH BARPA

Question Responses Punctuality in the Class 1 2 3 4 5 Regularity in taking Classes 1 2 3 4 5 Completes syllabus of the course in time 1 2 3 4 5 Focus on Syllabus 1 2 3 4 5 Communication skills 1 2 3 4 5 Conducting the classroom discussions 1 2 3 4 5 Teaching the subject matter 1 2 3 4 5 Delivery of structured lecture 1 2 3 4 5 Skill of creating interest in the subject 1 2 3 4 5 Uses of teaching aids like Blackboard, power point 1 2 3 4 5 presentations as per requirement Uses videos, references of material available on net etc. as 1 2 3 4 5 per requirement Control mechanism in effectively conducting the class 1 2 3 4 5 Students‟ participation in the class 1 2 3 4 5 Skills of addressing inappropriate behaviour of student 1 2 3 4 5 Tendency of inviting opinion and question on subject matter 1 2 3 4 5 from students Enhances learning by judicious reinforcement mechanism 1 2 3 4 5 ADDITIONAL REMARKS/SUGGESTIONS: Sir it was a wonderful experience learning from you

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STUDENTS PARTICIPATION LIST

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