Innovation & Entrepreneurship in India - Winter and/or summer
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Description: Travel and study entrepreneurship and innovation with UMass Lowell's Manning School of Business, Global Entrepreneurship Exchange program, winner of the 2018 IIE Andrew Heiskell Award for Best Practices in Study Abroad! Undergraduate and graduate students are welcome.
Students will travel to Hubli, India (winter intersession) or Warangal, India (summer) with Professor Ashwin Mehta and rotating UMass Lowell faculty to KLE Technological University (winter) or SR Engineering College (summer) to learn alongside partner university students from around the world and immerse themselves in entrepreneurial mindsets and cultural influences on decision-making.
This course is designed to help students understand the importance of innovation and entrepreneurship in today's global economy and to cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset among the students in the School of Business. It will cover different forms of entrepreneurship such as small businesses, growth ventures, corporate entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship. The course will focus on innovation types, turning innovation into reality and the process of entrepreneurship. Innovation and entrepreneurship theories and concepts will be discussed with real life examples and cases.
Credits: 3, Graduate or Undergraduate
Student Experiences:
- School of Business Global Entrepreneurship Exchange Program with summer options in China, India and Lowell and winter in India program information.
- 2018 program news story
- Video of 2014 program
- Video of 2015 program
- Read Blogs from past sessions:
- Check out student testimonials from 2014.
Sign-Up & Learn More:
This is a winter intersession or summer session course. Apply and learn more.