Atal Bihari Vajpayee School of Management and Entrepreneurship (ABVSME), JNU

The Atal Bihari Vajpayee School of Management and Entrepreneurship in JNU (ABVSME, JNU) is a newly created school in the university. At the current juncture when our nation is putting every effort to empower its youth, entrepreneurship assumes immense significance. Yet, there are few if any quality institutions, offering management degrees in entrepreneurship in India. Therefore, the Atal Bihari Vajpayee School of Management and Entrepreneurship in JNU would carve out a niche and fill this gap. A number of factors are likely to contribute to the success of this school of JNU. JNU has strong national and international credentials and a brand image. The addition of ABVSME to its existing schools will add to its already strong brand image. JNU is located close to industry in the Delhi NCR region. This locational advantage would bolster its placement programme. JNU’s proximity to high quality institutions like IIT-Delhi, IIFT, IMI, FMS, and University of Delhi allows for synergy through meaningful collaborations. JNU can also create a Research Industry Park in the way many global universities have done. Given that JNU has enough land, it could utilize some part of it to accommodate a Research Industrial Park. The other schools at JNU that would benefit from sharing such a Park are: School of Engineering; School of Biotechnology; School of Life Sciences; School of Environmental Sciences; School of Computational and Integrative Sciences; School of Computer and Systems Sciences; and School of Physical Sciences School of Social Sciences (especially the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning (CESP)) School of International Studies (especially the Centre for International Trade and Development (CITD)).