Desai Sethi School of Entrepreneurship, IIT Bombay

Desai Sethi School of Entrepreneurship located in IIT Bombay trains aspiring entrepreneurs through courses and structured mentoring programs, and fosters the local eco-system. The team comprises Institute faculty, adjunct faculty, officers and mentors. The entrepreneurship courses and labs are open to under-graduate as well as post-graduate (Masters and PhD) students of the Institute. Students can bring their ideas alive by fabricating the proof-of-concept and prototypes in the POC lab. They also have access other such labs of the Institute, such as Tinkering Lab and BETIC. The courses are complemented by experiential learning in various aspects of product innovation and business lifecycle through structured mentoring programs. These include IDEAS (Innovation, Development and Entrepreneurship with Alumni Support), WiE (Women in Entrepreneurship), I-NCUBATE and others, which are supported by partner organizations. The School also conducts executive education programs for working professionals to update their knowledge and skillset in critical aspects of innovation and entrepreneurship. The School has symbiotic relationships with the E-Cell and STAB, both managed by the students, and SINE technology business incubator of the Institute. The School also partners with several other institutes (such as NUS Singapore and TUB Germany) and organizations (such as Asian Universities Alliance) for exchange visits of faculty and students, and collaborative training programs related to innovation and entrepreneurship. The entrepreneurship courses have benefited more than 1750 students. About 350 were mentored by the alumni. More than 25 start-ups have been established by students exposed to entrepreneurship courses and mentoring.