IITs have always nurtured entrepreneurs in the making. It started with incubation cells that aim to engender entrepreneurs, which was followed by IIT Madras raising a fund for the start-ups and now IITs are all set to give entrepreneurship lessons in classrooms.  

IITs in Delhi, Kharagpur and Hyderabad are all set to introduce entrepreneurship as a part of their BTech curriculum. There will be minors as well as elective subjects on the same for students who have dreams of starting their own venture. All other IITs are also catching up on these trends.

Engineering institutes like IIT and BITS Pilani, and the leading management institute- the IIMs have nurtured great minds who are now leading the digital platform. From booking a cab (Taxi for Sure), to online shopping (Flipkart, Snapdeal, Myntra, Lenskart), to booking flights and hotels (Makemytrip), to booking busses (Redbus.com), everything is now just a click away due to the phenomenal skills these entrepreneurs have  imbibed from these institutes.

Read: IIT, IIM and BITS PILANI, Nurturing the Budding Entrepreneurs!

"This will benefit students who are not born into a business family, but yet aspire to run a company," Sasha Mirchandani, managing partner and founder of Kae Capital and founder of Mumbai Angels, a network of investors, said in an interview with an esteemed news agency. "If you have faculty members teaching entrepreneurship, students would be more willing to learn about start-ups and businesses," he added.

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