IIT Hyderabad Announces MTech Programme In Techno-Entrepreneurship
NDTV
The MTech programme in techno-entrepreneurship aims to nurture an entrepreneurial mindset among science, engineering, and technology graduates and equip them with the necessary skills and knowledge to pursue entrepreneurship.
The Department of Entrepreneurship and Management (EM), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad, is set to launch a new master of technology (MTech) programme in techno-entrepreneurship. The program aims to nurture an entrepreneurial mindset among science, engineering, and technology graduates and equip them with the necessary skills and knowledge to pursue entrepreneurship, the IIT Hyderabad said in a statement.
The MTech programme in techno-entrepreneurship is ideal for fresh graduates interested in learning and honing required skills to develop an entrepreneurial idea into building a minimum viable product and eventually scale it up into a business, the institute said.
The program intends to provide an ecosystem where the students can convert their entrepreneurial ideas into successful ventures. During the course period, the students will benefit from talks by founders, co-founders, and top management of startups and established ventures invited as speakers in various events and workshops organized by the department, it said
The duration of the IIT Hyderabad MTech techno-entrepreneurship programme is 2 years, which consists of 4 semesters in total. Students are required to complete each semester which has 12 credits weightage, making the total programme weightage as 48 credits. Students are also required to finish mandatory courses such as communication skills and industry lectures in the first two semesters.
