SPJIMR launches graduate certificate programme in entrepreneurship

NEW DELHI: The SP Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR) has launched a graduate certificate programme in entrepreneurship (GCPE) for candidates with a business mindset. Those candidates who wish to enroll into the institute will have to log on to spjimr.org to apply. First batch of the programme will begin in the third week of May 2023, the institute informed in its press release.

The programme launched by the institute is designed for undergraduates and fresh graduates who carry a business mindset and are looking forward to strengthening their profile, a statement from the institute said. The institute further informed that the programme is open to both undergraduates and fresh graduates and will be conducted in a hybrid mode, for over two months on select Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Such a mode of study will prevent the clash of the programme with the candidates' regular academic schedules, the statements from the institute read.

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As per the institute's statements, the GCPE programme led by SPJIMR will offer certain benefits to the budding entrepreneurs, which includes upskilling of opportunities to help them establish their own businesses, chances to build networks with a community of entrepreneurs and like-minded individuals and a certificate of participation from the institute.

SP Jain certificate programme will be offering students with 'entrepreneurial language' that has been developed by experts in the field. The students under this programme will have hands-on experience. The institute has developed a curriculum and pedagogy aimed at fostering and nurturing entrepreneurial skills and mindset. In addition to this, mentoring provided for the final presentation and Spark Tank will evaluate the in-house ‘sparks’ on the business ideas.