1. Bridging the Gap between B-Schools and Industry-B.V.Raghunandan, SVS College, Bantwal Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management, Adyar September 15, 2011

2. Preparing the Students for Business and Industry Exposure through Modules, Group Discussion, Guest Lectures, Case Studies, Project Reports and Industrial Visits Conceptualizing the Industrial Practices MOU with Industrial Units Business Schools

3. Industry First Generation Family-Owned Professionally Managed School Drop-Outs Technocrats Govt.Owned

4. The Gap Ad-Hoc Management Dislocation of Work Behaviour Mismatch Lack of Transparency Mistrust towards Schools Paucity of Time Mismatch of Timing Disconnected Programmes

5. Industry Institution Interaction Confined to Oral Encouragement Avoided in any concrete form in reality Wherever practiced, it is only at an insignificant level Used for a specific agenda of the industry The Indifference is inexcusable as the industry is the biggest beneficiary of education without paying any cost

6. Similar Age Group and Similar Objectives More mature Student Community Techno-savvy Can Easily Form a Team Obtaining talent from Different Regions Students From Different Functional Areas The Class can be a Network B-School Advantage

7. Crucial Decision To be an Employee or To be an Entrepreneur

8. Why to Become an Entrepreneur Remaining in your own locality Availability of multiple sources of finance Training from Guidance from MSME Booming Economy Better Business Confidence Encouragement for Graduates entering industry Easy creation of a Team in the Campus Encouragement from Government

9. Campus Agenda of an Entrepreneur Observe all your classmates and measure their potential Think of a possible Team to try an industrial project Project Report should be a proposed enterprise to be tried after the completion of study Guidance and help can be obtained from your B-School

10. Industrial Projects in Mangalore Port-Based Projects, shipping, power generation, coal trading, hydro-carbon trading, wind-mill turbines, ship-building, travel and tourism, financing, insurance, gold jewellery, trading in plantation crops, electronics, software, placement agency, clearing and forwarding agency, organic farming, media planning

11. Preparation Idea Generation Putting together the team Determining the viability Informal market survey Preparing an impressive project report Exploring the sources of finance Getting the best form of finance, preferably in the form of equity participation

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