Syllabus for
Master of Science (Innovation and Entrepreneurship)
Academic Year  (2023)

Master of Science (Innovation and Entrepreneurship) program is designed to provide the tools necessary for starting independent businesses. It also gives students practical experience in research, commercialisation and proactively work in projects in risky market environments. This Programme provides an opportunity for skill up gradation through higher education focussed on innovation and entrepreneurship and is imparts knowledge on the requirements of the creation of start ups and to organize the family business. With a focus on the Corporate Residency aspect that ensures to bring in insights on learning, focused entrepreneurship and networking opportunities. This program will facilitate the students with competencies and knowledge in key business functional areas, understand the changing business environment and apply the new business management solutions in terms of start-up ideas. The new start-ups ideas are well supported with the network of people and can incubate the start ups with right direction so that the idea flourishes into a sustainable business. With the start up ecosystem in India and especially in Bangalore helps in brining the new ideas to start-up. The initiatives is to bring about the economic growth a need is felt for the entrepreneurs and innovations to provide employment to the people and also generate a sustainable business model. The focus is on creation of incubation and management of existing family businesses.

Programme Outcome/Programme Learning Goals/Programme Learning Outcome:

PO2: Apply relevant knowledge of Accounting, Financial management, Law and Taxation to perform strategic decisions in the business space.

PO3: Demonstrate expertise as business specialists with deep knowledge of incubation, business feasibility and sustainability to accelerate the growth and success of new ventures.

PO4: Exhibit expertise in applying digital tools, disruptive business models, business design thinking, innovation strategy and management to create successful and sustainable businesses.

PO5: Evaluate and resolve real time business problems with specialized knowledge developed through experiential learning.

PO6: Demonstrate leadership traits, communication skills and innovative thinking for optimal performance in personal, professional, societal and environmental domains.

PO7: Exhibit ethical values, social sensitivity and sense of equality to embrace diversity and inclusion and promote peaceful co-existence

Programme Specific Outcome:

PS02: Identify global business trends in economy and enable students to create innovative solutions through incubations and for start-ups

PS03: Demonstrate and implement problem solving techniques, critical thinking, and to create sustainable business models.

PS04: Implement emerging business models in entrepreneurship

PS05: Become a business owner and support the economy and society by creating employment opportunities.

Programme Educational Objective:

PE02: To create the entrepreneurs of quality and competence

PE03: To nurture the skills of the start-up community with innovation

PE04: To develop the ideas of entrepreneurs into start-ups

Department of Professional Studies follows a rigorous system of continuous evaluation, and the assessment events include quizzes, tests, assignments, mid-term and end-term exams, individual/group project work, presentations etc.  

Students are evaluated for each course on the basis of written examination and continuous internal assessments. Each paper carries maximum of 100 marks and is evaluated as follows:

·       Written Examinations consists of:

§  Mid Semester Exam – 50 Marks   (2 hours duration)

§  End Semester Exam – 100 Marks (3 hours duration)

·       A student should secure a minimum of 50% Marks in the ESE to pass in that paper.

·       In aggregate for each paper, for internal and end semester put together, at least 50 Marks out of 100 must be secured to pass in that paper.

Question Bank:

Subject wise Question Bank is prepared every semester to test the Conceptual, Application, Analytical and Problem-solving skills of the students. These question banks are prepared by the faculty member teaching the subject and duly verified by the subject expert.

Question Paper Pattern for the End Semester Examination:

The question paper pattern for the End Semester Examination is as follows:

§  Section A

Conceptual / Descriptive Type questions 6 out of 8 questions of 2 mark each.

§  Section B

Analytical / Essay type questions with choice – 5 out of 7 questions of 5 marks each

§  Section C

Analytical/ Essay type questions with choice – 3 out of 5 questions of 15 marks each

§  Section D

One Compulsory Question – 18 marks

Continuous Internal Assessments (CIA):

CIA – 1 and 3 : Continuous Internal Assessment

Written (reports) – Group or Individual, Understanding of the subjects, Participative learning, Presentation and VIVA, Quiz, Multiple choice based test etc.

CIA – 2:  Continuous Internal Assessment - Mid Semester Exam (MSE)

Mid Semester Exam marks will be taken for Internal Assessment. MSE marks will be reduced to 25 for this purpose. The question paper pattern for the Mid Semester Examination is as follows:

Attendance:

The marks distribution for attendance is as follows:

95 – 100%       -           5 marks

90 – 94%         -           4 marks

85 – 89%         -           3 marks

80 – 84%         -           2 marks

76 – 79%         -           1 mark

This course gives the learners a conceptual framework of the business environment in which the entrepreneurs operate, ways to start a new venture - creating organizational and business plan and creating strategies for growth of the venture.  This is designed to immerse students into the entrepreneurial process of new venture creation. The course therefore provides students with an understanding of the role and personality of the entrepreneur, and a range of skills aimed at successful planning of entrepreneurial ventures.

In addition to character lessons from these entrepreneurs, students will learn to understand how the modern business environment came about, and to think strategically about how value can be derived in volatile circumstances with unpredictable political contexts as well as micro and macro-economic shifts.

The world has a seemingly infinite supply of problems, from climate change to pandemics. The basic premise of this course is that entrepreneurs view problems as opportunities. If healthcare is expensive and ineffective, entrepreneurial teams create ventures (for-profit or not-for-profit) to deliver better health outcomes at lower cost. If burning fossil fuels creates damaging greenhouse gases, then there are opportunities to find new, cleaner ways to produce energy or mitigate its negative impact. If education at all levels costs too much, takes too long, and is mediocre, entrepreneurial teams explore ways to deliver better learning outcomes faster and less expensively. The course will focus on entrepreneurial efforts in healthcare, education, and the environment. 

This course is designed to offer an overview of the environment for launch and management of new ventures and startups in India. It aims to cover details of the key factors and forces in the socioeconomic and demographic environment, and government policies and schemes, sources of funds, training and other facilities and infrastructure for startup enterprises.

This course introduces the key concepts, tools, and principles of Effective and Sophistication Communication tools to enable Entrepreneurs to be successful Orators in the Stakeholder Eco system.

Getting the problem statement right is an important starting step in the entrepreneurship journey. The Course enables the student to follow the steps to arrive at the finalised Start-up Idea. 

This course outlines the key factors behind Social and Rural Entrepreneurship’s emergence and details the various critical factors that drives their uniqueness. 

This course Introduces the various aspects of ESG and its emerging importance in the Corporate and Entrepreneurship world and its Regulatory Importance. 

Learning is an important learning experience of this study program, allowing students to solve real-world problems through hands-on-learning approach.  This enables students to apply management knowledge in a professional setting.

This course enables the students to be fully conversant and updated with the latest information and happenings in the startup eco system, keep track of progress of Entrepreneurship activity in India and across the globe and apply some of them to the startup venture.

Business and management research involves undertaking systematic research to find out decision outcomes. It is trans-disciplinary, and engages with both theory and practice. The course intends to provide comprehensive knowledge & skills about the research methods to an entrepreneur.

This course to designed to make the students understand the key components, its importance in the startup value chain and their inter relationships. The students will also appreciate the importance and value of undertaking Proof of Concept exercise in the startup before proceeding to take more important decisions. 

This course is designed to offer an overview of Learning startup methodology, Value proposition Canvas and Lean Canvas Business Plan to enable entrepreneurs to follow them in the quick launch of a new company or addition of a new product or service.

This course is designed to offer a deep understanding of Family business, their role in business and commerce, influence and stature in the international business arena, past and future role Family business will play in the Entrepreneurial space.

This Course is designed to provide an overview of how some of the most important problems at global level have found solutions through entrepreneurial intervention, radical out of the box thinking approaches by startups coming to the aid of governments being the new normal.

The Course is designed to provide an overview of how Technology is emerging as a key driver, differentiator and the future of Innovation, its implications for entrepreneurship and challenges facing the leadership to make the right choices.

This course is designed to incorporate and enhance an important trait in the entrepreneur – to be an effective and efficient communicator, stress the significance of communication as an important tool for business growth and act as a key differentiator.

This aims to provide practical and hands-on exposure to start up organizations and gain deep insights on various aspects of the business.

This course enables the students to be fully conversant and updated with the latest information and happenings in the startup eco system, keep track of progress of Entrepreneurship activity in India and across the globe and apply some of them to the startup venture.

This course introduces the key concepts, tools, and principles of competitive analysis, strategy formulation and execution. 

This paper aims to develop conceptual knowledge on the overview of dynamic aspects of marketing namely Logistics & Supply Chain Management. The subject mainly focuses on fundamentals of Logistics & Supply Chain Management, Physical distribution,  Procurement and Recent trends in Business.

The course will help students understand why financial markets exist, how financial institutions serve them and the services the institutions offer.

Focusing on management performance and regulation of financial institutions, the course explores Federal Reserve system and major debt and equity security markets. Updates on regulatory reform as well behavioral finance, high frequency trading and pension funds are also covered.

This course introduces the key concepts, tools, and principles of competitive analysis, strategy formulation and execution in Family owned Businesses. 

On completion of this subject students should have developed skills of analysis, evaluation and synthesis in cost and management accounting and, in the process, created an awareness of current developments and issue in the area. The subject covers the complex modern industrial organizations within which the various facets of decision-making and controlling operations take place; the subject includes discussion of costing systems and activity based costing, activity management, and implementation issues in modern costing systems.

The course is designed to provide a understanding of how to start-up and, launch and develop new business ventures inside established corporations, and make them survive in an competitive environment 

This course develops analytical and conceptual skills necessary to define a plan for the implementation of a new venture. This course is not limited to students who have an idea and wish to start a business immediately upon graduation. This course is for the rest of their life as an entrepreneur, when an opportunity arises, they have the toolset to recognize, define, test, and then exploit the idea. 

The purpose of this course is to acquaint the students with the direct tax and GST in India and understand the levy and collection methods of both the taxation. And also, to have an overview of customs duty in India.

This course is designed to look at existing Family businesses and how it can be taken to the next level. It looks at the traditions and dynamics of family businesses and how they compare to other enterprises. The protocols dynamics of a Family business will be explored in the context where professionals may be required. It will also look at the concept of expertise and competence creation within the Family business.

This paper aims to develop conceptual knowledge on the overview of dynamic aspects of marketing namely Consumer Behaviour. The subject mainly focuses on fundamentals of consumer behaviour, different models, strategies involved.

This course introduces the key concepts, tools, and principles of competitive analysis, strategy formulation and execution in Family owned Businesses. 

Businesses need to be governed by accepted and desired ethical standards. Over time there is an increasing realization that wealth and value creation should be guided by ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) frameworks that have been put in place. The need for this has increased in the context of globalization and increasing awareness about the need for ethical and responsible business in the emerging business scenario.

This paper covers topics on Corporate Governance related issues, ethical principles and practices, and CSR concepts, theories and policies (with focus on multiple stakeholders) that are relevant for businesses in general and for businesses in India in particular.

Business Plan/ Entrepreneurship Practicum - New Venture Creation is an important learning experience of this study program, allowing students to apply problem solving skills in a professional setting. This course introduces students to Live Projects that enable businesses to benefit.