IIM-A, Ashoka Univ to design entrepreneurship curriculum

Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A) and Ashoka University have joined hands to design an entrepreneurship curriculum to be delivered at the private varsity.
IIM-A's Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE) and the Ashoka University's Centre for Entrepreneurship (CfE) will work closely to design and teach the minor in entrepreneurship to undergraduate students at Ashoka, a release said.
"We are delighted to collaborate with IIM-A for this minor in entrepreneurship," said Sanjeev Bikhchandani, founder, Ashoka University and an alumnus of IIM-A.
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'Increase budget allocation for defence by 100 bps' * Government should increase allocation for defence by 100 basis points as it has been stagnant at 2.6 per cent of GDP for the last few years, MD and CEO of Samtel Avionics Puneet Kaura said.

"The immediate need to increase the budget allocation is to meet advanced technology, infrastructure, towards support and personnel equipment needs of defence forces in line with global competition," he said.
Kaura further said since the government focuses on indigenisation in defence, the defence SMEs should be considered for reduction in corporate tax to 15 per cent.