ISB hosts global meet on entrepreneurship education

The Indian School of Business (ISB) hosted the international conference on entrepreneurship education for the first time in India. ISB hosted it in association with the Society of Entrepreneurship Educators (SEE) from February 2 to 4.

The conference focused on entrepreneurship in management education. It provided a forum for discussion on the quality of entrepreneurship education, and served as a platform for entrepreneurship educators to create and share teaching, training and research resources.

The conference was headed by Malcolm Harper, a professor emeritus of Entrepreneurship, Cranfield, UK. Talking about the conference Malcolm Harper said, "vibrant entrepreneurial activity fuels the growth of any economy. At a time when India presents an opportunity for the young entrepreneur like no other, this initiative by ISB is both well-timed and much-needed."

The conference featured a host of renowned, international academicians in the field of entrepreneurial research such as Phanish Puranam from London Business School, V Seenu Srinivasan from Stanford University, R Sukumar from American Graduate School of International Management, and Professors K Ramachandran and Atanu Sinha from the ISB. Participants also linked up via video conference with Venkataraman from the Darden Business School at the University of Virginia.

The SEE is an initiative of the Wadhwani Centre for Entrepreneurial Development (WCED) at ISB.

Constituted in February 2003, the SEE's mission is to augment the quality of entrepreneurship education and research resources in the country, as well as support entrepreneurs through a number of activities, said a press release here.