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
12. THANK YOU