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TCS iON Industry Honour Certification

Innovation and Entrepreneurship Build your career in Innovation and Entrepreneurship

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Course Details

Course Commencement

January 2020

Course Completion

May 2020

Language

English

Exam Dates

Multiple slots in May 2020

Credits & LTP

Each course offers 5 credit points.

Lecture

Tutorial

Practical (Hands-on)

Credit

Recommended For:

Graduation Programme - B.E./B.Tech
Branch - Applicable across all engineering branches
Semester -

5 ^th, 6 ^th, 7 ^th and 8 ^th

Course Summary

Innovation and Entrepreneurship are recognised as key building blocks of competitive and dynamic economies. Countries and regions with vibrant innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems tend to witness higher productivity rates, leading to increased economic growth and more robust job creation, the main pathways through which the underprivileged can escape poverty. According to statistics released by the Ministry for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, 54% of India’s population is under the age of 35 and close to 15 million enter the workforce every year. The only way to consistently create jobs for such a huge population is through innovation and entrepreneurship.

Innovation and Entrepreneurship is a hands-on action oriented business and management course which introduces students to a systematic, scientific, and an easy process of testing ideas and opportunities that they envision. This course adopts the "Do Your Venture" ideology, which teaches students common paths that entrepreneurs take while launching their own ventures. It gives learners an understanding of the tools and techniques used for generating ideas, allows them to test these ideas in the field and gather feedback. It helps learners understand the entire product development process from the product idea to eventual launch with an appropriate business model. It helps them learn how firms can identify significant existing or latent user needs, and how they can use this understanding to develop new products or services to meet those needs effectively.

Hands-On

Students need to perform hands-on assignments using MS/Open Office tools.

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RECOMMENDED PRIOR KNOWLEDGE

Basic knowledge of surfing the Internet and the English language

Course Syllabus

The course syllabus will be delivered through a combination of multimodal digital content, live lectures, community based digital classrooms as applicable.

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POTENTIAL CAREER PATH

Entrepreneur

Innovation Engineer

Innovation Analyst

Business Designer

Business Consultant

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Course Components

Digital Content in
Multimodal Format

Digital course accessible anytime and anywhere View Sample

Digital
Lectures

Live lectures delivered by industry and academic experts View Sample

Academic Connect
Community

Focussed on building conceptual clarity View Sample

Industry Connect
Community

Focussed on building industry oriented applied knowledge View Sample

Industry
Assignment

Access to two industry related mini projects View Sample

Practice
Assessment

Access to two practice assessments for self-evaluation View Sample

Summative
Assessment

Test of theoretical and applied knowledge View Sample

Verifiable Digital
Certificate

Verifiable certificate on successful completion View Sample

Internship
Opportunity

For top percentile, subject to vacancies in corporates and their hiring policies View Sample

Job
Opportunity

Visibility to job vacancies with leading corporate recruiters, subject to vacancies and their hiring policies View Sample

Available Locations

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Meet the Mentor(s)

Ganesh N. Prabhu

Professor, Strategy
Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore

Academic Partner

Prof. Prabhu's areas of research and teaching are Product Innovation, Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship. He has published in leading journals like the Academy of Management Review, Research Policy and was invited to be on the editorial board of the Journal of Management, US.
Website: https://www.iimb.ac.in/user/121/ganesh-n-prabhu

Suresh Bhagavatula

Associate Professor, Entrepreneurship
Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore

Academic Partner

Prof. Bhagavatula’s research interests are in two partly overlapping domains - Entrepreneurship and Social Networks. In Entrepreneurship, his interests are in both low and high technology firms of India. In the Social Network domain, he is interested in understanding the influence of social capital on performance of entrepreneurs and teams. His research work has been published in the Journal of Business Venturing (JBV), Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (ETP), Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal (SEJ), and IIMB Management Review.
Website: https://www.iimb.ac.in/user/57/suresh-bhagavatula

Sivakarthikeyan Velayutham

CEO, HappyMongo Online Solution Pvt Ltd

Industry Partner

With more than 16 years of experience in the IT industry working for companies like Cisco Systems, GE and Wipro, Sivakarthikeyan started an education technology company called HappyMongo. Starting his career as a developer, Sivakarthikeyan has architected many products and solutions. HappyMongo creates innovative products to improve the quality of education and training using technologies like AR, VR and AI.
Website: https://www.happymongo.com

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FAQs

1. How will this programme help students in building their proficiency? +

This programme is envisaged to help build a strong foundation across various streams through digital lectures, practice and summative assessments, mini projects, mentorship from renowned industry and academic experts. Students will also get an opportunity to showcase their skills to potential recruiters.

2. How is this programme different from other industry programmes? +

This programme is designed to continuously make academic content more relevant to students by integrating industry inputs, which is a compelling need of the industry.

3. Who should join this programme? +

Any student who is enthusiastic about industry relevant skills can join the Industry Honour Certification programme pertaining to that skill.

4. Will there be any internship and job opportunity provided through this programme? +

Internships and job opportunities will be provided subject to performance in the course, availability of opportunities or vacancies in the corporates who recognise the certification, and based on the corporate hiring policy.

5. What is the duration of this programme? +

The duration of this programme is around 4 to 5 months, in sync with the universities'/institutions' semester.

6. What is the summative assessment format? +

Students need to appear for the summative assessment at their college as per the course requirement. The students will be assessed in 2 stages.
- Part A is a test of knowledge, to assess the conceptual knowledge of a student, specific to the course. The question paper pattern will be similar to the practice tests.
- Part B is a test of application, to assess a student’s applied skills gained through this programme. A sample question will be available in the practice test similar to the ones in the actual test.
The evaluation of summative assessment will be done by TCS iON.

7. What is the total marks for the summative assessment? +

The summative assessment consists of total 100 marks with 50 marks each allotted for Part A and Part B. Part A is a summative assessment of one hour and Part B is a summative assessment of about two hours (actual duration may vary depending on the course).

8. What are the criteria to obtain a certificate? +

1. All students who attempt the summative assessment will receive a scorecard.
2. The 'Certificate of Completion' is awarded to students who attempt the summative assessment and meet each of the following criteria:
  - Part A score is greater than or equal to 40%
  - Part B score is greater than or equal to 50%
  - Overall assessment score is greater than or equal to 50 marks.
3. Students who do not meet the above criteria will not receive a certificate.
4. Students who do not attempt the summative assessment will not receive any certificate or scorecard.

9. How many attempts are allowed for practice and summative assessments? +

Students get access to 2 practice assessments. There are 2 attempts for each practice assessment. The students can appear for the summative assessment only once as per the slot selected by their respective universities or institutions.

10. What is the process for taking the re-exam if the student does not clear the certification exam? +

The student can appear for the re-exam by paying the pre-defined exam registration fees.

11. How can students purchase this programme? +

The students can avail this programme through their institutions.

12. How can the students validate their profile details filled by their institution? +

Students are encouraged to check and update their basic profile details such as name, email ID etc. by navigating to Home >> My Account >> Update Profile. Please note that the profile details will be leveraged to generate course completion certificates.

13. What is the refund policy for TCS iON Industry Honour Certification? +

Once an institution or a student subscribes to the TCS iON Industry Honour Certification, no refund will be issued under any circumstances.

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