Entrepreneurship

Yes, you can find several budget-friendly entrepreneurship courses from Coursera, Udemy, and FutureLearn. Coursera remains a favourite among most, as you can enrol for free. To participate in peer review assignments, however, you may need to purchase an annual or monthly subscription.  FutureLearn is also great, where you can find entrepreneurship development training on sustainability practices and similar.  FutureLearn courses are free to enrol, but the detailed courses that come with micro-credentials are paid yet affordable when you compare the institutions' global rankings and reputation. 

Online courses and specialisations in entrepreneurship have the following benefits. 

• Access online entrepreneurship courses from prestigious institutions, including Wharton, Harvard, and INSEAD without the need for relocation.
• All learning needs in entrepreneurship are met through specific topic training. You can learn just about business planning, and take another course on product-market fit, for instance. 
• Also, you can perfectly commit to self-paced courses on entrepreneurship which don't take more than 1 hour of your time in a day. 

Some of the most essential entrepreneurship skills to have are listed below. 

• Business acumen
• Strategic business communication 
• Marketing 
• Networking
• Collaborating
• Leadership

Learning entrepreneurship requires guidance from experts, networking, and interning in companies that have similar vision to your growth mindset. One of the best ways to get started is through online entrepreneurship courses from MOOC platforms, including Coursera, Harvard Online, Udemy, or similar. These offer structured learning and also help in virtual networking.   

The PGDM in Entrepreneurship Management curriculum followed at VBS is spread over four semesters. Some subjects included in the semester-wise curriculum are presented in the table below:

Cutoff marks for Poona Institute of Management Sciences and Entrepreneurship (PIMSE) differ according to course as well as the entrance examination. For MAH CET, the cutoff range of MBA varies from 79.38% to 81.95% with different specializations.

Some of the best alumni of Poona Institute of Management Sciences and Entrepreneurship (PIMSE) are:

Abhishek Desai: US tax consultant.

Diksha Govinda: BNY Melon.

Anubhav Saxena: Tax analyst at Grant Thornton.

Mukul Mahipal: Xiaomi.

Kritika Kashyap: US tax consultant at Deloitte.

Arindam Majumdar: Operations executive at Flipkart.

The faculty in Poona Institute of Management Sciences and Entrepreneurship (PIMSE) is very competent and possesses extensive knowledge. Most of the faculty members possess PhD qualifications and are interested in the delivery of quality education. The support staff encourage a positive environment in teaching.