IIT Patna's Winning Edge

Indian Institute of Technology, Patna, the modern IIT, is one of the very few institutes in the country to offer a course on Entrepreneurship and Innovation. The course is taught by the visiting faculties from renowned universities covering the topics on Accounting and Finance, Sales and Marketing, Business Plan Project, Consumer Behaviour and much more. This is the course of its kind among the IITs which saw unprecedented popularity among the students.

The institute has an Entrepreneurship Club and Innovation Centre with the vision of creating a gelling point for aspiring entrepreneurs at the institute. The club acts as an umbrella organization that coordinates all entrepreneurial activities at IIT Patna and prepares the students to undertake the journey from the genesis of an idea to its successful business implementation. The execution plan developed by the students includes organizing lectures and workshops on business topics, inviting successful entrepreneurs and industry leaders for talks and speeches and organizing intra-college activities to promote the spirit of entrepreneurship amongst the IITP community .Some of the famous speakers who illumined the student community of IIT Patna are Mr.Ajai Chowdhry,Co-founder HCL ; Mr. Arjun Malhotra, Co-Founder HCL; Ms. Padmaja Ruparel, Founder President, Indian Angel Network; Dr.Harish Hande,Co-founder SELCO and Ramon Magsaysay Awardee and Mr. Manish Kumar, Co-founder, Farms n Farmers.

Moreover, trending IIMs in learning through “late night sessions” and inspired by its rationale, the club organizes “bring your own coffee late night lectures” which witness huge participation from the student fraternity.

IIT Patna Late Night Lecture Series

The club also introduced management events this year in Anwesha, the annual techno-cultural extravaganza of IIT Patna which reached out to over 150 colleges all over India through the competitions like Stock Mart, virtual stock exchange ; Vendre (Marketing challenge) and Six thinking Hats(Case study challenge).

The students of IIT Patna also enjoy the benefits of the course – Entrepreneurship and Innovation as an elective in their academic curriculum. The course , currently being offered to students of third year (for all Engineering branches) holds much importance in the coming years. IIT Patna is one of the very few institutes in the country to incorporate the course in the academic curriculum. Students believe they are a step ahead of others as the course is cementing the confidence in their dreams to transform a potential idea into a start-up and eventually into a company.

Owing to the modern state-of-art infrastructure, labs, technological equipment, new trends coming up since the inception of the institute, the students love to call themselves studying in a modern IIT. IIT Patna has provided students with opportunities to be a part of new trends and events that 10-15 years down the time lane will be on the forefront of every person’s mind. From first year itself, the institute provides a plenty of opportunities to develop the personal skills and promotes to take up the challenges to better the institution that we live by. And these all when consolidated together with the zeal and zest to progress incessantly creates an environment which is the best part of IIT Patna.

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