EMPIP: Class 01: Introduction to the Course

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The Entrepreneurship, Management and protection of Intellectual properties (EMPIP) is a commonly prescribed course for all branches of engineering under autonomy course. The course covers the contents that answers the following CORE questions.

• How do you find a new economic value and create a new business? (Entrepreneurship)
• How do you run a business ? ( Management)
• How do you protect "wealth producing " properties of the business ( Protection of Intellectual properties)

The detailed course content is as follows

Entrepreneurship

• Introduction to entrepreneurship
• Small scale industries
• Institutional support
• Preparation of Project

Management

• Engineering Management
• Planning, forecasting and decision making
• Organizing & staffing
• Motivating
• Controlling

Protection of Intellectual properties

• Introduction to Intellectual properties
• Patents
• Copyrights
• Trademarks
• Industrial designs
• Term paper

Complete syllabus and Course Details and Evaluation scheme

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Class 29(30.03.2009) Women Entrepreneurship

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Women constitute 50% of world population and 47% of Indian population. As such there is an increase in the number of women- a direct result of education - entering entrepreneurial line.

Women Entrepreneurship Defined:

• Women entrepreneurship may be defined as " a woman or group of women who initiate, organize and run a business enterprise"
• Government of India defines woman Enterprise as an " enterprise owned and controlled by a woman having minimal financial participation of 51% of the capital and giving at least 51% of employment generated in the enterprise to women"
  
  Problems faced by Women entrepreneurship
  

In addition to general problem faced by any entrepreneur- women entrepreneur face the following additional problems

• Finance - women do not have property in their name to use as collateral, some bank do not consider women credit worthy
• Lack of education
• Limited Mobility- Women mobility is limited compared to men in India- working late, night shifts are not accepted easily
• Family ties- some roles such as home work and taking care of family members in home and children in case of married woman act as hurdles

Industries Promoted by Women Entrepreneurs

• Agarbatti Manufacturing
• Handicrafts
• Apparels/Ready made garments
• Catering services
• Florists and Beauty parlours

Entrepreneurship Development Programmes

Government and other agencies have taken up the job of providing training and development to budding entrepreneurs. The Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India ( EDI), Ahmadabad is one such institute.