Swayam Entrepreneurship Courses & Certifications

With the breakthrough of this huge pandemic, countries have suffered a major economic setback. Taking away the jobs of millions of people. In order to counter this present scenario, entrepreneurs are the need of the hour. Starting a new business might seem difficult and sometimes an impossible task but with the correct guidance, it’s everyone’s cup of tea! 

Yes, You heard that right. Gone are the days when Entrepreneurs were born. Today, we create them. 

Swayam’s Entrepreneurship Development Course aims to develop entrepreneurial abilities in you by providing you with the right and up to date data regarding entrepreneurship. Whether it is starting your own start-up or managing a family-owned business, you can do it all with our solid introduction of Entrepreneurial processes. This course will help you hone your skills in creativity and innovation, as well as managing the stress and pressure Entrepreneurs go through.

This course is the first step towards a bright and self-owned life for those who plan to start their own business or carry forward a family-owned company.

Today, there are numerous entrepreneurial ventures across the world, but only a certain number of them can scale up and grow successfully. The Entrepreneurship Essentials online course is designed to help potential entrepreneurs to learn about the fundamentals of starting a new venture, the challenges involved in it, and the best approach and practices to grow in the future.

The Entrepreneurship Essentials certification syllabus covers various key concepts such as myths and realities, entrepreneurial qualities, value proposition, lean start-up, market research, financial statements, market strategies, legal aspects of business, and many more. The course aims to help bring awareness among candidates on the issues faced by different entrepreneurs.

Besides, Manoj K Mondal from the prestigious IIT Kharagpur instructs the Entrepreneurship Essentials certification by Swayam. This online course is for both undergraduate and postgraduate students and can be completed in 12 days. Candidates will also receive excellent study materials and e-certificate on successful completion.

Understanding Incubation and Entrepreneurship Certification aims to provide in-depth understanding about incubation and entrepreneurship and to encourage students to become entrepreneurs and not graduate with degrees.

Understanding Incubation and Entrepreneurship Classes help candidates undertaking this course to learn and use a wide array of learning methodologies that combine inputs from several pre-incubators and incubators like GDC, BETIC, SINE, IITH and DSSE are used to familiarise them with the entrepreneurial framework and the start-up initiatives that will help them navigate through their own entrepreneurial path. 

All students get a Understanding Incubation and Entrepreneurship Certification by Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay).

The purpose of Environmental Communication Certification is to give undergraduate students a thorough understanding of how to communicate environmental topics and issues. We discuss psychology and environmental attitudes in these Environmental Communication Classes, including how they form and what types of attitudes we have towards environmental issues. Courses deal with topics related to environmental issues.

The egoistic, biospheric, and altruistic environmental attitudes are just a few of the numerous types of attitudes covered in the Environmental Communication Certification Syllabus.

All students get a Environmental Communication Certification by University of Calicut under the Swayam Initiative by the Government of India. 

The Social Innovation in Industry 4.0 certification course delves into Social Innovation, exploring the generation and implementation of transformative ideas and practices to benefit society. It navigates the landscape of Industry 4.0, emphasizing the urgent need for innovators to apply Social Innovation concepts, fostering positive change in tandem with technological advancements.

The Social Innovation In Industry 4.0 certification by Swayam equips students with frameworks, methods, and tools to maximize financial gains and enhance societal well-being. Supported by industry giants like HAL, NAL, SAIL, and ISRO, it bridges theoretical knowledge with real-world applications, preparing students to thrive in the evolving socio-economic sphere.

The Innovation and Start-up Policy course by Swayam will provide the learners a broad introduction of the various aspects of the innovation and start-up policies of India. The course covers concepts such as Innovation and innovation ecosystem, policy frameworks, start-up landscape, innovation Hubs, digital India, Make in India, linking innovation with Intellectual Property Rights, innovation in the Indian economy, and building a business plan for startups. They will be given an understanding of the general policies through which the government is trying to advance innovations and startups in India, the link between economic development, entrepreneurship, innovation, and public policies, and the important concepts, institutions, and terms that can help them take advantage of the policy framework.

The framework of this course comes from the 'Start-up India' program of the Government of India which aims to develop a robust eco-system for furthering innovations and start-ups that will encourage economic growth and employability. They will be capable enough to analyze the start-ups of different countries and the ecosystem of innovation.

The Entrepreneurship Development programme offers you an introduction to entrepreneurship. Healthy small businesses are the backbone of any developed economy. That is why this programme promotes accelerating the pace of small-scale industries and local entrepreneurship. In this course, you will gain an alternative career path from wage employment to entrepreneurship.

The curriculum of the Entrepreneurship Development certification course has been designed by the faculty of NITTTR, Chandigarh, in association with NPTEL. You will be learning under the guidance of Dr Suresh K. Dhameja, a renowned and respected faculty of NITTTR, Chandigarh. All the course material is available online for free on the Swayam platform.

There will be multiple assignments in the Entrepreneurship Development training to help you evaluate your progress. You can also opt for obtaining an e-certificate in this elective Teacher Education programme. There is an offline examination available if you want to pursue certification. The certificate will carry the logos of MHRD, Swayam and NITTTR.

The Entrepreneurship and IP Strategy online course is offered by Swayam. The course explores intellectual property strategies for protecting new venture technologies and breakthroughs. The course teaches to improve commercial appreciation abilities via the allocation of information about substantive areas of strategy, management, and legal literature.

The Entrepreneurship and IP Strategy training will teach candidates about the nature, extent, and differences of intellectual property and technology law, as well as its utilities and methods. The training will teach participants how to successfully manage and organize IP lifecycle all through the start-up path, at a time when the society and economy place a high value on it.

The Entrepreneurship and IP Strategy syllabus covers the foundations of intellectual property as well as advanced methods. Candidates would be given the chance to learn about it in the MSME sector and finally, they will be given a quick overview of IP valuation methodologies and audits.

The Innovation, Business Models and Entrepreneurship online course is intended to provide students with a thorough grasp of many areas of creativity, innovation, changing business models, entrepreneurship and incubation. The Innovation, Business Models, and Entrepreneurship training also includes lessons on technology incubation and blue ocean strategy, both of which are proven to be game-changers in today's competitive environment. The course also covers the topic of intellectual property rights and their importance in innovation management. Because the Innovation, Business Models, and Entrepreneurship syllabus is a combination of theory and practice, no prerequisites are required. It will be beneficial to grasp innovation and its applications in various sectors of development and progress.

Swayam’s Entrepreneurship: Do your Venture is a hands-on, 6-week training course developed to provide new-age aspiring entrepreneurs. The programme curriculum features up-to-date entrepreneurship knowledge which will help students establish their own organisation, or allow them to enhance the operations of their current establishment.

The online Entrepreneurship: Do your Venture programme includes topics like equifinality, idea validation, jobs to be done framework, Lean Canvas model, effectuation principles, types of entrepreneurs, idea generation, and antecedents of opportunities. Moreover, after going through the course material, obtaining good marks in the external assessment and internal assignments, you will earn a course completion certificate offered by Swayam.

Suresh Bhagavatula will mentor the Entrepreneurship: Do your Venture training programme, who is a professor at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. Lastly, the course provides an easy online application process that will have you enrolled within minutes. The postgraduate level training in the domain of management studies will also feature common paths taken by the entrepreneurship leaders globally.

The Managing Innovation online course is planned to keep in mind the requirements of a business related to innovation. This course is relevant for candidates who are keen to gain a deeper understanding of Innovation Management. Students will get a global outlook of innovating in business and management through this six-week programme.

The curriculum explains ‘Innovation’ by breaking it down into eight steps. The Managing innovation certification course teaches a systematic innovation process and describes how some firms are better at maintaining a regular stream of innovation. Swayam offers free enrolment and a trained faculty. Students can access the learning content online through the Swayam app too.

The Swayam Managing Innovation training and certification course also examine the methods of sustaining participation in the innovation activity. Candidates will also explore the generation of innovative ideas, the process behind them, and giving them a pragmatic form. After completion, a computer-based test validates the candidate’s expertise.

Exploring entrepreneurship management is the heart of the Entrepreneurship management online course which is also an undergraduate-level course presented by the Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad University of Technology. The course is a MOOC offered by an Indian government initiative called SWAYAM which secures and promotes education to all through online mediums. The course is regulated by the national authority Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) located in New Delhi. 

The course offers completely free online content that will have paid and proctored examinations that grant the final certification. The course is under the instructions of Professor Sujit Mukherjee belonging to the same college. The eligibility of 2 credit points is also another feature coming under the Entrepreneurship management certification benefits. 

This 21-module containing course focuses on exploring entrepreneurship development in which financial management skills, leadership skills, and marketing skills are aimed to develop in the students through the detailed study on various topics such as market analysis, project formulation methods, understanding customers, and feedbacks, competition mapping and so on.

The Cooperatives and Producer Companies programme, as the name suggests, talks about cooperatives, also known as FPOs or Farmer Producer Organisations. Candidates will learn what cooperatives are, why they are needed, how they help small producers, and most importantly, how to set up a sustainable FPO and run it successfully.

The Cooperatives and Producer Companies online course combines theory with actual practise and experience of setting up such organisations in rural India. The curriculum of this course is based on empirical evidence collected from the field. It covers all the fundamental principles of the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA). It also covers the role played by NGOs and the challenges that they face.

The instructor for the Cooperatives and Producer Companies course by Swayam is Professor Trilochan Sastry, former Dean of IIM Bangalore. He did his B. Tech from IIT Delhi and his MBA from IIM Ahmedabad. The postgraduate training falls under the domain of management studies.