This book will help the readers understand the fundamentals of the relationship between Innovation and Entrepreneurship and to understand the practical issues related to the creation, assessment development and operation of new and emerging ventures. This book is aimed at helping those who intend to do something of their own and become job-providers. The book will help the reader identify personal goals, values, and entrepreneurial competencies; learn to identify business opportunities consistent with personal profile and prepare a dependable and defensible business plan. The book has been structured so that with an easy read, one can get hold of the various activities that one has to handle in order to start and manage a venture of his own.
Abhishek Nirjar, a doctorate from Sheffield University, Sheffield, UK, is currently working as an Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management at the Noida campus of Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow. He is also a visiting faculty to the IIM Shillong campus. He has also been associated with various other premier management institutes in India such as the Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon and the FORE School of Management, Delhi. He has also served as the Assistant Director of the Centre for Management Studies and Industrial Collaboration at MNIT, Jaipur. He is dynamically engaged in activities within and outside the institute relating to Entrepreneurship. He supports and mentors a large number of startups primarily emerging from the student community at IIML. His active role in the Management Development Program at the IIML is worth mentioning. He has also been the proud recipient of the `career award for young teachers` instituted by AICTE.
