A STUDY ON ROLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN DEVELOPING ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS

Entrepreneurship development plays a crucial role in shaping the economic landscape of nations, fostering innovation and driving job creation. It represents the engine of economic growth and the catalyst for transformative change in developed and developing economies. Entrepreneurship is one of the most important inputs in the economic development of a country. The entrepreneur acts as a trigger head to give spark to economic activities by his entrepreneurial decisions. Entrepreneurship can get a boost only when people at large start thinking, innovating, harnessing resources and thus get involved in the process of ‘creation'. Such a mind-set needs to be cultivated and towards accomplishing this, education is the most important medium to develop entrepreneurial culture amongst the youth of a country. The present paper is a study on the role of higher education institution in developing in the entrepreneurial skills among students. Data is collected by administering questionnaire among students of Commerce, Business Administration, and also Engineering background.