Frequently asked questions

The curriculum is organised around the following themes:

• Understanding an entrepreneurial mindset
  Learning outcome: How can I develop an entrepreneurial mindset to identify opportunities, embrace challenges, and create value?
• Identifying opportunities
  Learning outcome: How do I identify real-world challenges, understand customer needs, and evaluate entrepreneurial opportunities?
• Moving from an idea to a prototype
  Learning outcome: How can I transform my idea into a tangible prototype that brings my idea to life?
• Technology and AI for start-up innovation
  Learning outcome: How can technology and AI help solve business problems, improve productivity, and drive innovation?
• Understanding the cornerstones of starting a successful business
  Learning outcome: How do I understand the key pillars of starting and growing a successful business, including modern marketing, sales, finance, and business strategy?
• Design thinking and prototyping
  Learning outcome: How can I apply design thinking to create user-centric solutions and validate ideas through rapid prototyping?
• Building teams
  Learning outcome: How do I build effective teams, collaborate with others, and lead with confidence?
• Final business plan presentation
  Learning outcomes:
  • How can I effectively present my business idea and demonstrate my learning to a panel of experts?
  • How can I apply entrepreneurial thinking, teamwork, and problem-solving to address a real-world challenge?

The EnPower Certificate Programme in Entrepreneurship is delivered over two months in a hybrid format, with two sessions each week.

Participants attend:

• Online sessions on Wednesday evenings
• Hybrid sessions on Saturday evenings

with the flexibility to attend either online or on campus at SPJIMR, Mumbai.

Please note:

The schedule may be revised slightly due to faculty availability or unforeseen circumstances. Participants will be informed well in advance of any changes.

Yes. You do not need to have a business idea to join the programme. The EnPower Certificate Programme in Entrepreneurship is designed to nurture an entrepreneurial mindset and develop skills that are valuable across academic, professional, and entrepreneurial journeys.

The EnPower Certificate Programme in Entrepreneurship helps CAT aspirants build a well-rounded profile by developing future-ready skills valued by leading B-schools and employers.

The programme enables participants to strengthen their CV through experiential learning while cultivating an entrepreneurial mindset, critical thinking, problem-solving abilities, leadership, teamwork, communication, and innovation.

These competencies can enhance a candidate’s overall MBA application and provide valuable discussion points during interviews, group discussions, and personal interactions.

Participants also receive a Certificate of Participation from SPJIMR, one of India’s leading B-schools, adding further value to their academic and professional profile.

Like an internship, the EnPower Certificate Programme in Entrepreneurship enables participants to apply entrepreneurial concepts to real-world challenges through experiential and project-based learning.

Participants work in teams to identify opportunities, develop innovative solutions, strengthen their problem-solving and communication skills, and gain practical exposure to the entrepreneurial journey.

While an internship offers experience within an organisation, EnPower complements it by providing a structured entrepreneurial learning experience that equips participants with the mindset, knowledge, and practical skills to explore entrepreneurship, build something of their own, or apply entrepreneurial thinking in academic and professional pursuits.

Participants also develop future-ready skills such as leadership, collaboration, critical thinking, creativity, and innovation.

EnPower is designed for students irrespective of their academic or family business background. The programme introduces students to the fundamentals of entrepreneurship through practical, hands-on learning, helping them identify opportunities, understand real-world problems and develop an entrepreneurial mindset. Students do not need prior business experience or a business idea to participate and can build skills that are useful across different career paths.

The EnPower Certificate Programme in Entrepreneurship offers a more hands-on and experiential learning approach than traditional classroom-based college courses. Instead of focusing only on theoretical concepts, students work on real-world challenges, identify opportunities, develop ideas and learn through practical activities, projects and interactions with entrepreneurs and industry experts. This helps students build an entrepreneurial mindset, along with skills such as problem-solving, creativity, critical thinking, communication and decision-making.

The EnPower Certificate Programme in Entrepreneurship offers a distinctive learning experience by combining entrepreneurial thinking with experiential learning, practical application, and guidance from SPJIMR faculty, industry leaders, and practitioners.
Designed specifically for undergraduate students, recent graduates, and Class 12 students who have enrolled in college, the programme builds a strong foundation in entrepreneurship through themes such as opportunity identification, design thinking, technology and AI, business fundamentals, modern marketing, sales, finance, teamwork, and leadership.
Unlike programmes that focus primarily on theory, EnPower emphasises learning by doing. Participants engage in hands-on activities, collaborative projects, and a final business plan presentation, enabling them to apply entrepreneurial concepts to real-world challenges.
Delivered in a flexible hybrid format, the programme also enables participants to learn alongside peers from diverse academic backgrounds, interact with experienced faculty and industry experts, and receive a Certificate of Participation from SPJIMR upon successful completion.
Whether participants aspire to build something of their own, pursue higher education such as an MBA, or apply entrepreneurial thinking in their professional careers, EnPower provides them with the entrepreneurial mindset, knowledge, and practical skills to take the next step with confidence.

A hackathon is typically a short-term event where participants collaborate intensively to develop product-based solutions.

In contrast, the EnPower Certificate Programme in Entrepreneurship is a structured entrepreneurship development programme that nurtures an entrepreneurial mindset over an extended learning journey.

Beyond idea generation, the programme provides opportunities for profile-building, upskilling, and networking, while helping participants develop capabilities for entrepreneurship, higher education, and future careers.

The EnPower Certificate Programme in Entrepreneurship is designed for undergraduate students and recent graduates from any discipline. It focuses on developing entrepreneurial thinking and preparing young individuals to participate in India’s growing start-up ecosystem.

The Start Your Business (SYB) programme is designed for aspiring entrepreneurs and early-stage start-ups. It provides practical knowledge, entrepreneurial skills, and the right mindset to build and scale sustainable ventures over a four-month learning journey.

The EnPower Certificate Programme in Entrepreneurship helps students develop an entrepreneurial mindset and practical skills that can be applied across different career paths. Through experiential and hands-on learning, students learn to identify opportunities, understand real-world problems, develop and validate ideas, create meaningful solutions and take ideas from concept to execution.

The programme also helps students build creativity, innovation, problem-solving, critical thinking, communication, collaboration, leadership, decision-making and opportunity-recognition skills. Students gain exposure to real-world entrepreneurial challenges, industry perspectives and the process of building and testing ideas.

Whether students plan to start a business, join a family business, pursue higher education, enter the corporate world or explore entrepreneurship in the future, EnPower helps them develop the confidence, skills and mindset to approach opportunities and challenges more effectively.

The EnPower Certificate Programme in Entrepreneurship is ideal for:

• Students who are curious about entrepreneurship and wish to develop an entrepreneurial mindset.
• Students interested in exploring innovative ideas and learning how to transform them into viable solutions.
• Students who aspire to build something of their own or contribute to entrepreneurial and innovation-driven organisations.
• Students preparing for higher education, including MBA programmes, who wish to strengthen their academic and professional profile.
• Students who enjoy solving real-world problems, collaborating with others, and learning through experiential, project-based activities.
• Students who wish to develop essential entrepreneurial and future-ready skills such as leadership, creativity, critical thinking, communication, teamwork, and innovation.

Yes. While EnPower is an entrepreneurship programme, it is equally valuable for anyone who wants to develop an entrepreneurial mindset.

The programme helps participants identify opportunities, think creatively, solve problems, collaborate effectively, and make informed decisions. These are valuable capabilities whether you choose entrepreneurship, higher education, or a professional career.

No. Physical attendance at SPJIMR, Mumbai, is not mandatory. EnPower follows a flexible hybrid format, allowing participants to attend the Saturday sessions either online or on campus at SPJIMR, Mumbai. Wednesday sessions are conducted online.