The PGDM in Entrepreneurship (PGDM-E) is a two-year, full-time programme offered by the Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII). Now in its 26th successful batch, the programme is designed specifically for aspiring entrepreneurs, entrepreneurial managers, family business successors, and social innovators.

Delivered across six trimesters over two academic years, PGDM-E provides an academically rigorous, highly practical, and industry-relevant learning experience. The programme encourages critical and lateral thinking, nurtures entrepreneurial ambition, and enables students to conceptualize, build, and scale ventures while studying at EDII.

A distinctive feature of PGDM-E is its milestone-based learning approach, where students develop their enterprise step by step on campus, supported by continuous mentoring and hands-on guidance. The programme also emphasizes family business management, equipping students with the skills required to enhance performance, ensure business continuity, strengthen shareholder loyalty, and maintain healthy family relationships.

Key Features of the PGDM-E Programme

PGDM-E offers three specialized pathways, allowing students to align learning with their entrepreneurial aspirations:

1. New Enterprise Creation (NEC)

This specialization prepares students to identify, initiate, manage, and grow new business ventures.

Students are required to develop a Detailed Project Report (DPR) on their business idea, supported by intensive mentoring and feasibility analysis, enabling them to convert ideas into viable enterprises.

2. Family Business Management (FBM)

Designed for successors and next-generation leaders of family-owned businesses, this specialization focuses on competitive growth and long-term sustainability.

Students develop a Five-Year Perspective Plan (FYPP) for their family firm, guided through structured mentoring and strategic planning frameworks.

3. Social Entrepreneurship (SE)

This specialization provides students with a new orientation toward sustainable development through social innovation.

It equips future leaders to design and lead economic, social, and environmental impact ventures. Students are required to prepare a Detailed Project Report (DPR) for their chosen social enterprise under the Course of Independent Studies.

4. Tech Startups

Vision

To nurture students through education supported by practicum, enabling them to create sustainable ventures and develop capable successors who ensure the continuity and growth of family-owned businesses.

Mission

To impart entrepreneurial skills that enable students to establish, nurture, and grow enterprises while creating employment.

To shape emerging entrepreneurs through strong functional knowledge, research, and training, preparing them to address challenges in new and growing ventures, particularly in the MSME sector.

To facilitate the development of an academic ecosystem that actively nurtures and supports an entrepreneurial culture.

Programme Educational Objectives (PEOs)

• Impart comprehensive knowledge of entrepreneurial and managerial ecosystems.
• Develop first-generation entrepreneurs by building skills, attitudes, and capabilities for initiating and scaling enterprises and start-ups.
• Enable family business successors to act as change agents for competitiveness and growth.
• Support the creation of sustainable social impact ventures.
• Nurture intrapreneurial aspirations and compatible professional capabilities.

Programme Outcomes (POs)

• PO1 – Domain Knowledge: Apply theories, models, techniques, and practices of entrepreneurship and core business disciplines.
• PO2 – Critical Thinking: Analyse complex business situations and identify viable solutions.
• PO3 – Ethical & Social Responsibility: Demonstrate ethical decision-making and social responsiveness in business contexts.
• PO4 – Global Business Perspective: Evaluate opportunities and challenges within the dynamic global business environment.
• PO5 – Effective Communication: Communicate clearly and collaborate effectively in team-based environments.
• PO6 – Enterprise Creation & Management: Understand and manage the processes involved in creating new ventures, social enterprises, or managing family-owned businesses.