Week Name Description
Page Syllabus - Theory
Page Syllabus - Practical
26 February - 4 March Page 1.1.1 Introduction
Page 1.1.2 Main characteristics of today’s business
Page 1.1.2.1 Change
Page 1.1.2.2 Growing Size of Business
Page 1.1.2.3 Diversification
Page 1.1.2.4 Globalisation
Page 1.1.2.5 Science
Page 1.1.2.6 Information
Page 1.1.2.7 Government Interference
Page 1.1.2.8. competition
Page 1.1.3 Economic factors
Page 1.1.4 India’s abundant Natural Resources
Page 1.1.5 Problems of Industrialisation
Page 1.1.6 Pattern of Industrialisation
5 March - 11 March Page 2.1.1 Introduction
Page 2.2.1 Environmental factors influencing entrepreneurship
Page 2.2.1.1 Economic environment
Page 2.2.1.1.1 Capital
Page 2.2.1.1.2 The Good Quality of Labour Force
Page 2.2.1.1.3 Raw Materials
Page 2.2.1.1.4 Market
Page 2.2.1.2 Social Factors
Page 2.2.1.3 Psychological environment
Page 2.2.1.4 Governmental Influence
Page 2.2.2 Factors Influencing entrepreneurship
12 March - 18 March Page 3.1.1 Introduction
Page 3.1.2 Entrepreneurship
19 March - 25 March Page 4.1.1 Concept of Entrepreneur
Page 4.1.2 Characteristics of Entrepreneurs
Page 4.1.3 Profile of an Entrepreneur
Page 4.1.4 Importance of Entrepreneurship
Page 4.1.5 Kinds of entrepreneurs
Page 4.1.6 Role and Functions of an Entrepreneur
Page 4.1.7 Qualities of a Successful Entrepreneur
Page 4.1.8 Circumstances Favouring Entrepreneurship
File Entrepreneurship
26 March - 1 April Page 5.1.1 Introduction
Page 5.1.2 Definition of Motivation
Page 5.1.3 Motivation concepts
Page 5.1.4 Categories of Motivation
Page 5.1.4.1 Security
Page 5.1.4.2. Achievement
Page 5.1.4.3. Social Recognition
Page 5.1.5 Types of motivation
Page 5.1.5.1 Achievement Motivation
Page 5.1.5.2 Affiliation Motivation
Page 5.1.5.3 Competence Motivation
Page 5.1.5.4 Power Motivation
Page 5.1.5.5 Attitude Motivation
Page 5.1.5.6 Incentive Motivation
Page 5.1.5.7 Fear Motivation
Page 5.1.6 Motivation is important to an individual as
File Motivation
2 April - 8 April Page 6.1.1 Introduction
Page 6.1.2 Definition
Page 6.1.3 Importance of Planning
Page 6.1.4 Characteristics of Planning
Page 6.1.5 Steps in Planning Function
Page 6.1.5.1. Establishment of objectives
Page 6.1.5.2. Establishment of Planning Premises
Page 6.1.5.3. Choice of alternative course of action
Page 6.1.5.4. Formulation of derivative plans
Page 6.1.5.5. Securing Co-operation
Page 6.1.5.6. Follow up/Appraisal of plans
Page 6.1.6 Advantages of Planning
File Planning
Page 6.2.1 Need for EDPs
Page 6.2.2 Objectives of EDPs
Page 6.2.3 Components of EDP
Page 6.2.3.1.Introduction to Entrepreneurship
Page 6.2.3.2.Motivating entrepreneurs
Page 6.2.3.3.Imparting managerial skills
Page 6.2.3.4.Exposure to support systems and procedures.
Page 6.2.3.5.Guidance to conduct feasibility studies
Page 6.2.3.6.Taking for field visits
Page 6.2.4 Phases of EDP
Page 6.2.4.1 Pre-training Phase
Page 6.2.4.2 Training Phase
Page 6.2.4.3 Post-training Phase (Follow up phase)
Page 6.2.5 Criteria for Evaluating EDPs
Page 6.2.6 Role of government in organising EDP
Page 6.2.6.1 Establishment of Specialised Institutions at National Level
Page 6.2.6.2 Establishment of District Industries Centres (DICs )
Page 6.2.6.3 Institutional Support System for entrepreneurial development
Page 6.2.6.4 Specialised Support Institutions for EDP promotion
Page 6.2.6.5. Financial Institutions for sponsoring EDPs
Page 6.3.1 SWOT analysis
Page 6.3.1.1 Strengths
Page 6.3.1.2 Weaknesses
Page 6.3.1.3 Opportunities
Page 6.3.1.4 Threats
Page 6.3.2 SWOT Matrix
9 April - 15 April Page 7.1.1 Government schemes and incentives for promotion of entrepreneurship
Page 7.1.1.1.Capital Investment Subsidy Scheme Offered by Central Government.
Page 7.1.1.2.Sales Tax Exemptions
Page 7.1.1.3.Provision of Seed Capital
Page 7.1.1.4.Provision of Concessional Power and Water
Page 7.1.1.5.Purchase of raw materials
Page 7.1.1.6.Allotment of Industrial Sheds
Page 7.1.1.7.Export Incentives and Subsidies
Page 7.1.1.8.Subsidy for Power Generators
Page 7.1.1.9.Special Incentives to Women Entrepreneurs
Page 7.1.1.10.Exemption from Stamp Duty
Page 7.1.1.11.Special Concessions to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Entrepreneurs
Page 7.1.1.12.Preferential Purchase from SSI Units
File Government schemes and incentives for promation of entrepreneur
Page 7.2.1.Definition of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in India
Page 7.2.2.Policies and incentives
Page 7.2.2.1 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Organisation (MSME-DO)
Page 7.2.2.2 National Small Industries Corporation Ltd (NSIC)
Page 7.2.2.3. Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC)
Page 7.2.2.4. Coir Board
Page 7.2.3.MSMED Act
Page 7.2.4.Credit for Small Scale Sector
Page 7.2.5.Incentive schemes for the development of Small Scale Sector
Page 7.2.6.Problems of credit flows to Micro and Small Enterprises
Page 7.2.7.Factors affecting MSMEs
Page 7.3.1.Exim policy
Page 7.3.2.Promotional Measures of Exim Policy 2004-2009
Page 7.3.3.Duty Exemption / Remission Schemes of Exim Policy
Page 7.3.4.Export Promotion Capital Goods Scheme (EPCG) of Exim Policy 2004-2009
Page 7.3.5.Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Under the Exim Policy 2004-2009
Page 7.3.6.Free Trade & Warehousing Zones of Exim Policy 2004-2009
Page 7.3.7. Special focus initiatives
Page 7.3.7.1.Agriculture and Village Industry
Page 7.3.7.2.Marine Sector
Page 7.3.8.GENERAL PROVISIONS REGARDING IMPORTS AND EXPORTS
Page 7.3.9.Promotional measures
Page 7.3.10.Focus Market Scheme(FMS)
Page 7.3.11.Duty Exemption and Remission Schemes
Page 7.3.12. Advance Authorisation Scheme
Page 7.3.13.Duty Free Import Authorisation(DFIA) Scheme
Page 7.3.14.Duty Entitlement Passbook (DEPB) Scheme
Page 7.3.15.Export Promotion Capital Goods (EPCG) scheme
Page 7.3.16.Major marine items which are either prohibited / restricted are as follows
Page 7.4.1.Joint Venture
Page 7.4.1.1.Advantages of Joint Venture
Page 7.4.1.2.Disadvantages of Joint Venture
File Joint Ventures
Page 7.4.2.Sub-contracting
Page 7.4.2.1.Advantages of sub-contracting
Page 7.4.2.2.Disadvantages of sub-contracting
File Sub contracting
Page 7.4.3.Venture capital
Page 7.4.3.1.Guidelines for Venture Capital
File Venture capital
Page 7.4.4.Public Private Partnership
Page 7.4.4.1. Advantages of PPP
Page 7.4.4.2.Disadvantages of PPP
File Public private partnership
16 April - 22 April Page Learning objectives
Page 8.1.1.Functional grammar
Page 8.2.1.Parts of Speech
Page 8.2.2.Noun
Page 8.2.3.Pronoun
Page 8.2.3.1. Kinds of Pronouns
Page 8.2.4.Verb
Page 8.2.4.1.Exercise 1
Page 8.2.5.Kinds of Verbs
Page 8.2.5.1. Exercise 1
Page 8.2.6.Modal Auxiliaries
Page 8.2.7.Adjective
Page 8.2.7.1. Exercise 1
Page 8.2.8.Kinds of Adjectives
Page 8.2.9.Adverb
Page 8.2.10.Kinds of Adverbs
Page 8.2.11.Preposition
Page 8.3.1.Sentence Structure
Page 8.4.1. Sentences
Page 8.4.1.1.Kinds of sentences
23 April - 29 April Page Learning objectives
Page 9.1.1. Communication Concepts and Process
Page 9.1.2. Overview
Page 9.1.3. Types of communication
Page 9.1.4. Communication Modeling
Page 9.1.5. Verbal Communication
Page 9.1.6. Nonverbal communication
File Communication concepts and process
Page 9.2.1. Verbal vs Oral communication
Page 9.2.2. History
Page 9.2.3. Arbitrariness
Page 9.2.4. Physical environment
Page 9.2.5. Proxemics
Page 9.2.6. Chronemics
Page 9.2.7. Movement and body position
Page 9.2.8. Posture
File Verbal Vs Oral communication
30 April - 6 May Page Learning objectives
Page 10.1.1. Listening
Page 10.1.2. Developing listening skills
Page 10.1.3. Art of Listening
Page 10.1.4. How to develop listening skills
File Listening
Page 10.2.1. Note taking
Page 10.2.2 Note taking techniques
File Note taking
Page 10.3.1. Effective writing
Page 10.3.2. Technical writing
File Writing
7 May - 13 May Page Learning objectives
Page 11.1.1. Making Oral Presentations
Page 11.1.2. Planning
Page 11.1.3. Preparing
Page 11.1.4. The Body
Page 11.1.5. The Conclusion
Page 11.1.6. Practicing
Page 11.1.7. Delivery
Page 11.1.8. Body Language
Page 11.1.9. Handling Anxiety
Page 11.1.10. Self-assessment checklist
File Oral presentation skills
14 May - 20 May Page Learning objectives
Page 12.1.1. Field diary
Page 12.2.1. Laboratory Record
File Field diary and lab record
21 May - 27 May Page Learning objectives
Page 13.1.1. Indexing
File Indexing
28 May - 3 June Page Learning objectives
Page 14.1.1. Referencing using footnotes
Page 14.1.2. Using Footnotes
Page 14.1.3. Inserting footnotes
File Footnotes
Page 14.2.1. Citation
Page 14.2.2. Paraphrasing
Page 14.2.3. Abbreviations in citations
File Citation
4 June - 10 June Page Learning objectives
Page 15.1.1. Reading skills
Page 15.1.2. Independence
Page 15.1.3. Comprehension
Page 15.1.4. Comprehension skills
Page 15.1.5. Comprehensibility
Page 15.1.6. Fluency
Page 15.1.7. Fluency skills
Page 15.1.8. Decoding skills
Page 15.2.1. Analysis
Page 15.2.2. Sight word
Page 15.2.3. Critical reading skills
Page 15.2.4. Literacy skills
Page 15.2.5. Reading readiness skills
Page 15.2.6. Guidelines for effective reading
11 June - 17 June Page Learning objectives
Page 16.1.1. Precis writing
File Precis writing
18 June - 24 June Page Learning objectives
Page 17.1.1. Summarising - Introduction
Page 17.1.2. How to summarise?
Page 17.1.3. Referencing
Page 17.1.4. Writing a summary
Page 17.1.5. Read for meaning
File Summarizing
25 June - 1 July Page Learning objectives
Page 18.1.1. An abstract
Page 18.1.2. Purpose of abstracts
Page 18.1.3. Types of abstract
Page 18.1.4. Selecting documents for abstracts
Page 18.1.5. Styles
File Abstracting
2 July - 8 July Page Learning objectives
Page 19.1.1 Starting a Presentation
Page 19.1.2. Get people's attention
Page 19.1.3. Welcome them
Page 19.1.4. Introduce yourself
Page 19.1.5. State the purpose of your presentation
Page 19.1.6. State how you want to deal with questions
Page 19.1.7. Dealing with questions
Page 19.1.8. Dealing with questions
Page 19.1.9. Rhetorical questions
Page 19.1.10. Focussing attention
Page 19.1.11. Cause and effect
Page 19.1.12. Group Presentation
Page 19.1.13. Writing your report
File Individual and group presentations
9 July - 15 July Page Learning objectives
Page 20.1.1 Impromptu presentation
File Improptu presentation
16 July - 22 July Page Learning objectives
Page 21.1.1.Public Speaking for Technical Persons
Page 21.1.2.Preparation
Page 21.1.3.The Purpose
Page 21.1.4.Audience
Page 21.1.5.The Subject
Page 21.1.6.Speaking with Feeling
Page 21.1.7.Fluency
Page 21.1.8.Pronunciation
Page 21.1.9.The Language
Page 21.1.10.Posture
Page 21.1.11.Intonation – Stress – Pause
Page 21.1.12.The peroration
File Public speaking for technical persons
23 July - 29 July Page Learning objecties
Page 22.1.1.Group Discussion
Page 22.1.2.How to conduct a group discussion?
Page 22.1.3.Application, Advantages and Limitations
File Group disussion
30 July - 5 August Page Learning objectives
Page 23.1.1.Meetings
Page 23.1.2.Planning the meeting
Page 23.1.3.General meeting
Page 23.1.4.Conducting the meeting
Page 23.1.5. Seminar
Page 23.1.6. Conference
Page 23.1.7.Organising seminars and conferences
Page 23.1.8.Conducting seminars
File Organising seminars and conferences
6 August - 12 August Page Listening skills
Page Passage 1
Page Passage 2
13 August - 19 August Page Note taking
20 August - 26 August Page Writing Skills
27 August - 2 September Page DO’S
Page DON’TS
Page Evaluating speech and oral presentation
3 September - 9 September Page Field Diary
10 September - 16 September Page Lab record
17 September - 23 September Page Indexing, Foot note and Bibliographic procedures
24 September - 30 September Page IIlustrative I
Page Illustrative 2
1 October - 7 October Page Precise writing
Page Passage 1
8 October - 14 October Page Abstracting and summarizing
15 October - 21 October Page Individual and Group presentation
29 October - 4 November Page References
5 November - 11 November File Question Bank