At PDSE & FBM, students engage in a series of experiential projects designed to develop entrepreneurial thinking, strategic insight, and social responsibility. These projects encourage students to explore their own or peer businesses, interact with diverse stakeholders, intern across industries, and understand both formal and informal markets. From studying family businesses and interning in peer ventures to engaging with NGOs and analyzing unorganized markets, students gain hands-on exposure to real-world challenges. Capstone and final-year projects integrate interdisciplinary learning, enabling students to craft strategic growth plans or entrepreneurial ventures. These initiatives foster leadership, innovation, and a deeper understanding of business dynamics. Details of program wise student projects are given below:
BBA (Entrepreneurship & Family Business) Projects
1. Know Your Business (First Year)
The KYB project is a pivotal component of the initial years in the Integrated MBA program, designed to narrow down students' focus on deeply understanding their family businesses. The project encourages students to engage with family members, including parents and grandparents, to explore key aspects of the business, its strengths, and the emerging challenges in today's VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous) world. This initiative aligns with the overarching objective of the five-year integrated program, which aims to equip students with the fundamental knowledge and skill sets needed to sustain and scale their family ventures.
2. Social Connect Project (Second Year)
The Social Connect Project for second-year Integrated MBA students at PDSE&FB focuses on engaging students with NGOs to understand their role in achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Working in groups, students conduct interviews with NGO personnel and perform secondary research on leading NGOs in India, analyzing their contributions toward SDG-related initiatives. This project helps students gain practical insights into how NGOs function and their significance in promoting sustainable development at local and global levels.
3. Peer Group Learning Project (Second Year)
The Peer Group Learning Project (PGLP) for second-year BBA (Entrepreneurship and Family Business) students aims to deepen their entrepreneurial knowledge by interning in a business other than their own family business. This initiative provides students with a six-week internship opportunity in a peer's family business or a different business/start-up, allowing them to learn new challenges, practices, and strategies. The objective is to foster peer-to-peer learning, expand their understanding of diverse business practices, and provide a broader perspective beyond their own family enterprise.
4. Capstone-I (Third Year)
The capstone project for final-year BBA students specializing in Entrepreneurship and Family Business Management focused on understanding the unorganized markets in India through field visits, stakeholder interactions, and market analysis. For conducting the project, students visit various unorganized markets in Mumbai, such as Crawford Market, Manish Market, APMC Vashi, Zaveri Bazaar, Mangaldas Market, Dadar Flower Market, Lalbaug Market, CP Tank, Mirchi Galli, and Matunga East Market, to name a few. These markets represent a wide range of informal businesses, including dry fruits, confectionary, mobile phones, spices, and flowers, allowing students to gain practical insights into the dynamics of unorganized enterprises.
5. Capstone-II (Third Year)
This capstone project for third-year BBA Entrepreneurship and Family Business students focuses on integrating their learnings over the past three years, covering subjects such as entrepreneurship, leadership, financial management, marketing, and business strategy. The goal is to apply these interdisciplinary insights to real-world challenges within their family businesses. The capstone project enables students to deepen their understanding of their family businesses. They are tasked with developing strategic plans that focus on sustainable business growth, drawing on the interdisciplinary knowledge they've gained over the past three years. Through a combination of analysis, stakeholder dialogue, and practical problem-solving, students are encouraged to apply theoretical concepts to real-world challenges within their family enterprises. As a key part of the course, they also present their findings to academic faculty and, optionally, to their families.
This project serves as a culminating experience, symbolizing the academic and personal growth which students have achieved throughout their BBA (E & FB) program. It marks a significant milestone in their journey, equipping them with the skills and confidence to take on leadership roles in their family businesses and contribute meaningfully to their future.
MBA (Entrepreneurship & Family Business) PROJECTS
The Peer Group Learning Programme (PGLP)
The Peer Group Learning Programme (PGLP) is a unique experiential learning initiative integrated into the academic curriculum. It plays a key role in deepening students' understanding of the diverse aspects of operational management through an 8-week internship within a peer member's family-run business.
Learning from peers’ family businesses significantly enhances students’ grasp of different business models, decision-making approaches, and the real-world intricacies of family enterprises. By interacting with peers navigating similar yet distinct business challenges, students gain valuable insights into varied industry landscapes, leadership styles, succession strategies, and governance frameworks. This exposure enables them to critically compare successful strategies across contexts, cultivating a more flexible and innovative approach to business thinking.
MBA Entrepreneurship PROJECT
Grand Project
Students pursuing MBA (Entrepreneurship) are required to do their Grand Project in trimester VI of the course with meticulous attention to details and yielding tangible outcomes. This project represents the culmination of their comprehensive learning experience on campus — an in-depth exploration of ideas they have developed from scratch, brought to life through a structured final trimester project. The project exemplifies the transformative journey of our budding entrepreneurs, who navigate the process of idea generation in alignment with viable market opportunities. Students craft their business plans from inception to completion throughout their two-year tenure under the guidance of over 50 domain experts from both academia and industry at PDSE & FBM. This achievement underscores the program's effectiveness in fostering entrepreneurial spirit and equipping students with the skills necessary to turn their innovative ideas into reality.