• Priyanka Bhaskar
• Padmalosani Dayalan

The role of higher education institutions in nurturing entrepreneurship education has now been recognized worldwide by offering special courses in entrepreneurship, training, mentoring and other support for potential entrepreneurs. This research is to understand the "role of higher education institutions in promoting entrepreneurship among the youth”. Many universities and colleges are already teaching entrepreneurship at the bachelor's and masters level, but they incompetent to create entrepreneurs for the country. Creating an entrepreneurial ecosystem in higher education institutions can create a large number of entrepreneurs for the country, which will help in economic diversification and creating employment. This study focus on identifying the factors which can motivate higher education institutions to promote entrepreneurship at their level. The researcher has suggested the importance of incubators and accelerators in their recommendation and suggestion section, where they have highlighted that higher education institutions should create entrepreneurship cell and tie-up with industry should be done to increase the entrepreneurial spirit.

Entrepreneurship, Ecosystem, Higher education insitutions

"Promoting Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Higher Education Institutions", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 5, page no.f372-f384, May-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2105717.pdf

"Promoting Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Higher Education Institutions", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 5, page no. ppf372-f384, May-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2105717.pdf