Government of India provides 10 free online courses for entrepreneurs to start a startup

The Government of India has published 10 free online courses for entrepreneurs who are going to start a startup or already have one.

The startup count in the nation has been on the rise for the last few years. Each individual wants to launch his new business into the business world. But being an entrepreneur is risky, and one needs the advice of mentors.

Start-Up India, an initiative under DPIIT, Government of India has arrived to provide 10 free online courses to entrepreneurs. All stages of startups can utilize these courses to gain a competitive advantage in the market. These courses from Programming, Security, Accounting & Finance to Management and Entrepreneurship are here.

1. Digital Transformation in Action: Virtual Collaboration Tools: This course will enhance the Digital Transformation for Leaders and Digital Transformation for Tech Leaders learning paths, focusing on collaboration and communication in the workplace. You will learn digital transformation, become familiar with your productivity suite's capabilities, and learn about video conferencing platform features.

 

2. Master Key Financial Analyst Skills: Using this course, you are able to acquire skills to become a good financial analyst. You will analyze current and past economic and business information to determine trends that will impact business decisions. Using this course, you will also learn about financial statements, economic data, and analytical analysis skills.

 

3. Introduction to Design Thinking & People-Centred Design, IIT Kanpur: This is a foundational orientation to familiarize the enrollees with the concepts of Design Thinking and People-Centred Design and how a PCD process differs from the conventional engineering or marketing-oriented approaches. Students and professionals can be taught this.

 

4. Finding a Job During a Recession or Challenging Economic Times: Learning strategies for finding a job during challenging economic times is what this course teaches you. Through this course, discover how to create a recovery plan, cultivate resilience, explore career options, update your resume, network virtually, and improve your job search and interview skills.

 

5. Become a Data Analyst: Data analysts work with information applying data analysis software and assist in developing insights and business strategies in their teams. This course is designed to impart the technical capabilities for data analyst career opportunities, enhance your high-demand analysis software skills, and acquire communication, teamwork, and problem-solving competencies.

 

6. Managerial Accounting, IIT Bombay: This course aims at exposing the students to key concepts in cost, financial, and management accounting, cultivating analytical capabilities related to interpretation of accounting reports, and equipping the students to apply systematically cost and management accounting principles to real-life applications.

 

7. Soft Skills and Personality Development, IIT Kanpur: This course will help to increase general awareness about the importance of soft skills in professional and interpersonal communications and enable all-round development of personality. With these learnings, you can cultivate a positive attitude, emotional intelligence, social elegance, etc.

 

8. Become a Digital Marketing Specialist: Your role as a digital marketing specialist is to build new possibilities for your business successfully. Through this course, you will learn how to navigate the marketing world, including SEO and analytics, what are the essential activities of a digital marketing expert and how to develop pertinent and interesting marketing content that resonates with your public.

 

9. Consumer Behaviour, IIT Kharagpur: The course will enable the students to have a bird's eye view of the buyer. It will provide them with knowledge of multiple models and frameworks so that they understand buyer behavior in an effective manner and correlate the knowledge with the development of suitable marketing strategies. It will concentrate on the psychological and sociological aspects and their influence on consumer decision-making.

 

10. Managerial Economics, IIT Bombay: Through this course, the students will be exposed to various concepts, theories, tools, and schools of thought in economics and applying them to business decision/research issues. Be it the theory of demand to consumer behavior or the theory of market and cost analysis, everything is covered.