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Free Entrepreneurship courses
Starting and running a business, from an idea to an incubator. These are government courses on NPTEL (run on SWAYAM): free to learn, with a paid exam only if you want the certificate.
When and what it costs
- January 2027 semester: NPTEL's timelines say enrolment opens 13 Nov 2026 and courses start from 18 Jan 2027 (read 23 Oct 2026).
- Learning is free. The certificate needs a proctored exam: Rs 1000 per exam in July 2026, with lower fees for SC/ST and PwD candidates. The January 2027 timelines document did not print an exam fee when we read it.
- Course pages for January 2027 were not open on 26 Oct 2026: the list below is NPTEL's tentative list, and NPTEL may change it. Find each course on SWAYAM once enrolment opens.
NPTEL courses for January 2027
Entrepreneurship Essentials
Prof. Manoj Kumar Mondal · IIT Kharagpur · 12 Weeks · run before
Business Fundamentals For Entrepreneurs
Prof. Devdip Purkayastha · IIT Bombay · 12 Weeks · run before
Understanding Incubation And Entrepreneurship
Prof. B.K. Chakravarthy · IIT Bombay · 12 Weeks · run before
Foundations of Design Thinking for Entrepreneurship
Prof. Jayshree Patnaik · IIT Hyderabad · 04 weeks · new course
More on SWAYAM: search SWAYAM for "Entrepreneurship" ↗ — SWAYAM also carries courses from UGC, CEC, IGNOU, IIM Bangalore and AICTE.
Sources, read 26 Oct 2026: NPTEL January 2027 tentative course list, SWAYAM: About; dates and fee from NPTEL's timelines (read 23 Oct 2026). Shishya chose which skill each course is listed under; it earns nothing from any link here.