Entrepreneurship Certificate Program

You can expect the following from the program

• 40+ hours of rich content developed with industry experts and top entrepreneurs
• 1-on-1 mentoring with an industry expert in your startup domain
• Master Classes with Ronnie Screwvala in form of live online sessions
• Personalized feedback on your idea, assignments and case studies
• Offline Pitching event and Networking opportunities

Approximately 6 hours of learning time is sufficient to complete the program well. In addition- participants are encouraged to participate in the networking events and take the time to interact with fellow entrepreneurs.

Yes, post completion of the program, a personalised certificate would be issued by UpGrad with your performance across key entrepreneurial competencies and skills mapped.

There is no minimum educational qualification required. This program is suitable for any individual who has a strong commitment and passion for entrepreneurship.

This comprehensive 12-week program combined with the mentorship service is priced at only Rs. 80,000 + Taxes (Limited Merit Based Scholarships).

Please find below flexible EMI options available for the Upgrad's Entrepreneurship Certificate Program.

Program Fee: Rs. 80,000 + Taxes

Note - Upfront Payment of Rs.10,000 needs to be paid in advance to block your seat.

The UpGrad Entrepreneurship Program, first launched in November 2015, has successfully trained over 650+ entrepreneurs all over India. Given the online nature of the program, live webinars, telephonic counseling and strong student support team, it reaches both metro cities and smaller towns alike.

Refund Policy: 

• Student must pay applicable caution money for the enrollment of the course. This will be adjustable against the total course fee payable by the student.
• You can claim a refund for the fee paid at any time before the cohort start date by sending an email request to your Student Mentor and Admissions Counselor with reasons listed. There shall be no refund applicable once the program has started. This is applicable even for those students who could not complete their payment, and could not be enrolled in the batch opted for. However, the student can avail pre-deferral as per the policy defined below for the same.
• Once the student pays block amount, “any” refund shall be subject to deduction of Rs. 10,000 processing charges.
• Student has to pay the full fee within 15 days of payment of caution money or cohort start date, whichever is earlier, otherwise the admission letter will be rescinded and processing fee of Rs. 10,000 will be levied.   
• Refund shall be processed to an eligible student within 30 working days from the date of receipt of written application from him/her in this regard.

Deferral Policy: (Post Program Commencement)

• If a student is facing severe issues in dedicating time to the course, we provide the opportunity for the student to defer to another batch.
• A student can request for deferral only once and to either of the scheduled cohorts to start in the next 1 year from the start date of the initial batch in which the student was originally enrolled for.
• The student will be required to pay a deferral fees of 10% of the total course amount fee + Taxes if any along with the differential program fees between the two cohorts  
• The deferral request will be approved once the deferral fee is paid.
• Till this is completed, the student will be assumed to be continuing in the same cohort.
• The student has 7 days (including holidays and weekends) from the date of deferral request to make the payment of the deferral fee post which the deferral request will expire, and the student will continue as part of the current cohort.
• If the student completes the deferral payment, the student’s login will be disabled, the student will leave the deferred cohort and the student will start learning on the new cohort from the point of the last assignment that was graded in the deferred cohort. All grades and progress till that point will be carried forward as it is to the new cohort. For clarification, the grades of the graded assignments will be carried forward, whether or not the student had submitted these grading during the initial stage.
• The deferral can only be requested during the batch for which the student has enrolled is ongoing. Once the batch has completed, deferral requests shall not be entertained. For clarification, the batch completion here shall mean the “last grace deadline” as communicated by UpGrad.

Deferral Policy: (Pre- Program Commencement)

• If a student, due to unavoidable circumstances is unable to commence with the cohort and requests for a deferral before the cohort starts, we provide the opportunity for the student to defer to another batch.
• However, the student will be required to pay 50% of the total course fee amount (inclusive of taxes) before the deferral can be approved. Till this is completed, the student will be assumed to be continuing in the same cohort.
• A student can request for deferral only once and to either of the scheduled cohorts to start in the next 1 year from the start date of the initial batch in which the student was originally enrolled for.
• The student has time till the current cohort launch date to make the payment of the 50% program fee, post which the deferral request will expire. Once the deferral window expires and the student now asks for a refund, the above-mentioned applicable refund policy will apply.
• The fee applicable to the deferred student will be as per prevailing fee for the batch student has opted to defer to (No additional deferral fee is required to be paid).The student shall be liable to pay the differential program fees between the two cohorts, if any.

We have mentors from a wide array of industries such as Healthcare, Foodtech, IT, Automobiles, Media, Ecommerce and Home Services. All are our mentors are Founders, CEOs, VPs, or other senior leaders at companies such as Jio Money, Flipkart, Zee TV, Ogilvy and Mather, Toyota Kirloskar Motors, Urbanladder, Myntra, GE Healthcare, and several more