Despite India being the world’s fastest-growing startup ecosystem, entrepreneurial research is almost an alien concept in the country. Between 2000 and 2015, only 177 doctorate degrees (PhDs) in entrepreneurship were awarded by the country’s 740 recognised universities, according to a recent study by the Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII), a Gujarat-based autonomous not-for-profit establishment. Data for the study was sourced from the Association of Indian Universities, an organisation of all major public and private universities in the country.
