an idea often does not get converted into a product or a business proposition unless it is guided to blossom into an enterprise with this in mind the national entrepreneurship network nen recently focussed on the theme india opportunities within which involved students and organisations this year the initiative was introduced in schools thus creating an opportunity to introduce students to entrepreneurship skills by running an exercise called the rs 50 exercise the exercise which originated at stanford university has been adapted to work for students aged between seven and 12 yearslaura parkin executive director nen points out in india only 16 of students enrol in college so if we are to ensure that this generation has the skills required to capitalise on todays opportunities we will have to find a way to introduce entrepreneurship education at the school levelthe game has been adapted for students with simulated currency in a class of around 50 students are grouped into teams of eight and given rs 50 as initial investment the teams are expected to start a virtual company and come up with a product or service with the initial investment that they can sell and make a profit on ajay pv eleader ecell nen entrepreneurship cell national institute of engineering mysore explains it is a business game that is designed to teach students the basics of entrepreneurship such as marketing making investment decisions managing cash flow he further adds we have conducted this game across a crosssection of schools both private and government