Intrapreneurship:Leveraging Competencies For Improving Quality In Higher Technical Education

Abstract

Change in higher technical education is the buzzword for all academics .Only cosmetic changes are effected so far to achieve the aims. At higher technical education our credo is to make our employees i.e. faculties generate and implement innovative educational processes which includes teaching, learning and evaluations . They need to incubate new ideas, and advance a new model of education that moves beyond traditional boundaries. They should act as "internal change agents, who embrace the characteristics of entrepreneurs like thinking out of the box. This enhances the value of education benefitting all the stakeholders. In this intrapreneurship will be greatly beneficial. This paper aims to examine the effects of individual competencies and characteristics linked to educational programmes that contribute to the development of competencies conducive to innovation which ensures ultimate sustainability.