Resumen de Chemistry Innovations and Ideas from the Classroom to the Real World: The Students’ Perspective on Becoming a Chemistry Entrepreneur
Abigail Jennifer G., Jeslin C. Jenny, Vijayarangan Prasanna Balaji, Rakhi Yadav
Chemistry and innovations have long been coexisting in the classroom and are essential criteria for assessment. Chemistry entrepreneurship is the art of commercializing chemistry innovations and ideas to a wider audience, taking them beyond classroom and assessment. The innovative ideas when realized with social relevance show prospects for individuals/graduates to become job creators with the potential to reduce unemployment and to enhance the economy. Students of chemistry thus have an opportunity to convert the classroom-based innovations into income creating sustainable living while studying. This lays a foundation to build a career in chemistry entrepreneurship upon course completion, to become an “employer rather than an employee”. In this study, we have discussed the scope of classroom innovations, the ideation–action gap, and various factors that influence students to choose and build a chemistry entrepreneurial venture. We conducted a survey to understand students’ exposure and perspective on making chemistry relevant to the real world through chemistry entrepreneurship. Finally, we propose a pedagogy to introduce chemistry entrepreneurship and to provide a platform for students to build a career based on their innovation in chemistry.
