Start-up: Launching and Sustaining' program: AICTE has launched the 'Start-up: Launching and Sustaining' program to promote entrepreneurship.

Learners opting for the 'Start-up: Launching and Sustaining' program shall earn the credits for the Generic Core (GC), Subject Core (SC) & Generic Elective (GE - UL); with the minimum desired CGPA.

However, these learners shall skip the Generic Elective (GE - IL) & Subject Elective (SE - IL) courses and instead opt for the Milestone based concurrent comprehensive evaluation for 'Start-up: Launching and Sustaining' Programme as per the AICTE Policy laid down in this regard.

Such students shall have to fulfill two out of the five measurable outcomes as below:

• Funding: Student Start-up should acquire at least 1-5 Lakhs INR of start-up funding as capital/convertible equity or other similar equity instruments used in start-up investments.

• Employment Created: At least 5 additional jobs, (other than student founders) with a minimum of 15,000 CTC/employee/per month, paid for one full year, should be created by the student start-up.

• Revenues Generated: At least 5 Lakhs INR of Cumulative revenues should be generated by the student start-up as per Audited Profit and Loss Statements.

• Surplus Generated:At least 5 Lakhs INR of Cumulative surpluses should be generated by the student start-up as per Audited Profit and Loss Statements.

• Patent Application or Granted: The student start-up should have applied for registration of One Indian or International Patent OR such patent should be granted to the start-up

Other modalities and guidelines as per the AICTE policy shall be adhered to.

Students opting for the 'Start-up: Launching and Sustaining' program have the flexibility to create 'graduation outcomes' within 4 years of registering under the 'Start-up: Launching and Sustaining' program.

It would be mentioned in the Academic Transcript that the student has graduated through the 'Start-up: Launching and Sustaining' Graduation Programme.

Students who join only the 'Start-up: Launching and Sustaining' stream and are either unable to meet the requisite graduation outcomes or unable to continue for any reason can opt to fall back into the academic stream through the regular registration of the University Semesters.

SPPU may suitably verify the details of fulfilment of the two out of the five measurable outcomes listed above.