"Except for a handful of institutions of higher learning in the world, even the most established ones have failed to nurture entrepreneurs from among their students. An institution have to be themselves entrepreneurial to be able to bring about the kind of learning relevant for entrepreneurs."

Dr. Harsh Mishra is the Founder and President at, the Indian School of Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development (iSEED). He is a Ph.D. from Fox School (USA), Masters' from IIFT and SPA New Delhi and B.Tech. from IIT Delhi. For more than a decade, he has been working on the idea of pioneering an institution that would be solely and comprehensively focused on Entrepreneurship Higher Education. Earlier until 2008, he taught entrepreneurship and business strategy at the State University of New York (SUNY), University of Alabama, and Temple University. Subsequently in 2009, he moved back to India to work at MDI Gurgaon. Harsh chaired the startup subcommittee and innovation group of the Mid-Hudson Technology Council in New York working with entrepreneurs and thought leaders from IBM and Philips etc.