Professor Saras D. Sarasvathy is awarded an honorary doctorate at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden in 2022, announced on February 16^th, 2022 – see  https://www.chalmers.se/en/news/Pages/Entrepreneurship-researcher-is-2022s-honorary-doctor.aspx » Read more…

To acquire multidisciplinary insight on entrepreneurial life and possibility to investigate related topics is the most valuable feature of the program. Different experiences of professors awoke my interest in further research activities.

For 15 years I was an employee in a state company with very good income, especially when I was working in big oil company with extra good pay. But when the opportunity came, I changed occupation, completed the necessary education and went into private business and entrepreneurship.  After few years, I did not have a wish to go back to the previous job, which maybe had a safety net, but without a chance to develop personal ambitions. Because of all of these things, I enrolled in the doctoral study focused on entrepreneurship and innovations because it goes well with my personal ambitions.

I think that the lessons I have been through so far were very useful to me and helped me to prepare for research challenges.

I enrolled in the doctoral study ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATIVENESS as a further step in my practitioner career within the early stage investment arena. I was aware of the need to acquire research skills and learn entrepreneurship from theoretical perspectives as well.

What I like the most as a student in this doctoral program is that it is bringing me to a higher level of knowledge. Moreover, the program provides tools not only for research, but also for my life. I am now immersed in a professional transformation towards excellence, rigor and relevance. I am proud to experience how this study is opening my mind towards new perspectives and a variety of cognitive tools.

I decided to enroll in the doctoral study Entrepreneurship and Innovativeness because I was attracted by interdisciplinarity of the programme, along with emphasized teamwork that has been promoted within the programme. I really enjoy interactive character of our lectures. Although I would prefer us to meet in person, prevailing conditions (COVID-19, as well as international composition of students) force us to use online tools – a good example of successful adaptation to new conditions. Every time we meet, I’m “swamped” with the quantity and quality of ideas brought to the table, and after every course I feel a bit more enthusiastic and capable of doing positive changes in my surrounding.