Biography
Dr. Junaid KC is a Head & Assistant Professor at the PG Department of Tourism & Management, Naipunnya School of Management (Aff. University of Kerala, India). He holds a PhD in Tourism and Hospitality Management from H.N.B Garhwal Central University, MBA in Tourism Management, and MA in Anthropology from Pondicherry University. His primary research interests encompass Tourism Carrying Capacity, Entrepreneurship Education in tourism/hospitality, Community-driven tourism planning, and Human Resource Development (HRD) in the Tourism sector. He possesses specialised expertise in ethnography and netnographic techniques, and his doctoral research is on ‘Tourism and Hospitality Education/Training/HRD in the Malabar region of Kerala’. Junaid KC has a good publication record, with several research papers published in Scopus, Web of Science, UGC Care II Listed, and peer-reviewed indexed journals. He has also actively presented his research findings at numerous international and national level conferences and seminars.
Conference contributions 1
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP TRAINING AND THE REDEFINITION OF ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILL DEVELOPMENT IN THE DIGITAL ERA
AI is increasingly becoming part of the education and business value chain, and this is changing the scope and nature of entrepreneurship training and competency building. While traditional entrepreneurship education has focused on creativity, innovation, problem-solving, leadership, and opportunity recognition, the advent of AI-powered technologies is reshaping the methods and implications of teaching, learning, and practice in modern digital economies. This paper critically analyses the contribution of AI in revolutionising the definition of entrepreneurial skill development in entrepreneurship training and management education. This study examines how AI-powered business planning tools, intelligent mentoring systems, predictive analytics, simulation platforms, and generative AI applications are utilised in entrepreneurial learning settings. It also examines the role of AI technologies in training models to foster digital adaptability, strategic thinking, innovation capacity, data literacy, and decision-making skills among emerging entrepreneurs. Although AI holds promise for customised learning, improved market analysis, and faster idea generation, it also introduces new ethical and technological concerns, such as the risk of a dependence on AI, a decline in human creativity, and unequal access to AI tools. Based on current interdisciplinary literature, the paper emphasises the importance of integrating AI complementary, human-centric, and ethically responsible within entrepreneurship training systems. The research adds to the academic debate on the direction of entrepreneurship education and highlights the need to foster adaptive and resilient entrepreneurial skills in the era of AI.