Entrepreneurial Skills among Educated Youth: A Study Conducted in Core and Peripheral Area of Lunglei District, Mizoram

—Unemployment among youth has been recognized as one of the recent major debating issues at a global level. This incidence of unemployment among educated youth is at as an alarming phase where educated youth and students are the worse victim. The number of educated job seekers enrolled in employment offices have been increasing over the years and it is more severe in non-industrial state like Mizoram. Development of entrepreneurship among youth has been viewed as a solution to this issue. Therefore, the state governments undertake certain programs to boost entrepreneurship environment which in turn attracts the attention of youth. Hence, this paper examines entrepreneurial skills of educated unemployed youth in Mizoram. This study is conducted with the sample of educated unemployed youth in the core and periphery areas of Lunglei, Mizoram. This paper assessed entrepreneurial skills based on four indicators such as Personal skill, Communication skill, Leadership Skill, Negotiation Skills and Sale skills.