Udimita Utsav Events
17th to 19th November 2022
Doon Business School organised a three days उद्यमिताउत्सव from 17th November to 19th November 2022 with the following sub themes.
- November 17, 2022-Opportunities for Entrepreneurship and Industrial Development in Uttarakhand
- November 18, 2022- Solve IT Version 3 in association with Build on Click
- November 19, 2022 - Women Entrepreneurship Conclave, Dreams to Reality& BIZNEX 2.0 A Runway for your Idea to Take off
On 17th November aSeminar on 'Opportunities for Entrepreneurship and Industrial Development in Uttarakhand' wasorganised with speakers and participants from industries associations such as CII Uttarakhand, FICCI, ASSOCHAM, PHDCCI, Industries Association of Uttarakhand, some progressive entrepreneurs/start-ups, academicians with long years of industry experience and DBS students enthusiastically waiting to take the leap in their career and kick-start their journey in the industry. Dr.Onkar Singh, Vice Chancellor Veer Madho Singh Bhandari Uttarakhand Technical Unversitywas the chief guest at event. Dr. Rajeev Bhardwaj, Campus Directorin his welcome address mentioned that the SEMINAR aimed at deliberating on issues thatpromote entrepreneurial skills and investment in industrial development so as to generate employment opportunities and income to achieve a higher rate of economic growth and improve the standard of living for our people.
Dr. Safal Batra, Prof IIM, Kashipur emphasised the need for entrepreneurship development and informed about the resources available at FIED in IIM Kashipur to students including that of DBS, Mr. Vipul Dawar, former chairman, CII Uttarakhand narrated his experience of setting up a business unit and emphasised the advantages of being a first mover in ones journey of entrepreneurship. Dr. (Ms.) Poonam Sinha, Director NIESBUD in her address highlighted contribution made by NIESBUD in entrepreneurship and skill development and the resources available at their end for such activities. Shri Mohit Agarwal, founder, DBS mentioned that being a premier business school in Uttarakhand it is our responsibility to work with Government institutions and industry on entrepreneurship and industrial development. Dr.Onkar Singh, Vice Chancellor Veer Madho Singh Bhandari Uttarakhand Technical University and the chief guest at the event, emphasizedon the role of academic institutions in entrepreneurship and industrial development, and emphasised that the aim of the students should not only be on getting their degrees and employment on completion of their education but returning back to the society through value addition in a sustainable manner. Prof (Dr) Shailja Khanduri, gave a vote of thanks to the Chief Guest and other speakers of the plenary session.
A panel discussion was also organised on Skill Development, Entrepreneurship & Start-ups. The panellists included
- Mr Abhinav Ahluwalia, KIWI Kisan Window Pvt Ltd
- Ms Geetanjali Raghav, Naira Fresh Farm Pvt Ltd
- Mr Preetam Singh Lingwal, Founder & CEO, G Wealth Foods,
- Shri Shubham Maheshwari, Shashwat Cables (P) Ltd
- Prof. Himanshu Chauhan, DICE, DBS
- Prof Sunil Madan, DBS moderated the session.
The panellists were asked to narrate their journey to entrepreneurship, the motivation behind their decision to set up a business unit, the ups and downs they encountered on their way and anything specific they might like to share with the students/ budding entrepreneurs. A strong determination, curiosity, creativity, innovativeness, risk-taking ability, passion, confidence, resilience, networking ability, open-mindedness towards learning, people, and even failure were some of the attributes identified by the panellist for a successful entrepreneur. The session ended with a Vote of Thanks to the panellists and the participants by Prof Shivani Aggarwal, DBS.
The Seminar provided an opportunity for industry-academia interaction on issues of entrepreneurship promotion and industrial development and it shall be the endeavour of Doon Business School to make it an annual feature and take up suggestions coming from such deliberations with the authorities concerned and also implement in its own campus things which are within its means.