The Entrepreneurship Cell of IIT Kharagpur will organise the Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp in Dehradun at the Graphic Era University on October 21.
The event would be attended by seasoned entrepreneurs Sanjeev Kapoor, founder of Shree Amba Industries, Munish Jauhar, CEO and founder of GrayCell Technologies Export, Sugandha Dubey, CEO and founder of www.stockimagebank.com – SIBSA and Vijendra Chauhan, the CEO and founder of Evon
Technologies who would speak about their insights into starting a successful enterprise. There would also be a panel discussion on the topic “Jobs vs. Entrepreneurship” with all the guest speakers as the panelists. The Entrepreneurship Cell of IIT Kharagpur is one of the most successful entrepreneurial organizations in the country with over 50 start-ups incubated within seven years of its inception.
The Entrepreneurship Awareness Drive (EAD) consists of a series of guest lectures and workshops in 20 cities in 20 days in the month of October. Each city plays host to an Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp (EAC), where eminent entrepreneurs and industry leaders counsel students about the pros and cons of entrepreneurship as a career and how it differs from the usual run-of-the-mill job culture that has existed till now.
Each EAC also features a networking session, where startups, students and the guests can freely interact as well as a startup pitching session, where the startups attending a session get a one-on-one interaction with the guest lecturers. The EAD also coincides with the launch of the Entrepreneurship Cell’s international business plan competitions Empresario and Envision, which attract enthusiastic participation from all over the nation and beyond.
Though the event is a one-day event, the students are followed up and are encouraged to take part in the business plan competitions and take their ideas a step ahead.