Bharatiya Yuva Shakti Trust (BYST) in collaboration with the Tata Steel Limited, the JK Paper and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), organised a summit on ‘Empowering Young Grampreneurs to create jobs’ here.
The summit showcased the achievements created over the past five years by BYST in rural regions of Odisha, including Jajpur, Kalinganagar and Rayagada. The work done by BYST through its partnership with Tata Steel and JK Paper were showcased.
Chief guest at the summit Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu in his keynote address said, “One possible way to address youth unemployment is to support young people in creating their own businesses.”
Joining as guest Governor Ganeshi Lal also praised the role of BYST.
Founding and managing trustee and Bharatiya Yuva Shakti Trust Lakshmi V Venkatesan gave the welcome address.
JK Paper president Arun S Mehta said, “The country requires many organisations like BYST to prepare the youth to embrace entrepreneurship and succeed through mentoring.”
Awards were distributed to entrepreneurs and mentors in the category of Business Excellence Awards to recognise the efforts by the Grampreneursâ„¢ in building their business in a difficult terrain in Jajpur and Business Idea Contest to raise the awareness and sow the seeds of entrepreneurship amongst youth.
“Our collaboration with BYST has been a fruitful effort towards supporting youngsters in their entrepreneurial ambitions, and we will continue to explore avenues to promote micro entrepreneurs in Odisha,” opined Tata Steel CSR chief Sourav Roy.
More than 600 representatives from industries, mentors from different field and BYST supported entrepreneurs participated in the summit.