The Asian School of Business Management (ASBM) under the aegis of EDC sponsored by the AICTE organised an entrepreneurship programme exclusively for women on March 16 and 17.
The two-day workshop was inaugurated by State Planning Board Special Secretary Sujit Kumar and encouraged women participants from various technical institutes saying that the youth is the best time to have new ideas and to venture entrepreneurship. He enlightened the participants with the ways of utilizing Government schemes for various startups.
As guest of honour, Youth4jobs founder Meera Shenoy stressed on better education of women and competitiveness of women entrepreneurs. ITAO President Soubhagya Routray said women should come forward for leadership in IT sectors and it is the responsibility of the society to create scope to make them tech-savvy.
ASBM Director Prof Biswajeet Pattanayak said, “Women should understand their potential and be courageous to try out their passion”.
The valedictory session was attended by District Industry Centre GM DS Mishra and United Nation Population Fund, Odisha State Programme Coordinator Dr Deepa Prasad. A talk on Practical Exposure of Waste Management and a business model workshop on startup were held on the occasion.