A day-long workshop titled ‘Entrepreneurship in Chhattisgarh; Opportunities and Challenges’ was organised by PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) and Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Germany at Hotel GT Star VIP Road here on Tuesday.
Pradeep Tandon, Chairman, PHDCCI Chhattisgarh Committee in his address stated that the objective of the workshop is to create awareness on Entrepreneurship and to empower the youth and provide them a platform to understand various aspects of setting up a new enterprise.
He further emphasized that there is a need to become job provider instead of job seekers.
PM Parlewar, Director MSME DCDI, Government of India, spoke on the various promotional schemes of Government for first generation entrepreneurs. Ms Shruti Singh IAS, Director, Industries, Government of Chhattisgarh stated that various programs are being undertaken by the Government for the youth for setting up their own enterprise.
Pradeep Patil, Faculty leader, Central Bank of India during the Technical Session stated that the Central Bank of India has various schemes for the new entrepreneurs. The credit is given by the bank without collateral security also in under the scheme of CGTMSE.
He also explained about the eligibility of seeking Finance from the bank.
Jay Kumar Gupta, AGM, SIDBI spoke about SIDBI’s initiative to promote and help new entrepreneurs. OP Banjare from CSIDC explained about new business plans and introductory scheme of National Mission on Food Processing (NMFP).
Pankaj Kumar, CEDMAP explained about the qualities of an entrepreneur and various aspects for selecting a project and preparation besides speaking about bankable project report for financial institutions and bank for various types of enterprises.
In the workshop, Kaustubh Dharmadhikari, Director, CAPS Foods India Pvt ltd also shared his experience and challenges encountered during setting up of a new enterprise.
The workshop was attended by new entrepreneurs, students of Engineering and Management colleges who wish to set up their own enterprise.
The workshop ended by vote of thanks by R G Dwivedi, Regional Director, Madhya Pardesh and Chhattisgarh.