ITBHUGlobal.org: The Chronicle: Industry requirements should mould entrepreneur, says Prof. S K Sharma, Dean of Students, IT-BHU

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(Prof. S.K. Sharma)

6 Mar 2009, 1654 hrs IST, TNN

VARANASI: Students should be tuned to the requirements of industries to emerge as successful entrepreneurs of the country: Opined Prof SK Sharma, dean of students, Banaras Hindu University, while addressing a workshop on 'entrepreneurship development programme' at the department of journalism and mass communication (BHU) on Friday.

Emphasising on more freedom of work and change in the traditional performance evaluation system of the university, he said it was important to train students to be accepted by various industries. "It is equally important to convert idea into action with full facilitative and supportive system of the institution," he pointed out.

Earlier, local entrepreneur Keshav Jalan formally inaugurated the one-day workshop that witnessed three technical sessions on different aspects of entrepreneurship including its conceptual dimension, project management and institutional support system. Six successful entrepreneurs from different sectors participated in the programme.

“The Banaras Hindu University has witnessed establishment of Malviya Centre of Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship (MCIIE) to promote students of various departments with innovative ideas,” said Dr PK Mishra, the secretary of the newly constituted centre and chief coordinator, Institute Industry Partnership (IIP) Cell of the Institute of Technology (IT), while participating in the workshop organised by the department of journalism and mass communication, BHU, on Friday.

Saying the centre would help young talents with innovative ideas to become successful entrepreneurs, he emphasised that it would provide full facilitative and support services to the students. "Any student of BHU with creative idea can approach the centre that will look after the sponsorship and other training activities, provided the idea is accepted by the evaluation committee of the centre," he informed.

It may be mentioned here that IIP cell, IT, BHU is already looking after a number of innovative proposals and projects under Techno Entrepreneurial Promotion Programme (TePP), approved by the department of Science and Technology, New Delhi. In addition, grant to the tune of Rs 45 lakh is also being provided to the entrepreneurs for establishing their production units in the region.

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