The event witnessed several corporate leaders and entrepreneurs from different fields of work share their experiences and provide insight into the world of entrepreneurship.
The event kick-started with an opening speech by Mr. Bharat Baid, a chartered accountant by profession and a financial consultant. He threw light upon the various facets of entrepreneurship, in particular the legal aspects to it and highlighted upon the need for entrepreneurship in today’s world. He also spoke about Institutional Entrepreneurship where a basic infrastructure is provided which acts as the stepping stone for future success. He asked the students to “unbrand themselves” as MBAs and do some value creation for the society.
The second speaker for the evening was Mr. Hari Balasubramanian, chairman of Ontrack Systems Ltd. and an entrepreneur since the past 25 years. He spoke about how he expected the socio-economic environment to be few years from now. He also shared his views about some of the hot trending career paths for the next decade. His in depth knowledge combined with his amicable nature kept the audience enthralled for 45 minutes. In his own words, “don’t look for money, look for satisfaction”.
The event also had Mr. Abhishek Rungta, an alumnus of the University of Bath UK, who has been practicing entrepreneurship in more than one field of work. From setting up of an internet consulting firm (Indus Net Technologies) to providing new age education through the Indus Net Academy to co-founding a venture capitalist firm called Seeders Venture Capital Pvt Ltd, Mr. Rungta had accomplished a lot at a very early stage of his life. The core aspects of his speech were pertaining to the financial issues that a start-up firm faces and what is it that a venture capitalist looks for before funding a start-up business.
The final speaker of the evening was Prof Arup Choudhuri, founder president of Acasia Consulting. He primarily shared his personal experiences in the field of entrepreneurship. Prof Arup, very evidently a man of wit, humored his speech with some several funny incidents of his life pertaining to entrepreneurship and thus kept the audience’s attention till the very end.
All in all, the students found the event to be very enriching. The event was not only stimulating but also provided the students with invaluable insights into a myriad of aspects associated with entrepreneurship.
By: Sruti Chatterjee
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