ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Dronacharya College of Engineering, Gurgaon always encourages the faculty and students to enhance their professional skills, technical competence and spirit of entrepreneurship. Recently, two Dronacharyans (Mr. Abhay Singh Rathore, Roll No. 12135; Ms. Neetu Chaudhary, Roll No. 12367) along with Mr. Yashwarhan Soni, Associate Professor, Department of Information Technology got the opportunity to attend a three-day International Summit “Global Entrepreneurship Summit” organised by Entrepreneurship Cell, IIT Kharagpur from 11th to 13th January 2013. The objective of this Summit was to provide a platform for academicians, new-age entrepreneurs, eminent business personalities, venture capitalists and the students to share their innovative and entrepreneurial endeavours for aspiring entrepreneurs.

In the key note address, Prof. Paul Lilrank (Professor at Aalto University & Former consultant at Boston consulting Group) & Mr. Harish Hande, Managing Director, SELCO, India shared the importance of entrepreneurship as one of major tools of industrialisation and economic growth of a country. They reiterated to be committed to fostering economic and social entrepreneurship to unlock innovation, spur private development and create new employment opportunities for the Nation’s budding entrepreneurs.

The guest speakers Mr. Harish Bahl (Smile Group), Mr. Gaurav Marya (Franchise India), Mr. K. Chandrashekhar (Forus Health), Mr. Abhay Agrawal (Pothi.com), Mr. Madhawan Nampoothir (Resolve Energy), Mr. SatyaKalyan Yerramsetti (16 oby2.com) and Mr. Nachiket Mor (Non- Executive Chairman, Sughvazhvu) exchanged their ideas in connection with entrepreneurship.

The Summit aimed to amplify various encouraging trends for promoting sustainable growth, expanding trade and to create opportunities with new dimensions in the field of entrepreneurship. Indeed, it was an inter-disciplinary gathering of start-up champions from around the world where entrepreneurs, investors and researchers enlightened the participants bringing ideas to drive economic growth and expand human welfare.