By TCN News,
Guwahati: A group of Engineering students concluded a three day “Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp” at Assam Don Bosco University (ADBU) Azara campus, 20-22 March. Some 100 students of second, fourth, sixth and eight semesters participated in the camp organized in collaboration with Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, and sponsored by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, New Delhi.
“The brightest students of Engineering School participated in the camp,” said principal of Don Bosco College of Engineering & Technology Azara, Prof Manoranjan Kalita complimenting students who showed enthusiastic response to the initiative of Entrepreneurship Development and Incubation Cell (EDIC) started early this year with a 3-day Entrepreneurship and incubation seminar followed by exhibition of project prototypes last month.
Mr Arun Sengupta
Inaugurating the camp ADBU Vice-Chancellor Dr Stephen Mavely spoke of pushing their imagination to the tipping point and hoped to see “a flowering of entrepreneurship where students will not be mere job seekers but also job providers.”
Chief Guest at the inauguration, Entrepreneurship Consultant Mr Arun Sengupta of Hyderabad, spoke on “aptitude, attitude, motivation and family psyche,” as some of the traits of an Entrepreneur. Currently Mr Sengupta is associated with Strategic Planning and Restructuring Consultancy, as well as Bharat Yuva Shakti.
Besides presentation and interactions with successful entrepreneurs, student teams show cased 12 of their innovative and commercially viable projects (six a day) and got feedback from peers and experts. Some of the innovation items included: Automatic Water Level Controller which will start and switch off water pump for the roof-top tank to be installed in the university’s hostels. Other innovative items were: Portable Mobile Charger, Remote Control For All Home Appliances, and Automatic Question Paper Setter.
An Industrial visit to Torsa Machines, and Assam Air Products Pvt Ltd on the second day helped students hold open discussions and interact with experts on the shop floor.
The program which concluded on Saturday 22 March was coordinated by ADBU Entrepreneurship Development and Incubation Cell Director Mr. K.N. Hazarika along with a team of faculty members and Training and Placement Officer Mr. Shahnowaz Hussain.