Bhaderwah August 28 : The Business School Bhaderwah Campus today organized a seminar on ‘Entrepreneurship Development in Jammu and Kashmir’ to celebrate World Entrepreneurship Day 2023 in collaboration with Students for Holistic Development of Humanity Foundation (SHoDH).
TBS has invited people from Civil administration, Banks, Universities, DIC, JKEDI, DE&CC, local entrepreneurs and all the stakeholders involved in developing and boosting entrepreneurship in the region especially young entrepreneurs in the seminar.
The seminar was organized under the leadership of Professor Rahul Gupta, Rector Bhaderwah Campus who is the main source of inspiration, guidance and support for The Business School, Bhaderwah Campus for taking such initiatives.
The event began with lighting of the lamp and seeking the blessings of Goddess Saraswati. Sh. Dil Mir Choudhary, Addition District Commissioner, Bhaderwah was chief guest in the seminar. Speaking on the occasion he congratulated TBS, Bhaderwah Campus for taking this initiative. He said that the youth of the country has huge potential but government jobs are limited. It is the best time to choose entrepreneurship as their career goal. Sh Vinod Kumar, Superintendent of Police, Bhaderwah was guest of honour in the event. He enlightened the audience about huge entrepreneurial opportunities available in the region and advised them to be a job creator rather than job giver.
Mr Mohammed Avais, Head of Department presented a formal welcome address. He wholeheartedly welcomed all guests, resource persons, scientists, local entrepreneurs, members of civil society, scholars and students in the seminar. He thanked Professor Rahul Gupta, Rector Bhaderwah Campus for his unflinching support and assured that TBS will play a key role in business incubation and acceleration in the region.
Thereafter, Dr Rohit Bhagat, Assistant Professor in TBS, Bhaderwah Campus elaborated the theme of the seminar and bring out the relevance of theme of the seminar in current scenario. Dr Sunil Bhardwaj, Assistant Professor and Co-convener of the seminar gave a detailed presentation on, how we can develop and boost entrepreneurship in Jammu and Kashmir. He said, India is now 5th largest economies in the world and under bold leadership we have envisioned to make India a 3rd largest economy by 2028 where creation of new business ventures and startups become inevitable.
Mr Ravi Sharma, Manager J&K Bank and Mr Nasir Batt, Manager HDFC bank elaborate upon the different financing schemes of the respective banks for creating new ventures. Mr Abdul Gaffar Bagwan, well know entrepreneur and an exporter of essential oils while speaking on the occasion convinced the participants that the region has huge resources which can be used sustainably to create successful businesses in the region.
Mr. Bharat Bushan, Poster boy of purple revolution (Lavender cultivation) in Jammu and Kashmir narrated his success story and inspired the audience. Mr Zaheer Khan of Imperial Jam Factory has informed the audience how he started from a scratch to an exporter’s level. Mr Touqeer Bagwan and Mr Touqeer Khateeb two successful entrepreneurs of the region inspired the youth with their business ideas and stressed on out of box thinking to explore the new business opportunities using untapped resources of the region. Besides this a galaxy of entrepreneurs were invited including Sh Azhar Qayoom (Owner Atiqa Bakes n Cakes), Sh. Farhan Qayoom (Livfit fitness center), Sh Neetan Kumar (Lavender Farmer), Sh Ram Prashad (Lavender Farmer), Sh Neeraj Kotwal (Young Entrepreneur), Sh Kamran Tariq (Owner NAJAR computers), Sh Asif Iqbal (Young Entrepreneur) and Sh Mohsin Tantray (Owner AR Computers).
The even was attended by all the faculty members of department including Dr Atif Qazi, Dr Raashida Gani, Dr Surekha, Ms, Aishiya, Ms Sonia, Mr Amit, Mr Rajinder beside eminent people from civil society, scholars and students of Bhaderwah Campus.
Dr Umesh Choudhary, Assistant Professor and organizing secretary of seminar proposed a formal vote of thanks.
