One-day workshop on ‘Entrepreneurship and Innovation as Career Opportunity’ under the aegis of National Innovation and Startup Policy (NISP) 2019 was organised by School of Business, SMVD University in which around 70 students from different UG and PG programs participated in this workshop. Dr. Suparn K. Sharma, Dean, Faculty of Management and Chairman of the workshop, discussed the steps to prepare the business plan under current changing business scenario. Dr. Deepak Jain, Coordinator Workshop, presented the future directions and opportunities in different industrial sectors for the start-ups. He also discussed start-up ecosystem and importance to analyse it. Various sessions were conducted, followed by the panel discussion on entrepreneurial opportunities in emerging Indian Economy. Dr. Suparn K. Sharma discussed initiatives of startup India scheme. Dr. Ashutosh Vashishtha, CEO, SMVDU-TBIC, emphasized on the role of incubation centres in fostering innovation and entrepreneurial development. Dr. Rashi Taggar discussed the role of industry-academia interface in promoting entrepreneurship. The budding entrepreneur – Aditya Kanoria from SMVDU, Founder- Befikra community, enlightened the participants about the platform developed by him to empower young generation. The entrepreneur, Mr. Amit Pandotra, inspired participants by sharing his start-up story of Shri Mahadev Food & Beverages and his brands- TankFull and LeharUp of enhancing the valuation from 2.5 lakhs to 30 crores. Research Scholar, Shahbaz Indu moderated the workshop and presented vote of thanks. This workshop was conducted in collaboration and sponsorship from Institution Innovation Cell (IIC), SMVDU.
