Innovative Entrepreneurship

A talk on “Innovative Entrepreneurship” by Er. N. Kanagasabathi, President, Thiruchirappalli District Tiny & Small Scale Industries Association and Vice President, Tamilnadu Small and Tiny Industries Association, was conducted as part of the of BECH-Awareness Series1 at the Bharathidasan University, Khajamalai campus by Bharathidasan University Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Career Hub (BECH). Mr. Kanagasabathi in his talk cited the examples of various entrepreneurs who began from humble backgrounds and went on to be successful through innovative thinking and passionate hard work.  He asked the students to concentrate on expanding their skill base as it is as important as one’s knowledge base in pursuit of success. He gave students an elaborate idea about the various schemes and initiatives by the government aimed at encouraging innovat6ion and entrepreneurship also adding the ways in which Tamilnadu Small and Tiny Industries Association and BECH can help and support the students in becoming entrepreneurs. He shared his journey of becoming a successful entrepreneur, his various sources of inspiration, his social service activities and accomplishments with the students giving them tremendous motivation and direction. He promised all possible help and guidance to BECH and its activities adding that the awareness series is the first one among a series of initiatives by BECH to augment innovation and entrepreneurship among students.

Bharathidasan University Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Career Hub (BECH), constituted to integrate the idea of Innovative Entrepreneurship in the curriculum in teaching and research conducts programmes to motivate students and scholars to be innovative in their thinking and to instill the idea of becoming entrepreneurs in future.

Prof. M. Ravichandran, Directori/c, Bharathidasan University Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Career Hub (BECH) of welcomed the gathering and Prof. N. Prasanna, Dy. Director i/c, Bharathidasan University Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Career Hub (BECH) proposed the vote of thanks. Prof. M. Ravichandran introduced the guests and also gave the students a perspective regarding innovation, entrepreneurship and the necessity of thinking out of the box in entrepreneurship. He stated that entrepreneurs, being job creates are the engines of growth of a country and that students turning to entrepreneurship can prove to be a game changer in the economic development of the country. Dr. Prasanna informed that students and research scholars of the university can submit proposals regarding new business models, thematic projects to BECH which will have funded by the cell if approved. He also added that students can participate in international exchange programmes, do Post-doctoral fellowships and internships with BECH and that the cell will provide seed investment and development environment for innovative startups by students and research scholars. The talk was attended by a great number of students and faculty from various departments of the university.