Saturday, April 24, 2010

Gururaj “Desh” Deshpande meets with faculty, directors & E-Cell members.



On 12th April, Desh met with EA’s E-Cell members and faculty at DCSE. During the event, Desh gave awards to students from GBS (Hubli) for their involvement in the 2K Challenge. Following the awards’ ceremony, one student from each school gave a brief presentation about their E-Cell activities and interest in engaging in entrepreneurial activities through the E-Cell. Desh then addressed the group with an inspirational talk on pursuing an entrepreneurial life. Below are some students’ feedback on what they learned from the session.

  • You are the CEO of your own life
  • Learn not just to be an entrepreneur, but also learn to lead an entrepreneurial life.
  • Life is full of opportunities.
  • Enjoy playing in every stage of life.
  • Don’t give up or comprise one’s passion to be something.
  • Entrepreneurs must have the guts to face Uncertainties..



Share/Bookmark


Friday, April 23, 2010

IMSR hosts event in honor of C.K. Prahalad

On 20th April 2010, E-Lite, the E-Cell at IMSR, hosted a special event to honor the legacy of C.K. Prahalad. The event began with a memorial to Prahalad, which was followed by a video highlighting Prahalad’s work.

The keynote speaker for the event was Dr. Satyajit Mujumdar, who has studied Prahalad’s work and spoke about the profound impact Prahalad has made on the world of business by pushing people to think innovatively. Dr. Mujumdar encouraged students in the audience to heed Prahalad’s wisdom and think about how they can beat their competitors in the business world by envisioning where the future will lead and being the ones to create the markets of the future.

Naveen Jha, Director of DCSE, spoke next about Prahalad’s insight on the bottom of the pyramid and how the concept has entered mainstream vocabulary around the world. Naveen highlighted that Prahalad’s work focused on India and played a major role in how the world views India as a land of opportunity.

The panel then had an interactive discussion with students about how corporations can cater to both low and high income clients by diversifying their products.

Genny King, a Sandbox Fellow with the Entrepreneurship Academy, shared some closing remarks on Prahalad’s profound insight on the bottom of the pyramid and how he revolutionized the way the world views the poor. Genny encouraged students to take advantage of the immense opportunities that lie in their home country and carry on Prahalad’s legacy by considering how they can use business strategies to alleviate poverty at the bottom of the pyramid.

E-Lite showed great initiative by taking this opportunity to honor a leader in the social entrepreneurship movement and host an enlightening discussion on some key issues in the field of entrepreneurship.

For more information on Prahalad’s recent passing, please read the recent New York Times article: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/22/business/22prahalad.html?hpw





Share/Bookmark

Monday, April 19, 2010

Site visits:


As part of the Social Entrepreneurship course, students and faculty from JSS (Dharwad), GBS (Hubli) and IMSR (Hubli) visited Akshaya Patra (www.akshayapatra.org) and Agastya Foundation (www.agastya.org). Site visits are an important component of EA’s courses, as they give faculty students an opportunity to see local examples of the material covered in EA courses first hand. Below are some students and faculty members’ comments about their site visit experience.

___________________________________________________________________________________
"It was on March 18, 2010 that we had visited the Agastya Foundation in Hubli.Some of the experiment we saw were interesting, many experiment where based on the visual and mind connection, they were very simple experiments but explaining much more than what it appears. We where lucky enough to try some of those and have an hand on experience on it."
By Ninaad N Musale GBS Hubli.
____________________________________________________________________________________



Share/Bookmark



IT trainings for faculty & students:


E-Cell members are engaging in trainings on IT applications for aspiring entrepreneurs. The first round of training covered a variety of areas, such as advanced Google applications, FaceBook and Blogs.
Through regular trainings, faculty members are developing advanced IT skills for academics. Trainings thus far have covered, advanced Google applications, FaceBook, Blogs, Dropbox, and advanced applications of Microsoft office suite.
EA plans to continually engage faculty and students in trainings to enhance their ability to utilize cutting edge IT applications in their work








Share/Bookmark