ALIGARH, September 2. To mark World Entrepreneurs’ Day, the Department of Business Administration, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), organized an Entrepreneurship Sensitizing Workshop at the J.N. Medical College Auditorium. The event encouraged students to translate innovative ideas into impactful ventures and provided valuable insights into the entrepreneurial journey.The Chief Patron of the workshop was AMU Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Naima Khatoon.
Chief Guest, Dr. M. Mobarak Hossain, Retd. Professor, Faculty of Medicine, highlighted that entrepreneurship is about solving real problems with innovation, ethics, and inclusivity. Guest of Honour, Prof. Aftab Alam, Dean, Faculty of International Studies, urged students to see failure as a stepping stone to success and reminded them that entrepreneurs are opportunity creators.
Keynote speaker, Mr. Sushil Kumar Aggarwal, Chairman, AVRO India Ltd., introduced the concept of VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity), and emphasized discipline, focus, and four guiding principles: Care, Share, Fair, and Dare. Dr. Lata Rani, Head, Department of Banking, Financial Services and Insurance, Delhi Skill and Entrepreneurship University, discussed government schemes, stressing women empowerment and job creation.
In his address, Dr. Asif Ali Syed, Organizing Secretary, encouraged students with the thought: “The future belongs to the dreamers and the doers.”
Prof. Salma Ahmed, Chairperson of the Department, welcomed participants and highlighted that nearly 200 students from Management, Engineering, Commerce, Arts, Law, Unani Medicine and Social Sciences attended the programme.
Prof. Valeed A. Ansari underlined the role of entrepreneurship in resilience and value creation, while Prof. Feza Tabassum Azmi emphasized passion and persistence as keys to success.
The inaugural ceremony was conducted by Ms. Sania Khan, while Ms. Rushda Kalim proposed the Vote of Thanks.
MBA students and research scholars, including Mohd Khuveb, Tooba Bilgrami, Sumit Tomar, Yashab Kafeel, and Mohd. Affan Khan contributed to organizing the event. The workshop concluded with an assessment test to evaluate entrepreneurial mindset, reinforcing its vision of nurturing innovators and changemakers.
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