ASBM Entrepreneurship Awareness Programme held
Bhubaneswar: A three day State Level Entrepreneurship Awareness Programme from 22nd to 25th March was held in the Asian School of Business Management campus here in the city.
Inaugurating the three-day Programme, Shri B.K.bhoi, Banking Ombudsman (Odisha) said, “Opportunity does not make a successful entrepreneur, rather lack of opportunity creates an entrepreneur.” Shri Subhransu S. Acharya, Deputy General Manager, SIDBI, Bhubaneswar and Shri Vivek Pattanayak, Retd. IAS, were the guests of honour on the inaugural day.
Delivering his address, Prof. Biswajeet Pattanayak, Founder and Director of ASBM, said, “What drives an entrepreneur is the passion to create something new – not to earn money. He of course makes money- which is incidental.
Among other dignitaries who shared their thoughts on the said Entrepreneurship Awareness Programme include—Madhumita Das, UNICEF, Rajen Padhi, Shri S.K. Rath, Asst. Director, MSME, Shri G.C. Sahoo, Asst. Project Director, STED.
Presiding as Chief Guest on the valedictory day of the Entrepreneurship Awareness Programme, Shri Rajib Sahoo, Director, Andhra Bank said, “An entrepreneur should be able to see ahead of others. Hard work and out-of-box thinking is required to become a successful entrepreneur.”
Shri C.R. Pattnaik, Regional Coordinator, EDII, BBSR, Shri Sashikanta Mallick, DFID and Shri Niranjan Mohanty, Founder & CEO, Magnum Apparel (P) Ltd also spoke on the occasion.
Co-ordinator of the event Prof. Haradhan Das along with 73 students of the institute also present on the above Entrepreneurship Awareness Programme.