Nagaland
IUN conducts workshop on ‘social innovation and entrepreneurship’
Dimapur, Nov. 10 (EMN): Entrepreneurship Cell (E-Cell) of ICFAI University Nagaland (IUN), in collaboration with Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC) under Ministry of HRD Initiatives, Government of India, conducted a one-day workshop on ‘Social innovation and entrepreneurship’ on November 8.
The objective of the workshop was to encourage, inspire and nurture young students by supporting them to work with new ideas and to transform them into prototypes, stated E-Cell coordinator Dr. Imtinungsang Jamir in a press release.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Imtinungsang Jamir welcomed the participants by highlighting the success journey of E-Cell and how UIN students have excelled through every opportunity into becoming an industrially ready graduate.
The university vice chancellor Prof. CP Alexander, in his special address, encouraged the participants to play a crucial role in creating sustainable innovation ecosystem to help India emerge as global innovation hub.
Rupankar Bhuyan, IIC president of the university, in his keynote address, stated that India has improved on global stage in terms of innovation ranking from 86th in 2014 to 52nd in 2019.
The technical sessions were conducted by Dr. VT Vasagan and Wapangsenla Imchen, both of department of management studies IUN and Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship (IIE) trained professional.
During the workshop, 18 business plan were prepared and presented by the participants which resulted as an innovative activities in their informative years with a potential to convert their ideas into marketable products in future. The participants were also given a hands-on training at a production unit after the workshop.