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| Battle all odds to work towards realizing dream of entrepreneurship: Speakers |
SRINAGAR, OCTOBER 3: The
Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneur Development Centre of the National
Institute of Technology (NIT), Srinagar in collaboration with Start-up Kashmir
hosted an event "Idea Challenge-The Future World" on Tuesday to
celebrate the spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation in the Valley and to
boost the morale of budding innovators.
The Srinagar Municipal Corporation, J&K Tourism, Kashmir Observer
and food outlet Kathi Junction were the key sponsors.
The Chief Guest for the event was Prof. MD Mir, VC, Central University
of Kashmir. Shahid Ansari, founder Start-up Kashmir, Irfan Shahmiri, CEO Chinar
International; Ashraf Mir, President FCIK; Talat Parvez Rohella, DC Kulgam;
Prof Ajaz Zargar, Dean R&C, NIT Srinagar and Prof. A.R. Dar, NIT Srinagar
were the eminent personalities present on the occasion.
The event commenced with a welcome address by Prof. Saad Parvez, Head of
IIED Centre at NIT Srinagar who welcomed the participants and the guests to the
landmark event and urged the participants to treat the platform as the means to
an end, a step in a long journey.
The day was also graced by the presence of many established entrepreneurs
of the valley who addressed the students and motivated them to battle all odds
so as to work towards realizing their dreams of entrepreneurship; Saheel Yaqoob
Alaqband, Asst. Director, MSME; Nadeem Ahmad Dar, Executive Member of National
Innovation Foundation; Mr. Abdul Hamid Bhat, CEO, Raheem Greens; Mr. Urfee
Mustafa, Owner, HVAC; Mr. Zia Ashai, Founder of 'Supertherm' Heating System
manufacturing plant; Manzoor Ahmad Khan, Owner, Jupiton Geysers; Zufa Iqbal,
Winner of the Ignite Award 2016 for her Namda Rolling Machine; being a few
among them. Anjali Gupta and Sharath Nayar represented Start-up Kashmir in the
event and introduced 'The Better You' program that will be extended to other
universities and colleges across the state.
A total of 10 participants, hailing from different parts of the Valley
and even outside the Valley, presented their ideas in front of the jury. The
ideas were all out of the box, efficient and implementable, said Shahid Ansari,
adding it was a tough competition.
Murshid Malik from Kashmir Govt. Polytechnic College bagged the First
Prize for his idea of Ergonomic Study Chair made of cane. The Second Prize was
won by Shahrukh Mushtaq of SSM College of Engineering for his idea of Inkless
Marker Board while Ubaid Manzoor, Ex Student of NIT Srinagar for his concept of
Al Birra Services and Nikhil Kumar of NIT Srinagar for his idea of Green
Innovation Park shared the Third Prize.
All the guests, the Chief Guest and the entrepreneurs were presented
mementos by NIT Srinagar, following which they further enlightened the students
about the hardships faced by an entrepreneur in the socio- economic scenario in
this era and a few decades ago.
Ansari said the event was a huge success, giving the entrepreneurial
race of the valley a new boost and infusing new life into the spirit of
innovation, improvisation and invention.
All the highs and lows and the problems faced by a person with an
entrepreneurial drive were discussed by experts in the field. It set new bench
marks for the promotion of the innovative instinct in the valley.
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