THE ENTREPRENEUR
25.08.2006, Friday
GUEST LECTURE
Entrepreneurship cell (E-Cell) of IIT-KGP has started its
leadership lecture series with its first lecture on “Promotion
of Entrepreneurs in Budding Minds” by Mr. Shoummo K.
Acharya, President, TiE Kolkata, CEO and M.D, Vi eTrans
and Mr. Shovik Mukherji Chief Consultant, Tie Kolkata at
Netaji Auditorium on 19th of August. The lecture was soon
converted into an interactive session, by an enthusiastic
gathering of more than 400 IITians! “Entrepreneurship is a
Spark,” said Mr. Acharya, and urged students to ignite it.
An Entrepreneur is one who creates jobs. He may create a
hundred or a lakh, but is still an entrepreneur. He has no
fear and accepts no failure, without analyzing the reason for
it. Mr. Acharya continued by telling us that we must not be
apprehensive of the social stigma behind failure, which has
handicapped many a potential success. If a person has an
urge and a desire to get on, then entrepreneurship is the
right path. He has the right
to think completely
unconventionally. He quoted the example of a person who
said that if he could create gravity-free space, then he would
create millions!
In the past twenty years entrepreneurship has taken a new
direction. The present generation is lucky to see a very
talented lot taking up job-creation as their career in India.
This is very necessary for us, if we are to become a
developed country. In short, the speakers inspired many
young IITians to take up entrepreneurship as a career
option, and resolved many a doubt that were creeping up in
their minds, binding them from taking the right choice
towards their future career.
Some questions posed during the interaction:-
Q) Is an MBA degree needed to become an
entrepreneur?
No, it does help, but it is not necessary. Many of the notable