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Name of Activity: “Start Up Awareness Program” Organized by Start Up Incubator Centre Sector-1 Panchkula in Collaboration with Career Guidance and Placement Cell


Posted on 20/08/2021

REPORT Name of Activity: “Start Up Awareness Program” Organized by Start Up Incubator Centre Sector-1 Panchkula in Collaboration with Career Guidance and Placement Cell Organized under: Placement Cell Date: May 17th to May 28th, 2021 Coordinators: Mrs. Tara Jayant Mrs. Rubi Mangla Mrs. Kavita A 10 days “Start Up Awareness Program” was organized by Start Up Incubator Centre Sector-1 Panchkula in collaboration with Career Guidance and Placement Cell, Govt. P.G. College for Women, Sector-14, Panchkula from May 17th to May 28th, 2021.The program was organized under the aegis of Director General Higher Education, Haryana. The main objective of the program was to make the students aware about the entrepreneurship essentials that will help turn an idea into a successful venture and gain valuable real-world experience from company founders. Centre Heads from Startup Incubator Centres of Excellence in Haryana, industry experts and founders of various companies namely Ms. Shilpa Saluja, Ms. Smriti Sharma, Ms. Anjali Grover Sharma, Mr. Saurabh Trivedi, Ms. Tanushree Chandra, Ms. Meenakshi Gupta, Mr. Vishal Tandon and Mr. Ashish Chhabra discussed various strategies that can help both entrepreneurs and students to launch better products and services with a higher chance of succeeding in the market. They guided the students with tips for starting a business, run a successful business, how to adapt to changing situations, develop the skills required to deal with stress and impending deadlines and create vision board to accomplish the goals. The students were also made familiar with the importance of effective presentation and good communication skills, digital marketing and creating a business plan. On the concluding day, various budding entrepreneurs interacted with the students shared their experiences with them. The Director General Higher Education, Haryana was the chief guest of the valedictory session. Deputy Director, Department of Higher Education, Haryana Sh. Hemant Verma and Principals of some government colleges were also present on the occasion. The chief guest motivated the students to become self-dependent and create jobs for themselves and others. He emphasized that startups play very important role in creating better economic opportunities for students and shaping the youth in right direction. This program was attended by sixty- eight students from different streams i.e. B.Sc. III & II (Med), B.Sc. III & II (NM), B.Com. I, B.Com. II, BBA I, B.Sc. II (H. Sc.). It can be concluded that the program provided a way to create an intensive educational experience in a short span of time for the maximum benefit of the students. In charge Principal Placement Cell GCW, Panchkula.