‘Is there an entrepreneur in me?’ would seem to be one tough question to answer, especially if one happens to be in a college campus.
Dream jobs, fat salary packages, parental and peer pressure – students feel it’s not always easy to explain to the world – or themselves – that they don’t want a 9-to-5 job.
That they itch to be different and start out on their own. That they want to be entrepreneurs.
Entrepreneurship Week India, launched by National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN) and held from February 2-9, 2008, acknowledged the spirit of entrepreneurship living in the hearts of millions of young people across India. In its second year, the public awareness campaign celebrated today’s opportunities and engaged individuals in building an entrepreneurial ecosystem in the country.
E Week was co-hosted by The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), India Venture Capital Association (IVCA), Indian Angel Network (IAN), Proto.in and DARE. Corporate sponsors include Symphony Services, HSBC and Himalaya.
Almost 2,00,000 students from 270 institutes across 30 locations participated in over 2,500 events, of incredible variety, during E Week.
E Week Yatra
From Kolkata to Indore, Delhi to Coimbatore, the spirit of entrepreneurship was brought to life by young Indians across campuses. E Week Yatra captured the energy in campuses across seven cities through the seven days. A snapshot:
Ever heard of an ‘infrastructure entrepreneur’?: MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology
It is not an oft heard event: Students partnering with a civic agency to expedite a delayed infrastructure project. But that is one of the many things the E-Cell members of MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology were up to this E Week, helping out the Bangalore municipality at the construction site of Cauvery junction underpass.
The MSRIT E-Cell students volunteered to supervise some of the labour to relieve the site engineers to focus on other priority issues. The team, with the help pf a thermocol model, is also creating awareness about traffic flow to passing road users. Some even test-drove a JCB!
As MSRIT E-Cell President Abhishek explained it: “The real classroom is here. We couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate the spirit of entrepreneurship.”
Living the E Week spirit: IPS Academy
Even on a Sunday, the dullest day of the week in a small town, students of IPS Academy were busy organizing events for E Week.
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