Excelsior Correspondent
Jammu, Aug 31: School of Business Studies, Central University of Jammu organized one day interaction session on ‘Spirit of Entrepreneurship, Changing Indian Demographic Profile: Opportunities and Perspectives’ in collaboration with the International Institute for Peace Through Tourism-India (IIPT-India) a chapter of IIPT UNWTO here today.
This interactive session was organized with an objective of creating the awareness about changing entrepreneurial landscape and emerging entrepreneurial opportunities for youth in India. Featured speakers on the panel include: Ajay Prakash, President, International Institute of Peace Through Tourism-India (IIPT-I), Kiran Yadav, Director, IIPT-I and Chairman Success Try Angels and Dr. B.R. Manjunath, Chairman, IIPT-Education Network Forum.
Deliberating on the occasion, Ajay Prakash stated that the fear is the root of conflicts and tourism is the best way to overcome this fear. “Terrorism divides, tourism unites” emphasizing on this tagline, he also stressed on how tourism can be the best tool as when people travel and interact with each other, they come to know, they all are alike and likeminded. Talking about the demographic dividend of India, he said that India has the advantage of being youth nation with potential and skills to serve the whole world. “Young people are more intellectual, tech-savvy and have good problem solving skills. We need to integrate these Meta skills in order to make our world inclusive and sustainable for better living,” he added.
Dr. B.R.Manjunath suggested that traveller should integrate his/her travel with the local community to respect local culture in order to overcome conflict and grow intellectually. Quoting the example of Jammu and Kashmir, he mentioned that the conflict can be avoided through the expansion of tourism across the state. “Tourism and travel broaden our attitude to think positive about the places and people. One should not try to change the lifestyle of others but simply carry a message of peace ‘Come to my land and see how we celebrate life,” he said.
Kiran Yadav stressed that human resource is the real asset for nation competitiveness. He suggested that students should think out of the box and have original business ideas. Since, the entrepreneurial landscape of India is changing very fast and there are lot of government funding support and venture capital funds for start-ups, he added.
Prof. Ashok Aima, Vice Chancellor, Central University of Jammu in his presidential remarks stressed that employability is important than degrees and is part of sustainable growth of nation. He also emphasized that the eminent people and experts create a direction for the youth development which leads to nation building and stressed that such interactive sessions and workshops should be conducted for students in future on continuous basis.
The interactive session started with the formal welcome address by Prof. Deepak Raj Gupta, Dean, School of Business Studies, Central University of Jammu. Dr. Jaya Bhasin, Head, HRM & OB introduced the key speakers.
The session was attended by heads and deans of various departments and students and scholars of Business School, Central University of Jammu.
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