Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 13: Jammu Kashmir Future Talk held its second event in the Department of Computer Sciences and Information Technology, University of Jammu today.
The main resource person was Apurva Chamaria, currently Vice President and Head of Corporate Marketing for HCL Technologies, veteran Angel Investor, author and thought leader. In this two hour long interaction with young students of Jammu, Chamaria exhorted the students to take up entrepreneurship rather than go looking for jobs. Initiating the discussion and subsequent interventions with stories, he encouraged students to start their own ventures immediately. He pointed out that top companies are now looking for the spirit of entrepreneurship in candidates they interview for employment. Thus, he argued that that it would be more sensible to use that spirit for oneself than for someone else
The students who came from the various universities of Jammu division including the University of Jammu, Central University of Jammu, SPMR College of Commerce, Baba Ghulamshah Badshah University Rajouri, participated enthusiastically in these discussions and discussed their business ideas with Mr Chamaria and sought advice about how to start a business.
Earlier, the talk was initiated by Shakun Sethi of Dizuna Communications and the Nodal person for Jammu Kashmir Future Talks who spoke briefly on how Jammu Kashmir Future Talks came about. Prof Dipankar Sengupta, Dean Students Placement also spoke on the occasion pointing out how local products form this region as well as its tourist potential were not being appropriately being utilised. Prof Alka Sharma, Director of The Business School also spoke on the occasion.
The Jammu and Kashmir Future Talks was initiated by Priya Sethi MoS Education in concert with the VCs of the Universities located Jammu Division to encourage the youth of Jammu to take to entrepreneurship. The current event was part of the first stage which involves organizing interactions of students with established businessmen, investors and thought leaders.
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