“Entrepreneurship cannot be taught, it should be developed from within.” : Dr. Ashok M. Agrawal

Kannada Sangha Pune’s, Kaveri College of Arts Science and Commerce conducted a lecture under the Kaveri Entrepreneurship Development Cell(KEDC), on July 21, 2018. Mr. Aniket Tapre, Founder, Venture Factor, was invited to deliver a lecture on the topic – The Mad World of Start-ups.

Dr. Ashok Agrawal, Principal, Dr. Muckta Karmarkar, Vice Principal, Dr. Deepa Sathe, Head KEDC,Staff members and students were present on the occasion. Dr. Agrawal welcomed and felicitated Mr. Aniket Tapre.

Dr. Agrawal said that the world of start-ups is fast growing as it is the most awarding and delivering world. He also said that “Entrepreneurship cannot be taught but it should be developed from within.”

Dr. Deepa Sathe informed that KEDC was formed with two objectives i.e. to indentify entrepreneurs among students and to brace them with necessary entrepreneurial skill sets and knowledge through various activities.

In his lecture, Mr. Aniket Tapre, Founder of Venture

Factor, focused on early stage start up funding and mentoring. He said that experience itself is the best teacher and there’s no school for entrepreneurship other than that.Mr. Tapre also said that it needs right attitude, unique ideas and passion to be an Entrepreneur. To be successful entrepreneurs, he encouraged students to develop risk taking capabilities, curiosity and to learn from one’s own. The students shared and discussed unique ideas about starting a business.

The session concluded with a question-answer round. Abhijeet Singh, S.Y B.Com(A) compered and proposed the vote of thanks. The staff members and students were present in large number for the session.

Kaveri College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Ganeshnagar, Pune