Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 11: To better understand the impact of COVID-19 crisis on entrepreneurship and start-ups and to help founders and policymakers get through the storm, Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University Rajouri organised a webinar on `Impact of COVID-19 on Entrepreneurship Ecosystem’.
The panelists included Sanjeeva Shivesh, Founder & CEO The Entrepreneurship School; Prof Raashid Saiyed, Dean, Faculty of Doctoral Studies & Research, RK University, Gujarat & D P Goel, MD, Conquerent Control Systems Pvt Ltd Manesar.
Sanjeeva Shivesh highlighted the present scenario of entrepreneurship in view of COVID-19 crisis and stressed upon the importance of Government interventions for the survival of entrepreneurs, start-ups and small businesses across the country. He said that there will be many battlefronts and each have to be won for us to come out of this crisis. He said that there is need to construct a robust policy framework for the survival and subsequent revival of small business across the country.
Prof Raashid highlighted the role of educational institutions and incubation centre for shaping up and strengthening the entrepreneurship ecosystem. He said that educational institutions have the opportunity to come up with research based start-up ideas by analysing the dynamics of consumer behaviour during COVID-19 pandemic.
D P Goel highlighted the industry concerns and shared various strategies to get through the present crisis situation. He said that the most crucial for the small business is to maintain liquidity for fixed costs till the operations are fully resumed.
Earlier, Prof Javed Musaarat, Vice Chancellor of the University, in his message, mentioned that during these uncertain times, the University is effectively reaching out to all its stakeholders, particularly the students and scholars by adopting online modes of teaching and learning to ensure that their academic pursuits are met within the stipulated time frame.
Prof Iqbal Parwez , Dean Academic Affairs, said that COVID-19 has caused extreme disruption socially and economically. He said that as the world is shaken in the most dramatic way, it is time for academia and industry to get closer, support, and learn from each other.
More the 100 participants within and outside the country participated in the webinar, which was organised by the Media Cell, BGSBU, in collaboration with University Business Incubation Centre, Central University of Jammu. It was coordinated by Dr Danish Iqbal Raina, Media Advisor, BGSBU.
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