Excelsior Correspondent
KATHUA, Sept 9: Kathua Campus, University of Jammu today organized an awareness seminar on “Entrepreneurship: A Viable Career Option” in collaboration with JKEDI (Jammu and Kashmir Entrepreneurship Development Institute) for the students of MBA and MCA programmes at Kathua.
Aamirshhafiq Qureshi, District Nodal Officer and Abhilash Braroo, Associate Project Manager, JKEDI Kathua were the resource persons for the Seminar.
Mr Qureshi during his interaction with the students informed that JKEDI was established by the State Government in March 1997 to effectively enable entrepreneurship development in the State. The Institute started its regular activities from February 2004 and has positioned itself as a learning Centre with State of the art regional centers across Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh. Besides, JKEDI Community organizers are in all of the 22 districts enabling entrepreneurship and promoting development at the grassroots.
The resource persons during their interaction with the participants further narrated various schemes being run by the JKEDI so as to enable the students to become job providers rather than job seekers. They primarily emphasized upon “SKEWPY” (Sher-e-Kashmir Employment Welfare Programme for Youth) programme being run by State Government and “HIMAYAT” and “NMDFC” (National Minorities and Development Finance Corporation) schemes under Government of India.
The main objective of the Seminar was to motivate the young students to start their own ventures and to generate employment opportunities for themselves and for others as well. Pertinent to mention that, the seminar sought to promote the spirit of enterprise and entrepreneurship amongst the participants.
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