Tag: Entrepreneurship

Jindal School launches 1st of its kind BA (H) in Finance & Entrepreneurship in India

JGU has partnered with the prestigious Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania (USA)

October 20, 2020

Torchbearer of Manipuri entrepreneurship

Shubra Hanjanbam, with her Meira brand of food products, is at the forefront of making women in Manipur economically independent.

June 15, 2020

16.61 lakh people employed under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana: Government

'As many as 73.47 lakh youths have availed training under the PMKVY 2016-20, of whom 16.61 lakh candidates have been placed.' minister said.

February 7, 2020

Physics & business: The science of the start

Early explorers did not chart the unknown world all in one go. They went from port to port and gradually expanded their knowledge and gradually mapped the planet as we know it.

April 16, 2019

Contribution of banks in the growth and development of entrepreneurship

Apart from providing financial assistance, banks also give valuable inputs to support and promote their enterprise

November 21, 2018

Entrepreneurship as a bright profession

Expanding business to other global markets has its own distinct advantages. However, that decision should be taken with a lot of consideration.

September 28, 2018

Himachal focusing on youth entrepreneurship: Thakur

Himachal Pradesh chief minister Jai Ram Thakur on Saturday said the government is focusing on providing livelihood to all and encouraging entrepreneurship amongst the unemployed youth. After a review meeting on skill upgradation initiatives on Saturday, Thakur said the government has started ‘Mukhya Mantri Swavalamban Yojana’ to encourage local entrepreneurship and to provide employment opportunities …

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September 2, 2018

Centre to adopt Sikkim’s women oriented schemes

The Central government plans to adopt the successful schemes initiated by the Sikkim government for removing gender disparity, said Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi on Tuesday. “I appreciate ‘Unmarried Women’s Pension Scheme’ adopted by the state and have proposed a similar initiative to be adopted at the central level,” she said, …

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March 27, 2018

HP to lay thrust on hydropower, tourism and horticulture sectors

To ensure Himachal improves its ranking for ease of doing business, all basic facilities will be provided to entrepreneurs in the state and efforts will be made to attract more investments by easing the single window clearances, said Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur. He was addressing the Himachal Pradesh State Annual Session 2017-18, organised by …

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March 9, 2018

Need more women in administration to boost entrepreneurship: Rahul

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that there was a need to bring in “as many women as possible” in the administrative setup in order to boost female entrepreneurship. Concluding his four-day visit to poll-bound Karnataka, the Gandhi scion was interacting with professionals and business leaders in Gulbarga and said that as Congress chief …

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February 13, 2018

TICCI seminar to boost tribal entrepreneurship

The newly formed Tribal India Commerce and Industry (TICCI), a body affiliated to FICCI, organised a seminar to sensitise tribals on opportunities available to them to be entrepreneurs. The seminar was held in association with National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) and MSME Development Institute. Small Industry Development Bank of India (SIDB), Regional Industry Centre (RIC) …

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February 10, 2018

Skilling a key priority area for government: Dharmendra Pradhan

Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday said skill development and promoting entrepreneurship is a key priority area for the government and it is linking this initiative with other programmes like an up to the rade of rail network and providing all households with power and cooking gas supply. “We will be connecting 40 million households …

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January 24, 2018

Workshop to boost social entrepreneurship

Social problems can be solved through business and businesses have a responsibility to solve social problems’ observed speakers at a workshop on social entrepreneurship organised by the World Trade Centre (WTC) Bhubaneswar in association with several other organisations here yesterday. The workshop was attended by 100 students from 10 varsities. It aimed at creating socially …

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January 18, 2018

Jitendra bats agro-based entrepreneurship in J-K

Union minister Jitendra Singh on Friday said the government’s focus was to build the capacity of farmers and create jobs in the agriculture sector. The minister of state in the PMO was speaking at an awareness campaign on centrally sponsored schemes for agriculture organised by the Directorate of Field Publicity, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, …

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December 2, 2017

Women-friendly rules for startup in Punjab

The Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday unveiled the draft of ‘Punjab Startup and Entrepreneurship Development Policy 2017’ to support women startups. In his inaugural address at ‘Road to Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES)’ programme ahead of the GES 2017, slated to be held in Hyderabad later in November, the Amarinder said that women were …

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November 22, 2017

Need to bring entrepreneurship in farming: Vice President

Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Friday said profitability of farm sector had declined and there was a need to bring entrepreneurship in the farming process to increase it. Unless value chain involving the producer till consumer was created, profitability of farming would not improved, he said in his address at an agriculture conference here. …

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November 11, 2017

IIT-K to let students run entrepreneurship from hostel rooms

The Indian Institute of Technology – Kharagpur is coming out with a scheme allowing students to use their hotel rooms as entrepreneurship offices, a top official said here. The project would enable the students to set up the offices at a low expense, IIT – Kharagpur Director P.P. Chakrabarti said on Saturday at the institute's …

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August 6, 2017