Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to impart entrepreneurship training to at least 10,000 youths during the current financial year, an official said on May 13. It was decided at a high-level meeting chaired by MSME Minister Prafulla Samal here on May 13. The training will be organised…
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IKEA bullish on “Make In Assam”; Hails local Bamboo entrepreneurs
Global furniture retailer, IKEA, has identified Assam as a potential source of procuring bamboo and making it locally for global consumption, as part of company’s plans to ramp up operations in India. Unveiling company’s plans for the North East, Sandeep Sanan, New Business Development Manager, S…
Six steps to running a successful business
Business is the least understood word even by an entrepreneur. Colloquially, ‘business’ is defined as any ‘activity that results in profits’. Is there a larger meaning to the profit making? Is making profit only tangible in results? Can the same be assigned a larger meanin…
UpGrad to offer entrepreneurship program under Start Up India
Online education provider UpGrad has launched an entrepreneurship programme under government’s ‘Start Up India’ initiative to provide insights into areas like validation of ideas, funding and legal framework for new businesses. The new 4-week programme — Startup India Lear…
Start-up India: Transformation in the entrepreneurial mindset
Chairman of entrepreneur network The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) Global Venktesh Shukla is looking forward to hosting a summit in Delhi later this year (2016). Based in Silicon Valley , the graduate of MIT Sloan School of Management runs early stage fund Monta Vista Capital. Shukla, who was born in…
Mega food park to be set up in Ludhiana for Rs 117 cr
Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on September 26 laid the foundation stone of a mega food park project in Ludhiana to be developed at a cost of Rs 117.61 crore. This mega food park is expected to provide direct and indirect employment to about 6,000 people and benefit about 25,000–30…
TN & Telangana to come up with entrepreneurship development centres
In a move to harness the skills of entrepreneurs, Tamil Nadu as well as Telangana governments would soon set up entrepreneurial development centres in the two states. The second such facility to come up in Tamil Nadu, a centre at Coimbatore would be set-up at an outlay of Rs. 2 crore, an official…
ONGC launches Rs 100 crore start-up fund to ignite new ideas
ONGC has launched a Rs 100 crore start-up fund on its Diamond Jubilee year to foster, nurture and incubate new ideas related to oil and gas sector. The initiative, christened as ‘ONGC Start-up’, is in line with the government’s initiative ‘Start-up India’. As part of…
Moglix joins SAP startup studio as it continues path towards disrupting B2B commerce
Aims to serve manufacturing companies with cumulative turnover of more than $30B, which is 10% of the Indian manufacturing sector, in the coming 2 years. Moglix, a leading e-commerce company specializing in B2B procurement of industrial products, has announced its entry into “SAP Startup Studio”,…
Entrepreneurs make India’s growth story possible | Suresh Prabhu
Speaking at the valedictory of the platinum jubilee celebration of Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) in Mangaluru on May 16, Suresh Prabhu said that economy can grow when entrepreneurship grows. Without entrepreneurship, the growth of Indian economy was not possible and will not be p…