Experience a must for young aspirants: Karan Shah

Nagpur: The

Entrepreneurship

Cell of VNIT witnessed a successful virtual inauguration of an event called Flagship 2021 on Saturday.

A platform for students to explore and enhance various aspects of entrepreneurship, flagship provides an opportunity to connect with competent speakers.

The theme ‘Think, create, and conquer’ itself motivated budding entrepreneurs to learn more and make the most out of this opportunity. The two-day event lists three of India’s best influencers and speakers, Karan Shah, founder of Indian Institute of Digital Education, as the day 1 speaker, Basudha Shrivastava, founder and managing director of EmpFly Services Pvt Ltd, as the day 2 first session speaker and Shraddha Shashidhar, a social worker and India’s representative at Miss Universe 2017, as the day 2 second session speaker.

The inaugural session commenced with a short welcome speech delivered by the host and member of e-cell, Snehal Patil. President of e-cell Archis Bhodke welcomed and introduced guest speaker Karan Shah. Professor Dilip Lataye then took over and spoke about the flagship event.

In his speech, he motivated the auidence to keep thinking innovatively and not give up after failures. Lataye wished the best to all the aspiring entrepreneurs and urged them to gain knowledge in these three valuable sessions.

Founder of Nagpur Angels and mentor of the e-cell department Shashikant Chaudhary’s speech stressed on how organizations have progressed in terms of innovations and startups and inspired students to follow this path.

Founder of Logicology Kartika Vyas and professor in-charge of e-cell Ravindra Taiwade encouraged students to dream big.

First speaker Shah talked about a number of areas and segments related to entrepreneurship, marketing, digital learning and digital sales. He shared his background and struggles and stressed on why internships are a base for students to reach the route they wish to pursue.

“Prior experience is a must these days. There will be struggles and problems along the way and by pursuing this experience, you are clearing a pathway for the future. Practical learning is the crux to achieve your dreams, so do not refrain from these opportunities, rather grab them. Your internships can help you gain a lot of things in life,” he said.

Shah encouraged budding entrepreneurs to find a goal and start working towards it right from a young age. He explained why early execution is important for a better tomorrow. In a short question-answer session, Shah addressed queries of students in a friendly manner. Nikita Lohiya, member of e-cell, concluded the day 1 with a vote of thanks.

(With inputs from Kashish Bedi)