Baramulla, Mar 09, KDC: One Day Workshop on Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship held at Government Degree College in north Kashmir’s Baramulla.
According to a statement the Innovation and Incubation cell of Government Degree College Baramulla in collaboration with J&K Science Technology and Innovation Council, Srinagar, conducted a one day technical workshop on Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship on March 9th, 2023.
The workshop aimed at making students aware about the new schemes of Government that can help start-ups to grow and help society to develop.
Javed Rashid, lead district manager of Jammu and Kashmir Bank in Baramulla and representative of Reserve Bank of India, was the guest of honour who spoke about different schemes of Government and how people should approach banks through different departments. He said that the saturation has increased in the government and private sector, so students need to skill themselves to earn livelihoods.
He laid stress on the Prime Minister Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), agricultural finance and other allied sectors like fish rearing. He also made awareness about the schemes under Mission Youth, like Tejasvani specially for girls who get five lakh rupees of finance under ten percent subsidy, and Spurring unit.
Professor Tariq Chalkoo, the convener of the programme addressed that there is a need to shift towards ethnographic thinking and transforming college to designing school.
“Our education system has groomed us as consumers of technology. Giving proper skills to the 71 percent of youth, pursuing education and job, can make them assets” he added.
Professor Mohammad Farooq Rather, Principal GDC Baramulla, in a welcome address said that skill and academics go hand in hand, otherwise people use you as testing mouse.
“India has more younger population than China, but only five percent is skilled. The problem lies in harnessing the youth. So, industrial skill programmes are important, not just government jobs” he added.
The students paid a visit to the department of Fisheries, Botany and Chemistry.
Professor Ajmer Singh, department of Fisheries, enlightened students about commercial fish farming and the purpose and scope of the subject.
Professor Dr Nuzhat, department of Botany, along with the students demonstrated the mushroom cultivation and vermicomposting.
The professors of organising departments and students received momentos and certificates at the hands of the Principal of the college.
Professor Mir Irfanullah of the Chemistry department, presented the formal vote of thanks, on behalf of the organising committee.
