A guest lecture on “Entrepreneurship Skill Development” was held on January 23, 2019. The guest lecture has been organized by the Don Bosco Tech Thakurmunda centre. The guest lecture began with a welcome address by the support domain trainer Mr Rameswar Tripathy. He has introduced and heartily welcomed Mr Sukant Kumar Sahoo (FMU Coordinator OFDC), to deliver the lecture, who is an efficient mass communicator and also an efficient trainer of OFDC. He has been serving a long time for the people of Odisha through different platforms. He has changed many lives of rural Odisha by his guidance.

He described the foundation of an entrepreneur, how to become a successful entrepreneur nowadays With some examples, he elaborated the keynotes of ED. Within a short span of time, he explained a lot of things to our beloved trainees regarding ED and some success stories of Leaders who are famous in INDIA for their innovations in Entrepreneurship. He said most people believe that entrepreneurship is the fastest way to become rich but this can end up being just an illusion. The truth of the matter is that you can only succeed in business when you have the right entrepreneurial skills, attitude, and behaviour.

He introduced the different aspects of entrepreneurship and emphasized that zeal and great ideas are the only ingredients in a recipe for a business startup. He mentioned that the reason that people do not start their new ventures in a country like India is due to non-awareness amongst the population of India and decides to go for jobs in private or government sectors so as to minimize the risk. Therefore, he emphasized raising the basic awareness of entrepreneurial concepts and enabling students to identify and learn how to make a mindset to take up entrepreneurship as a challenging career. He also inspired the students to value the presence of parents as well gurus in their lives. He focused on spirituality and religious approaches in life. He explained in detail the various attributes of successful entrepreneurs such as drive, communication skills and technical skills. The lecture motivated the students to work hard and start a new venture through adequate forward planning and the execution of the plans.

The vote of thanks was given by Abinash Barik (trainee of Assistant Electrician); on behalf of Don Bosco Tech and all trainees he thanked Mr Sahoo for sharing his knowledge.