Kolkata, December 26, 2021: In the process of building a New India, Skill development and Entrepreneurship are the two necessary keys. To address this, the Bengal National Chamber of Commerce & Industry in association with Sister Nivedita University had organized the Skill & Entrepreneurship Conclave at the 34th Industrial India Trade Fair with the theme “Future of Innovation & Entrepreneurship”.

To grace the conclave, the panelists present were Shri Meghdut Roy Chowdhury, Director, Techno India Group, Shri Charanpreet Singh, Praxis Business School, Shri Bikram Das, NSDC, Prof Suman Chatterjee, Sister Nivedita University and Dr.Subrata Chattapadhyay, University of Engineering & Management (UEM). Welcome Address was given by Shri Suman Chakraborty, an Executive Committee Member of BNCCI and Keynote address had been given by Shri Ashoke Kumar Banik, Honorary Treasurer, BNCCI.

There was a wonderful panel discussion on the topic ‘Future of innovation & Entrepreneurship Conclave’. Dr Subrata Chattopadhyay began the session with his speech. In his speech he briefed that innovation and entrepreneurship is always there but the transformation to digitalization and upgradation is required to make ventures sustainable in long term.

Director, Techno India Group Shri Meghdut Roy Chowdhury opined that there is need to encourage and create safe place for innovation. However, he had also mentioned that mind set needs to be changed thoroughly.

Prof Suman Chatterjee from Sister Nivedita University was of the opinion that the knowledge and the skills from marketing, finance, accounts, economic and information can be integrated together to bring out the best practices for industry to produce. He also felt that Innovation & Entrepreneurship should be in the curriculum in all Educational Institutions.

Shri Charanpreet Singh from Praxis Business School also echoed the same view of Prof Suman Chatterjee. He commentated that at present India has 42 Unicorns and there is need to rethink about the way we teach, assess and think.

Shri Bikram from NSDC said that upcoming concepts from the steel hub is going to launch in the month of January, 2022. Every school, ITI as per national policy will be catered by a hub nearby. He mentioned about ‘Notes’, the upcoming project by NSDC. He stressed on the information about up skilling and re skilling.

The entire session was moderated by Dr Mahua Dutta, Founder, Mycoolguru.com. The session ended with a Vote of Thanks by Shri Aloke Sarkar, Executive Committee Member of BNCCI.