Local entrepreneurship provides path-breaking solutions to unemployment problem: Director JKEDI
KATHUA: The Jammu and Kashmir Entrepreneurship Development Institute (JKEDI), on Friday organised a day long Entrepreneurship Awareness Programme (EAP) at Kathua.
The event was organised in collaboration with Government Degree College, Kathua.
The event was presided over by Director, JKEDI, Ajaz Ahmad Bhat who also inaugurated an Entrepreneurship Development Programme (EDP) for young women in Kathua
“We live in challenging times. We have seen how the Covid-19 pandemic changed the way we conduct our day-to-day activities. While these problems seem to be overwhelming, entrepreneurs have consistently found solutions to some of the biggest problems and are fighting at the forefront,” said Ajaz Ahmad Bhat.
He said that the present-day technology and resources coupled with a problem-solving mindset provides entrepreneurs a wider scope than ever before to confront problems faced by people of the Union Territory.
The Director impressed upon the need to give fillip to women entrepreneurship.
“Empowered and financially independent women can turn to be successful leaders who can drive the economy of the UT,” he said.
The Director also stressed on the need to widen public outreach by the Institute and help the youth to identify business opportunities other than the traditional ones. “Innovation and value addition is the way forward,” he said.
He assured the youth attending the program that the Institute will create an enabling environment for entrepreneurship development in the Union territory and will handhold the aspiring entrepreneurs.
The Director also visited the district office in Kathua and inaugurated a 10-Day EDP for aspiring female entrepreneurs under Tejaswini Scheme.
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