The Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering in association with Institute's Innovation Council of GLBITM organized an offline workshop on "Entrepreneurship Skill, Attitude & Behaviour Development" on 10/12/2021(2:00 PM- 4:00 PM) at the Audi 1 (Academic Block -1) in G.L. Bajaj Institute of Management & Technology, Greater Noida (U.P.). The guest speaker of the event was Mr. Shashank Srivastava, Founder of Open Ocean Foundation, New Delhi. 

An educator, a trainer, a resource faculty, Shashank Srivastava, is a highly motivated professional with experience in Learning and development, Process building with training small and large groups across diverse industries. Proven success in leveraging educational theories and methodologies to design, develop, and deliver successful training programs and integrate instructional technology to provide onsite and virtual training, Adept at organizing and facilitating management, team building training programs and activities.

This workshop aimed to spark the entrepreneurial spirit in the budding innovators by guiding them on how to convert their Innovative Ideas and emerge as successful Entrepreneurs. Becoming an entrepreneur is an important career decision, and to plunge into this domain requires the right skill set, attitude, and behaviour. 

The speaker highlighted some of the key characteristics of an entrepreneur, which are: 

?  Empathy is instilled through entrepreneurial ideals and related "ways of thinking, doing, feeling, seeing, communicating, organizing, and learning things."

?  Development of strategic thinking and scenario planning skills, as well as the ability to make intuitive decisions based on little knowledge.

?  Stimulating a variety of entrepreneurial behaviours such as seeking for and seizing opportunities, networking, taking initiative, convincing others, and making intuitive decisions. This necessitates a diverse set ofpedagogical tools.

 

The workshop witnessed the active participation of around 112 students (ECE, CSE, IT, and CE departments) and ECE faculty members. The event was initiated IIC student coordinators.  The workshop was concluded with a Q&A session.