The Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) and Jashore University of Science and Technology (JUST) have concluded a five-day entrepreneurship development training programme aimed at equipping university students with practical business and management skills to encourage self-employment and enterprise creation.
The programme, jointly organised by the BSCIC Training Institute (BTI), the training wing of BSCIC, and the Faculty of Business Studies at JUST, ended on June 24 at Room 106 of the Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose Academic Building on the university campus in Jashore. The initiative sought to nurture future entrepreneurs and promote sustainable employment opportunities, BSCIC said in a press release.
Dr Mohammad Kamal Hossain, Dean of the Faculty of Business Studies, attended the closing ceremony as chief guest. The session was chaired by Md Tanzim Hossain, Associate Faculty Member of the BSCIC Training Institute and Course Director of the programme.
Also present were Professor Md Akhtaruzzaman of the Department of Marketing and Md Belal Hossain, Lecturer in the same department.
The training programme was coordinated by Miftahul Jannat Ripa, Assistant Faculty Member of the BSCIC Training Institute, and Md Rafiqul Islam.
Held from June 20 to 24, the programme covered business plan development, entrepreneurship management, marketing strategies, financial management, leadership development and a range of practical and technical aspects of entrepreneurship.
A key feature of the closing ceremony was the presentation of business ideas by participants. The trainees were divided into three groups and presented their business concepts before the guests. Following an evaluation, one proposal was selected as the winning business idea.
Addressing the event, the guests underscored the importance of entrepreneurship training in developing entrepreneurial mindsets among university students, creating employment opportunities and encouraging self-employment.
They said developing educated young people into successful entrepreneurs could make a significant contribution to Bangladesh’s economic growth and industrial development.
The organisers said the joint initiative between BSCIC and Jashore University of Science and Technology is intended to encourage innovation among students, develop future entrepreneurs and support the creation of sustainable employment opportunities in the years ahead.
