Madurai, TAMIL NADU :
Madurai:
Passion for innovative ideas is one the prerequisites to become a successful entrepreneur, students from engineering colleges were told at a startup event organized in the city on Thursday.
Former chairman of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), southern region, Navas Meeran, inaugurated the session titled, The Next Wave of Indian Economy, organized by CII.
He told the students that the Startupreneurs Forum had been formed to facilitate favourable eco system and engagement with start-ups across the region.
This is an initiative to encourage southern states to engage with the start-up community and provide newcomers the much- needed hand-holding support and guidance of established entrepreneurs.The main objective of the forum is to identify and nurture innovative ideas into start-up businesses, to create a network for start-ups with potential investors and senior professionals through monthly meets and also to hold an Annual Regional Startupreneurs Awards to recognize the best start-ups of the year, participants were told.
Two social entrepreneurs Happy Hens, which is into rearing of free range chicken to produce quality eggs and Rainstock, which deals in rainwater harvesting spoke about their ventures and answered questions raised by students.
Young entrepreneur K Sakthivel said passion for an idea will help an entrepreneur realize his goals. To get investment for that idea should be secondary, he said.
Chairman of CII, Madurai Zone, M Anbukani, welcomed the move to form the forum.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News Home> City> Madurai / July 22nd, 2016