Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp For Higher Secondary School Students of Government High School, Gonde, Tal. Mokhada, Dist. Palghar
Date: 23rd and 24th December 2019
Time: 10 am.
Place: Sandip Incubation Center.
Organizer:
Ms.Kavita Patil (SF SB IEEE WIE Affinity Group Counselor)
Agenda
Entrepreneurship Awareness Camps was designed to align the curriculum with necessary outcomes to create awareness among students of Engineering and Science courses about various facts of entrepreneurship as an alternative career choice.
Overview:
Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp was scheduled on 23rd and 24th December 2019 for Students of Tribal area Government School Mokhada. All the Students and their staff arrived at 10:00 am at the Sandip Incubation Center. At 10:05 am followed by inauguration and felicitation the pleasant morning started with a small prayer.
Miss Shreya Ahirao conducted session on Green skills. Green skills aim to balance economic development with environmental conservation so that the needs of the society, economy and environment can be balanced efficiently. She cheered up the students in great Enthusiastic manner
Followed by green skills session, Miss Snehal Savant (SF SB IEEE WIE Treasurer) conducted a session on Basic ICT Skills. The session was about understanding and applying a range of computer programmes, software and other applications. In between all the sessions coordinators conducted various small activities which cheered up the students.
Miss Apurva Somvanshi (SF SB IEEE WIE affinity group vice chairman) conducted session on Entrepreneurial Skills .How entrepreneur is different form a businessman and why entrepreneurship should be chosen as a carer option was discussed.
Entrepreneurship is the process of designing, launching and running a new business, which is often initially a small business the people who create these businesses are called Entrepreneurs.
With the end of three successful sessions a small brunch was arranged for the students.
In the second half session, three successful women entrepreneurs were introduced-
• Toshvi Thakur (Chief Operating Officer) “Anand Naturals”
• Sujata Kharat (Owner ) “Tasty Bites”,
• VedantiSorte (Founder & Chief Design Officer) “CreHa Gifts” (Connecting hearts through gifts)
These three women entrepreneurs brilliantly guided students regarding entrepreneurship, and their current business, and how they overcome difficulties in their life.
Mr Devesh Jha and Mr Abhishek Patil conducted session on Basics of Electrical and Electronics components. They both briefly explained about Electrical components and their working. Various electronic equipment were arranged for students, just like Ardino, ultrasonic sensors, spanners and many more etc.
Mr Pratik Jadhav conducted session on ‘Health &Safety’ and ‘Decision making ’. Health& Safety are important parameters to be considered while working on any task. Mr Sanket Gite introduced the students to the maker space, various components of maker space. He also showed a prototype model that he had made using the tools.
Mr Kiran jamkar& team conducted session on installation of water purifier, its repairing and maintenance. Old practices of water purification vs. new practices were discussed. At the end of all the entire session all the SF SB IEEE WIE coordinators conducted one activity for the students.
This activity aimed at brings out the real time problems that the students faced in their village .Students were told to come up with solution to those problems. This activity gave them an idea for their own start-up. They were told to design a prototype model of their solution on a chart paper and present the idea in front of other teams. It was a fun learning activity.
Outcome:
Great feedback was received from all the students. The Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp ended with good Enthusiasm. The entire event was a fun learning for Students, organizer, IEEE speakers, and coordinators who helped to make this event successful.