The Goa chamber of commerce and industry (GCCI), along with the non-profit organization ICreate, has trained commerce students from 18 colleges across Goa in a five-day entrepreneurship training programme to enable the students to become creators of jobs rather than job seekers when they finish their studies.
After the 'Change your mindset' programmes conducted by ICreate, students come out with business ideas, which the GCCI, ICreate and Goa commerce teachers association help to polish into feasible business plans.
The programme is held in education institutions across the country, covering students in the age group of 17 to 23 years, and 11 best ideas are picked to compete in the national business plan competition of ICreate India.
After institution and regional level competitions, the 11 students coming from diverse family backgrounds from different parts of the country will compete in Goa at the Entertainment Society of Goa premises in Panaji to have their business idea funded.
The business ideas in the competition cover a wide range of fields from organic manure, juice parlour, hand made gift articles, cleaning services, tiffin service, hot air balloon to a unique heating and cooling system.
"Under the tie-up with ICreate, the Ghas conducted training for women in rural areas of Goa like Canacona and Sattari and the women came out much more confident and knowledgeable about business tactics at the end of the programme. With close to 70 master trainers, Goa has the biggest pool in the country under the programme. The GCCI has also discussed with banks to make the process easier for entrepreneurs seeking finance," GCCI president Manguirish Pai Raikar said.
He said that entrepreneurship programmes are also being planned for inmates of Aguada jail and sex workers in Goa to make them independent.
"ICreate training programmes are devoid of the jargon that go with business management training. Our programmes are more on how to go about practical implementation of business ideas. We do handholding for youngsters and people from rural areas with viable business ideas for six months. We take care of the mentorship so that the budding businesspersons realize the importance of a foolproof business idea as against thinking only about finances for the business," Dr Aruna Bhargava, one of the founders of ICreate said.
ICreate India CEO Ulhas Kamat said that with 10 million youngsters in the country, it will be difficult to secure a job with each one looking for employment rather than self-employment.
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