The Education Committee of The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry along with Sister Nivedita University organized an online Webinar on "Building the Entrepreneurial Mind on 19th April 2021. 

To be a successful Entrepreneur, it is extremely important to have an Entrepreneurial mind set first. Often, we see that people have skill sets but not the mindset. So, in order to build that Entrepreneurial mind, Education has a very large role to play. The webinar was thus planned keeping the same in mind. 

Prof. Dr. Dhrubajyoti Chattopadhyay, Vice Chancellor, Sister Nivedita University delivered the welcome address. The esteemed speakers in the webinar were Mr. Chandra Shekhar Ghosh, MD & CEO, Bandhan Bank, & Past President, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mr. Siddhartha Chatterjee, Director, Paara Digital Education Pvt Ltd, Ms. Lovey Kapur, Director, Kookie Jar Foods Pvt Ltd, Prof. Dr. P.K. Dan, Associate Professor, Kharagpur IIT. The webinar was moderated by Dr. Debanjan Chakrabarti, Director, East and North East India, British Council.

The webinar started with the session with Prof. Dr. P. K. Dan mentioned that an entrepreneur will always have an innovative mind set. He mentioned that the National Education Policy 20220 has mentioned about the importance of higher education in forming the basis for knowledge creation and innovation which will contribute to the growing national economy. 

Ms. Lovey Kapur mentioned about how she started Kookie Jar, the famous shop in Kolkata. She spoke about the hardships she faced in the business and how she coped up with it. She mentioned that to start a business, there are a lot of things which needs to be taken into consideration before starting a business and also there should be a planning to sustain the same. 

Mr. Siddhartha Chatterjee said that it very important for an entrepreneur to take risks. He said that it is a myth that we need a lot of capital to start a business. When it comes to consumer centric business ideas there has to be a good idea.He mentioned that ideas keep on coming. Some doable some not. But if there is an idea then it can be readjusted to make it a success. 

Mr. Chandra Shekhar Ghosh mentioned that in entrepreneurship there is no age of retirement for an entrepreneur. An entrepreneur can give job to his children as a successor which they cannot do if they are doing a join in an organization. Also Mr. Ghosh mentioned that an entrepreneur feels proud because he has created a lot jobs for people. Entrepreneurship is a different contribution to the society and the country. Innovation and traditional should be merged together to make it successful. 

There were a lot of questions from the participants which the speakers answered at the end of the session. Dr. Debanjan Chakrabarti brilliantly moderated the sessions with his immense expertise and experience.