With the heavenly blessings of Sant Baba Dlawar Singh ji, Brahm ji and with the benign endorsement of Chancellor Sant Baba Sarwan Singh ji, and under the able guidance of worthy Vice Chancellor, Professor (Dr.) Dharmjit Singh Parmar, a webinar on ” How to plan for Start-Ups and legal and Ethical Steps “, was successfully organized, by the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, under the aegis of IQAC, IIC and UCA club. The goal of the webinar was to get participants understand the challenges and excitement in starting a small business. The legal requirements to launch a small business that is both profitable and compliant.
Around 100 participants comprising of Faculty and Students participated in this webinar. The event started with an inaugural address by Prof. (Dr.) Dharmjit Singh Parmar, Vice- Chancellor, Sant Baba Bhag Singh University, Jalandhar.
Dr. Parmar extended his warm welcome to the participants and Resource Persons of the Webinar. He thanked Mr. Tarundeep Singh Sambi, Chartered Accountant by profession, for being the speaker of the day to guide the participants. He also appreciated the efforts made by Department of Computer Science & Engineering for having chosen the title of this webinar, Start-ups. Start-ups in India have to deal with various obstacles like funding, insufficient skill, lack of marketing strategies, etc. over that start-up have obligation to operate in compliance with laws and follow the ethical behavior.
He emphasized that, Sant Baba Bhag Singh University is committed to ensure bright future of the learners. Dr. Parmar stressed upon Ethical values, which should be the building block of any start up, just as ethics and morals are the building blocks of humanity. He said ethical values is critical in determining how a company deals with certain situations and how it handles internal and external issues. Tomorrow’s learning is being showcased today. We all have the opportunity to prepare ourselves for tomorrow and be one of the change agents heading towards future.
Dr. Parmar, appealed to the entire faculty, nonteaching staff, students and other stake holders to work collectively to showcase University’s positive aspects in order to constantly improve.
Dr. Jagdeep Kaur, Coordinator of the department of Computer Science & Engineering and Dy. Dean UIET narrated the working of the department and informed that the department is making its rigorous efforts to boost the quality of teaching, research and learning in the University under the able leadership of the Vice Chancellor. Through this webinar, it is endeavoured to guide students towards innovation-based learning, with an aim of boosting their creativity and knowledge. She stated that such webinars are organized with an ultimate goal to validate the product / business idea’s potential and skills required by the start-ups and students to channelize those ideas into fruitful endeavours.
The resource person, Mr. Tarundeep Singh Sambi, started his presentation by talking about the importance of innovation in entrepreneurship. According to him, innovation is the most important word for an entrepreneur and society in general. He pushed everyone to bring out their innovative and creative ideas and shared his steps of taking the idea and making into reality.
He explained the basics of start-ups, including its initiation, raising funds, legal and ethical aspects of start-ups. The session was of great benefit for all the young innovators who were planning for their start-up and business. The session was able to boost their motivation to the next level. The key takeaway of the session was to instill in the students the mindset of more innovative ideas for problem solving rather than the traditional ones.
The session concluded by a vote of thanks from Dr. Jagdeep Kaur. She expressed special gratitude to the resource person, for such a provocative and thoughtful session. She also expressed gratitude to the Vice Chancellor of the University and the management for their constant encouragement and support in conducting the Workshop. She also acknowledged the support of Director R&D, Dean UIET, Prof. (Dr.) Vijay Dhir. She gave special thanks to all Deans, Dy. Deans, Hods, Cods and valuable assets of the university, its students and alumni for their participation in making the workshop a grand success.