300 RU students get ideas on entrepreneurship development

City Desk :
More than 300 students of Rajshahi University (RU) were given ideas and knowledge on how they can be self-reliant through transforming them into successful entrepreneurs in a daylong motivational meeting held recently in Rajshahi .
They were also given the thought that becoming entrepreneurs instead of hunting jobs can be the best ways of generating employment opportunities and bolstering local economy through substantial and sustainable promotion of the business sector.
Small & Medium Enterprise Foundation (SME Foundation) belonging to the Ministry of Industries organized the meeting at RU Senate Building supported by RU Carrier Counseling and Development Centre (RUCDC), reports BSS.
RU Vice-chancellor (VC) Prof Golam Sabbir Sattar and General Manager of Bangladesh Bank Kazi Rafiqul Hassan addressed the meeting as chief and special guests respectively with SME Foundation Chairperson Prof Masudur Rahman in the chair.
Pro-VCs Prof Sultan-Ul-Islam and Prof Humayun Kabir, President of Rajshahi Chamber of Commerce and Industries Masudur Rahman, SME Foundation General Manager Nazim Hassan Sattar and RUCDC Assistant Director Imran Hossain also spoke.
Two plenary sessions, ‘How to become a successful entrepreneur’ and ‘Sources of capital fund for new business and startups’, were also held on the occasion.
In his remarks, Prof Golam Sabbir Sattar said integrated efforts of all government and non-government entities concerned is also important for promoting the business sector in the region for strengthening its economic condition.
He said investment to the existing potential sectors is very important for generating employment opportunities side by side with improving living and livelihood conditions of people.
Prof Golam Sabbir urged the youths to come forward to be entrepreneurs instead of depending on only public sector jobs as the present government has taken massive measures for promoting entrepreneurship.