The Department of Business Administration, St Joseph Engineering College, Mangalore organized ‘Colloquy – 10’, a one day Symposium on Entrepreneurship on 6th October, 2010. Students from MBA and M.Com programmes from various colleges attended the symposium.
The Chief Guest of the Inauguration function was Mr Jacob Crasta, CEO, CM Envirosystems Pvt Ltd, Bengaluru. In his inaugural speech he motivated students to be enterprising and be passionate about their area of interest. He stated that liberalizing the Indian economy has opened various avenues for entrepreneurship. Prof Eric Patrao, Principal In Charge and Dean (Planning & Development) and Rev. Fr Joseph Lobo, Director Designate, SJEC were the Guests of Honour. Rev. Fr Valerian D’Souza, Director, SJEC presided over the function. Dr. Prakash Pinto, Dean, MBA welcomed the gathering. Ms. Babitha Rohit, Organising Secretary, Colloquy -10 proposed the vote of thanks. Ms. Smita Jesudasan, Senior Lecturer compeered the function.
The resource person for the first session was Prof Edmund Frank, Dean, PG Studies in Business Management, St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangalore. He related his experiences as an entrepreneur and cited several instances for being innovative and enterprising. The second session for the day was taken up by Mr. Kumble Narasimha Prabhu, CEO and Managing Director, Manipal – Ace Event Management Co.(P) Ltd., Mangalore. He enlightened on the opportunities available and the challenges faced by an entrepreneur. He said identifying what one is good at is important to become an entrepreneur. Mr. Ronald D’Souza of Aquatic Biosystems, Mangalore, presented a talk on the scope available in Ornamental Fish farming in Mangalore.
The Symposium concluded with the Valedictory function in the evening. The Chief Guest for this valedictory function was Mr. K. Jairaj Pai, President, Kanara Small Scale Industries Association, Mangalore. In his address to the students he highlighted upon the various schemes of the Government to encourage entrepreneurship. Ms. Babitha Rohit, Organising Secretary, Colloquy – 10, welcomed the gathering. The Guests of Honour were Rev. Fr Valerian D’Souza, Director, SJEC and Rev. Fr Joseph Lobo, Director Designate, SJEC. Prof Eric Patrao Principal In Charge and Dean (Planning & Development) presided over the function. Mr. Kailas Bhat, Student of II year MBA proposed the vote of thanks. Mr. Suraj Francis Noronha, Lecturer compeered the valedictory function.
