Bhubaneswar, Feb. 14: Students pursuing a course in business management
should always aim to be entrepreneurs rather than seek employment, a
successful entrepreneur said on Friday.
“Students at a business school should get into business though it is
perceived as risky. Opportunities are available and you can make your future,”
Mr. Murali Jammula, Vice-President- Commerce of the Utkal Chamber of
Commerce and Industry Ltd (UCCI), said while addressing the inaugural session of
the two-day ‘Convergence-2025’, the annual flagship event and B-School Meet of
the Institute of Business and Computer Studies (IBCS), faculty of management
sciences of Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) here.
Mr. Jammula, who was chief guest at the program, said students should not
study to get good marks but to acquire knowledge. “Education does not
determine your fate, you should use it as a platform to propel yourself,” he said
adding “you have to use and update your skill.”
The program was also addressed by Prof. Bibhuti Bhushan Pradhan, Pro-
Vice Chancellor of SOA, Prof. Ayasa Kanta Mohanty, Dean of IBCS and Prof. Jyoti
Ranjan Das, Dean (Students’ Welfare).
Prof. Pradhan said students who had passed out from IBCS had made their
mark across the globe and done the university proud. The present students
should emulate them, he said.
Prof. Mohanty described the event as a gathering of bright minds and
aspiring leaders while saying that it was an opportunity to exchange ideas and
thinking.
Dr. Ramakrushna Mishra, Coordinator for the event, welcomed the guests
and participants while Dr. Preeti Y. Shadangi, another Coordinator, proposed the
vote of thanks.
More than 150 students from 14 business schools and colleges are
participating in the two day B-School Meet in events like ‘Business Diplomatic
Conclave’, ‘Biz Kaisha’, ‘Resonance’, ‘Tremblers’, ‘Rhapsodic’, ‘Koutiliyayan’ and
‘Sen in Sane’.
