A workshop on “Entrepreneurship and Innovation as Career Opportunity” has been organized by the Central Research Facility for the 1st and 2nd year MBBS students of Santosh Medical Deemed to be University on 15th of Sept 2022 at Maharaja Hall, SMC, under the guidance of Dean Research.The main objective of the workshop was to guide and make the junior students of the University aware of how medical students can succeed as entrepreneurs and support them to take their entrepreneurial journey.

1. It started with the introduction of Santosh Startup Form SSF, by its newly appointed incubation manager Ms Indu Rani, who also explained the Medical Students about choosing Entrepreneurship as a Career option in detail and why healthcare sector is an amazing place for aspiring entrepreneurs to explore healthcare business ideas.

2. Keynote speaker Dr Salaj Rana, Director Wavemakers; mentored the students on how to start a business, the role of incubators, and presented some interesting perspectives and real life examples in front of the students. He also briefed them on the EDP course launched by Santosh University and Wavemakers and get enrolled on the portal.

3. Our esteemed dean, Dr Jyoti Batra introduced the speakers and the Member of Student IIC team to all the attendees and shed some lights on its functioning as well as how SSF, Wavemakers and IIC can help student entrepreneurs in their startup.

4. Head of IIC Mr Arjit Bansal concluded the workshop with vote of thanks and further motivating the fellow students to start their own.

5. Rajat Chowdhary and Ms Nidhi from team Wavemakers and Dr Sivanesan, Deputy Dean Research, Pradhumn Katara, Asst Prof, Santosh University were also present at this workshop.

6. A feedback link has been provided to the students to understand their learning and observation.

7. Total 110 students have attended the workshop.

Detailed agenda:

12 noon – 12:10 pm: Introduction of Santosh startup forum by Dr. Jyoti Batra Ma’am, Dean Research, Santosh Medical College

12:10 pm – 12:20 pm: Entrepreneurship as a Career for Medical & Dental students by Ms Indu Rani, Incubation Manager, SSF

12:20 pm – 12:45 pm: Start-up Ecosystem, Policies and Role of Incubators by Dr Sajal Rana, Wavemakers

12:45 pm – 1:00 pm: Feedback session