Friday 20 June 2014

FOUNDER'S NOTE

We, the team of Vyapaar, Ecell of DCAC, present to you the thoughts of our founders- a bunch of young, enthusiastic and smart guys who believe in their ideas (and off-course themselves) and are telling you to do the same. 
Now read on and find it for yourselves.

3rd April, 2014
Going through the pages of my old school magazines, I came across an article titled ‘Help India Grow'. The article caught my attention as soon as I saw it because of the silver metallic finish to the heading.     
The first paragraph was really monotonous because of phrases such as ‘Unemployment is the major reason for India’s slow growth’ which seemed pretty obvious to me. I saw below the article an image of Mr. Dhirubhai Ambani (Founder, Reliance Industries Pvt. Ltd). I went on reading with the hope to find something interesting. The article in its last paragraph glorified the story of a boy from the villages of Gujarat. It glamorized how the boy coming from a poor family was able to raise money for his family. The boy had the power of a common man .He had a vision of being the richest man on Earth. He knew the trials and tribulations faced by the common man. He wanted to bring about a revolution and he set out on his journey by becoming an Entrepreneur with the aim of a vibrant India. Today, Reliance Industries is listed among top Fortune 500 list of world's biggest companies by revenue.
 As soon as I finished reading, I opened my laptop and started researching about his life. I was very much influenced by his actions and started researching on Entrepreneurship projects. I came across E- Cell IIT Bombay’s website and was very much impressed by their work. I shut down my laptop and dozed off to bed.

5th April, 2014
Being involved in a lot of extracurricular activities and being a part of many societies, I thought why I shouldn’t come up with an Entrepreneurship Cell in our college. The aim of the cell would be to promote Entrepreneurship within the University and to build as many Entrepreneurs as possible but before that, I needed a team. I rang up my friends and they agreed to help me in it. I asked Mrs. Archana Jain, my Statistics teacher if she would like to be the convenor of the society and she replied affirmatively. That’s how Vyapaar-The Entrepreneurship Cell,  DCAC came into existence.

For me, Entrepreneurship is the path towards the change we seek. It is the only by which our country can move ahead. Not only does it provide job opportunities, experience etc but also helps the common man earn a living as a result of which he is able to feed himself and his family. Being an entrepreneur is not an easy job. It takes hard work, passion and above all, a purpose to do something.

Somewhere within, we all have an entrepreneur within us who has the desire to build things, who loves to take risks and is a rebellious streak. Bring out that entrepreneur in you and be the change we all seek. #BeanEntrepreneur
- VIJAY KAPOOR
President
VYAPAAR, The Entrepreneurship Cell, DCAC