Bihar Animal Sciences University (BASU), Patna organized a one-day Workshop on “Development of Soft Skills for Entrepreneurship among Agri Graduates” in collaboration of National Academy of Agricultural Research Management under the aegis of National Agricultural Higher Project on February 24, 2020. Entrepreneurship has become one of the core issues, which has been identified as a tool to bring in desirable economic and social changes in society. Mere hard skills are not sufficient enough to enhance employability or entrepreneurship among the youth. Employers consider soft skills essential or very important factor in hiring decisions. It is, thus, imperative to improve the soft skills of the students, which are unquantifiable attributes that are demonstrated through work style and approach. Communication, leadership, teamwork, creativity, etc. are soft skills, which must be acquired and demonstrated to attain success in jobs and entrepreneurship. This workshop intended to impart the entrepreneurial skills among the undergraduate students of Bihar Animal Sciences University, Patna. Dr Ravindra Kumar, Director Research, BASU, Patna chaired the valedictory session.
Dr J. K. Prasad, Dean, BVC, Dr B. S. Beniwal, Dean, SGIDT, Dr R. K. Trivedi, DSW, Dr A K Thakur, Director Extension Education and other Senior Officers also attended the session. The resource persons were Mr Kaushalendra, Managing and Founder Director, Kaushlya Foundation, Prof. KC Bajpai, BIT, Patna, Dr Naresh Chandra, Principal Scientist, ICAR-CER, Patna, Mr Rakesh Kashyap, Successful Fisheries Entrepreneur, and Dr A. K. Jha, Head, DBM and Course Coordinator, SGIDT, Patna. The participants were the third–year and fourth-year students of B. Tech. (Dairy Technology) programme and B. V. Sc. Programme of Sanjay Gandhi Institute of Dairy Technology, Patna and Bihar Veterinary College, Patna respectively. Dr Sonia Kumari, B. K. Singh and Dr Ajit Kumar, faculties of BASU were also present.
