Chief Minister, Conrad K Sangma, today, attended the Impact Week 2024 held at Martin Luther Christian University. The program held by Prime Meghalaya in collaboration with MLCU is to create spark among the students and to give them the opportunity to choose entrepreneurship as a career. Also present was Commissioner & Secretary, Education, Vijay Mantri.
Addressing the gathering of students aspiring to be entrepreneurs from different colleges of the city, Chief Minister, Conrad K Sangma, recalling his days of entrepreneurship before entering politics said that being an entrepreneur in those days has impacted him to a great extent and added, “Therefore when we came to government I was very clear in my mind that we will create an ecosystem for entrepreneurs which I did not have in my times.”
The Chief Minister also highlighted some of the programs of the state government for entrepreneurs like Prime Meghalaya, CM Elevate, Chief Minister’s E Championship etc. and urged to gathering to take advantage of these programs.
He also lauded the different presentations of students during the occasion and said, “You have showed a great level of confidence and the way you have approached to the problems in Agriculture, Tourism, Management of Waste, Transport and Communication is crucial for an entrepreneur it is important to identify and diagnose the problem and to provide solutions.”
He also said that changing the mind-set is very important for it is important to see things not as problems but as opportunities for it is here that an entrepreneur steps in to provide solutions that are practical and feasible and also financially viable.
Prime Meghalaya in its initiative to promote entrepreneurship to the youth, has funded and supported 15 academic institutions across the state for conducting Entrepreneurship Development Programs and producing promising entrepreneurs and startups.
Impact Week 2024 is a dynamic two weeks’ program, organized by the E-Cell of MLCU in collaboration with Prime Meghalaya and Impact Week, designed to promote innovation and entrepreneurship through Design Thinking. The vent kicks off with a three days ‘Train-the-Coach’ phase, where selected faculty members from 15 institutions across the state undergo intensive training from experienced senior coaches. Following this, is the Design Thinking Challenge phase, where newly trained Junior coaches lead students from across the 15 institutions to tackle real-world challenges in sectors like unemployment, waste management, transportation, sustainable tourism and agriculture. The program aims to equip participants with essential skills in innovation, customer focus, implementation, fostering sustainable growth and community engagement. Successful participants get the opportunity to scale their solutions through incubation by Prime Hub.
