Midnapore, Oct. 28 -- Students must look beyond conventional employment and explore entrepreneurship as a means of creating jobs rather than merely seeking them, the Vice-Chancellor of Vidyasagar University said at a special lecture on entrepreneurship at the university on Wednesday.
Organised by the Department of Commerce at the A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Hall, the programme brought students face to face with the opportunities and challenges of setting up and sustaining business ventures, with entrepreneur Partha Sarathi Mandal sharing his experience of building a business from scratch.
Mandal, founding director of Spondan Hospital Diagnostic Centre Pvt. Ltd., recounted how he expanded his diagnostic business operations across eight states, unde...