US Merrimack Valley to study Hubli rural development models
The Hindu BusinessLine HUBLI, JAN. 16:
The successful social entrepreneurship models and concepts of Hubli Sandbox will be incorporated in Merrimack Valley Sandbox, said Mr Todd Fry, Executive Director of Merrimack Valley Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
Sandbox is an environment where fresh ideas get incubated and build a meaningful relationship with like-minded peers, learn from senior leaders and gain access to opportunities that will help them grow.
In north Karnataka, the Deshpande Centre for Social Entrepreneurship (DCSE) has been operating Hubli Sandbox, which comprises five north Karnataka districts – Dharwad, Belgaum, Gadag, Haveri and Uttar Kannada.
In the US, Deshpande foundation has helped Merrimack Valley of Massachusetts, including Lowell, Lawrence and Haverhill to develop and enhance an innovation eco system in urban areas.
A team of some 30 professionals from Merrimack Valley are in Hubli to participate in the “Development Dialogue-2012” and, thereby, learn from the successful experiments done by various organisations in the sandbox region.
Mr Fry said the team was in Hubli to understand the underlying strategies adapted by the organisations in their successful ventures.
To a question on whether they would be replicating the successful models, he said that they were not looking at replicating the models as the features of the Merrimack Valley Sandbox region were totally different from the North West Karnataka sandbox region.
“Here Deshpande Foundation is running a LEAD (Leaders Accelerating Development) programme, under which, young leaders take up social projects and we have a similar programme running in our region. What we plan to do is to understand the strategies and try to adapt them to address issues in our region”, he said.
Mr Fry clarified that they would not be interested in taking up philanthropic activities as there were already several such initiatives going on in US. “We will be focusing on higher education and high schools. The stress will be more on capacity building”, he said.
The Senior Programme Manager of the Centre, Mr David Parker, said that the objective of their visit was to not only to learn from the successful initiatives but also to help social entrepreneurship initiatives in the Hubli sandbox area.
The President of New Brunswick University (Canada), Mr Eddy Campbell, already Pond-Deshpande Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship had been set up by the university to take up similar work like Deshpande Centre for Social Entrepreneurship in Hubli.
“We are looking at creating more opportunities for the youths”, he said.
anil.u@thehindu.co.in
Monday, January 16, 2012
Quality education is your visa to the world: N R Narayana Murthy
Quality education is your visa to the world: N R Narayana Murthy
TNN | Jan 16, 2012, 05.45AM IST
HUBLI: Infrastructure and resources will always follow the good leader and entrepreneurs should inculcate leadership qualities, said chairman emeritus, Infosys Technologies, N R Narayana Murthy.
He was speaking at the Developmental Dialogue-2012 programme, organized by the Deshpande Foundation here on Sunday.
Murthy said social entrepreneurs should have clear objectives and it is very important to create a road map for the next five or ten years.
While working hard towards achieving their goal, entrepreneurs should also make it a point to spend their time with family and friends.
"Work is important, and equally important is to spend quality time with your loved ones," he said.
He hailed the Deshpande Foundation for its good work in bringing entrepreneurs under one roof and providing them a platform to exchange ideas.
TiE Hubli president Naveen Jha felicitated Murthy on this occasion.
Speaking at the 'Yuva Summit' organized by the Deshpande Foundation at BVB Engineering College campus on Sunday, Murthy called upon students to develop a competitive edge to face the challenges of globalization.
"Nothing will prepare us better than education. Good quality of education is the only visa of the world, and we have to have the passion and determination to achieve our goals," the IT czar said.
Nagamani, Vijay Mane, Vinay Patil, Umesh Chikkodi Kunal, Shruti, Viresh and others were awarded as 'Best Leaders'. Shrikant Joshi from Jain College of Engineering, SM Hegde from MES College and Deepak were awarded with Best faculties.Institute of Management Education and Research, Belgaum, KLE Society's MBA College of Belgaum, Global Business School, Hubli, Institute of excellent in management science, Tarihal, Hubli have awarded with Best entrepreneur award.
TNN | Jan 16, 2012, 05.45AM IST
HUBLI: Infrastructure and resources will always follow the good leader and entrepreneurs should inculcate leadership qualities, said chairman emeritus, Infosys Technologies, N R Narayana Murthy.
He was speaking at the Developmental Dialogue-2012 programme, organized by the Deshpande Foundation here on Sunday.
Murthy said social entrepreneurs should have clear objectives and it is very important to create a road map for the next five or ten years.
While working hard towards achieving their goal, entrepreneurs should also make it a point to spend their time with family and friends.
"Work is important, and equally important is to spend quality time with your loved ones," he said.
He hailed the Deshpande Foundation for its good work in bringing entrepreneurs under one roof and providing them a platform to exchange ideas.
TiE Hubli president Naveen Jha felicitated Murthy on this occasion.
Speaking at the 'Yuva Summit' organized by the Deshpande Foundation at BVB Engineering College campus on Sunday, Murthy called upon students to develop a competitive edge to face the challenges of globalization.
"Nothing will prepare us better than education. Good quality of education is the only visa of the world, and we have to have the passion and determination to achieve our goals," the IT czar said.
Nagamani, Vijay Mane, Vinay Patil, Umesh Chikkodi Kunal, Shruti, Viresh and others were awarded as 'Best Leaders'. Shrikant Joshi from Jain College of Engineering, SM Hegde from MES College and Deepak were awarded with Best faculties.Institute of Management Education and Research, Belgaum, KLE Society's MBA College of Belgaum, Global Business School, Hubli, Institute of excellent in management science, Tarihal, Hubli have awarded with Best entrepreneur award.
Public-private initiative planned to promote Hubli as investment hub
Public-private initiative planned to promote Hubli as investment hub
The Business Line BANGALORE, JAN. 15
A new public-private platform is planned to promote Hubli-Dharwad region as the next investment destination in the State. The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) Hubli Chapter has come forward to help promote the twin city in various national and global meets.
The Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister and Dharwad district-in-charge Minister, Mr Jagadish Shettar, addressing a TiECon 2012 session on ‘Taking Leap From Rs 100 crore to Rs 10,000 crore: Pune Story and Hubli Road ahead,' said, “The district administration will support the public-private initiative and help bring together authorities, entrepreneurs and eminent personalities to promote Hubli-Dharwad as the next investment destination in the State.”
“The public-private platform will be constituted in the next two months and I will instruct the district administration to reach out to the private sector to help constitute a co-ordination committee to being the process,” he added.
Dharwad Deputy Commissioner, Mr Darpan Jain, made a presentation on the initiatives taken by the district administration to improve the infrastructure in the region and on the further plans like upgradation of the airport, Bus Rapid Transport System, rolling out of the 24x7 water supply project to the entire city and others.
As the moderator of the session, Prof Ashok Shettar, Principal of BVB College of Engineering, said the TiE Hubli Chapter was ready to take up the responsibility of co-ordination on the issue, and Mr Jain felt there was a need for a more concerted and co-ordinated effort for marketing the region. “We will take up the proposal for discussion and act on constituting a co-ordination committee within two months,” Mr Shettar said.
The Karnatak Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) President speaking on the occasion, said the chamber has already joined hands with the administration in promoting the region. “We facilitated setting up of permanent exhibition centre in north Karnataka to come up in Hubli-Dharwad. Co-ordinated with Apeda and Kappec to set up cold storage facility in the region,” he added.
LESSONS FROM PUNE
Speaking on the occasion, Commodore Anand Khandekar, President of Puna Chamber of Commerce and Industry, suggested a public-private platform is crucial to promote the twin cities.
Mr Khandekar, elaborating on the Pune model of developing the city into an investor-friendly region, talked about the strategy adapted by them to promote the city.
The Maratha Chamber of Commerce took up the responsibility of promoting the city through various initiatives. “There was no response in the beginning. But once it started, there was no need for further marketing,” he said. anil.u@thehindu.co.in
The Business Line BANGALORE, JAN. 15
A new public-private platform is planned to promote Hubli-Dharwad region as the next investment destination in the State. The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) Hubli Chapter has come forward to help promote the twin city in various national and global meets.
The Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister and Dharwad district-in-charge Minister, Mr Jagadish Shettar, addressing a TiECon 2012 session on ‘Taking Leap From Rs 100 crore to Rs 10,000 crore: Pune Story and Hubli Road ahead,' said, “The district administration will support the public-private initiative and help bring together authorities, entrepreneurs and eminent personalities to promote Hubli-Dharwad as the next investment destination in the State.”
“The public-private platform will be constituted in the next two months and I will instruct the district administration to reach out to the private sector to help constitute a co-ordination committee to being the process,” he added.
Dharwad Deputy Commissioner, Mr Darpan Jain, made a presentation on the initiatives taken by the district administration to improve the infrastructure in the region and on the further plans like upgradation of the airport, Bus Rapid Transport System, rolling out of the 24x7 water supply project to the entire city and others.
As the moderator of the session, Prof Ashok Shettar, Principal of BVB College of Engineering, said the TiE Hubli Chapter was ready to take up the responsibility of co-ordination on the issue, and Mr Jain felt there was a need for a more concerted and co-ordinated effort for marketing the region. “We will take up the proposal for discussion and act on constituting a co-ordination committee within two months,” Mr Shettar said.
The Karnatak Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) President speaking on the occasion, said the chamber has already joined hands with the administration in promoting the region. “We facilitated setting up of permanent exhibition centre in north Karnataka to come up in Hubli-Dharwad. Co-ordinated with Apeda and Kappec to set up cold storage facility in the region,” he added.
LESSONS FROM PUNE
Speaking on the occasion, Commodore Anand Khandekar, President of Puna Chamber of Commerce and Industry, suggested a public-private platform is crucial to promote the twin cities.
Mr Khandekar, elaborating on the Pune model of developing the city into an investor-friendly region, talked about the strategy adapted by them to promote the city.
The Maratha Chamber of Commerce took up the responsibility of promoting the city through various initiatives. “There was no response in the beginning. But once it started, there was no need for further marketing,” he said. anil.u@thehindu.co.in
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