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Manipal : Success stories by young entrepreneurs who worked their way up to achieve a position of respectability and even one from failure to success were the highlights of a day-long Entrepreneurship Awareness and Motivation Programme organized by Welcomgroup Entrepreneurship Development Cell (WEDC) of Welcomgroup Graduate School of Hotel Administration (WGSHA), Manipal at Chaitya Hall, Fortune Inn Valley View, Manipal on Wednesday.

WEDC was established by the Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) and ITC to promote entrepreneurship in hospitality, tourism, culinary arts and nutrition.With about 500 students, academicians and industry professionals participating, the programme was unique and motivational. Dr. Arun Shanbhag, Chief Innovation Officer, Innovation Centre, MAHE was the Chief Guest and Dr. Harish G. Joshi, Chairperson, Centre for Social Enterprises, MAHE the Guest of Honour.

Among the speakers, alumni of WGSHA Sujit Banerjee, CEO & Founder Director, EcosysOoHA ofPublicis Media Company stressed upon Action, Audacity and Ambition with his mantra, “Failure to success” and Vishal Singh of Royal Expeditions, Dharma Adventures shared his journey from student to an entrepreneur.

Srinivasan Murali an MIT Alumni of Mark Designs talked about various designs, construction and food technology endeavors. He wanted an individual to be strong with their product and ideas. Divya Prabhakar of Bengaluru Oota Company shared her thoughts about serving a mix of Gowda and Mangalorean cuisines with an ideology of fresh food without any wastage.

Rahul Gupta, Entrepreneurship Mentor and Motivational Force Behind Teams said on how he had started his journey as an entrepreneur with a food truck and moved on to education sector. Arvind Chawla, Entrepreneur, Organic Farm and Service Apartments stressed upon, vision, priority and alignment and how young mind should nurture the ideas of entrepreneurship to be successful.Chef Thiru, Principal, WGSHA shared the vision of Dr TMA Pai as an educationist, banker and medical practitioner and a role model entrepreneur.