Advisor to Governor Farooq Ahmad Khan Thursday visited Islamic University of Science and Technology (IUST), Awantipora and interacted with faculty and students at the varsity.
Expressing his satisfaction over the various start-upsinitiated at the university, the advisor, according to an officialspokesperson, said that the university should play a critical role in nurturingbudding entrepreneurs. In this regard he said that the EntrepreneurshipDevelopment Cell (EDC) of the university needs to come up with novel ideas tocreate a conducive environment for entrepreneurship in the state.
On the occasion, students presented various perfumesdeveloped at the university. While complimenting the students, he asked them tobe torchbearers in the path of entrepreneurship and be employers instead of jobseekers. He asked the students who are working on various entrepreneurshipideas to focus on branding, product design and product placement.
Advisor Khan asked students that they should focus onvarious marketing strategies so that they can compete with best brands in theworld.
He assured the Vice-Chancellor of IUST of all possiblesupport from the Government in their future endeavours.
Vice-Chancellor IUST while briefed the Advisor about thefunctioning of varsity. He also apprised the Advisor about the various issuesbeing faced by the university and sought their redressal at an earliest.