Press Release

Dogra Degree College celebrated “Nari Shakti as Entrepreneur’’ - Women Entrepreneurs of India in College Auditorium on 15th of March, 2022 with the intent to raise an awareness about the status and dignity of women entrepreneurs among students. Mr. Rajinder Singh, JKAS, Additional District Development Commissioner, Samba graced the event as Chief Guest. Other prominent personalities who solicited their presence as special guests in the event were Ms. Varuna Anand, Founder of The Splendor of KASHMIR, Ms. Divya Bhushan, In-charge Centre for Women Entrepreneur Development at JKEDI, Ms. Mehak Sharma, Training Coordinator JKEDI, Th. Gulchain Singh Charak, Former Minister and Chairman, Dogra Educational Trust, Kr. Samar Dev Singh Charak, Secretary, Dogra Educational Trust.



The event began with lamp lighting ceremony by the dignitaries followed by welcome address by Ms. Bela Thakur, Principal, Dogra Degree College. The influencing stories of Indra Nooyi, Former CEO of PepsiCo, Falguni Nayar, Founder and CEO of the retail company Nykaa, Nina Lekhi, Founder, Baggit and many others were presented by the management and commerce undergraduates. All the presentations highlighted the message about the competency of women, intellectual capacity of women as capable of holding high responsibility as efficiently as men can do.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Rajinder SIngh, JKAS, Additional District Development Commissioner, Samba stressed upon empowering women is the need of the hour for influencing the social and economic demographics of the country. He added women should get necessary support and encouragement from the society in order to give wings to her dreams.

In her talk, Ms. Varuna Anand, Founder of The Splendor of Kashmir, unfolded her motivating story of bringing artisanry work in the field of shawl making at National and International elite market.

Ms. Divya Bhushan, In-charge Centre for Women Entrepreneur Development at JKEDI, expatiated about schemes and opportunities accessible to aspiring and young entrepreneurs. She deciphered the obstacles that JK women face and the possible solutions to these problems.

Speaking on the occasion Th. Gulchain Singh Charak, Former Minister and Chairman, DET, stressed on undertaking entrepreneurship as an opportunity of self-employment and an impetus for economic prosperity in J&K. He accented the importance of women entrepreneurs in society and focused on exploring their innate potential to achieve gender equality in the society.

Over all the event was Captivating and the audience gained constructive inputs on how to become entrepreneurs in future. Ms. Priyanka Sharma concluded the event by proposing the vote of thanks followed by National Anthem.