Ashoka Reflections - Jan 2023
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Minting NFTs
This piece does not enlighten you
about what an NFT is. However, if you
have been interested in reading
about NFT minting & some hands-on
experience of first time NFT minters,
then definitely give it a read
Our courses even attracted staff and alums who
sit through them. I am particularly proud of a
first-year student who spent her Monday
evening voluntarily attending Aditya Ghosh’s In
Pursuit of Service Excellence course. An
alumnus travelled all the way from Gurgaon to
attend the same class. It is these acts of
dedication and determination that keep us
going, and act as an assurance that we are on
the right track.
As always, our courses had learning
components even beyond the classroom
through late-night Dhaba conversations with
the faculty and guest speakers, field trips, and
real-life immersive assignments where the
students had the opportunity to gain hands-on
experience through directly working with
organizations, running live social media
marketing campaigns, conducting sales
research on the field, and even minting NFTs. A
highlight of this year was the Dinner with
Founders where our students could interact
with Ashoka University founders like Ashish
Dhawan, Pramath Raj Sinha, and Aditya Ghosh
interact with students in an informal setting,
singing along with them while strumming the
guitar.
Another gratifying moment this year for us has
been to see so many of our Entrepreneurship
students acknowledging that their experiences
with us have immensely contributed to their
success during the Placement Season.
We continued empowering and supporting
student-led initiatives on campus through
various clubs like the Entrepreneurship Club
and the Business Club, better known on the
campus as E-Club and B-Club, besides assisting
the Ashoka Investment and Consulting Clubs.
They have surely been able to enhance the level
of engagement on campus through their
various intra as well as inter-institution events.
Supporting the startup founders and the
startup ecosystem is of prime importance to us.
The Startup Incubation Lab and the
Entrepreneur-in-Residence programs witnessed
Ashokapreneurs (student and alum startup
founders) being systematically supported by
mentors like Srikant Sastri, the President of TiE
Delhi-NCR. We also participated in initiatives to
strengthen the startup support ecosystems
locally as well as globally.
Collaboration is a cornerstone of
Entrepreneurship, and we were able to
contribute to some interesting initiatives
like the Panchkula Urban Dialogues with
the Government of Haryana and the
Registrar’s Office, Inclusion Through
Innovation: Designing Barrier-free
Environments with the OLS, and an L&D
initiative for the staff and a fun staff after
hours with the HR.
As Entrepreneurship at Ashoka
progressed in leaps and bounds, there
was a personal high for me in 2022. My
book, ‘Leapfrog: Six Practices to Thrive at
Work‘ co-authored with Prof. Mukesh Sud
was published by Penguin India. It lays
down six evidence-based insights to help
readers advance their careers at an
incredible pace.
In 2023, as we look to reinforce our
various offerings including our courses,
we would strive to promote and practice
Human Centered Entrepreneurship and
live the Ashoka Sutra values. We definitely
want the weeks of 2023 to become
fruitful, and help us set even higher
benchmarks for ourselves. May 2023 in
the pages of Ashoka’s history be a period
where a ‘decade’ happened.
Prof. Priyank Narayan is the Director of
the InfoEdge Centre for Entrepreneurship
at Ashoka University.
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