Report on
Launch of BYST Mentor Chapters
Monday 20th August 2007; VAMNICOM, Pune
The launch of six mentor Chapters in Pune took place on Thursday, 20th Aug 2007 at VAMNICOM. Pune. Ms. Anu Aga, Director, Thermax did the historical launch of the 6 Mentor Chapters in Pune urban & Rural areas.
Delegates:
Total 180 delegates attended the program. It included BYST mentors/members, representatives from Industry, NGO, Educational Institutes, College students, media.
Media Coverage:
The program got a very good media coverage and it was published in leading newspapers like Times of India & Indian Express
Objective
The main objectives behind the programme were:
The programme began at 10:00 am at Auditorium - Vakunth Meheta National Institute of co-operative Management, with the registration and Hi-Tea. It consisted of following sessions:
Beginning the programme Dr. N G Hegde, Chairman Strategic Committee, Pune BYST & President BAIF, extended a very warm welcome to all the guests, especially the chief guest Anu Aga, And all the members of the BYST family and the delegates from Government, Corporate, Financial Institutions, NGOs, Youth organization, Educational Institutes & Media
He extended a warm welcome to Mr Bhowmik, Chief Manager, Bank of India. He extended his gratitude towards him as he had come all the way from Mumbai. He also welcomed Mr. S V Joshi and Mr. Ravi Ratnaparkhi.
Session I
Welcome Address & Overview on BYST & Role of Mentor Chapter:
Dr. N G Hegde, Chairman Strategic Committee, Pune BYST & President BAIF, gave the overview on BYST its mission and vision. He spoke on Role of Mentor Chapters with specific reference to Pune and how it will help in development of underprivileged youth he also spoke on Mentor Development program of BYST.
Dr. Hegde briefed about the Mentor Development activities such as Mentoring Awareness Generation, Mentor Training Programs, Mentor / Entrepreneur Networking, Setting up a Mentor Development Institute. He also briefed about the use of Information and communication technology (ICT). He informed that Internet has been chosen as a medium for scaling up in terms of reach, content and visibility. Mentor online Training program has been developed for mentors. He said the Mentor online training is a pioneer program globally. It is a composite global model. The mentor training is a structured form of mentoring which can spur a global movement and those mentors who will undergo this online training program and give at least ten hours voluntarily service accredited.
He also spoke that it is very important to strengthen the Mentoring activities as they serve the back bone of the entrepreneurship development and this Mentor Development program will definitely serve the purpose.
He also informed the audience regarding the 5 year goal of the organization. He informed that the target include 100,000 Entrepreneurs, 1 Million Jobs, US$ 1 Billion Wealth Created, 30,000 Mentors, 1,000 Millionaires amongst the entrepreneur supported and 2 Million Counseled.
After the overview he invited Ms. Anu Aga to felicitate Ms. Pranaya Patil (BYST Hi-Flyer Entrepreneur) Ms Aga also awarded BYST Entrepreneur - Pranaya Patil - who is the winner of the ''Best Women Entrepreneur of the year'' award by Pravin masalewale for the year 2006 and she is also the winner of City group Entrepreneur of the year award for the year 2005. She is running her business of manufacturing of Soft luggage. Pranaya stood against all odds in her life to emerge as a youth role model. She started her business in 2003 with a support of Rs.50000/- from BYST and today has a turnover of 11 lakhs. She has provided employment to about 51 people (full time & part time) in rural areas and is also running 250 SHGs for empowering women. Many villagers are daily visiting her unit Mrs. Geeta Nain, owner of franchisee hi-design, is her mentor who helped her developing the business and teaching the tricks of the trade.
Felicitation Of Byst Entrepreneur Pranaya Patil:-
Ms Aga also awarded BYST Entreprneur - Pranaya Patil - who is the winner of the 'Best Women Entrepreneur of the year' award by Pravin masalewale for the year 2006 and she is also the winner of City group Entrepreneur of the year award for the year 2005. She is running her business of manufacturing of Soft luggage. Pranaya stood against all odds in her life to emerge as a youth role model. She started her business in 2003 with a support of Rs.50000/- from BYST and today has a turnover of 11 lacs. She has provided employment to about 51 people (full time & part time) in rural areas and is also running 250 SHGs for empowering women. Many villagers are daily visiting her unit Mrs. Geeta Nain, owner of franchisee hi-design, is her mentor who helped her developing the business and teaching the tricks of the trade.
Session II
Experience Sharing by Mentor & Entrepreneur:
After felicitation of Pranaya's felicitation BYST Mentor Mr. Harshwardhan Ranade and Entrepreneur Mr. Vinayak Bedekar shared their experiences. Mr. Harshwardhan Ranade said that in BYST I got an opportunity to guide some one, to share my experiences with someone and it is really satisfying that with this guidance entrepreneurs are growing very rapidly.
Entrepreneur Mr. Vinayak Bedekar (Business: Printing & Publication) I shared his experience. He said that he was having many dreams but there was nobody to guide him, to tell him that how these dreams will come in reality. BYST showed him a ray of hope and now his life is totally changed. He said that apart from finance he got lot of support from BYST in the form of mentoring and other support services and this really helped him a lot. He gave his thanks to BYST.
Session III
Role of Financial Institution in promotion of entrepreneurship:
Mr. Bhowmik Chief Manager-Lead Bank Division, Bank of India spoke about the role of Financial Institutes in promotion of Entrepreneurship. He said that financial institutions have a big role to play for the promotion of entrepreneurship. He also appreciated the efforts taken by BYST for entrepreneurship development.
Session IV
Role of corporate in promotion of entrepreneurship :
Followed to the session by Mr. Bhowmik, Mr. S V Joshi spoke about the role of corporate in promotion of entrepreneurship. Starting with his own corporate journey he said that we live in an age in which companies equivalent in wealth to countries call the shots and control much of the earth's resources. Because corporate intervene in so many areas of social life, they must be responsible towards society and the environment. In India as in the rest of the world there is a growing realization that capital markets and corporations are, after all, created by society and must therefore serve it, not merely profit from it. And those consumers and citizens' campaigns can make all the difference.
He said that, since business cannot succeed in a society that fails, it has become imperative for companies to partner in the development of the community and environment. This has resulted in the creation of opportunities for partnerships between companies and non-governmental organizations, not-for-profit organizations, governmental agencies and other social enterprises.
At this juncture when we are talking about the inclusive and more equitable development, we must also focus on the potential of corporate sector to support in the development of entrepreneurs.
On this occasion he announced his companies plan for Corporate Social responsibility towards entrepreneurship development. He announced that he has decided to start on Mentor Chapter in 'Shirval' where his company's employees along with other industries people can act as mentors. He said that this would not only help in up-liftment of underprivileged youth of that area, but it will also help in vendor development
Session V
Launch of the 6 New Mentor Chapters, Announcement of the chairmans & Vice Chairmans of the chapters and announcement of mentors who has got accredited
Ms Anu Aga, Director Thermax & Trustee BYST, launched the 6 Mentor Chapters in Pune urban and rural areas. The Mentor Chapters launched are: -
Urban Mentor Chapters:-
Rural Mentor Chapters
Mr. Ravi Ratnaparkhi, Chairman Strategic committee Rural Maharashtra and MD, Electronica Machine Tools Ltd. announced the names of Chaimans and Vice Chaimans of Chapters and Ms. Anu Aga felicitated them.
The chapter chairmans and V. Chairman are:-
| Pimpri-Chinchwad | MG Road | Saswad | Urulikanchan | Hingewadi | Swargate | |
| Chairman | Mr P C Jain, Proprietor Jagruti Enterprises, Nigdi | Mr Surendra Agarwal, President & COO Neilsoft Technologies Pvt Ltd) | Mr B M Takawle, Proprietor, P K Traders, Saswad | Mr Subhash Sejwal, Director, Devaki Plasto | Mr C F Dias, Executive Director Dyna-K Automotive Stampings Pvt. Ltd. | Mr Ajay Joshi, Director-Finance, Alfa Laval |
| V Chairman | Mr Surendra Sharma, Managing partner, Esdee Enterprises & Engineers | Ms Subhada Joshi, Director, Girikand Travels Pvt Ltd | Mr V M Zambre, Director, Zambre Ice Factory | Ms Sudha Sharma, Sr Ex Banker |
After the announcement of Chaimans & V.Chairman, Mr. Ravi Tatnaparkhi spoke on 'accreditation'. He said that the Accreditation is done by BYST & City & Guilds which is a UK based organization. Those mentors who have completed the Mentor Online training course (MOL) and those who have also contributed 10hrs of volunteer services in BYST in mentoring the underprivileged entrepreneurs are given the accreditation certificate.
He also announced the names of the 40 Accredited Mentors in Pune & RM and they were recognized and felicitated. All the members appreciated their efforts and congratulated them. All the mentors took a pledge followed by one more pledge by Accredited mentors.
Session VI
After the launch and felicitation of mentors, Chief Guest Ms. Anu Aga Addressed the gathering. She said, there are examples how grassroots entrepreneurs rose to become highly successful businessmen due to the supports from their mentors, In the recent time the demand for mentoring has grown enormously in the country. For example, BYST's partnership with the Indian bank in Chennai itself had resulted in 27 entrepreneurs being provided with a loan of Rs 64 lakhs. She also said that she was looking for ward to partnership similar to the Chennai model in Maharashtra as well.
Strengthening the mentoring activities is a step towards strengthening entrepreneurship. It not only provides motivation to existing entrepreneurs to perform and excel in their chosen ventures - it also encourages innumerable job seekers, to venture into entrepreneurship. BYST businesses have been succeeding where others have failed mainly because of the guidance given by the mentors. This is obvious from the address by our entrepreneur who has just shared his experience
She also expressed that mentoring alone is not enough. She urged financial institutions to come forward and lend support to entrepreneurs.
In order to support the growing mentoring movement in the country, BYST, has developed a comprehensive Mentor Training and Accreditation programme.
Session VI
Concluding Remarks:
Dr. N G Hegde gave concluding remarks. He extended his thanks to the Chief Guest Ms Anu Aga, Trustee BYST & Director Thermax Ltd. for having found time from her busy schedule to do the historic launch Mentor Chapters in Pune in today's program.
He thanked the guest speaker Mr. Bhowmik, Chief Manager, Bank of India. He extended his gratitude towards him as he had come all the way from Mumbai. He also thanked Mr. S V Joshi and Mr. Ravi Ratnaparkhi for having found the time from their busy schedule and to address the gathering.
There after he requested all the people present see the product display of entrepreneurs.
All the members appreciated the program very much. The mentors were very motivated and assured us more of their support in future as well for all the new initiatives like Mentors Chapter, PPP etc.
The launch program got a very good feedback from the delegates. It is also well covered by media.