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Jamshedpur , July 20 : CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur, organised a five-day Skill Training Programme on Entrepreneurship Development on Innovative Product Prototyping for MSME (IPPM 2019) at the Lecture hall of NML. The training program was organized under the CSIR Integrated Skill Initiative Program for development of Entrepreneurship.
Aligning with the skill India Mission of GOI, CSIR-NML organized �Entrepreneurship Development Programme on Innovative Product Prototyping for MSME for upliftment of entrepreneurs to polish their skills. The program targets on developing core and professional skills necessary for entrepreneurship development, product ideation, design and development, advertising and active learning on product selling, facilitating innovation in the tinkering laboratories in schools, colleges and other institutions.
The collaboration aims at creating better entrepreneurs and get the best out of them. CSIR-NML has always been a sport when it comes to alliance for a good cause and will always supports collaborations to increase the economy and social status of the country.
Entrepreneurship development programme also focuses a lot on enhancing the ideas and potential of an entrepreneur. In addition to hands-on practice sessions, this five days programme had two major lecture sessions which were delivered by Dr. MitaTarafder, Chief Scientist of CSIR-NML on Entrepreneurship and Business Development and by Mr. P. K. Gupta, Director I/C, MSME Development Institute, Ranchi on Product prototyping for MSME. Moreover, Rashmi Saha, Life coach, corporate trainer conducted various sessions on Communication Skills, Personal Development & Time Management. The hands-on practice session included Product Ideation, Design, Development& Prototyping.
Dr. MitaTarafder, Chief Scientist & Training Coordinator of CSIR-NML, addressed the participants and congratulated the participants for successfully completing the training programme. She gave a brief introduction about CSIR-NML, its core areas of working & also about the other laboratories of CSIR.
Dr. K L Hansda, Senior Principal Scientist- Research Planning and Business Development distributed the training certificates to around 30 participants from institutions and organizations all over the country. Moreover, mementoes were also presented to the faculty members and key resource persons.
Participant from different institutions and organizations shared their opinions and thanked CSIR-NML for designing such training programme through which they came to learn more about Entrepreneurship. They also demonstrated the product prototypes they designed during the training sessions. The participants also learnt about the various safety measures one should take care while being in working place.
Dr. G.V.S. Murthy, Senior Principal Scientist, Research Planning and Business Development, concluded the function by offering vote of thanks. He thanked the participants for successfully completing the training program and actively participating in the discussions and also the Speakers and organizing team for their support throughout the training session.


