Onlykashmir.in News Desk
A week-long Certificate Course on Bio-Enzyme Entrepreneurship, jointly organised by the Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-Kashmir) and the Bio-Enzyme Entrepreneurs Academy of India, Bengaluru, concluded on Tuesday at the Shalimar Main Campus, with participants presenting waste-management solutions built around bio-enzyme technology.
The valedictory function was organised by the SKUAST-K Innovation and Incubation Entrepreneurship Centre (SKIIE), bringing to a close a programme that combined classroom instruction, hands-on demonstrations and field visits to landfills, waste-collection sites and fruit mandis. The course was designed to equip student innovators, farmers and rural entrepreneurs with practical skills spanning bio-enzyme production, value addition and marketing.
The concluding day centred on a pitch-deck session in which student innovators presented business ideas for bio-enzyme-based, waste-to-wealth enterprises. Ten ideas were submitted in all, ranging from eco-friendly cleaning agents and organic fertilisers to waste-recycling models intended for use on campus and within the wider community.
A panel of jury members assessed the pitches against criteria including originality, feasibility, market potential and environmental impact. The jury commended participants for the depth of preparation and clarity of thought reflected in their proposals, and the ideas presented were seen by those in attendance as a strong signal of the entrepreneurial energy the course had helped unlock among the university’s students.
Delivering the concluding address, the CEO of the SKIIE Centre thanked the Vice Chancellor of SKUAST-K for supporting the collaborative hands-on programme run jointly with the Bio-Enzyme Entrepreneurs Academy of India, and congratulated participants on their enthusiasm and the quality of the solutions developed over the course of the week. He noted that the pitches reflected a genuine understanding of how agricultural and kitchen waste could be converted into value-added, eco-friendly products, and urged the young innovators to carry their ideas forward from the classroom to the marketplace. He reaffirmed SKIIE’s continued support for participants seeking to incubate their concepts into full-fledged enterprises, describing it as part of the Centre’s broader commitment to waste-to-wealth entrepreneurship across Jammu and Kashmir.
