Jalandhar August 30 (Jaswinder Singh Azad)- On the 26th of August 2025, SEED India convened an inspiring session in New Delhi, in collaboration with the distinguished Navjyoti India Foundation, the pioneering initiative of Dr. Kiran Bedi, IPS.
Conceived with the intent of nurturing entrepreneurial consciousness among communities too long relegated to the margins, the programme sought to transform latent potential into tangible possibility.
The team, comprising Mr. RieshaanJohal, Mr. KarthikPatial, Mr. Yuvraj Thakur, and Mr. PranavPrashar, engaged with nearly fifty residents drawn from the city’s adjoining slum settlements. What might otherwise have remained an abstract discourse on self-reliance was rendered both accessible and compelling, as the participants were acquainted with the manifold avenues through which small enterprises may be initiated, supported, and sustained.
Government schemes designed to bolster micro-enterprises were elucidated, while the indispensable virtues of skill acquisition and capacity building were emphasised as the bedrock of financial independence and social dignity.
The session, however, was not confined to instruction alone
The session, however, was not confined to instruction alone. It blossomed into an interactive dialogue, enlivened by conversations with practitioners of enterprise whose journeys exemplify the vicissitudes and triumphs of entrepreneurship.
Among these, the presence of Mr. Mohammad Sohail, a respected entrepreneur from New Delhi, lent a rare authenticity, his candid reflections serving as both caution and catalyst for the aspiring. His words resonated with the assembled audience, bridging the chasm between aspiration and attainable reality.
What emerged was an atmosphere charged with possibility, wherein participants did not merely absorb information but interrogated it, reshaping it through their own lived experiences. In this fertile exchange, one discerned the germination of an entrepreneurial imagination, an awakening that urged the attendees to view their quotidian struggles not merely as impediments but as untapped opportunities. The session, in its essence, was less an event than a spark: a quiet yet potent affirmation that even amidst adversity, the spirit of enterprise can be cultivated as an instrument of empowerment and upliftment.