A Brief report on Startup Workshop by Mayank Rajput

Held on 27th July, 2019

Aiming to provide a intense interactive workshop for the students and the faculty
of the institute. The workshop was held for two hours on 27th July of 2019. The
Workshop was held at IMDR, Deccan education society, DES campus, Pune,
organized by the E & I Cell, which is the first and the oldest B school in Pune,
hosted the Workshop.

Speaking on the Occasion, Prof. Abhijeet Shivane said a few words. He introduced
Mayank Rajput to the audience. He gave few truths about the employment market,
the fact that employment is becoming difficult every year. He also talked about the
prestigious background of the institute and Deccan education society.

Participants came to the workshop with their own will and wish, were eager to hear
from Mayank Rajput, who is 28 years old, CEO of Robomaniax Pvt. Ltd.

Mayank Rajput started first with his journey as an entrepreneur. He first started and
decided to became an entrepreneur in 2013. It was a time when people wouldn’t
appreciate a startup. Startup was not see in a positive light. While telling the story,
he drop a few knowledge bombs about the Government institute which are
supporting and making a lot of effort for startup. Another thing he told was the
connectivity which is very important for an entrepreneur.

He completed his Graduation in Engineering in Jaipur, Rajasthan. Another aspect

about entrepreneur is that an entrepreneur should be a great team builder. Times
has changed now then it was in his time. Startup is now a trending thing, but the
trending startup are the first to fail. He also shared lights on the thought that in
reality we want to do everything but we don’t have the passion and determination
to do it. In his words 'Josh Katham Nahi Hona Chahiye'
Awareness is another important aspect of an entrepreneur. In this era of Start-up
first thing is to be aware, aware of availability of resources as he said. Awareness is
more important than knowledge in his words.

As the workshop continued, he said an entrepreneur should do everything as a

entrepreneur. He should create from scratch and importantly set a trend. We should
be aware of the resources around us.

He graduated in 2017 as an engineer and then shifted to Kolkata, where he found a

new startup trend of co-working space.

So question session started, students asked their doubts and questions to get clarity.
An entrepreneur should have clarity about his idea. Students had doubts in idea
generation and how to get and apply funds? So basically he said with every
problem there is solution and that solution is a idea. He said don’t just think in a
room, think globally. Think for solving a problem, think about problem and it’s
solution.

The workshop ended by answering the questions of the students. To end the
workshop he gave a last good advice is, you have to put up action to get motivated.
Watching motivational video won’t make a difference.