JOIN US'Killer, leadership instincts exists in every human'
Entrepreneur Asita Prabhushankar said every human being has killer and leadership instincts in them, which would be developed based on the interest.
She was delivering a special lecture on ‘My Experience As Woman Entrepreneur in US,’ at JSS College for Women here on Thursday. She said: “Women have more leadership qualities than men. Leadership skills should be developed and used in every step of life.”
She called upon students to assert themselves, which is the first step of being a good leader. Sharing her experiences, she said her strong inspiration were her grandmother and mother who thought about educating girls in those days when there was prejudice against girls and thought to be unfit for bold jobs. Her grandmother encouraged her daughter’s education though she had three sons.
Asita said she developed a sense of freedom, independence and courage when they moved to Banaras. “It was a place where discrimination was faced by people of other languages.” She opined that Indian education system provides a rare opportunity while it is difficult in other countries to learn while earning.
She said her passion was in entrepreneurship and not in engineering which she studied. She identified her leadership skills which were stronger than her academic skills.
Recollecting her mother’s words that rank is not a great thing but building personality is important, she said upcoming entrepreneurs should think out of the box to attain success.
“Questions should be posed to self when opportunities knock at one’s door. Have belief in self and ability to take risks,” she added.
Explaining different types of entrepreneurships, she said each has its own risks. Passion for a particular type should be recognised and skills about them should be acquired.
Entrepreneurs should be ready to face humiliations, accept failure, challenges, losses and overcome humiliating experiences. “To be successful, one has to work under other entrepreneurs for at least five years.”
Elaborating on the organisation in the US ‘Mythri’ for which she works as a social entrepreneur, she said it is an association working for discriminated, distressed women with mental and physical abuse in the US. “Meera Naik has influenced me strongly to involve myself for a cause.”
Principal N P Padaki and JSS PG Centre director K S Rajashekar were present.