Mumbai, India – Dr. Subhash Chandra, Chairman, Essel Group and ZEE dedicated a special episode of his show, the Dr. Subhash Chandra (DSC) Show to young entrepreneurs of India. Dr. Chandra addressed over 200 budding and established entrepreneurs as well as Management students from Mumbai’s premier management institute, Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research on 3 January, 2015.

Dedicating the episode to the special topic of Entrepreneurship, Dr. Chandra engaged in a lively and interactive session with the entrepreneurs. By sharing key insights and examples from his own entrepreneurial journey, Dr. Chandra discussed several important facets of entrepreneurship including the traits required to become a successful entrepreneur, how to develop entrepreneurs in an organisation, risk assessment and analysis.

Commenting on the special qualities that make an entrepreneur, Dr. Chandra said, “Experience can be acquired, knowledge can be transferred but talent cannot be acquired nor transferred. Either you have it or you don’t have it.” He furthermore inspired the audience to pursue their dreams by encouraging them to “break all the rules, to follow new practices and to have self-confidence.”

Towards the end of the session, Dr. Chandra bequeathed a message to the young entrepreneurs – “learn from failure, it teaches you better and faster than success.”

Besides entrepreneurship, Dr. Chandra also touched upon various significant issues that affect an organisation like attrition, how to retain and motivate employees and corruption. While discussing these pertinent concerns, he also emphasised on “Better India” – a dream seen by most Indians.