{"id":681,"date":"2017-12-11T10:38:36","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T05:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kiruba.com\/press\/?p=681"},"modified":"2017-12-11T10:57:43","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T05:27:43","slug":"add-value-to-work-touch-lives-kiruba-shankar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kiruba.com\/press\/add-value-to-work-touch-lives-kiruba-shankar\/","title":{"rendered":"Add value to work, touch lives: Kiruba Shankar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_682\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-682\" style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-682\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kiruba.com\/press\/files\/2017\/12\/kiruba-shankar-at-college.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"770\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kiruba.com\/press\/files\/2017\/12\/kiruba-shankar-at-college.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.kiruba.com\/press\/files\/2017\/12\/kiruba-shankar-at-college-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kiruba.com\/press\/files\/2017\/12\/kiruba-shankar-at-college-768x509.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-682\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kiruba Shankar, CEO of Business Blogging, speaking during the inauguration of the two-day entrepreneurship summit, Ignite 2017, at MOP Vaishnav College | D SAMPATH KUMAR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>CHENNAI: We should always add value to whatever we\u2019re doing and work from the heart because that is the only way we can touch another person\u2019s heart, said Kiruba Shankar, CEO, Business Blogging, at the valedictory ceremony of the two-day national entrepreneurship summit, \u2018Ignite 2017\u2019, held at MOP Vaishnav College on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke of the significance of mentoring which helps give an entrepreneur an edge. \u201cYou should always look at learning from the best in the world,\u201d he said. \u201cAsk yourself in what field you want to be an expert and make sure to seek out people who have traversed that terrain. It always helps to seek guidance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shankar spoke extensively about certain lessons he had learnt along his journey which included looking out for pain points as business opportunities, working on projects that are close to one\u2019s heart, working on what mentors want and investing in yourself at all costs. \u201cSingle out a goal that gives you a flutter in your heart,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Swetha, Dhiriti and Vaishnavi, third-year BBA students of MOP Vaishnav College, who won the first slot, were awarded a cash prize of `20,000 for their business model titled \u201cWays &#8211; the smart app.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A team of Abinaya, Rizwan, Ramkaran, S Guna and Anirudh from DG Vaishnav College. who got the second place, received `10,000 for their model titled \u201cEateries.\u201d For their mime depicting the journey of being an entrepreneur, right from conceptualisation to execution, Abhilasha, Sai Nikita, Swetha, Krithika, Shmirutha and Vaishali, second-year BBA students of MOP Vaishnav were awarded `12,000.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, several prominent speakers like Shyam Sundar Nagarajan, founder of SMBSure, Swaathi K, CTO of Skcript Technologies and Manuranjith Ranganathan, CK\u2019s Foods took part in panel discussions.<\/p>\n<p>Source :\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newindianexpress.com\/states\/tamil-nadu\/2017\/dec\/10\/add-value-to-work-touch-lives-kiruba-shankar-1723277.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.newindianexpress.com\/states\/tamil-nadu\/2017\/dec\/10\/add-value-to-work-touch-lives-kiruba-shankar-1723277.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;687&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; onclick=&#8221;custom_link&#8221; img_link_target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; link=&#8221;http:\/\/www.newindianexpress.com\/states\/tamil-nadu\/2017\/dec\/10\/add-value-to-work-touch-lives-kiruba-shankar-1723277.html&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] CHENNAI: We should always add value to whatever we\u2019re doing and work from the heart because that is the only way we can touch another person\u2019s heart, said Kiruba Shankar, CEO, Business Blogging, at the valedictory ceremony of the two-day national entrepreneurship summit, \u2018Ignite 2017\u2019, held at MOP Vaishnav College on Saturday. 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