Addressing students and representatives at an All IIT Placement Committee event held at IIT Guwahati, Assam Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma urged young graduates to venture beyond conventional job-seeking and embrace entrepreneurship, business creation, and startup investments. Emphasizing the critical role of robust placement systems in keeping innovative minds focused on high-value careers, Sarma highlighted Assam’s ongoing expansion into new employment sectors alongside traditional domains like healthcare and medicine. He called for significantly stronger collaboration between startups, academic institutions, and industry leaders to translate pioneering academic research and ideas into practical, scalable solutions that serve both Assam and the global community.
Assam CM Encourages Youth Toward Entrepreneurship Over Traditional Employment
