{"id":4713,"date":"2026-11-01T20:24:41","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T14:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/ent\/?p=4713"},"modified":"2026-11-01T20:27:04","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T14:57:04","slug":"elevate26-student-efforts-to-promote-an-entrepreneurial-culture-in-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/ent\/elevate26-student-efforts-to-promote-an-entrepreneurial-culture-in-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"Elevate\u201926 : Student Efforts to Promote an Entrepreneurial Culture in Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Elevate\u201926, an entrepreneurship <strong>event organized in commemoration of World Entrepreneurs\u2019 Day<\/strong>, which falls <strong>on 21st August each year<\/strong>, was successfully <strong>conducted on 21st and 22nd August 2026<\/strong> <strong>by the second-year students of the Department of Entrepreneurship<\/strong>, University of Sri Jayewardenepura within the university premises. The event was conducted as <strong>two main activities<\/strong>. On the first day, <strong>a\u00a0School Project<\/strong>\u00a0was organized with the <strong>participation of more than 100 school students<\/strong>, with the aim of fostering an entrepreneurial culture among the younger generation of Sri Lanka. On the second day,<strong> a\u00a0Business Clinic<\/strong>\u00a0was conducted free of charge <strong>to provide advice and guidance to businesses<\/strong>, particularly those facing challenges in surviving and growing in the business environment.<\/p>\n<p>The Business Clinic<strong> provided support to more than 65 businesses across various sectors and areas<\/strong>, <strong>including funding, taxation, business registration, human resource management, EPF and ETF requirements, government support, marketing, accounting, and bookkeeping<\/strong>. The event served as a platform that <strong>brought together academics, industry experts, and business professionals<\/strong> to contribute towards creating and strengthening an entrepreneurial culture in Sri Lanka. The event was primarily conducted as part of the\u00a0ENT 2373: Intelligence and Belief Management\u00a0subject under the guidance of\u00a0Prof. M.V.S.S. Udayanga and Ms. G.R.T. Perera. The initiative provided students with an opportunity to apply their knowledge in a practical setting while developing their\u00a0self-belief, confidence, teamwork, leadership, and project management skills\u00a0through the planning and implementation of the event.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elevate\u201926, an entrepreneurship event organized in commemoration of World Entrepreneurs\u2019 Day, which falls on 21st August each year, was successfully conducted on 21st and 22nd August 2026 by the second-year students of the Department of Entrepreneurship, University of Sri Jayewardenepura within the university premises. The event was conducted as two main activities. On the first [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":143,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,122,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-student-life","category-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/ent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/ent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/ent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/ent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/143"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/ent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4713"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/ent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4714,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/ent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4713\/revisions\/4714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/ent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/ent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/ent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}