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Discussion on: Challenge the Process in Nepalese Context

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When existing processes are challenged, it gives rise to innovations. One of the primary characteristics of innovation is that they do not change from organization to organization and are closely related to the industrial context in which they occur (IOAN, PREDA, & MONICA , 2010). Questioning the pre-existing processes gives rise to new concepts, ideologies and methodologies. It paves a pathway for experimentation that could revolutionize the whole process. Leaders are unsatisfied if they realise that something is not going properly or there seems to be a problem in the pre-adapted way. Leaders are those who are brave to take risks. They are accountable for their actions, learn from their mistakes and take every opportunities as they come.

A developing country that Nepal is, there are lots of opportunities in Nepal. A lot of businesses have a chance of brewing as the country is moving towards stability. This is the prime time for the country to experiment and work on start-ups. And be it in local context or global, if the existing process is not challenged, then there would not be any changes. Things would rather get stagnant. Nepal is recently passing on to the new era and it is essential for experimentation and innovation to happen in this time to accelerate the country towards positive change.

However, there are not enough start-ups in Nepal currently. There is a trend of people migrating abroad either in search for employment or education. The families gladly spend lakhs of rupees to send their children abroad but are sceptical if they even think of starting something in Nepal and require 1/10th of the amount in comparison to the amount needed if they opt to move abroad. Mr. Niraj, realising this gap started Antarprerana in 2015. He saw that there were organizations that would help channelize Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) but they would have to be running for at least a couple of years and the annual turnover had to be quite high. But, there were no companies directly working to support start-ups that require little funding and are struggling to survive this critical phase.

In order to facilitate students who have brilliant ideas and want to do something in the country itself instead of going out, we collaborate with other colleges to support such aspiring entrepreneurs. They can work on their ideas without involving huge investments, make prototypes and test their ideas. College life is a crucial phase of life. One has lots of ideas and energy in this phase. I too had many ideas but in lack of such support, I dropped those ideas. Now, working with colleges, I along with my team help materialise innovative ideas and support the students; support that I couldn’t receive. I believe working in Nepal is the only way to help uplift the economic standard of our country.

References
IOAN, L., PREDA, G., & MONICA , B. (2010). A THEORETICAL APPROACH OF THE CONCEPT OF INNOVATION. 151-156.