Though it is a very small institute to pursue, the level of excellence YES! promises with the added benefit of becoming defined and proficient outshines all other developed establishments of the same sort.
The business club of North South University is known as NSU YES! The Young Entrepreneur’s Society was a club which started its journey in 1994 to create leaders in this colossal sea of followers through unofficial teachings, trainings, research and public service. The competence of its members helped the club to shine through the later years with numerous activities of competitive events, endorsing leadership and entrepreneurial development programs and instilling, as well as nurturing corporate brilliance, in every member of YES!
At the beginning, YES! used to carry out duties and responsibilities given by the School of Business, organize field trips and study tours and circulate annual publication of the club, gradually it started to organize competitions and grow into much more than in was initially anticipated. A mere club it was and a mere club it was supposed to be. YES! was a very ordinary organization until it came up with its very own event that would be considered a benchmark for defining NSU YES! It’s very first event was the NSU Intra Agro Based Business Plan Competition which started around 2007, later it took an initiative to arrange workshops and small scale seminars. Although all of these events were a big hit at the time, it wasn’t yet at the summit of its potential.
Around 2010, the outlook of the club YES! started to change and get even bigger in magnitude. A national event, the first of its kind, was introduced to the universities all over Bangladesh, organized by YES! is known as Ad Maker – The Creative Fight. Unique and inventive in its design, it endeavors to emphasize the skills of the participants in planning and creating television commercials to a complete 360 degree IMC campaign and exhibit their marketing knowledge on a realistic sense. It is the flagship event of this club where teams from across the country take part in this prestigious competition to prove their creative intelligence. After all these years it has occupied an even bigger platform as one of the prime competitions organized in Bangladesh with major sponsor deals to support the event. Also, a pride for the members of YES! is that they are internationally recognized, teams from outside of the country have expressed enthusiasm to participate if they are given the opportunity and in the future steps would be taken to accommodate them.
NSUers Meet Corporate Icons (NMCI) is another signature event of NSU YES! where a series of seminars are conducted by prominent and successful figures in the country. The idea for this initiative is to act as a conduit between the students and corporate leaders allowing them to share their experiences, battle scars as well as trophies and knowledge to engage the students in such a way that it enables them to interact with the top entrepreneurs/business heads and discuss how to overcome their hurdles and non motivating factors. This intra NSU event has become so popular that it extends to several days with outstanding speakers sharing their views on modern business community and many more, taking more than just one session giving somewhat equal opportunity to all students to attend the seminars of those inspired minds.
Another milestone for YES! was the commencement of one more inter university strategic business competition, a nationwide event, called Masters of Ideation – The Battle for Supremacy. Not having reached its optimum level yet, since it was launched around 2012 – still a novice in this sector, the rapid growth of this event has lead the club to achieve extraordinary upshots. For example, more credible associations with top MNCs in Bangladesh for sponsorships, top media heads for coverage of the proposed events and ultimately an immaculate mark in the business region in this country. Here, the participants have to analyze practical business cases and devise strategies for a simulated episode. The purpose of this competition is to prepare the students of the non conformist ways of the corporate society and stand out with their brilliance.
All of the above mentioned achievements have only been possible for the incredible caliber of the ingenious member base that NSU YES! has. Not only does it help and support each member’s ability to grow but also enhances such skills as communication, public speaking, leadership abilities and strengthens interpersonal relationships among the members of the club. The rigid bond between each individual of the club acts as a motivating factor to encourage club participation and efficient work environment. Inventive minds of the club come together and construct the ideas on whom the competitions are based on. The club not only supports its members as a family because of their close knit bonding but also facilitates personal growth, structure and discipline through governing them as an institute. Although it is an institute to encourage leadership, the family in this established organization nurtures the more personal region much like two sides of the same coin. YES! as an Institute offer Leadership and Member Development Programs for its associates such as organizing workshops on real business cases and participating in other major competitions nationwide as a team from the club. New teams are groomed appropriately before entering competitions and the seniors help them in any queries and confusions they might have, sometimes case studies are solved in the club right away. All of these are done for an augmented analytical ability of particular members who are that bit keen to give an effort. These qualities are the attractions of NSU YES! and because of the credible talents, heightened leadership abilities and reliable nature of the club, North South University often honors the club by making it the sole or major organizing committee of certain events or affairs, in a pool of various vibrant clubs, regarding School of Business.
Currently governed by Zulfiquer Ali Haider as Faculty Advisor, Mahdee Kabir as President, Mirza Hasin Yamin as Vice President-corporate communications, Syed Sakib Ahmed Puman as Vice President-Logistics and Resources, Arham Rafid as Treasurer, Taskin Matin as Joint Secretary and Rakib Khandakar as General Secretary, the club continues to thrive and surpass the benchmark of the legacy determined by their forerunners. Though it is a very small institute to pursue, the level of excellence YES! promises with the added benefit of becoming defined and proficient outshines all other developed establishments of the same sort.
