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The NUS Centennial Entrepreneurship Award (CEA) was launched on Feb2005 by the NUS Students’BINGO (Business Incubation of Global Organizations) and the NUS Faculty of Engineering Technopreneurship Incubation Program in conjunction with the NUS Centennial Celebration. This award event was supported by various schools and administrative offices of NUS. The NUS, President, Vice Chancellor Professor Shih Choon Fong gave his personal blessing and support to this award ceremony. This award event became university level ceremony. A benchmark of excellence. |
| The exclusiveness and grandeur for the recipients of this award ceremony, is maintained as it is organized only once every 2 years. The NUS CEA’s mission was to celebrate and award entrepreneurs of NUS alumnus over the past century, recognizing their achievements and contribution to the society and to encourage more NUS students and alumnus to think entrepreneurial. NUS BINGO celebrated the achievements of more than 22 successful entrepreneurs who graduated from various faculties in NUS. By organizing an event of such grand scale NUS BINGO became the first student run society in Asia to to organize an award ceremony in Asia. It is our greatest honor to have Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports, and Second Miniter for Trade and Industry Republic of Singapore as our guest of honor. |
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Presenting a scroll “The pride Of NUS” to Mr. Teh Bong Lim, Grand Entrepreneur Award winner. |
Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports, and Second Miniter for Trade and Industry, remarked:
“But what is Entrepreneurial Spirit? It is not just about starting up a new business. It is about seeking and seizing opportunities to make a difference. It is about having the courage to take calculated risks and having the proper attitude to be able to bounce back from failure. It is really about people, passionate individuals, like all of you here today, who dare to take risks to pursue their ideas, to be creative and to have the tenacity to make things happen.”“At the student level, the NUS Business Incubation of Global Organizations (BINGO), a 3-year-old Singapore initiated club, has also responded to need to foster entrepreneurial spirit within the NUS student community. BINGO is the first and the youngest student club to organize such entrepreneurial events, as today’s Centennial Entrepreneurial Award and the Motorola Business Writing Competition in South East Asia.”
Group photo of all winners of CEA with Minister.
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