ENTREPRENEURSHIP CELL
Entrepreneurship Development Cell:
Vision :
To be a center of excellence for entrepreneurship development and to mentor and enhance the entrepreneurial prospective of engineering students to create successful entrepreneurs.
Mission :
To develop entrepreneurial thinking, facilitate the business knowledge and imbibe leadership qualities in engineering students to pursue entrepreneurship through various programs.
Objectives :
1. To encourage engineering students to consider self-employment as a career.
2. To act as an institutional mechanism for providing various services including information on all aspects of enterprise building.
3. To develop better linkages between industry, institution and other related organizations engaged in promoting entrepreneurship activities.
4. Conduct training programs in the field of entrepreneurial skill development.
Flow Chart
Activities under EDC :
| Sl No | Date | Program | No of Participants | Organizing Body |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 25-03-2016 and 26-03-2016 | Entrepreneurship Development Workshop | 33 | IIPC | 2. | 09-11-2016 | Interaction with an Entrepreneur- Mr. M P Pai | 180 | IEEE/IIPC | 3. | 08-02-2017 | Guest Lecture by Dr. Ashok Prabhu on Awareness of opportunities for entrepreneurship and startups | 85 | IEEE/IIPC | 4. | 10-03-2018 | The business model workshop | 59 | IEEE/IIPC | 5. | March 2018 | Talk by Dr U C Niranjan on Entrepreneurship and career in Start Ups based on IoT and Embedded system | 125 | IEEE/IIPC | 6. | 17-11-2018 | One Day summit on technology trends and advncements in Healthcare | 159 | IEEE/IIPC | 7. | 08-03-2019 | Technical talk on innovation and entrepreneurship | 300 | IEEE/IIPC |
Sample list of graduates from CEC who have turned Entrepreneurs:
1. Mr. Srinivas Padiyar, B.E., Mechanical Engineering (2012 pass out) Vinayaka Engineering Works, Baikampady, Mangalore
2. Mr. Madhav Shenoy, B.E., Mechanical Engineering (2012 pass out ) Shenoy Engineering Pvt. Ltd. Bangalore
3. Mr. Shishir Ram Borkar , B.E., Information Science Engineering (2016 pass out) M.S. Kukkadi Industries, Puttur.
4. Mr. Mayur Bhat, B.E., Electronics and Communication Engineering (2014 pass out), Co-Founder at FableSquare.
5. Ms. Shreelakshmi Gautham, B.E., Electronics and Communication Engineering (2012 pass out), Head - Training & Operations at Jnaapti.
Other Achievements:
On 29th January, two students, Sumanth Shenoy and Aditya Pai, both members of IEEECan won the first place in Social Innovation stream in DEFI 2017 - a Startup Event at TAPMI, Manipal, under the aegis of Manipal University Technology and Business Incubator (MUTBI), aimed at giving students an opportunity to pitch their venture idea and empower them through workshops and mentor-ship via association with NASSCOM and MUTBI. The winners are shortlisted for a chance to get an incubation opportunity by MUTBI, one of most prestigious incubators in the country.
