ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT CELL [ ED CELL ]

Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC) established in 2013 to promote knowledge based and technology-driven start-ups by harnessing young minds and their innovation potential in an academic environment. In view of the worldwide shortage of jobs (both government and private sectors) leading to unemployment problems and lack of proper utilization of human resources; the cell strives to identify talented youth to develop entrepreneurship skills.

OBJECTIVES

•To disseminate knowledge and insights in entrepreneurial theory and practice through lectures activities and workshops. •To collaborate with similar bodies in other B-schools & technology institutes to accomplish the objectives.
•To seek tie-ups with Non-profit Entrepreneurial organizations connecting e-cell to global network of entrepreneurs.
•To create a strong network of successful entrepreneurs who would like to guide budding entrepreneurs.
•Starting Innovation incubation center
•Starting Campus Companies
•To create awareness for using IT as the key input for generating self employment rural industry and marketing of agricultural products.
•To create awareness about entrepreneurial opportunities in export sector.
•The main objective of promoting entrepreneurship among the youth is to nurture a passion for self-employment. This will open avenues for creation of new knowledge-based innovative hi-tech ventures, industries and new breed of technopreneurs, thus turning job seekers into job creators and in the process, leading the nation towards industrial excellence and self-reliance.

The Entrepreneurship Cell has been set up in the College with the aim of manifesting the latent entrepreneurial spirit of the young students.
The Cell will organize several entrepreneurship awareness programmes, guest lectures by successful entrepreneurs; various workshops and seminars for the aspiring entrepreneurs and supports them by providing necessary resources such as seed funding, mentoring, consultancy and networking.
The objectives of the cell are to promote creative thinking and efficient work culture, develop communication, marketing and management skills, make productive business plans, and to convert innovations into marketable products.