Entrepreneurship Development Cell
Entrepreneurship cell nurtures creative thinking among everyone as its specific instruction is innovation.
The objectives of the Entrepreneurship development cell are
- To counsel and guide the students for profitable self-employment,
- To encourage faculty to undertake industrial training to help the students for their employability.
iii. To promote entrepreneurship as culture.
The cell emphasizes on the following credentials:
- Employment schemes to educate youth.
- Concession, subsidy etc. to start micro, small and medium scale industries.
- Potential opportunities to start industries in the field of agriculture and food.
- Role of an entrepreneur in industrial development.
- Support of banks for small scale business.
- Experience of a successful entrepreneur.
The cell conducts Entrepreneurship awareness camps, soft and specific skill programmes for the students to enhance their employability. The cell encourages competent faculty members to undertake recent techniques on Environmental Sustainability for studying the pollution problems. The following programmes are conducted by EDC during the academic years 2016-2017, 2017-2018 and 2019-20.
Academic Year 2016 – 2017
Sl.No |
Name of the activity |
Duration |
Resource persons |
Beneficiaries |
No. of participants |
1. |
Faculty development Programme in Start-up India and Stand-up India |
19-09-2016 to 02-10-2016 |
Centre for Entrepreneurship Development, Madurai. |
Faculty members of Engineering and Polytechnic colleges |
35 |
2. |
Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp |
27-03-2017 to 29-03-2017 |
Centre for Entrepreneurship Development, Madurai. |
Final year B.E. students |
76 |
Academic Year 2017 – 2018
Sl.No |
Name of the activity |
Duration |
Resource persons |
Beneficiaries |
No. of participants |
1. |
Faculty development Programme in Start-up India and Stand-up India |
04-12-2017 to 17-12-2017 |
Centre for Entrepreneurship Development, Madurai. |
Faculty members of Engineering and Polytechnic colleges |
26 |
Academic Year 2019 – 2020
Sl.No |
Name of the activity |
Duration |
Resource persons |
Beneficiaries |
No. of participants |
1. |
Workshop on entrepreneurship Skill development |
19-09-2019 to 20-09-2019 |
District Industries Centre, Sivaganga |
Final year B.E. students |
162 |
2. |
Faculty Development Program in Entrepreneurship |
09-12-2019 to 22-12-2019 |
Centre for Entrepreneurship Development, Madurai |
Faculty members of Engineering and Polytechnic colleges |
25 |