ACTIVITIES OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT CELL-EDC (2014-2016)

The Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC) of NSSCE has been established with the
objective of creating, fostering and promoting the spirit of entrepreneurship among the youth
of our college. It is one of the top most EDC in the state with a motto of BE YOUR OWN
BOSS. The Chief Coordinator of the cell is Dr. Vinod V, Associate Professor; Dept. of
Mechanical Engg. and the Coordinator of the cell is Prof. Vijitha S., Assistant Professor,
Dept. of Electrical & Electronics Engg. The cell has already taken rapid strides in cultivating
entrepreneurial temper and has succeeded in carving a niche for itself. The cell has organized
a plethora of events under its aegis since its inception and these events have witnessed
healthy participation from our own students and also from other colleges. The cell was
instrumental in creating an environment conducive for entrepreneurial thinking and action
through the organization of a variety of programs. It includes entrepreneurship-oriented
workshops and events on areas such as idea & innovation competitions, discussions with
successful entrepreneurs, business plan contests, case studies, business quizzes, social
entrepreneurship issues and solutions etc. The success of these events has boosted our
confidence; so that we could mould seventeen companies out of which seven companies
(student start-ups) under various engineering disciplines, which are already registered
under different Technological Business Incubators (TBIs)/District Industries Centre
(DIC) and ten are under the pre-registration phase. we at NSSCE is aiming to bolster
entrepreneurship and innovation among youngsters by planning to setup a technical business
incubator (TBI) at our college for aiding students who have a marketable idea or project and
aspire to start their own ventures.

The major achievement is that our college has been recognized as an Innovation and
Entrepreneurship Development Centre (IEDC) by Technopark Technology Business
Incubator (T-TBI) on 10th February, 2015. This will help our college to take a lead role in
spreading the message of innovation, incubation and the entrepreneurship among the students
in the college and the surrounding region. Also our college can source innovations and
forward them to technopark TBI for further assistance under funding scheme of DSIR, Gol.
Thus this is a stepping stone for getting a TBI under department of science and technology
(DST) and National science and technology entrepreneurship development board.
The list of activities conducted and participated by the members of Entrepreneurship
development club during March, 2014 to March, 2015 is listed below.

1. Workshop on Advanced Fuel Injection Systems In Gasoline & Diesel Engines

(22-23,March, 2014)

A two day workshop on Advanced Fuel Injection Systems In Gasoline & Diesel
Engines Organized By EDC & Department of Mechanical Engg. at NSSCE,
Palakkaad the BOCSH Ltd on 22-23 march at NSSCE, palakkad. Thirty five students
from the eight semester mechanical engineering attended the programme.

2. Starting of Cafetaria by EDC

A cafeteria named CAF BREAK has been started in the college premises which is
mentored by EDC and fully controlled by three students of EDC on a profit sharing
basis. The cafeteria is now functioning from 12-1pm and from 4pm-6.30pm.

3. Entrepreneurship Day celebrations: Talk on Moulding Entrepreneurs (3rd

September, 2014).

As a part of the entrepreneurship day celebrations a talk on "Moulding Entrepreneurs

by the Chief General Manager(Retd) Mr. Krishnan and Mr. Narayanan Unni,
MD,Navara ECO Farm, Chittur, Palakad has been conducetd at the eOne Conference
Hall on 3rd September, 2014.

4. Participation in YES Summit (13th September, 2014)

The Coordinator of EDC and ten students from the ED Club has attended the Young
Entrepreneur Summit (YES), convened by Govt. of Kerala, Industries Dept., Startup
village, Techno park, etc. on September 13th 2014 at Adlux Convention centre
,Angamaly and actively participated in the panel discussions.

5. Installation of Idea Boxes (3rd week of September 2014)

Idea boxes have been installed at various locations in our college during the 3rd week
of September 2014 to encourage the students to put their creative ideas. A panel of
experts from the innovation cell under EDC will examine these ideas and prospective
ideas will be supported by EDC to develop a prototype. Then the innovator will be
supported by the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Cell of the college to take patents
for their innovation. The innovator can manufacture his/her product by starting their
own industry with the financial support of Department of Industries, Govt. of Kerala.

6. Workshop on Personal Entrepreneurial Competencies (7th October to 10th

October 2014)

The Coordinator and 11 students of the ED Club has attended a training programme
on "Personal Entrepreneurial Competencies" from 7th October to 10th October 2014
at Kerala Institute of Entrepreneurial Development(KIED) at Kalamassery,
 Ernakulam. The students from our college stood first for the various events conducted
during the programme.

7. Workshop on Personal Entrepreneurial Competencies (14th November to 10th

November 2014)

A training programme on "Personal Entrepreneurial Competencies" from 14th

November to 16th November 2014 for the first year students was conducted at NSS
College of Engg, palakkad. Forty five students participated in the programme.

8. Seminar on Opportunities of Civil Engineers in consultancy (30 th December

2014)
Rajesh payath, Consultant Engineer, Dubai has taken a seminar on Opportunities of
Civil Engineers in consultancy jobs for the final year B Tech & M Tech civil engg.
Students.

9. Workshop on Personal Entrepreneurial Competencies (10thJanuary to 12th

January 2015)

A training programme on "Personal Entrepreneurial Competencies" from 10th

January to 12th January, 2015 for the sixth semester students was conducted NSS
College of Engg, palakkad. Twenty two students participated in the programme.

10. Seminar on Importance of entrepreneurship for Engineers in the modern era

(10th February 2015)
A seminar was delivered by Sri. C. K. Krishnan (GM, BHEL- Retd.) on Importance
of entrepreneurship for Engineers in the modern era on 10 th February. The
programme was attended by 40 students who are the active members of the ED club.

11. The starting of the College radio- NSS AWAZZ on (18th February, 2015)
The college radio NSS AWAZZ was started on 18 th February 2015 under the
coordinator ship of Smt. Vijitha Manoj, Assistant Professor, Electronics &
Communication Dept. for preaching the creative and innovative ideas of the students.
The function was inaugurated by Dr. K. Geetha, Principal of the college who is the
behind the concept of this endeavour. The funding of the idea was done by the
parents teachers association(PTA) of our college. The radio will be functional from
8.45am-8.50am for delivering the latest news, importance of the day, innovations
made on the date and with a morning greetings and it will be functional during the
lunch break at noon from 12 noon to 1pm with technical talks and interviews by
professionals/faculty etc. This has become a creative platform for the students for
communicating the innovative ideas among the engineering community.
The list of activities conducted and participated by the members of Entrepreneurship
development club during March, 2015 to March, 2016 is listed below.

12. Training on RasperryPi to develop a Notification Display System and its

implementation on (11th March 2015).

Training for developing a notification display was conducted by Assistant Professor,

Electronics & Communication Dept for 15 members of EDC. The event was
conducted at the E-One hall of NSS College Of Engineering. The program was well
appreciated by the students and faculty. Students got hands on experience on
RaspberrypPi.

13. Development of Mobile application KEAM SHAHAYI by a team from EDC (17 th
May 2015)

A team from EDC comprising of Sachin Gridhar, R. Hari Krishnan, P.B. Bineesh, K.
Jasif Shameem, V. J. Joshin, Adithyan S Poti and T. Vineesh, has developed a mobile
application called KEAM SHAHAYI to support the students who are planning to
appear for the Kerala medical and engineering entrance. The application provides the
details of colleges, courses, details of seats, benefits of learning the courses, its
present employability etc. This application was well appreciated by the student
community who are appearing for the entrance exam.

14. Installation and inauguration of an LCD TV along with the Notification system
developed by EDC on (1th June 2015).

A 40 LCD TV with the Notification System with RaspberryPi developed the

members of EDC as an outcome of the training program conducted by EDC on 11th
March was installed at front of the College Auditorium. The system is used for
displaying the notifications, important announcements, videos, achievements of
students and faculty and technological updates. The system is entirely maintained by
the student startup REENBOOG.
15. Three day workshop on Robotics with Mat lab for Engineers (24 th - 26th July,
2015)

The workshop was conducted jointly by EDC and Robotics Club of NSSCE. The
sessions were taken by the faculty from Acharayaji Technologies, Delhi, 15 students
were tagged excellent by the faculty. A total of 85 students from various disciplines of
engineering attended the programme.

16. Two day workshop on NEI-CRSD & Vehicle Diagnosis by BOSCH limited (1-2
August 2015)

The programme was conducted by Entrepreneurship Development Cell & Dept. of

Mechanical Engg. NSSCE. The programme was attended by 54 students from the
final year mechanical engineering department. The students acquired knowledge in
the theory behind various sensors in automobiles and had hands own experience in
diagnosing problems in ECM and sensors in CRDI diesel and MPFI petrol engines
using the Bosch diagnostic tool.

17. Two day workshop on Basics of Engine & Engine diagnosis by BOSCH limited
(8-9, July 2015 )

The programme was conducted by Entrepreneurship Development Cell & Dept. of

Mechanical Engg. NSSCE. The programme was attended by 28 students from the
second year mechanical engineering department. The students were given basic
knowledge on the working of MPFI and CRDI engines, electronic sensors, electrical
accessories and were given hands own experience in diagnosing problems in ECM
and sensors in CRDI diesel and MPFI petrol engines using the Bosch diagnostic tool.

7.Eximius fest at IIM Bangalore(7th & 8th Aug 2015)

 4 officials of NSSCE bootcamp attended Eximius management fest at IIM Bangalore
on 7th and 8th August 2015.They participated in workshops and talks and also came in
touch with few famous investors and entrepreneurs.]

8.Distribution of Start-up Boxes by Chief Minister, Government of Kerala. (13 th

August 2015)

Department of IT, Govt. of Kerala has distributed 50 startup boxes/kits to young

entrepreneurs working in the field of mobile application. Two of the Startups of EDC
NSSCE has received the startup kits. The kit consists of a Macbook, Google nexus,
iphone, Kindles, Adrino starter kit etc.

9.Visit of Director of Industries and Commerce to EDC of NSSCE and meeting with
District Industries Centre Officials (28th August, 2015)

Director of Industries and Commerce K M Francis I.A.S. along with a team comprising of K
N Krishna Kumar, General Manager, DIC, Palakkad visited the EDC of NSSCE to evaluate
its functioning. The CFO of NSSCE bootcampMr. Suraj Suresh made a presentation on the
activities of EDC, 16 startups moulded at NSSCE under EDC and the details of the
entrepreneurship summit Entreprenia15 to jointly organized by the District Industries Centre
and Entrepreneurship Development Cell EDC of NSSCE which is to be held on 19-20
September 2015. Entreprenia15 is a meaga event which is conducted for the first time in
south india by an engineering college. The summit is expecting 800 delegates from various
parts of kerala and abroad. The director appreciated the efforts taken by the EDC team for
nurturing the message of entrepreneurship in kerala.

10.Participation in entrepreneurship Summit YES 2015 (12th September, 2015)

The Co-Chairman of EDC and nine students from the ED Club has attended the Young
Entrepreneur Summit (YES), convened by Govt. of Kerala, Industries Dept., Startup village,
Technopark, etc. on September 12th 2015 at Crown Plaza, Kochi and actively participated in
the panel discussions. The details of the entrepreneurship summit Entreprenia15 jointly
organized by the District Industries Centre and Entrepreneurship Development Cell EDC of
NSSCE which is to be held on 19-20 September 2015 was displayed at the venue and was
well appreciated by the Government officials, officials of boot camp budding entrepreneurs.

11.ENTREPRENIA 15 - An Entrepreneurial Summit at NSSCE (19-20 September

2015)

This summit is jointly organized by the District Industries Centre (DIC), Palakkad,
Government of Kerala and the innovation and entrepreneurship development cell (EDC)
of NSSCE. Around 1000 students from various colleges from kerala and abroad attended
this two day summit. The summit was inaugurated by Sri. ShafiParambil, MLA of
Palakkad and chaired by Sri. K. N. Krishnakumar, General Manager, DIC, Palakkad.

The sessions were handled by CEOs of various companies like V. Noushad(VKC),

Archana Krishnamurthy (SIGONA), SarathbabuEzhumali -IIMA, BITS-Pilani (FOOD
KING), Anil Joshi (UNICON VENTURES), Joby Joseph (FRESHERS WORLD.COM),
VishakViswambharan (APPINESS INTERACTIVE), VenuGoplalakrishnan (LITMUS7),
Jamal Musthafa (MASTROLEE), Remya Rajesh (AMBAL GROUP), Sunil Joseph
(SARK CABLES), Shabeer (STEEL MAXX), SudheeshYezuvath (PELATRO LTD).

Government officials like Dr.AjithPrabhu, Director, Centre for Science Technology

and Entrepreneurial Development (C-STED) & Joint Director, Kerala State Council for
Science Technology and Environment delivered a talk on Innovation in
Entrepreneuship. Smt. Preethi M., Manager, National Institute of Technology (NIT)-
Technology Business Incubator (TBI) delivered a talk on Woman Entrepreneurship.

Dr.Anandakuttan B. Unnithan, Professor of Indian Institute of Management, deliverd a

talk on How to market your product. Dr. Mahesh M- IISC, Fellow of Indian Institute of
Bangalore, delivered a talk of Tradeoffs in an Entrepreneurial Journey.
 Panel discussions were made on Government Policies and Supports which was
moderated by Dr. P. R. Sreemahadevenpillai, Dean- Engineering, University of Calicut,
and the panel members were, Sri Krishnakumar, General Manager, DIC, palakkad and Sri
Martin Chacko,Assistant Director (Food), MSME-DI Thrissur..

Panel discussions were made on Industrial Institute partnership, which was

moderated by Dr. G. Venugopal, Associate Professor, Instumentation and Control Dept.
NSSCE, and the panel members were, Sri Krishnakumar, General Manager, DIC,
palakkad, Dr.GeethaVarma, Principal, NSSCE and Sri Purushaothaman, Shornur Industrial
Forum.

Panel discussions were made on Banking in Entrepreneurship, which was

moderated by Prof. Suresh Babu, Professor of Economics, NSS College, Nemmara and the
panel members were, Sri. MustaqAhamed, General Manager, KFC, Sri Jayaram, Manager,
KFC, and Sri. Regi, Public Relations Manger, SBI, kanjikode.

Workshops were conducted by jamal Mustafa, Founder CEO of Mastro Lee, on

Importance of Lean manufacturing in Statups and another on Business
Communications by Jithin Babu, Govt. Certified Trainer, Academy of Entrepreneurship
Management (A startup of NSSCE).

The summit also comprised of various competitions like kick-starter events, best critic,
business plan and best entrepreneur and business quiz. The total prize of all events were
around Rupees 1.25 lakhs.

The valedictory session of the summit was chaired by Sri. Rahmathali, Dy. Disctrict
Industries Officer, and Sri. Sunil Joseph, MD, Sark Cables was the Chief Guest, falicitations
 were given by Sri Shabeer, MD, Steel Maxx, Sri. P. K. RadhaKrishanan, Administrative
Assistant, NSSCE, Dr.Vinod V, General Convenor, ENTREPRENIA 15, Prof.Vijitha Manoj,
PRO, ENTREPRENIA 15. Vote of thanks was made by Suraj Suresh, Student Coordinator,
ENTREPRENIA-15.

12.Innovators Meet (20th Oct 2015)

Innovators' Meet was a gathering of student innovators from all over Kerala. It was held as a
part of Swasraya Bharat 2015, a week long summit which reflects "Self-Reliant India",
envisaged by Swadeshi Science Moveent, Kerala. Innovators' meet was organised on 20 th
October 2015.

It was jointly organised by ICAR- Indian Institute of Species Research, NIT Calicut and
Swadeshi Science Movement, in which about 30 innovators were shortlisted from 150
registrations to be exibited at the venue at Swapna Nagari, Kozhikode. Two teams from NSS
Engineering College were shortlisted for the same.

The innovations included a smart billing system which could be empolyed in the electricity
meter reading system in every household and the prototype of a device with which the
appliances of a household could be controlled from anywhere.

13. I 3- Ideate Innovate Incubate(19-21 Oct 2015)

Kerala Start up Mission conducted a 3 days seminar I3-Ideate Innovate Incubate on 19 Oct
21 Oct 2015 for about 80 students at Toc-H college of Engineering & Technology,Kochi.4
students participated and presented their idea in the program.

14. Empretec Forte Workshops

Two students from our college has been a part of EMpretec Forte Workshops organised
by KSUM on June 15-17,Aug 23,2015 and Sept 6,2015 at Trivandrum.The students
were also provided UN recognised certificates.

15. Participation in Tiecon Kerala 2015 summit organised by TIE Kerala and Govt.
of Kerala(6th& 7th Nov 2015)
Three officials from the NSSCE Bootcamp attended Tiecon Kerala 2015 and presented
their ideas.The summit was on 6th and 7th Nov 2015.

16. Workshops and orientation sessions by the Academy of Entrepreneurship &

Management(AEM)

The Academy of Entrepreneurship &Management(AEM) is a startup from our college

which provides training in entrepreneurship,management and placements.AEM is run by
3 students from our college who were given training at the Kerala Institute of
Entrepreneurship & Management(KIED).AEM has provided orientation sessions and
workshops under the tag of NSSCE Bootcamp.

1. Christ Knowledge City,Muvattupuzha

AEM conducted workshop for 60 students of Christ Knowledge

City,Muvattupuzhafrom 17 July- 19 July 2015.

2. NSS College of Engineering,Palakkad

AEM provided orientation sessions to the 2015-19 batch students of NSSCE on

Entrepreneurship as per the startup policy of KTU on Aug 5.

3. St.Joseph College of Engineering &Technology,Palai

AEM conducted workshop for 58 students of St.Joseph College of Engineering

&Technology,Palai from 14 Sept- 16Sept 2015.

4. NSS College of Engineering Palakkad- Entreprenia15

AEM conducted a 3 hour session on BUSINESS COMMUNICATION for around

200 studens during Entreprenia15- an entrepreneurship summit organised by DIC
Palakkad and IEDC,NSSCE on Sept 19th 2015.

5. Saintgits College of Engineering &Technology,Kottayam

 AEM conducted orientation sessions on IEDC and Entrepreneurship for around 120
students of Saintgits College of Engineering &Technology,Kottayamon Sept 28
2015.

6. Govt. College of Engineering,Kannur

AEM conducted workshop for 56 students of Govt. College of Engineering,Kannur

from 10 Oct- 12Oct 2015.Mr.Vinod,GM of DIC Kannur was the driving force of the
workshop.

7. Saintgits College of Engineering &Technology,Kottayam

AEM conducted workshop for 56 students of Saintgits College of Engineering

&Technology, Kottayam from 16 Oct- 18Oct 2015.

8. Govt Arts & Science College,Chittur,Palakkad

AEM conducted a 1-day orientation session for 120 students of Govt Arts & Science
College,Nattukal ,Palakkadon Oct 25 2015 as per the directions from DIC,Palakkad.

9. Government Polytechnic, Palakkad.

AEM conducted a one day seminar on entrepreneurship management on 25th February

at Government Polytechnic, Palakkad.

10. Baselios Thomas Catholicose college of engineering and technology,

Koothattukulam

AEM conducted a 3 day workshop on Entrepreneurship & Management at Baselios

Thomas Catholicose college of engineering and technology, Koothattukulam from 26th
to 28th. February, 2016.

17. One Day Workshop on RISC Microcontrollers based Projects on Open Source
Platform- An Entrepreneur development program (11th January 2016)

A one day workshop on RISC Microcontrollers based Projects on Open Source

Platform was conducted at Dept. of Instrumentation and Control Engineering, N.S.S.
College of Engineering, Palakkad on 11 th January 2016 in association with the Innovation and
Entrepreneurship Development Cell of the college using the expertise from Inter University
Accelerator Centre, New Delhi, a UGC research centre. Dr. B.P. Ajithkumar, , presently
scientist H, at Inter University Accelerator Centre, New Delhi, led the workshop. The
workshop was mainly targeted at sixth and eighth semester students of CS, EC, EEE and IC
branches. The objective of the workshop was to introduce micro-controller programming in a
simple and cost effective manner using Free and open source tools. The workshop will
provide hands on training using a development system, called microHOPE, based on
Atmega32, Atmel AVR series micro-controller. The workshop was attended by 37 students
selected from CS, EC, EEE and IC branches. A number of faculty members also actively
participated throughout the workshop.

18. Entrepreneurship Awareness Programme (Supported by EDII, Gujrat) with an

industrial visit (from 19th -21st March 2016)

A four day entrepreneurship awareness programme was conducted with the financial support
of Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, Gujarat and the support of Industry
Institute Interaction Cell of NSS College of Engg. The programme was attended by 75
students from second semester and other higher semesters. The sessions was handled by
trainers of Academy of Entrepreneurship management, Experts from Intellectual Property
Rights (Thomson Reutors, Delhi), Project Engineers from Kalki Technologies, and The
Manager from Kerala Financial Corporation. The program was based to develop the personal
entrepreneurial competencies of students. An Industrial visit was conducted to the Shornur
Industrial Consortium on 21st March to analyze the functioning of the manufacturing of agro
machineries and tools to get a better understanding about the production process and to make
constructive suggestions.

Awards: During the year 2015-16 our college has received two prestigious awards for
the excellent performance of the entrepreneurship and innovation activities, they are

1. Outstanding Engineering Institute South award by ABP News

2. Innovative leadership award Asian Confederation of Business & DNA.

These awards is a recognition to the activities carried out by the innovation and
entrepreneurship cell for the past years in motivating and moulding the students
to become entrepreneurs and innovators.