ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT CELL

Entrepreneurship Development Cell

The Entrepreneurship Development Cell of B.S. Abdur Rahman University was established in
1999 as a self-initiative effort, when it was Crescent Engineering College. It was recognized by
National Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB) in Feb 2004
with 8 lakhs funding grant. An area of 5000 sq. ft. is allotted for the EDC Activities.
Mr. S. Akbar Basha, Assistant Professor (Senior Grade), Professor of Civil
Engineering is the Co-ordinator for the Cell.

Our vision is to aid the growth of our society by enabling entrepreneurs with
Vision
integrity & sustainability and encourage individual ability and creativity.

To be the leader in enabling & facilitating entrepreneurs, support the sparks

of budding entrepreneurs and manifesting the spirit and energy of young
Mission students from ideation to start-up to establishment and scaling up with
integrity and sustainability through constant guidance & mentoring through
various programs and schemes.

• To create awareness on Entrepreneurships among young students

• To facilitate the development of Entrepreneurial Skills among young
students of Science & Technology
• To inculcate Entrepreneurial Spirit and Culture among young students
• To kindle the sparks of young students & budding entrepreneurs
• To establish a modern category of Sustainable Technology – Competent
Entrepreneurs
Objectives
• To be an interface in building network among various institutions of
learning & research and various industries
• To provide complete technical and other services to small scale
entrepreneurs
• To establish an incubation centre in various science & technology
domains
• To organize camps, seminars, symposia, workshops, industrial visits,
conferences and other development programs
 Major Functions
• Entrepreneurship Awareness Camps (EACs)
• Entrepreneurship Development Programs (EDPs)
• Faculty Development Programs on Entrepreneurship (FDPs)
• Entrepreneurship & Skill Development Programs (ESDPs)
Organizing • Technology Entrepreneurship Development Programs (TEDPs)
• Entrepreneurship Conference
• Guest Lectures & Seminars on Entrepreneurship
• Visits to various industries
• Skill Development Training Programs

• Market Research & Survey

• Curriculum development on Entrepreneurship based courses
Facilitating • Business Model Designing
• Business Plan / Project Report preparation
• Pitching

Events / Activities

2010 -11
“How to start small scale enterprise” by Mr. NSN Pillai, Head, Risk
In Feb 2010
Management & information Security, M/s. Ashok Leyland, Chennai
In March 2010 Creating Entrepreneurship Awareness by Dr. R. Jayaraman, Director,
Centre for Entrepreneurship Development, Madurai
In March 2011 Entrepreneurship Awareness by Ms. Vishnu Priya of “National
Entrepreneurship Network” (NEN) (Participants: 1000)
In April 2011 CBS jointly with MSME, 2 days conference, “Developing a Modern
Entrepreneurial Society”
 2012
Organized On 12 Jan 2012, 20 Students of our University participated in a Special
Lecture on “Design Clinic Scheme” at IITM (Madras) by Dr. Achutha Rao.

On 19 Jan 2012, A Special Lecture on “Creativity & Innovation” by Mr. W.

Organized
Amarnath, Consultant, INVENT, Chennai was organized in which 60
Students participated.

On 01 Feb 2012, InnoContest 2012 was organized, in which, 50 Students

were participated and 16 Ideas were presented.

Organized
 On 08 Feb 2012, a Workshop on “Concept Generation Method” by
Dr. Achutha Rao (40 Students) was organized to initiate the Engineering
Design skills right from the scratch of concept generation.

Organized

Concept Generation Method

During 09 & 10 Feb 2012, a 2 Days Entrepreneurship Development

Organized
Program for EEE Students (35 Students) was organized with the funding
grant from by Alumni Association.
 One month Entrepreneurship Development Programme for SC/ST Youth
by EDI, Chennai was organized from 20 Feb 2012 to 23 Mar 2012. There
Organized were 50 participants who benefited from the program. The highlight of the
program was the Stalls and Demo by 10 teams of 5 members, covering from
food industries to electronic industries and also service sector.

On 22 Mar 2012, “Design Development Programme” was initiated with a

Organized Special Guest Lecture by Mr. W. Amarnath. The program was to initiate
projects based on engineering design and to avail funds from Design
Development Scheme of National Institute of Design (NID), Bangalore.

A 25 Hours VALUE ADDITION PROGRAMME on ENTREPRENEURSHIP

with Single Additional Credit from OCT to NOV 2012 (Saturdays only)
program was organized covering Self-Analysis & Achievement motivation,
Risk Management, Production and marketing Management, Finance &
Accounting, Business Model Development, Business Plan Writing and
presentation. 50 students participated.

Organized
 2013
A Visit by Mr. Vish Viswanathan, CEO, UBiCS and Ms. Akhila Rajeshwar,
Executive Director, TiE-Chennai on 16th Sep 2013.

Organized

In the TiECON Chennai 2013 on 11th & 12th Nov 2013 @ The Leela Palace,
Chennai.

Sponsored &

Participated
 The presentation by www.ticketgoose.com’s “TYCOON EXPRESS” on 6th
Facilitated Feb 2013, in which one student from our University was selected to
participate in a 5 Months Entrepreneurship Development Programme
organized by “Ticketgoose.com”
A Special Lecture by DREAM:IN, Bangalore on “Entrepreneurship
Facilitated Concepts and Opportunities” was organized on 6th Feb 2013, which
included a Video Interview Session to record the Dreams of the students
and elucidate funding opportunities with DREAM:IN. 4 Students were
selected for the mentoring by DREAM:IN Bangalore.

2014
A 3 Day “Entrepreneurship Awareness Camps” (EAC) during 3, 4 &
5 March 2014 (Grants by DST-NIMAT PROJECT)

Organized

Approved by Registrar and Our University Students’ E-Club will be

Students
inaugurated in April 2014 to create the ecosystem for Entrepreneurial
E-Club
Development
• Going to organize 3 Nos. of 3 days “Entrepreneurship Awareness
Camps” (EACs) in Mar 2014 (Grants by DST-NIMAT PROJECT)
• Going to organize a Guest Lecture by “Mr. Sharad Sharma” of ISPIRIT,
Bangalore
• Going to Set-up Students Entrepreneurship Club for fostering
To be Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in our University Campus
organized • Facilitating students to write excellent Business Plans and finding
prospective incubatees
• Facilitating Apple iOS Lab / Centre as part of the incubation centre to
develop MOB-APPS development
• Interactive sessions with Entrepreneurs among our Alumni to motivate
the students
 Summary of Events /Activities for the
past five years
• 15 Nos. of Entrepreneurship Awareness Camps. Total Participants benefited: 1166

• 6 Nos. of Entrepreneurship Development Programs. Total Participants

benefited: 839

• 7 Nos. of Technology based Entrepreneurship Development Programs.

Total Participants benefited: 350

• 4 Nos. of MY IDEA PROGRAMS (Villgro) & INNOCONTESTS : 4nos. Total

Participants benefited: 84

• A One Month “Entrepreneurship Development Program” at IITM (Madras), Total

Participants benefited: 16

• Skill Development and Office Administration Program, Total Participants

benefited: 55

• Entrepreneurship & Project Management programs, Total Participants benefited: 59

• Embroidery & Household products programs, Total Participants benefited: 60)

• 5 days Traditional Crafts programs, Total Participants benefited: 55)

• Intercollegiate Essay Competition on Entrepreneurship. (Participants:34

from 11 Colleges)

• Debate: “Is Life of an Entrepreneur a bed of roses or one full of struggles”.

(Participants: 700)

• Entrepreneurship and small business management, (Participants: 35 from AIR

FORCE STATION)

• Systems & Engineering Applications, (Participants: ED CELL MEMBERS)

• Computer Hardware Maintenance & Service Technology (40 days), (Participants: 45)

• EDP for Women Self Help Group, (Participants: 22)

• Embedded Technology with National Small Industries Centre, (Participants: 120)