Vision
Creation of first generation entrepreneurs with rigorous and free environment where budding entrepreneurs can pursue training, high-end education, and mentorship in order to be a successful Entrepreneur to produce effective businesses by marshaling the resources of Dr.MGR University and the surrounding community and motivate them how to succeed, grow, and thrive.
Mission
Promoting "Job seekers" into "Job Creators"
Objective
Entrepreneurship is a mindset that can be developed by any professionals who aspires to become an employer. The increasing demand and recognition for Innovation and Entrepreneurship for ensuring the welfare of the society and economic growth have motivated this great leap forward to promote the Entrepreneurship Development Cell. With proper education, Entrepreneurship can be inculcated into the minds of young professionals. Thus this Cell aims to foster Techno-entrepreneurship more systematically and comprehensively with a focus on incubating in all ventures through technology interventions. The idea behind is to promote and develop high-end entrepreneurship and assist budding entrepreneurs to incubate their technology venture. The following are the major objectives of our EDP Cell.
Fostering the entrepreneurial spirit. Creation of Technology Based incubatee on continuous basis. Facilitating Transfer of Technology. Encouraging entrepreneurs to promote Small & Medium Enterprises. Commercialization of R&D products and processes. Facilitating specialized services such as Patenting, Copyright, arrangement of Venture Capital. Helping towards marketing of Products & Processes
Fostering the entrepreneurial spirit.
Creation of Technology Based incubatee on continuous basis.
Facilitating Transfer of Technology.
Encouraging entrepreneurs to promote Small & Medium Enterprises.
Commercialization of R&D products and processes.
Facilitating specialized services such as Patenting, Copyright, arrangement of Venture Capital.
Helping towards marketing of Products & Processes
With this mindset our university is conducting several courses related to Entrepreneurship development. Aspiring Entrepreneurs can study the following entrepreneurship courses as University Electives offered by Department of Management Studies.
Micro & Macro Organization Behavior Operations Research Frame work of Business plan Supply chain Management Strategic Management Human Recourse Management Social Entrepreneurship Micro Finance Micro Enterprise Development & Management Disaster Management Project Management Accounting and Financial Management Business Economics and International Trade
Micro & Macro Organization Behavior
Operations Research
Frame work of Business plan
Supply chain Management
Strategic Management
Human Recourse Management
Social Entrepreneurship
Micro Finance
Micro Enterprise Development & Management
Disaster Management
Project Management
Accounting and Financial Management
Business Economics and International Trade
Useful Govt. Links
Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India http://ediindia.ac.in MSME Development Institute Government of India – Chennai www.msmedi-chennai.gov.in MSME Development Institute –New Delhi www.msmedinewdelhi.gov.in MSME Online www.msmeonline.tn.gov.in MSME Testing Centre - Chennai www.msmetc.com Development Commissioner(MSME) www.dcmsme.gov.in Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises www.msme.gov.in Entrepreneurship development institute , Government of TamilNadu, Chennai http://www.editn.in/
Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India
http://ediindia.ac.in
MSME Development Institute Government of India – Chennai
www.msmedi-chennai.gov.in
MSME Development Institute –New Delhi
www.msmedinewdelhi.gov.in
MSME Online
www.msmeonline.tn.gov.in
MSME Testing Centre - Chennai
www.msmetc.com
Development Commissioner(MSME)
www.dcmsme.gov.in
Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
www.msme.gov.in
Entrepreneurship development institute , Government of TamilNadu, Chennai
http://www.editn.in/
Now entrepreneurship career is gradually picking up in India, Some of the institutions are conducting Management Courses in India for Aspiring Entrepreneurs which listed below:
Entrepreneurship Development of India (EDI), Ahmadabad Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore Management Development Institute, Gurgaon National Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (NIESBUD), New Delhi FICCI, New Delhi Small Industries Service Institute, New Delhi National Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Development, New Delhi ASEED and Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII), New Delhi.
Entrepreneurship Development of India (EDI), Ahmadabad
Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore
Management Development Institute, Gurgaon
National Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (NIESBUD), New Delhi
FICCI, New Delhi
Small Industries Service Institute, New Delhi
National Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Development, New Delhi
ASEED and Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII), New Delhi.
Entrepreneurship Development Programs conducted:
S.No
Year
Event / Course Name
Description of Activity
Speaker Name With Designation and Industry Name
1
2010
E WEEK 2010 - Be an Entrepreneur for a Day.
Entrepreneurship Week - A week of activities to popularize the concept of entrepreneurship
1) Raj Shankar - CEO, Ichiban Consulting 2)Harihara Subramanian - MD - Mayura Automation Pvt Ltd
2
Strategies to build an E CELL
Team Meeting
Mrs.Sangeetha,E Cell Faculty
3
Membership Drive
Talks in all Departments
Ms. Sridevi, E Cell Faculty
4
Faculty Meet on teaching Skills
Mrs. Sangeetha, E Cell Faculty
5
CURTAIN RAISER
Introduction of the topic to students
Ms. Vishnu Priya, NEN Consultant
6
KICK START ARIZON
Meeting Entrepreneurs
Mr. Selvam Raja, IP Consultant
7
Workshop on "Idea Generation and opportunity Evaluation”
Workshop for Engineering students
Prof. Dr. RamaVaidyanathan
8
2011
IDEAS FOR INDIA
Competitions on Technopreneurship
1) Mr. Naresh Gupta, Former Chief Electoral Officer of Tamil Nadu 2) Mr. Shashank Rajurkar 3) Ms. Thenmozhi Shanmugam, Manager, Rural Technology Business Incubator, IIT Madras
9
Workshop for MBA students
10
Hosts for Mentor Session
Workshop for Mentors for Entrepreneurs
11
2012
6 Days Certificate curse in Entrepreneurship
Experiential learning Course
12
E WEEK - INVENT THE FUTURE
1) Green Walk - Campaign to popularize the concept of Green Entrepreneurship 2) Business idea competition 3) Be an entrepreneur for a day
1) Dr.V.Sumantran, Vice President, Ashok Leyland 2) P. Dev Anand, Director Chempure Technologies 3) Mr. Raghunathan, Solkar Engineering
13
Faculty workshop on Business Models and Plans
Workshop for Faculty in Chennai
1) Raj Bhat 2) Mrs. Vasanthi Venugopal, NEN
14
Talk on LEADERSHIP
Talks to core committee members
15
Speak to an Entrepreneur
Mr. K. K. Tamilarasan, Entrepreneur, "My Story"
16
Workshop on Idea Generation
Workshop with I year students
Prof. Dr. RamaVaidyanathan and Mr. Vijay Samuel
17
Workshop on Automotive Engineering
Skill generation workshop
Mr. Paramjeet Gill, Paramtek Technologies
18
Introduction to an Entrepreneurship
Introductory talk
19
2013
Workshop on Entrepreneurship Skills
Workshop for I year students
1) Mr. S. P. Vijayraghavan, VIT University, chennai 2) Mrs. Swathika, VIT University, Chennai 3) Dr. Rosy, MOP Vaishnav 4) Mrs. Mangalam Balasubramaniam, Social Entrepreneur and Trustee, Exnora Green Pammal 5) Mr. Rahul Vijaykumar from Dream.in 3) Dr. Rama Vaidyanathan
20
Spreading the spirit of Entrepreneurship at Schools
Workshop (50 rupee exercise)
Prof. Dr. RamaVaidyanathan and Mr. J. Arun kumar
21
E WEEK 2013 - INNOVATE FOR INDIA - BE AN ENTREPRENEUR FOR A DAY
Experiential learning
1) Dr. R. Mahadevan, Director, India Pistons Ltd 2) Mr. Kirubashankar, Entrepreneur 3) Mr. Gowri Shankar, Director, Take Solutions
22
Workshop on Strategic Planning – Identifying Vision and Mission of your Entrepreneurial Venture
Workshop for core committee students
23
Talk to and Entrepreneur and Workshop on idea Generation
Talk and workshop with 2nd and 3rd year of Phase I, Phase II and Thai Mookambigai Polytechnic College
Mr. Sameer Bharat Ram, M D Brand muni Consulting and A workshop was conducted by Asst. Prof. Arun Kumar
24
Talk and workshop with B.Tech. 3rd year of Phase II
Mr. Bharat T. Rameash, Director , You $ I Digital and A workshop was conducted by Asst. Prof. Arun Kumar
25
An eye opener on entrepreneurship
encouraging the entrepreneurial mindset among student of the polytechnic college
Prof. Dr. RamaVaidyanathan, Asst. Prof. Arun Kumar and Asst Prof Vijaya
26
Workshop on Innovation to incubation
Encourage innovative thinking
Dr. Rama Vaidyanathan, Prof. Vijayaraghavan, VIT Chennai AND Dr. K.Subramaniam, CEO Powergear Pvt. Ltd.
27
Faculty Development Program
Academic Staff College of the University to encourage innovative thinking among faculty
Dr. Uma Rajaram, Dean Engg. & Tech. Dr. Rama Vaidyanathan, Prof. Ganesan and Asst Prof. Arun Kumar
28
Focused on design thinking methods and students made prototypes of students ideas
Dr. Rama Vaidyanathan and Prof. Vijayaraghavan, VIT Chennai
29
Design thinking workshop
Students designed prototypes for their innovative ideas
Dr. Rama Vaidyanathan
30
Session of meeting entrepreneurs
Students learnt about the various innovative products of Mr. Kannan and how he succeeded in his efforts.
Mr. Kannan, CEO Fractal Foundation
31
E Leader workshop
Five E Leaders of our University attended the E Leader workshop
32
Nine E Cell students of our University attended the half day workshop organized at VIT University
Mr. Vijayanand, Founder and CEO of the Startup Centre.
