Entrepreneurship Development Cell - EDC

This cell is formed to develop spirit/awareness on entrepreneurship among the students,to develop the advanced skill of creativity and innovative thinking, to empower and inspire students to take initiatives and accept responsibilities to thrive in the challenging world and to become employment creators than seekers. ELeaders are delegated with responsibilities for the smooth conduction of events and activities under the banner of the cell.

The advisory board of E-Cell comprises of well-known entrepreneurs from the surrounding region. The high-profile advisory board members guide the students from time-to-time to nurture entrepreneurial instinct in the students. It could be mentoring or venture funding; the E-cell is there to offer valuable advice on all aspects of entrepreneurship.

Vision :

To be a top E-cell and contribute to the economic development of India by stimulating, supporting, and sustaining all the initiatives and endeavours of students, and lead to the setting up of ventures.

Mission :

The mission of EDC is to mould entrepreneurial thinking in our students and to create a business opportunity in and out of the campus with a great stability to achieving social and economic progress through entrepreneurship.

Objectives :

  • Organize entrepreneurship awareness camps, entrepreneurship development programmes, skill development programmes.
  • Arranging visits to industries for prospective entrepreneurs.
  • Organize Business Plan Competitions
  • Arrange students-to-entrepreneurs "face to face" programmes
  • Initiate innovative student projects for innovative product development
  • Organize E-week celebrations
  • Guide and assist potential entrepreneurs in the process of setting up, growing and managing the new venture
  • Guiding and Assisting students on various aspects such as preparing project reports, obtaining project approvals, loans and facilities from agencies of support systems and information on various technologies.
  • Arrange guest lectures by successful entrepreneurs and provide a platform for interaction between professional entrepreneurs and student entrepreneurs
  • Mentor student who have business ideas by placing them under the supervision of entrepreneurs, under a mentorship scheme
  • Organize faculty development programmes to sensitize the faculty members in the college regarding the importance of entrepreneurship in real life, corporate life and economic development of the country
  • Publish a bi-annual entrepreneurship newsletter.
  • Providing testing, calibration, quality assurance, design, tool room, pilot plant and other facilities for Entrepreneurs besides expertise in Intellectual Property rights, Patents search, etc.
  • Providing students, the professional and Industry exposure.
  • To create an environment for self-employment and entrepreneurship development through teaching and training programmes.
  • To promote employment opportunities through skill development.

Constitution of E-Cell

The EDC was established in Government Engineering college with faculty members from different department in the year 2020.

E-cell is all about creating & providing platform to all the persons, who all wants to be emerging entrepreneurs. E-cell is about influencing young persons to lead our world economy for better future. E-cell acts as incubator to Society, developing future entrepreneurs. E-cell team will prepare an activity calendar mentioned below for the whole academic year.

List of Events Under E-Cell

  • Presentation on Entrepreneurship in orientation program of 1st year students.
  • Seminars on “Creating Awareness on Entrepreneurship”.
  • Organising Guest lecture of the entrepreneurs.
  • Inviting resource person from the MSME/DST to share the details about various schemes available from the government side.
  • Experience sharing sessions
  • Skill Development programme
  • Panel discussion
  • Intra and inter institutional competitions
  • Get together with entrepreneurs
  • Business plan competitions
  • Activities for hands on experience
  • Social initiatives to promote entrepreneurship in society
  • Celebrating E-Week once in a year consist list of events related to Entrepreneurship.
    1. Entrepreneurship education
    2. Entrepreneurship training course like Learn wise
    3. Entrepreneurship Games and exercises
    4. Workshop
    5. Guest lectures
    6. coffee with entrepreneur
    7. Seminar/conference
    8. Skill Development programme
    9. Panel discussion
    10. Intra and inter institutional competitions
    11. Get together with entrepreneurs
    12. Story telling

E-Cell Team:
S.NO Name of Committee Members
1 Mr. NisargBhandari, I/C Training & Placement officer
2 Mr. Jhanbux, Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering
3 Mr. Dhaval Bhandari Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering
4 Mrs. Neha Sahu Assistant Professor in Electrical Engineering
5 Mr.DebashidhMitra, Assistant Professor in English
List of Events/ Activities done under E-Cell
S.NO Date Event Type Target Audience No of Participants Recourse person / Organising Agency
1 06-17 Sep-2021 Faculty Development Programme in Entrepreneurship Faculty 2 Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII), Ahmedabad & Vapi
2 08-Oct-2021 Webinar - Entrepreneurship Awareness Programme Student 84 Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII), Ahmedabad
3 12-Oct-2021 Entrepreneurship Awareness Students 118 Mr. Binod Kumar, Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII), Western Regional Office, Vapi
4 22-Nov-2021 NATIONAL LEVEL AWARENESS PROGRAMME – “SAMBHAV” Students 106 Mr. Nitin Chawla & Mr. Nair, Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Silvassa office
5 24-Feb-2022 Orientation of Youth - Entrepreneurship as a Career Choice Students 112 Nehru Yuva Kendra, Daman
6 16-Feb-2022 Inter Institutional Competition – Dream Start-up Programme Students 9 Government Engineering College, Daman under flagship of Unnat Bharat Abhiyan