Gnyanamani educational Institution has taken such marvelous initiative which is enhancing the Indian economy by creating good entrepreneurs and giving them a huge platform to perform and excel higher. Entrepreneurship development cell is established to acknowledge, motivate and to guide the students. It fosters the technocrat; guide them to become an entrepreneur, who will create his significant mark on future. In line with the mission of Make in India we are contributing to make our country proud. To motivate the young aspirations to become entrepreneurs, the facilities, guidance is provided and their ideas are nurtured by connecting them to the business incubation center in our institute. The motto of cell is not to create the entrepreneurs for creating the wealth only but also the reason is to enhance their neighborhood by creating jobs and contributing to the growth of nation.
The engineers should not become just the employees but, they should become good employer. Keeping this target in mind with the motivation from our source of inspiration of our Chairman Dr. T Arangannal, we have started the Entrepreneurship Development Cell in the institute.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT CELL (EDC) in educational institutions is to develop institutional mechanism to create entrepreneurial culture in Science & Technology students and to foster entrepreneurship for generation of wealth and employment. The EDCs are established in our institution, having requisite expertise and infrastructure.
Our mission is to “Nurture Innovation, Creativity, Entrepreneurial Culture and Business Acumen in our campus and Society”.
The main objective of this programme is to create awareness among Science & Technology students about the various facets of entrepreneurship as to become successful technopreneur / Innovator
Long Term Goals
Create Entrepreneurial Eco System in and around the campus
Motivate students to become entrepreneur
Develop business incubators / startups
Facilitate / Create fund to seed ventures
Means to achieving goals
Impart entrepreneurial education/skills amongst students through various trainings and exercise
Creating Knowledge sharing platform with Expert Mentors
Creating market linkages
connecting all stakeholders of the entrepreneurial eco system
To create awareness through guest lectures, seminars, success talk and videos etc.,
One to one counseling - Mapping their skill set, Refining their ideas, Analyzing entrepreneurial skills
Training - EDP training, Practical Training, Industry Visits, Marketing, Market survey & research, Exhibition and Mock Trading / service
Mentoring - Handholding, Marketing Linkages and Networking, Project Planning, Product Identification, Finance Planning and Budgeting
| Awareness Generation Program: | This aimed to create awareness and enthusing the youth to explore and consider entrepreneurship as an option, through various well designed modes and strategies. |
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| Counselling: | The act of helping the person to see things more clearly,
possibly from a different view-point. This Session is a
screening process, ensuring steady stream of potential
entrepreneurs filtered based on the basic criteria. Counselling is conducted on one to one basis |
| EDP Training: | An Intensive and Institutionalized Training to enhance the
youth that helps in converting an Idea into a structured
business proposition. The selected aspirants from
Counselling will be part of the training. Training happens on monthly basis. |
| Training: | Intensive Training provided to aspirants on various topics
like Communication, Personality Development, Personal
empowerment, business pitching, business management and
technicalities. It happens by monthly |
| Visits: | This is an ideal opportunity to showcase products and
services to a highly targeted audience. Visits happens on quarterly once. |
| Exhibitions: | Visits to industries bridge the gap between theoretical
training and practical learning in a real-life environment.
It happens yearly once. |
| Meetings: | In Meetings the entrepreneurs update their progress status
and discuss the challenges. Meeting happens on month on month. |
| Mentoring: | Mentors are usually an experienced individual who shares
knowledge, experience and advice with a less experienced
person. Guiding the prospects, selection of aspirants and
handhold the entrepreneur. It happens on each stage. |
Academic Year 2025-2026
Entrepreneurship Development Cell & IIC organized Entrepreneurship Awareness Programme on 04.02.2026.
Entrepreneurship Development Cell & IIC organized Green Tech Entrepreneurship: Sustainable Solutions for Environmental Challenges on 07.11.2025.
Entrepreneurship Development Cell & IIC organized Organic Unboxed: A Creative Ideation Boot Camp on 04.11.2025.
Entrepreneurship Development Cell & IIC organized Entrepreneurship Opportunities in Software Domains: The College to Corporate on 29.08.2025.
Entrepreneurship Development Cell & IIC organized Sustainable Development through Innovation on 29.08.2025.
Entrepreneurship Development Cell & IIC organized Accelerator and Incubation Opportunities in Agricultural Engineering Using Drones on 30.08.2025.
Entrepreneurship Development Cell, ISTE & IIC organized Hands–on Lean Startup Bootcamp: Validate your Business Ideas on 25.08.2025 to 26.08.2025.
Entrepreneurship Development Cell & IIC organized Converting Innovation Into Startups And Achieving Value Proposition Fit on 22.08.2025.
Academic Year 2024-2025
Entrepreneurship Development Cell & IIC organized Entrepreneurship Awareness Programme on 21.02.2024.
Entrepreneurship Development Cell & IIC organized Overcoming Fear of Failure in Entrepreneurial Ventures on 06.05.2025.
Entrepreneurship Development Cell & IIC organized Power BI Technology: Unlocking the Future of Business Intelligence in Tech Entrepreneurship on 02.05.2025.
Entrepreneurship Development Cell & IIC organized From Lab to Launch: Turning Scientific Discoveries into Business Ventures on 24.04.2025.
Entrepreneurship Development Cell & IIC organized Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and IP Management for Startups on 07.04.2025.
Entrepreneurship Development Cell & IIC organized From Farm to Fortune: The Rise of Agri-Preneurs in India on 29.11.2024.
Entrepreneurship Development Cell & IIC organized Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Pharmaceutical Waste Management on 23.11.2024.
Entrepreneurship Development Cell & IIC organized Basics of Intellectual Property Rights and its Importance for Innovators and Entrepreneurs on 23.11.2024.
Entrepreneurship Development Cell & IIC organized Problem Solving and Ideation to Become an Entrepreneur on 09.11.2024.
Academic Year 2023-2024
Entrepreneurship Development Cell & IIC organized Prototyping Your Innovative Way into Web Design and Development on 13.03.2024.
Entrepreneurship Development Cell & IIC organized Entrepreneurship Awareness Programme on 21.02.2024.
Entrepreneurship Development Cell & IIC organized Self Motivation and Development Outreach Program on 20.02.2024.
Entrepreneurship Development Cell & IIC organized Opportunities for Young Food Technologists to Choose Entrepreneurship in Their Future Careers on 20.02.2024.
Entrepreneurship Development Cell & IIC organized Innovation in Agricultural Engineering Using Artificial Intelligence on 20.12.2023.
Entrepreneurship Development Cell & IIC organized Mentoring Event on Innovative Idea Presentation on 29.11.2023 to 30.11.2023.
Entrepreneurship Development Cell & IIC organized My Story Motivational Session on Successful Entrepreneur/Start-Up Founder on 17.11.2023.
Entrepreneurship Development Cell & IIC organized Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Pharmaceutical Industry on 07.11.2023.
Entrepreneurship Development Cell organized Introduction to Automated Machine Learning: Hyper-Parameter Tuning on 26.10.2023 to 30.10.2023.
Entrepreneurship Development Cell & IIC organized Implementation of Innovative Ideas in Engineering and Technology on 26.08.2023.
Academic Year 2022-2023
EDC organized a one day seminar on 18.10.2022 at 10.00 am entitled Entrepreneurship Development Programme in Michael Faraday Hall. The Chief Guest for the function is Mr.SHRI RAJENDRAN.B, Assistant Director, MSME Development& Facilitation Office, Ministry of MSME, Govt. of India, Coimbatore.
Entrepreneurship Development Cell organized Project Expo 2K22 on 18.11.2022 at 10.00am to 4.00 pm at college premises.