Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC)
About EDC
The Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC) was started with the object of promoting specialized knowledge in the field of entrepreneurship development. In view of the worldwide shortage of jobs (both government and private sectors) leading to unemployment problems and lack of proper utilization of human resources; the cell strives to identify talented youth to entrepreneurial works.
The cell plans to organize various programmes regarding entrepreneurship development. The motto of cell is to instill the spirit of entrepreneurship among the students and enhance their neighborhood by creating jobs and contributing to the growth of nation.
Entrepreneurship Development Cell bridges the gap between ideas to the market product and has taken a greater responsibility to generate the entrepreneurship skills among the students and to help them to channelize their goals to become a versatile entrepreneur.
Objectives
- To create Awareness among the students of the Institution regarding entrepreneurship as a career option.
- To conduct training programmes in the field of entrepreneurial skill development.
- To develop entrepreneurship related course curriculum to incorporate in engineering programmes.
- To provide guidance and facilities to first time entrepreneurs during gestation.
- To create an environment for self-employment and entrepreneurship development through formal and non-formal programmes.
- To introduce the concept of entrepreneurship in curricula at diploma level.
- To develop management personnel at appropriate levels for the non-corporate and unorganized sectors like education, rural development, small-scale industry etc by utilizing the infrastructure facilities and technically trained manpower.
- To promote employment opportunities.
Suggested Activities
The Centre is expected to promote Entrepreneurship related activities such as:
- To conduct Entrepreneurship Awareness / Development Programmes on full time/part-time basis for final year students, alumni, educated unemployed and working professionals.
- To conduct special courses for fresh diploma and degree studies from various disciplines for establishing an enterprise & its management.
- To support skill development activities particularly catering to specific areas of requirement in that region.
- To provide a platform to take-up 'Entrepreneurship' as an alternative career.
- To identify and provide solutions for the problems of small business management & entrepreneurs.
- To provide training & retraining of entrepreneurs through variety of programmes.
- To support continuing education needs of personnel in areas of technology and management.
Contact
Er. C. Arunkumar
HoD / Mechanical