Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC)

Now in recent era Entrepreneurship is increasing day by day and also contributes the economic growth of our country. Even Indian Government has recognized the importance of entrepreneurship and has started "Start-up India" program for the growth of entrepreneurship. Various schemes and benefits are launched for the beginners to come with new business ideas.

The aim of Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC) at Sagar Institute of Research and Technology (SIRT) is to develop and strengthen entrepreneurial qualities towards the students who are interested in starting their own ventures and new business. The college produces the novel ideas and provides infrastructure, amenities and technical support to the students to transform into the new products and services for the betterment of the society. The EDC provides all the support like planning, mentoring and time related execution support to all the aspirants for their start up ideas to convert it into real business facilities.

The EDC has work-out further to engage Sponsors like banks, State, & National entrepreneurship training agencies, private investors through pitch deck and Central Govt. Schemes benefits to the students, suppliers and market for the new products developed by entrepreneurs.

For its success we include enthusiastic and dedicated faculty team and mentors, and some industry expert with some student representatives. Various seminars and workshop are organized to groom them by SIRT Entrepreneurship Development cell. We encourage students to choose self-emplacement as their career option, by providing all the necessary training and guideline.

Vision

To produce successful entrepreneurs with towering ethics, moral values, and leadership skills with their innovative minds to make a global impact.

Mission

Develop such kind of institutional environment where each new idea can grow and sustain in real world with passion and fervor.

Students can elaborate their ideas & objectives in a desirable way.

Objectives

Motivate students to develop their own startups.
Organize IDEA competitions for the students.
Organizing Entrepreneurship Awareness Camps, Entrepreneurship Development Programmes and Faculty Development Programmes.
To guide them on how to present ideas, documentation, marketing skills, and financial management support through a small training program.
To organize various guest lectures, seminars and expert talk for startups.
To arrange industrial visit for the students.
To tell them various loan schemes and Govt. MSME schemes for the Startup and help them in patent filing.
To provide a platform for interaction with established entrepreneurs.
Create corpus fund to seed ventures.

Event List

Entrepreneurship awareness camp
Idea presentation
Start-up Boot camp
Business Plan preparation
Developing entrepreneurial mind-sets
Business Communication Skills
E-marketing
Financial Assistance for startups
Digital Marketing for New Business Promotions

Key Points

The students were made aware the students about the different areas of skills where they can establish themselves as Entrepreneur and create the job for others.
Encourage the students to brain storm in groups to discuss innovative uses of the products.
How a simple idea could convert into potentially bigger business?
The Charm of Becoming an Entrepreneur, Creativity and Problem Solving is discussed.
Identifying problems in society and how to grow into giant businesses.
Discussed the importance of patience in life and how it can help safeguard ideas.
Explained diverse funding ways like angel funding, bootstrapping, seed funding etc.

Activity

Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC-SGI) organised One Day Awareness programme(EAP) with Center for Entrepreneurship Development MP (CEDMAP) Bhopal under office of the development commissioner, Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises(MSME), Govt. of India on 6th Jan 2023
EDC SGI Organized Student Innovation Festival (SIF) in India International Science Festival (IISF) at MANIT Bhopal from 21st to 23rd January 2023.
Dr Uday Panwar Convener EDC SGI, Attended Launching Ceremony of VLSI Society of India (VSI) Regional Chapter- MP at IIT Indore on 19th March 2023
Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC-SGI) organised an expert talk on Entrepreneurshipsuccess mantras by Mr. Rajneesh Singh, Managing Partner, SimplyHR Solution on 28th March 2023 at Anubhavanand Auditorium, SIRT Bhopal.
EDC cell Took pledge on World No Tobbaco Day by our Institute YI members under EDC on 31st MAY 2023
An industry meet with PHDCCI Co chair Mr. Manoj Modi Ji founder of Orient Kagaz at Mandideep along with many Incubation center heads. It was a brainstorming session to build an eco-system for future entrepreneurs. 3 june 2023
Dr Tarun kumar kamble from iCreate to speak on further possibilities on development of Electrical vehicle. In lunch hours he interacted to our E cell students.on 14th August 2023
Entrepreneurship Development Cell(EDC) of SGI successfully conducted EnviSage for SAGEians on 23rd August 2023. The competition aimed to provide a platform to young entrepreneurs to showcase their business plan. Student Teams participated from SIRT, SIRTE and SIRTSP..
Entrepreneurship Developement Cell (EDC) SGI, The SAGE group successfully organized One day Enterpreneurship Awareness Programme (EAP) by Center for Entrepreneurship Madhya Pradesh (CEDMAP), office of the Development Commissioner (Ministry of Micro Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) GoI on 10 January 2024. session taken by Dr Sandhya Joshi , Training Associate, CEDMAP on GoI scheme on startups, IPR and Speed reading for E cell Student members
EDC team Team : Pani Wala of Team members: Krishna Malviya (CSIT), Vishnu Pratap Singh Rajput (AIML), Jayram Kumar (CSIT), Abhinav Sen (CS)From Entrepreneurship cell, SIRT WON Inter University Business Pitching Compitition at JLU Bhopal worth rupees 20000/-.
Interactive session of Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC) SGI taken by Mr. N. Raghuraman sir at SIRT on 5 March 2024.