Entrepreneurship Cell @ ANDC

Entrepreneurship cell is a non-profit student's organization dedicated to promoting the spirit of entrepreneurship among students throughout India. The basic aim of E-Cell is to encourage college-level students today to start their own enterprise. Hundreds of rural as well as urban colleges have established e-cells. Moreover over 70,000 students participate in organizing e-cell activities in India. Some noteworthy examples are – IIT Bombay, IIT Kharagpur,MANIT Bhopal, Bits Pillani, VJTI, SPIT, etc.

The centre envisions motivating students to take up entrepreneurship in a proactive manner by providing them with the pre-requisite information about establishing a start-up. IEDC has twin initiatives of training - Entrepreneurship Awareness Camps (EAC), Entrepreneurship Development Programmes (EDP), and innovation (student-projects). Over the years the college has conducted three EDP’s of 4 - 6 weeks duration and 13 EAC’s of three days each besides completed 26 innovative student-projects.

Why E-Cell in ANDC ?

• To encourage students to explore the possibility of becoming job-creators instead of job seekers, Acharya Narendra Dev College has established an Innovation & Entrepreneurship Development Centre (IEDC) in 2010 under the auspices of National Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India.
• Movements like MAKE IN INDIA and START-UP INDIA encourages technical as well as non-technical start-ups to come up in India so that more employment is created and India becomes self-sufficient. Entrepreneurship friendly environment is being created in India by easing various norms for doing business both in rural as well as urban areas.
• With changing social traditions, creation of self-employment opportunities and acquiring entrepreneurship skills have become de-rigueur.

Goals -

• Our survey report conducted on the students of ANDC clearly shows that more than 90% students want an e-cell in ANDC. Around 50 % students even have a business idea.
• For the first 1 years establishing start-up culture in ANDC and carrying out various events.
• For the next 3 years hopefully we can have a few credible ideas of start-ups along with a proper plan coming up. We can organize funding sessions for these ideas.

How e-cell is beneficial to ANDC and its students?

• Students get better idea of how business is conducted in real life. They get an exposure to live problems and how to go about solving them. E-cell not only helps students who want to be entrepreneurs but also other students as life lessons of the real world are taught through e-cell.
• Unplaced final year students can reap the benefits as well. These students can acquire various skills along with proper understanding of entrepreneurship and can start something of their own.
• Various technical inventions and research business ideas could be funded once e-cell starts running in full fledge. This would be a major boost for ANDC as it would enhance its reputation.
• Live examples in the form of entrepreneur speakers will inspire students to fulfill their dream.
• This will help ANDC to become an organization where free flow of ideas takes place along with academic excellence. ANDC will truly become a symbol of freedom and excellence. ANDC can also become the alma mater of various entrepreneurs.