Entrepreneurship Development Cell

ABOUT THE SOCIETY:

Entrepreneurship Development Cell, IIEST Shibpur (EDC IIESTS) was set up in the year 2009 under the AICTE initiative and is working under the guidance of the Department of Human Resources Management, IIEST Shibpur in co-ordination with NRDC-IIEST IFC, TCGTBI and now with IIC IIESTS. The Entrepreneurship Development Cell shares the common belief that for India to emerge as a world power, the youth has to break the shackles of prejudices and inertia that has kept them from starting up. It strives to Create an entrepreneurial ecosystem to provide the platform for individuals with creative minds and ideas with potential for substantial business opportunities.

MANAGERIAL POST:

NAME OF PROFESSOR-IN-CHARGE (PIC): Prof. Manas Kumar Sanyal, Head of the Human Resources Management Department.
NAME OF SECRETARY: Raushan Singh
NAME OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY: Allan Davis, Sarvesh Kumar
NAME OF TREASURER: Sarvesh Dubey
ESTIMATED NUMBER OF STUDENTS ACTIVE IN SOCIETY / CLUB ACTIVITIES: 30
ESTIMATED NUMBER OF STUDENT PARTICIPATION THROUGHOUT THE YEAR (IN DAILY ACTIVITIES, EVENTS): 800-1000

EVENT LIST UNDER THE SOCIETY FOR THE YEAR 2019-20:
1. Scintillations- The E-Summit of IIEST Shibpur
2. e-Woke-'Awaken the Entrepreneur Within You'
3. HULT Prize, IIEST Shibpur
4. Entrepreneurship Awareness Week
5. Innovation's Contest in Instruo

EVENT WISE WINNERS LIST NAME:

Scintillations 2020 Events:
1. B-Plan competition-
1.1. NoteIt (IIEST)
1.2. Urban Aquaponics Firm (Army Institute of Technology)
1.3. Techtrix (NSIT)
2. Best manager-
2.1. Vidwita Srivastav
2.2. Nilesh Majumdar
2.3. Abhinav Ramkumar
3. Uthal Puthal-
3.1. Academic Category- Mrinmoy Deka
3.2. Infrastructure Category- Soumya Ranjan Jena
3.3. Special Mention- 242647_VAS
4. Biz Quiz-
4.1. Siddharth Rout and Amit Kumar Jha
4.2. No Brainers
4.3. A team has no Name

FLAGSHIP EVENT:

Scintillations - The E-Summit of IIEST Shibpur With the taglines of “Aurora Nova Occasio” translates to “A Dawn of New Opportunity”, and "Inception of Infinite Inspo" Scintillations - The largest E-Summit of Kolkata provides a unique opportunity to local business leaders and potential entrepreneurs to come together on a common platform. It mainly aims to foster entrepreneurial initiatives and activities on the campus. E-Summit provides a platform for the ‘aspiring entrepreneurs’ to have hands-on experience before they can finally enter the market. It brings together the academic community, venture capitalists, new age entrepreneurs and all those passionate about entrepreneurship to a common ground. The focus of the summit also remains to cater to the leadership qualities in an individual and stimulate him into unleashing his innovative streak.

LAURELS OF THE STUDENTS OVER THE YEAR TO BE RECOGNIZED:

1. Organised HULT Prize for the first time in IIEST Shibpur
2. Organised the largest E-Summit of Kolkata with a number of eminent personalities, and a 5000+ footfall.
3. Helped IIC, IIEST Shibpur get 4 stars out of 5 in MoE's Ranking of IICs across the nation and making our institute a mentor institute for others.
4. A significant growth in the innovation and startup culture in the institution for the past few years.

FINANCIAL EXPENDITURE REPORT OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT CELL FOR 2019-2020:

Scintillations 2020 Expenditure Report:

HeadsAmount (in Rs.)
Prize Money104,000
Pandal243,080
Light and Sound135,464
Kit, Mementos & Stationery58,420
Food2760
Hotels33,993
Cab for Guest18,776
Flight166,609
Honorarium17,500
Travel Allowances + Organisational Expenses10,000

PLANNED ACTIVITIES OF THE SOCIETY FOR FUTURE:

Re-innovation of the incubation centre, TCGTBI, Making HULT Prize a regular event of IIEST and promoting startups and helping them in every step of their growth.

POINT OF DIFFERENCE IN PERFORMANCE:

We, the members of the EDC IIESTS, always work in an elbow room with a passion for bringing out a huge impact on society by raising the windows in the field of entrepreneurship with the help of expertised alumni, industry leaders, and so on. Besides the work culture, we also celebrate the strong physical and mental bonding between the members of EDC IIESTS through several friendly interactions.

GUIDANCE FOR THE JUNIOR YEARS:

It's never too late to become who you want to be!! And here the Entrepreneurship Development Cell, IIEST Shibpur gives everyone the chance to be a part of the team where your ideas create an impact and Innovation keeps sparkling. If you ever feel like you want to change something in this world, if you ever feel to be not so mainstream and think differently and if you have the spark to change your dreams into reality, EDC is the place where we owe to make a change and we bring one.

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