Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC)
Objective:
To promote entrepreneurship skills in students and to make them self-reliant in their career.
EDC Activities:
- Arranging In-plant Training in their core subject
- Awareness Programmes for UG & PG Students
- Providing impetus for final year students to launch their own enterprise/business after passing out
- Arranging seminars and guest lectures of famous industrialists
- Conducting seminars to understand state-of-the-art technology
EDC Committee Members :
| S.No | Academic Year | Date | Title | Resource Person |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025 – 2026 | 26.02.2026 | Opportunities to become an Entrepreneur | Mr. V. Parameswaran, Credit Mentor, District Industries Centre, Government of Tamilnadu |
| 2 | 28.02.2026 | Entrepreneurship in the Field of Civil and Chemical Engineering | Er. Jayakumar P, General Manager, MCPI Private Limited, Haldia, West Bengal, India | |
| 3 | 24.01.2026 | From Classical to Quantum: Pivoting Existing Tech, Startups | Mr. M. Mohanraj, Associate Manager, NielsenIQ, Chennai. | |
| 4 | 25.11.2025 | Entrepreneurial Awareness | Dr. K. Jothivenkatachalam, Professor, Department of Chemistry, University college of Engineering, Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus, Anna University, Tiruchirappalli | |
| 5 | 25.10.2025 | Career Planning and Growth in IT | Mr. Daniel Abraham R, CSE Alumni, 2022 (BATCH), Data Engineer II, Deloitte, Chennai. | |
| 6 | 11.09.2025 | Overview of Pharmacovigilance and career Opportunities for Biotechnologist in Pharma Industry | Mrs M Meena Narmadha, Senior Manager – Aggregate Reporting, Worldwide Safety & Regulatory services, Pfizer, Chennai, India | |
| 7 | 13.08.2025 | Startup Opportunities in Biomedical Engineering – Driven by Discovery | Ribu Polachirackal Tharakan Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Co-Founder/President and Trustee Travancore, Kerala, India. | |
| 8 | 09.08.2025 | Start-up Opportunities in Core Electrical Domain – Powered by Innovation | Er. Arul Antony Jeyaraj, Senior Process Engineer, Andritz Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Chennai | |
| 9 | 19.07.2025 | Building a Test Automation from Engineer to Entrepreneur | Mr. Rajkannan, Test Automation Engineer, PDI Technologies, Chennai. | |
| 10 | 2024 – 2025 | 12.04.2025 & 15.04.2025 | Shark Tank 2.0 – Business Plan Competition | Dr. R. Meenal, Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, VSB Engineering College, Karur |
| 11 | 30.04.2025 | Protecting Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and IP Management for Startups | Dr. M. Deepa, Associate Professor, Department of IT, Sri Shakthi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore | |
| 12 | 11.04.2025 | Prototype/Process design and development | Bitsky Labs & Internshala, Chennai | |
| 13 | 22.4.2025 | Rising Capital and Managing finance for start-up | Mr. Vinoth Rajendran, Tamilnadu start-up, Trichy | |
| 14 | 28.02.2025 | Smart Financial Management for Small Businesses: Strategies for Success | Mr. V. Vetriselvan, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering | |
| 15 | 26.02.2025 | Application of AI/MI For Healthcare | Dr. B. Surendiran, Associate Professor/Department of CSE, NIT Puducherry. | |
| 16 | 31.01.2025 | Insights on Entrepreneurship | Mr. K.N. Easwaran, Senior Professional, Entrepreneur, P&L Accountability, Founder, Akshaya Consulting | |
| 17 | 23.12.2024 | Cloud Computing In Industries | Dr. S. Umamaheswari, System Architect, Opentext, Bengaluru, Karnataka | |
| 18 | 13.12.2024 | Entrepreneurship in Next-Gen Android Application Development | Mr. R. Jebarlin Robertson, Software Engineer Manager, Samsung R&D Institute, Bangaluru | |
| 19 | 31.08.2024 | Entrepreneurship and Innovation for Engineers (Community) | Dr. Prawin Angel Michael, Associate Professor, Karunya Institute of Technology and Science, Coimbatore | |
| 20 | 30.08.2024 & 31.08.2024 | Achieving Value Proposition Fit & Business Fit | Dr. J. Poongkothai, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Government Arts College, Udumelpet. | |
| 21 | 21.08.2024 | Entrepreneurship Day Celebrations | Mr. R. Gowrishankar, HOD, Chemical engineering, V.S.B. Engineering College, Karur. | |
| 22 | 27.07.2024 | A National Level Session on Innovation and Startup Ecosystem | Mr. Murugesan Eswaran, Technical Manager, Cloverbridge Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Chennai | |
| 23 | 27.07.2024 | Government initiatives and valuations for start-ups | Mr. K. Nagaraj, Senior Civil Engineer, The Lakshmi Mills Company Ltd, Coimbatore | |
| 23 | 26.07.2024 | Scope and Schemes for Entrepreneurship Development in Tamil Nadu | Mr. V. Parameshwaran, Credit Mentor, District Industries Centre, Govt of Tamil Nadu. | |
| 24 | 2023 – 2024 | 03.07.2024 | Marketing Strategies For Startups | Dr. L. Devi, Operations Manager, Redmind Technologies, Namakkal. |
| 25 | 25.06.2024 | How to Build a Start up? | M D Sathees Kumar, CTO, CyberXTron Technologies, Chennai. | |
| 26 | 25.06.2024 | Lean Startup and Minimum Viable Product/Business | Pradeep Kandasamy, Senior Development Engineer, & Lead, HCL Technologies, Chennai | |
| 27 | 28.06.2024 | Innovation in startup of Automotive parts Mold making | Mr. K. Bharathivaj, Program Management Engineer, SIPCOT Industrial Complex. | |
| 28 | 28-06-2024 | Accelerators/Incubation – Opportunities for Students & Faculty – Early Stage Entrepreneurs | Mr. Jibin Jose, CEO, TBII-Sahrdaya, Thrissur, Kerala. |
