2017-18

REPORT OF TALK ON CHALLENGES IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP

The inauguration of the activities for the academic year 2017-2018 was scheduled to take place on 23/09/2017. The stage was set for a young& dynamic entrepreneur in Mr. Ashwath Hegde, Managing Director, Envi Green Biotech India Pvt. Ltd. to grab eye balls in the auditorium in the presence of Mr. Vivek Alva and Prof. Sanjay S, EDC Co-ordinator.

Mr. AshwathHegde had no second thoughts about admitting that even he was confused in his teen age about where his life would land up similar to that of the crowd which was present in the auditorium, he also admitted the fact that he had tried his luck in different fields before settling with Envi Green Biotech, he urged the students to pursue something, he also shared his experience visiting the Gulf countries where his life had a turn around when he met the emperor of Qatar who identified the potential of Mr. Ashwath Hegde and funded in his venture and he never looked back again thereafter. His idea of substitute of plastic was well received among the public although it faced some hiccups in the beginning, his products are said to be 100% plastic free to which Karnataka pollution control board has placed its assurance. His plant in Bangalore produces 1000 metric tonnes which may sooner or later completely help in realizing the dream of a plastic free world.

Mr. Ashwath Hegde had also bought some samples which his company produces to demonstrate how different his product was from that of the traditional plastic which is harmful to the environment, he made his product completely dissolve in hot water to everyone’s surprise the bag completely dissolved without leaving the traces of the bag, the water also tasted sweeter as the material used to make his bag was fibres of Sweet Potato.

Mr. Vivek Alva heaped praises on Ashwath Hegde and gave full marks to his commitment and to the love towards the nation which he possesed, he also urged the students to draw inspiration from the life of such a personality who was only 2 – 3 years elder than the average age of the crowd present in the auditorium.

The event was considered to be inspirational and a motivating one as the take away from the session was invaluable to the student fraternity wherein they learnt the art of believing in themselves and many more positives was carried on to the other side of the door. Mr. Ashwath Hegde was presented with a memento as a token of respect and love and gratitude towards taking off time to motivate the young budding entrepreneurs of AIET campus.

• The CNC  Operation,  Theory  and  practical  training  was   provided   by   Prof Pramod K N and Prof Hemanth Suvarna of Department Of Mechanical Engineering.

• The Lathe  Operation,  Theory  and  practical  training  was   provided   by Prof Praveen K C and Prof Yogish S Rao M of Department Of Mechanical Engineering.

• The certification exams were successfully facilitated for trades Lathe operator and CNC operator. The details are as follows
  • The evaluator for certification from Automotive Skill Development Council (ASDC) approved agency carried out certification process as per norms specified at our institute training
  • The CNC Operator certification test was conducted on 29th and 30thNovember

• The Lathe Operator certification test was conducted on 3rd and 4thDecember
• The certification process for both CNC operator, lathe operator trades included following three phases-

1. Knowledge test- Theory Online test
2. Viva – Oral confirmation of knowledge

• Practical- Test of skill of the trade

The Photographs of CNC operator certification Process by External evaluator-

PROGRAMME SCHEDULE 

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Organised by

Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII), Ahmadabad

In association with

Alva’s Institute of Engineering and Technology, Moodbidri

Supported by

Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt.  of India.

Venue: MBA Seminar Hall Dates –    17/7/2017 to 28/07/2017

Day 1: 17/07/2017

Twelve days National Level Faculty Development (FDP) program on “Entrepreneurship” was started with invocation song and lighting the lamp. Mr. Vivek Alva, managing trustee, Dr.Peter Fernandes, principal AIET, Dr. Kurian, Principal Alvas Degree collge, Mr.Yashswi Nag, Program coordinator EDII and Dr.Dattathreya, Dean Planning , AIET were address the program. The Entrepreneurship development cell coordinator Prof.Yogish Rao, Dept of Mechanical Engg. was present in the inaugural function and the media persons were also present. 

Mr. Vivek Alva, managing trustee explained about the need of entrepreneurs and their role in the present scenario, also Mr.Yashaswi Nag, Program  coordinator EDII, explained about different programs and scheme in startup and standup India.

The master of ceremony for the programme was done by Sachin K, Asst Professor, Dept of ECE, Mrs. Harshitha, Asst. Professor concluded with the vote of thanks. The FDP session was started with informal introduction of participants in MBA seminar hall. After which 4 groups were made in order to give group works or tasks  as  a  part  of  FDP  program.  First  task  given  to  all  groups  is  discussing different ways of “Informal introduction” at the beginning of any programs and trainer asked all participants to present their ideas in front of audience.

In  the  Afternoon  Session  trainer  started  presentation  with  a  inspirational video named    “Ambani  –  A  short  film”  and  asked  participants  to  write  a  short  note  on that  video.  Then,  trainer  explained  about  15  types  of  competencies  required  to start a business or to become an Entrepreneur.

Day 2 (18/07/2017)

Morning Session of FDP program started with presentation given by the trainer about “Procedure or steps necessary to become an Entrepreneur”. Discussion about this topic continued till 2.00PM.

In the Afternoon Session participants attended GENERAL ENTERPRISING TENDENCY TEST (GETT) and SELF – RATING QUESTIONNAIRE (SQR) test, this will help the participants about strength and weakness in different field, with this they can improve further.

Day 3 (19/07/2017)

Morning session of FDP started with recalling the yesterday events, the things what all we have learnt and next event starts with how to Entrepreneur with a manufacturing company, with a example of boat manufacturing  unit event, what  all the procedure to be followed before installing a manufacturing unit and how to fix a product cost after manufacturing a product by considering all the constraints. 

In the afternoon session real production is carried with a time, money, labor & customer constraint and we discuss about profit and loss of a product after manufacturing and selling a product.

Day 4 (20/07/2017)

Morning session of FDP started with introducing a new guest scientist Dr Nanjappa from DFRL(Defense food research limited, Mysore) and recalling the yesterdays boat manufacturing event, and what mistakes we did while considering the constraints and how to overcome through those mistakes. Next the talk  given  by Dr Nanjappa about the different food processing machines and how to preserve food, vegetables & fruits for a long time , what all the steps  taken  by  defense system to keep the food preserved in addition to feed our soldiers in different areas

In the afternoon session the talk continued by Dr Nanjappa about how to become an Entrepreneur in food processing industry, which all the area to be concentrated to adopt the technology and what all the support we can get through DFRL

Day 5 (21/07/2017)

Resource Person: Mr. Yashaswi Nag

Topic: Sources of Business Opportunities (Idea lab)

Day 5 FDP started at 10.00 am by trainer Yashaswi Nag. He discussed about various opportunities are possible in various sectors including primary sector, secondary sector, demand based sector, service industry,  ancillary  and  waste based industry and then he allowed teams to explode their business ideas. The session was very interesting and informative. The day session was concluded by analyzing the various ideas proposed by Mr. Yashaswi Nag.

Day 6 (22/07/2017)

Resource Person: D P K Muthukumarswamy

Topic: Business opportunities and challenges on Internet of Things

Day 6 FDP start at 10.00am by resource person D P K Muthukumarswamy. He discuss about IOT, Business opportunities and challenges on IOT. He also discusses about digital transformation, functional innovation, intellectual property and IOT components such as sensors, actuators, connectivity,  people  &  process. He nicely specified about different ideas on IOT, and IOT applications. Then he allowed teams to explode their business ideas on IOT. The session was very interesting, informative and it is very useful for all of us to come up with our ideas on IOT. The day session was concluded by analyzing the various ideas proposed by D P K Muthukumarswamy.

Day 7 (24/7/17)

Guest Speaker: Jyothi Noronha ,MD, Fulcrum Edu

EDII, Senior Faculty for Digital Marketing Subject: Digital Marketing

The morning session began at 10:30 am. The session began with an activity of identifying and listing the different traditional marketing techniques followed by  the importance of digital marketing in business.

Several activities was conducted which provided insights on designing a good web page, SEO and SEM’s and writing an effective business plan. Participants gained knowledge on the  prerequisites that are necessary to start a company, start  a website for their company, where to buy a domain from, how to start a blog etc. Participants also learned how digitizing a company positively affects the business.

Day 8 (25/7/17)

Speaker: Yashaswi Nag

Subject: Innovation and business plan preparation.

The session started at 10:30 am. The session began with solving puzzles which helped and encouraged the participants to think out of the box. Participants were educated as to how to come up with innovative ideas, the different characteristics of an entrepreneur followed by Idea Labs. Lastly the session ended with basic terminologies for a business plan.

Day 9 (26/7/2017)

The morning session started by welcoming the guest speaker Mr. Ravikumar, who is a motivational trainer. He explained the need of entrepreneurship, the challenges and how to overcome those challenges. He also has given many  examples of startups and successful entrepreneurs and conducted several group activities.

In the afternoon session, we played the business simulation games such as building blocks and ball in the bucket which helped the participants to analyze the practical aspects of starting a business and the entrepreneurial behavior. Later on, he explained how to plan and start a new business ventures, its aspects and challenges. The session was very much interactive, as all the participants were actively involved in it.

Day 10 (27/07/2017)

The morning session started by welcoming the guest speaker Mr. Nagaraja Prakasam ,Angel investor. Nagaraja Prakasam is a versatile and passionate leader with two decades of global experience as a full time angel investor he has invested  in 21 start-ups. In the session he explained the basics of entrepreneurship with the  examples and some ideas for startups, the session was very much interactive. All the participants  and the faculties participated with full enthusiasm in the morning session.

In the afternoon, Nagaraja prakasam has visited the different labs in the campus and saw the projects done by our students and he gave many suggestions to the students and faculties to design a industry ready projects. Again the session continued with a group activity to design a business plan for the new innovative ideas generated by the participants. He also explained about the  angel  investments, its funding aspects and answered all the queries asked by the participants.

Day 11 (28/07/2017)

The Session had been delivered by Mr. Yashasvi nag where he discussed about basics of business  plan preparation. Later on he discussed about the vision  and  the mission of EDII. Also the plan for on going programmes were discussed.  Namely 3 day awareness programme. 24days workshop and 6 weeks workshop

It was followed by the valedictory of the workshop. It was hosted by Mr Sachin assistant professor Dept of ece. Then Mr. Nag was honored with a Memento by Dr. Dattathreya, dean planning. Then the participants expressed their views about the workshop organization.