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Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC) at ABIT

Posted by Chinmay Das, HOD Mechanical Engineering on 24 May 2011 | 0 Comments

Tags: Entrepreneurship, Consultancy, Projects

EDC was established in the year 2009 at Ajay Binay Institute of Technology (ABIT), Cuttack with the grant-in-aid of Rs.8,00,000/- from AICTE, New Delhi. Through various motivational activities EDC is trying to inculcate the culture of entrepreneurship among the budding engineers. It conducts the following programmes regularly.

• Enterprise Awareness Programme (EAP)
• Entrepreneurship Development Programme (EDP)
• Expert Talk on various management process
• Skill Development Programmes (SDP)

Till date the cell has undertaken 11 consultancy projects, 5 of these are at various stages of progress and 4 have not provided desired outcome. But there are 2 success stories, which are significant and inspiring for future activities at the EDC cell in ABIT:

1.       Revival of Silicon Software, Bhubaneswar

Silicon software became unviable with severe ROI issues. The entrepreneurship cell worked with this small technology firm to focus on creating websites for the jewellery sector. (Earlier the company was working on a set of diverse sectors – hotels, hospitals and travels.) With greater sector focus and technical assistance to bring in hosted model, local support and quick customization – the company came back to profitability in a span of a year.

2.       Establishment of bell metal vessel (Kansha) factory with appropriate quality control

Sri Soumya Ranjan Prusty, a student of ABIT wanted to revive an ageing family owned metal manufacturing unit that was struggling to survive. After implementing changes in the manufacturing process, better melting practice and more stringent quality control with suggestion from a group of students & faculty members, it is now a thriving business.

We are hoping increase awareness to get greater participation from student and faculty community in coming year and that is the intention of this blog post. Mr. Chinmay Das, Head of Department of Mechanical Engineering, is in charge of EDC. Please reach out to him if you have are considering the entrepreneurial path as a career option or if you have academic interest in the subject.