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Entrepreneurship Development Cell

Inspiring The Budding Engineers

Entrepreneurship Development Cell team at SKCET
EDC team photograph from the legacy page · contentStatus: partial

About the cell

Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC) inspires the budding engineers to float their own business / venture through various seminars and workshops. Eminet industrialiss and budding entrepreneurs are often invited to motivate the young students. The succssful alumni of SKCET pursuing the entrepreneurial route also encourage our students through frequent interactions. The college also has an active innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Centre (IEDC) funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India. Funds worth to a tune of Rs. 5,00,000/- are offered to five best innovative students projects every year to enable them to take it to the market.

Regular activities

  • Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp
  • Design thinking Workshops
  • Software and Hardware Hackathons
  • Industry visit and field visit
  • Interaction with successful Entrepreneurs

The Entrepreneurship Development cell of Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology is actively organizing various activities every year to inculcate Entrepreneurship culture among students. The following events are regularly organized by the cell under the aegis of Department of Science and Technology, Entrepreneurship Development Institute, India and Tamil Nadu , Ministry of Human Resource and Development.

Funded programmes

The following funded programmes have been successfully implemented in the campus.

Funded programmes implemented on campusOnly 2 of the legacy table's 8 rows were captured in discovery — the rest are pending recapture
ProgrammeAmount (₹)CoordinatorsPeriod
DST-Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development cell45,00,000Dr. P. Ashoka Varthanan, Professor and Head, MECH2014 - 2017
DST NIMAT Project-2017/Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp80,000Dr. J. Janet, Principal Dr. M.Sujaritha, Professor / CSE2017 - 2018

Source: skcet.ac.in/student-life/entrepreneurship-development-cell/ · content freeze 30 Sep 2026

Incubation support

The college also has a vibrant Research Incubation Cell (RIC) to provide incubation support to the budding entrepreneurs. The Institution provides mentoring support, office space and testing facilities to the start-ups to take their creative ideas to the market. The Institution has Centers of Excellence and Fab- Labs for supporting innovations and start-ups.

Contact for availing the facilities

Dr. K. Porkumaran

Principal