E Cell
Entrepreneurship Development Cell, RIT
Entrepreneurship Development Cell, RIT Islampur (E-Cell RIT) is an initiative by the Centre for Innovation, Incubation & Entrepreneurship Development (CIIED) of Rajarambapu Institute of Technology, Islampur. The E-Cell RIT was established with a vision “To develop an ecosystem that will nurture the development of the entrepreneurial mindset of the RIT community, which will be able to solve the problems profitably”. E-Cell is set to develop its members to work in a professional environment and acquire skills. E-Cell RIT organizes many events, workshops, and competitions to promote entrepreneurship among college students and impart knowledge to all people. It also aims to provide efficient interaction between its major components spanning students, working professionals, and external institutions.
The E-Cell RIT runs as a startup that helps members to prepare for the corporate culture. The structure of E-Cell is evaluated & appreciated by Mr. Kaustav Majumdar, Head - StartUps, Incubation, Acceleration- SPJIMR, Advisor & Mentor at IIM Calcutta Innovation Park & Mr. Puneet Raman, Founder & Director at Prowisdom Growth, Startup Coach.
Mission:
- To provide efficient interaction between its major components spanning students, working professionals, aspiring and existing entrepreneurs, mentors, angel investors, venture capital firms and corporate through initiatives like interactive sessions.
- To provide basic resources required for an Enterprise
- To provide the necessary training programs for the E-Cell community.
- To provide an efficient channel of communication between the E-Cell community and external institutions
- To help the E-cell community identify, solve and deliver solutions profitably, with an entrepreneurial attitude.
Objectives:
- Work on R&D for Industry mainly for local small and medium enterprises.
- Address local problems & find innovative and viable solutions.
- Promote culture of IPR, Technology Transfer & Commercialisation.
- Nurture and promote creative ideas for its conversion into successful products & Technologies.
- Interfacing and networking between Academic, R&D institutions, Industries, and Financial Institutions.
- Create new techno-start ups
Our Achievements:
- The National Entrepreneurship Challenge 2021:
E-Cell RIT participated in the National Entrepreneurship Challenge (NEC), organized by E-Cell IIT Bombay in the year 2020-21. NEC is a six month long competition, more than 650+ colleges participated in this competition across India. The E-Cell RIT secured 1st Rank at the National Entrepreneurship Challenge 2021.
- Entrepreneur of the Week (EOTW):
E-Cell RIT conducts regular activities focussed on overall personality development. The E-Cell organizes many entrepreneurial sessions, events, competitions, and workshops. Entrepreneur of the Week (EOTW) is our flagship event where we invite entrepreneurs, business persons, and prominent personalities to share their experiences and help students develop an entrepreneurial mindset. We have invited many entrepreneurs to EOTW. One of them was Mr. Pankaj Dubey, MD/CEO Power Global India, Founder & CEO DSPIN Consulting. Mr. Pankaj Dubey is also a TEDx speaker and a well-established name in the Indian automobile industry having contributed significantly to Yamaha, Hero and Polaris.
Mr. Pankaj Dubey, MD/CEO Power Global India at the Entrepreneur of the Week conducted by E-Cell RIT
- E-Cell RIT’s Collaborations:
The E-Cell RIT has collaborated with various organizations and startups for events and to grow the network. Here are some of them:
- Indian Silicon Valley Podcast
- The SidePath
- E-Cell IIT Bombay
- ACE Talks
- Finotize Techno Consultancy Pvt. Ltd.
- Agnipankh Foundation (NGO)
- NETRA RIT TBI
- Lawyered
- E-Cell KIT
- Startup Reseau
- Startups by E-Cell RIT’s Members:
As the vision of E-Cell RIT aims to solve the problems profitably, the E-Cell RIT members have founded the startups which solves the problems profitably and helps to build the entrepreneurial ecosystem within the RIT community.
Here are startups by the members of E-Cell RIT:
- TGB BIOPLASTICS PVT. LTD.
- Intellitic Brains
- OROBOT
Activities Performed in Academic Year 2021-22
| Event | Date | Guest/Collaborator | Participants |
| Pitching Workshop | 15/01/2021 | Mr. Indrajeet Nikam, Co-Founder, TGP Bioplastics | 52 |
| EOTW | 16/01/2021 | Mr. Ajinkya Kulkarni, Co-Founder, TalentBattle | 45 |
| The Inception: Panel Discussion | 17/01/2021 | Dr. Anand Kakade, Prof. Moshin Mulla, Prof. Shailesh Shirguppikar | 30 |
| NEC Finals | 5-7/02/2021 | - | - |
| Orientation Program for First Year Students | 23/03/2021 | - | 35 |
| Triathlon 2.0 Competition | 24/03/2021 | - | 48 |
| Personality Test (Recruitment Process) | 26/03/2021 | - | 67 |
| Interview Process for Recuiment | 28-31/03/2021 | - | 65 |
| First Step Into Entrepreneurship | 26/04/2021 | Mr. Soham Dadarkar, Founder & Director of Soham Dadarkar Academy | 56 |
| Virtual Pitch Roadshow | 27/07/2021 | Startup Reseau | 4 |
| Failuare as a strategy for growth in disruptive innovation | 25/08/2021 | Dr. Subhasis Banerji, Founder & M.D at Synphne Pvt Ltd. Singapore. | 75 |
| MSMEx Bootcamp | 30/08/2021 | MSMEx | 200+ |
Activities Performed in Academic Year 2020-21
| Event | Date | Guest | Participants |
| Give back to Society | 30/12/2019-03/01/2020 | Space Club,Rajat W, Aniket P, Soham C | Total 100+ |
| Illuminate | 13/01/2020 | Mr Puneet Raman, Founder & CEO at Prowisdom Growth | 93 |
| E-Summit IITB 2020 | 30/01/2020-02/02/2020 | - | 100 |
| NEC Finals | 01/02/2020-02/02/2020 | - | 6 |
| EOTW | 12/03/2020 | Mr Shubham Kamat, Co-founder & Director at EDMRC GROUP | 50 |
| Indian Silicon Valley Podcast | 30/08/2020 | Mr Vineet Patawari, Co-founder & CEO at StockEdge & Elearnmarkets | App streaming |
| EOTW | 20/09/2020 | Mr Dadu Salgar, Founder at Salgar Amrutatulya Chaha | 116 |
| Eureka Jr Workshop | 02/10/2020 | Mr Rajat Waragade, CEO at Intellitic Brains | 85 |
| EOTW | 18/10/2020 | Mr Pankaj Dubey, MD/CEO Power Global India, Founder & CEO DSPIN Consulting | 120 |
| Group Discussion on Problem Statement | 21/10/2020 | - | |
| Meme Marketing Challenge | 23/10 - 26/10 | - | 25 |
| Talk with Faculty | 26/10-28/10 | Prof. S. Khandare, Prof. A. Patil, Prof. P. Jadhav, Prof. Y. Chougule | 4 |
| Business Plan Session | 05/11/2020 | Prof. Mahesh Pisal, Faculty at Department of Mechanical Engineering, RIT | 45 |
| Illuminate 2020 | 06/11 | Mr. Puneet Raman, Founder, Pro-wisdom Growth Pvt. Ltd. | 61 |
| Entrepreneurship Quiz | 19/11 | - | 145 |
| Is college right time to start startup | 22/11 | The Sidepath (Mr. Harshil Anand, Mr. Rohit Dayani & Mr. Aditya Kushwaha) | 62 |
| What is BMC | 30/11/2020 | Mr. Bhaven Changeidiya, MD, Arihant Industries | 45 |
| Startup Survey | 01/12/2020 | - | 22 |
| E-KATHON | 03/12/2020 | - | Competition |
Activities Performed in Academic Year 2019-20
| Sr. No. | Event | Date | Guest | Participents |
| 1 | Triathlon | 29/08/2019 | - | 36 |
| 2 | Early Recruitment | 05/09/2019 | - | 4 |
| 3 | Ignite 2.0 | 16/09/2019 | Prof. M V Pisal Sir | 75 |
| 4 | EOTW | 19/09/2019 | Dr Nitin Kadam Sir | 48 |
| 5 | E-Flix | 12/10/2019 | - | 45 |
| 6 | Recruitment Process for FY | 14/10/2019-19/10/2019 | - | 56 |
| 7 | EOTW | 10/10/2019 | Mr Yugant Kumbhalkar Sir | 34 |
| 8 | B Plan | 17/10/2019 | Mr Indrajeet Nikam | 31 |
| 9 | InShorts Case Study Competition | 22/10/2019 | - | 46 |
| 10 | ICICI Bank Survey | 19/11/2019 | - | 25 |
| 11 | IPL Auction | 25/11/2019 | - | 15 |
| 12 | Pitching Workshop | 26/11/2019 | Mr Rajat Waragade | 34 |
| 13 | Pitching Competition | 28/11/2019 | Mr Karan Chavan & Mr Bhojraj Khairmode | 13 |
| 14 | Startup Survey | 26/11/2019-29/11/2019 | - |