Sahyadri College of Engineering and Management, Mangaluru, run by Bhandary Foundation, will open an entrepreneurship cell on Saturday in college campus to encourage budding entrepreneurs to start their own ventures.
On the occasion, the first start-ups by a college student, Sahyadri Dreamers R & D Pvt., Ltd, too would be inaugurated, said College Principal U.M. Bhushi. He told presspersons here on Friday that the Cell has been provided an exclusive space of 20,000 sft in the college campus for the start up companies. The college has also created a corpus fund to finance the start-ups, he added.
Mr. Bhushi said the cell aims to ignite the creative thinking of students towards innovation and mentor them to become successful entrepreneurs.
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At a time when majority of engineering students are moving towards jobs, the college aims to encourage entrepreneurship. “There is risk in every field. If one does not take risk, one would not succeed in life,” he said.
The objective of the cell is to create a complete ecosystem for setting up entrepreneurial ventures, to nurture ideas into innovation, to start innovative incubation centre, to encourage students to start their own campus companies, to encourage community engagement through industry institute initiatives and many more.
The cell will be inaugurated by Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industries President Rammohan Pai Maroor.
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The entrepreneurship cell
*20,000 sft space in the college campus in Adyar
*Sahyadri Corpus Fund to finance new entrepreneurs
*One start up company—Sahyadri Dreamers R & D Pvt., Ltd., ready for opening
*Cell aims to encourage entrepreneurship among engineering students
College to open entrepreneurship cell, earmarks 20,000 sft space for start-up ventures