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On 28.06.2023 a seminar on “Pitching: A Key to Mobilize Angel Investment” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of Computer Science and Engineering from 1.30 PM to 4.00 PM. The resource person of the session was Mrs.M.Bagya Lakshmi, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Francis Xavier Engineering College. 46 students from first year CSE department and 1 faculty member participated in the program. The session was coordinated by Mrs.M.Bagya Lakshmi, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Francis Xavier Engineering College.

The resource person explained Pitching in business refers to presenting business ideas to another party. For example, one can pitch the startup business to potential investors or the products to potential customers. A business pitch needs to give the audience a clear understanding of the plan or goals to gain buy-in. She said that the main purpose of pitching is to find investors. Since most entrepreneurs and companies need investors, they develop a pitch to encourage individuals to donate to their project development. Investors typically have a share in the business after the initial donation and are almost equally as invested as the creators of the product. She also highlighted the different types of pitching namely investor pitch, elevator pitch, sales pitch and product pitch. The resource person gave explanation with a live example for all the types of pitching. The participants raised lot of questions and all the queries were clarified with suitable examples.

On 28th June 2023 Entrepreneurship Development cell and IIC in association with Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering organized a guest lecture on the topic “Scaling Up Success: Strategies for Growing Your Startup Beyond Borders” from 2.00 p.m to 4 p.m. Dr. Vignesh Rajendran B.E., MBA., Ph.D, Assistant Professor, Department of Management Studies, REVA University/Bengaluru/India has delivered a Guest Lecture. 40 students from the EEE department and 1 faculty from the department participated in the program.

The resource person explained the important aspects regarding the startup and the importance of developing startup. Building a successful company is about much more than increasing sales and revenue. When scaling a business, an organization also needs the right strategy, team, and processes in place to support new customers, products, and services. No matter the size of your business, understanding what it means to scale and identifying actionable steps you can take to do so are both key to reaching your goals. When setting goals to scale your business, focusing on both short- and long-term goals is important. By overemphasizing short-term goals, your organization risks scaling too quickly and ignoring infrastructure needs for long-term success.

Businesses that scale too quickly might make the assumption that if the goal is to double revenue, this means the organization also needs to double headcount. This isn’t likely to be a sustainable strategy, especially if revenue growth slows. Instead of building your team with quantity in mind, prioritize quality. Engage skilled leaders who can help oversee and motivate team members. Bring on talented individuals with the specialized skills you need to meet your business goals. A key to successfully scaling your business is implementing repeatable day-to-day processes and effective standardized workflows. Think about which processes can be automated or made more efficient to help your company more effectively scale—whether it’s onboarding team members, invoicing customers, or requesting a marketing asset, to name a few.

The participants interacted with the resource person and gathered lot of information. The participants were enlightened about scaling up of startup and the strategies which can be used to scale up the business venture to the expected level.

On 28th June, 2023 a “Workshop on Lean Start-up & Minimum Viable Product” was organized by Entrepreneurship Development Cell & Institution’s Innovation Council in association with the Department of Mechanical Engineering from 09:30 pm to 04.30 pm. Mr.S.David Blesssley and Dr.R.K.A.Bhalaji, AP/Mech, FXEC were the resource persons for the workshop. 40 students and 1 staff member participated in the program. Dr.R.K.A.Bhalaji, AP/Mech coordinated the program.

On 28th June 2023, Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with Department of Civil Engineering organized a Workshop on “Design Thinking for Civil Engineers to Promote Entrepreneurship”. The resource person for the program was Mrs. P. Raja Priya, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Francis Xavier Engineering, Tirunelveli. 32 students of I year civil engineering students, 13 II year Civil engineering students and 1 faculty member participated in the program. The session was coordinated by Mrs. M. Renisha, Assistant Professor, Department of civil engineering, FXEC.

The resource person explained the concept of design thinking and its importance. While explaining the concept he gave lot of live examples to understand the meaning of the concept. He also explained the different stages of design thinking such as empathize, defining the problem statement, Ideate, Prototype and Test. She also stated that for civil engineer entrepreneurship would be the best choice as an entrepreneur is an innovative and independent leader. And it can be achieved by the design thinking.

The resource person explained the need for design thinking in the present scenario and highlighted the emerging opportunities in entrepreneurship by giving lot of practical examples. She also shared the path way to achieve the key parameters of empathize, defining the problem statement, Ideate, Prototype and Test through number of practical examples. The resource person also summarizes the five design action phases. The students asked many questions and it was answered by the resource person.

On 27.06.2023 an expert talk on “Sharing of Entrepreneurial Experience by a Student Entrepreneur” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of CSBS. The session was handled by Mr. R. Muthu Barvin, a student Entrepreneur, I CSBS, Francis Xavier Engineering College. 41 students from first year CSBS and 2 faculties of CSBS department participated in the program. The program was coordinated by Dr. T. Manimozhi, EDC coordinator of CSBS, Professor/Mathematics, Francis Xavier Engineering College from 10.00 A.M. – 12.00 PM.

As a student entrepreneur, he shared the entrepreneurial experience with the students. Starting a business while still in school can be a challenging but rewarding journey. The first step in any entrepreneurial endeavour is to identify a problem or an opportunity that you are passionate about. Once you have identified a potential business idea, it's essential to validate it. Surround yourself with like-minded individuals who can support and guide you on your entrepreneurial journey. Being a student comes with unique advantages, take advantage of resources available on campus, such as entrepreneurship programs, incubators, and competitions. These can provide funding, mentorship, and exposure for your business. Entrepreneurship is filled with ups and downs. Don't be discouraged by failures or setbacks. Instead, view them as learning opportunities and adapt your approach accordingly.

He also shared about e-commerce, its significance, major trends, and its impact on various industries and consumers. E-commerce refers to the buying and selling of goods and services over the internet. It can be categorized into several types: a) Business-to-Consumer (B2C): In this model, businesses sell products or services directly to individual consumers through online platforms. b) Business-to-Business (B2B): B2B e-commerce involves transactions between businesses, such as suppliers, manufacturers, and wholesalers. c) Consumer-to-Consumer (C2C): C2C e-commerce facilitates transactions between individual consumers through online marketplaces or platforms. The guest speaker being the student, the participants interacted very freely and gathered lot of information from the speaker. The session was an eye opener to all the participants.

On 22.6.2023 a session on “Opportunity Screening in Entrepreneurship” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of AI&DS. The session was handled by Er.Mr.Alban Santhosh, Founder Life Changes Academy,Trinelveli. 80 students from first year AI&DS and 1 faculty of AI&DS department participated in the program. The program was coordinated by Mrs P.Sooriabrabha, Assistant professor, Department of AI&DS from 9.00 AM – 4.00 PM.

The program started with the introduction of guest speaker Mrs. P. Sooriabrabha Assistant professor, Department of AI&DS. Opportunity screening is an essential step in the process of entrepreneurship. It involves evaluating and assessing potential business opportunities to determine their viability and potential for success. Effective opportunity screening helps entrepreneurs to identify the most promising ideas while filtering out those with limited potential or high levels of risk. He asked the students to analyse the criteria such as market size, growth potential, competitive landscape, feasibility, scalability, profitability, and personal expertise and passion. Resource person asked the students to check their entrepreneurial fit between their skills, expertise, and personal interests to evaluate whether they have the necessary knowledge, experience, and passion to successfully execute the idea and navigate potential challenges. Rank the ideas based on their alignment with criteria and the results of the screening process. Identify the top opportunities that offer the most potential for success and align with goals, capabilities, and resources. In the end of the session feedback link was shared to the students and got the feedback. The session went on well and the participants interacted with the guest speaker and gathered more information.

On the 20th of June 2023, an expert talk was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of IT on the topic "Empower Entrepreneurship: Unlocking your Business Potential ". The session was handled by Mrs.C Jean Celia Grace AP/IT, Francis Xavier Engineering college. 55 students from First year IT and 2 faculties of IT department participated in the program. The program was coordinated by Ms. R.Shirly Myrtle, Assistant professor, Department of IT from 2pm-4pm

The resource person explained the concept of Entrepreneurship highlighting the significance of entrepreneurship in today's dynamic business landscape. She explained why entrepreneurship is essential for individuals and societies. She discussed the economic impact of entrepreneurship in terms of job creation and economic growth and also spoke on how entrepreneurship drives innovation and disruption, leading to the development of new products, services, and markets. Furthermore, she highlighted how entrepreneurship empowers individuals, allowing them to pursue their passions, achieve financial independence, and make a positive impact on their communities.

She also explained the common challenges encountered by entrepreneurs and the difficulties in accessing capital and financial resources, including traditional funding options and alternative financing avenues. She discussed the barriers to market entry and the competitive landscape that entrepreneurs often face. Additionally, it addresses the risks and uncertainties associated with starting and running a business, as well as the skills and knowledge gap that entrepreneurs may encounter.

The participants raised few questions to the resource person and gathered more information about entrepreneurship and the potentials for developing entrepreneurship.

On 14.06.2023 an Expert Talk on “The Role of G20 in Shaping and Strengthening International Economic Issues - MIC Driven Activity” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering. The Session was handled by Dr. R Prem Ananth, IIC Convener, IIC Innovation Ambassador for "Design thinking & Innovations", Assistant professor, Francis Xavier Engineering College, Tirunelveli from 01.30 PM - 04.30 PM. 60 students and 2 faculties participated. This event was coordinated by Pradheep T Rajan B, Assistant Professor/ECE. This event was conducted with the guidance of Dr. Lourdes Poobala Rayen, IIC President.

The guest speaker started his session by introducing G20 as Group of Twenty international forum comprising 19 countries and the European Union. It serves as a platform for discussing and coordinating global economic and financial matters. The speaker said that G20 was established in 1999 in the aftermath of the Asian financial crisis. He said initially, it consisted of finance ministers and central bank governors from 19 countries, including major economies and emerging markets. The first G20 summit of heads of state or government took place in 2008 during the global financial crisis. He defined the objectives of G20 are Promoting global economic growth and stability, fostering international financial cooperation, addressing global economic imbalances, enhancing financial market regulation and Combating international financial crimes, such as money laundering and terrorist financing. He also highlighted few achievements of G20 are coordinated response to the global financial crisis through stimulus packages and regulatory reforms, enhancing international tax cooperation and combating tax evasion through initiatives like the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project and promoting sustainable development and climate change action including the Paris Agreement on climate change. He concluded the session by saying G20 plays a crucial role in global economic governance and cooperation. It brings together major economies to address common challenges and promote stability and growth.

On 14.6.2023 a session on “Pitching an Innovative Idea” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of AI&DS. The session was handled by Dr.R.Prem Ananth IIC Convener, Xavier Engineering college. The students from first year AI&DS and faculties of AI&DS department participated in the program. The program was coordinated by Mrs P.Sooriabrabha, Assistant professor, Department of AI&DS from 1.30PM – 4.30PM.

The program started with the introduction of guest speaker Dr.R.Prem Ananth II C Convener by Mrs. P. Sooriabrabha, Assistant professor, Department of AI&DS . The guest speaker started the session by explaining the meaning of the term Pitching and the importance of pitching while mobilising the necessary capital required by the business establishment. He said the idea pitch is when you present a business idea to others. A business pitch is a presentation of a business idea to a group of people who can help turn your idea into a reality. One can pitch to Investors who can help fund for the innovative idea. Pitching allows to clearly articulate ones ideas and vision for his business. It gives the opportunity to showcase the unique value of the business brings to the table and what sets it apart from competitors. He explained the different elements of pitching such as 1: Product name and category. 2: The problem you are attempting to solve. 3: Your proposed solution. 4: The key benefit of your solution

The speaker gave lot of examples for pitching and explained the importance of pitching. There are several benefits of pitching an idea, such as helps create improvements, pitch can be an idea to improve a product that's already existing. Delivering a good pitch can help you successfully attain that objective. The session was very much useful and the participants interacted with the resource person and gained lot of ideas from the resource person. Feedback was collected from the students.

On 13.06.2023 an expert talk on “Startup: An Emerging Opportunity for the Young Engineers” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of CSBS. The session was handled by Mr. R. Rahesh, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Francis Xavier Engineering College. 42 students from first year CSBS and 2 faculties of CSBS department participated in the program. The program was coordinated by Dr. T. Manimozhi, EDC coordinator of CSBS, Professor/Mathematics, Francis Xavier Engineering College from 2.00P.M. – 4.00 PM.

The guest speaker started the session by explaining the changes in the technology and the opportunities emerged due to the changes in the technologies. In recent years, the entrepreneurial landscape has witnessed a significant rise in start-ups, driven by technological advancements, changing consumer demands, and a favorable business ecosystem. He added that this trend has presented young engineers with a unique opportunity to venture into the world of entrepreneurship and create their own start-ups.

Start-ups provide young engineers with the freedom to explore their innovative ideas and develop unique solutions to real-world problems. Unlike traditional engineering roles, start-ups offer a fertile ground for creativity, enabling engineers to bring their visions to life. Start-ups allow young engineers to take on leadership roles and make critical decisions that shape the trajectory of their ventures. By assuming ownership of their projects, engineers have the chance to build a lasting legacy and leave a significant impact on their industry. The speaker advised the young engineers to carefully analyze market needs and identify a problem or gap that their start-up can address effectively. Conducting market research, gathering customer feedback, and leveraging their technical expertise can help in defining a compelling value proposition. Young engineers should seek co-founders and team members who complement their skills, share the same vision, and possess a passion for innovation and entrepreneurship.

On 13th June 2023, Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with Department of Civil Engineering organized a session on “Startup: An Engineers Choice to Scale New Heights”. The resource person for the program was Mr. R.G. Reen Gino, Proprietor, R Green Construction Company, Kavalsthalam, Kulasekaram. 32 students of I year Civil Engineering, 10, IV year Civil Engineering and 1 faculty member participated in the program. The session was coordinated by Mrs. P. Raja Priya, Assistant Professor, Department of civil engineering, FXEC.

The resource person stated that start up involves ideation, screening, concept definition, risk assessment and financing. He also stated that for civil engineers entrepreneurship would be the best choice compared to becoming an employee in the concern. Moreover, he is an innovative and independent leader. The resource person explained the need for entrepreneurship in the present scenario and highlighted the emerging opportunities in entrepreneurship by giving lot of examples. He also shared the top 10 civil engineering business ideas for start-ups like interior designing, estimation and valuation, plan and elevation bricks and block manufacturing, building materials supply, painting and carpentry services, electrical and plumbing services and property developers. The resource person also showcased the pictures of the services done by his own concern. The students raised many questions and it was answered by the resource person. The session was an eye opening one for most of the participants and the students were enlightened with the opportunities in civil engineering sector.

09th June, 2023 Entrepreneurship Development Cell & Institution’s Innovation Council in association with the Department of Mechanical Engineering organized an expert talk on “Start-up Ecosystem: An Awareness” from 01:30 pm to 04.30 pm. Mr.J.Sangili Muthukumar, AP/Mech, FXEC was the resource person. 40 students from Mechanical engineering and 1 faculty member participated in the program. Dr.R.K.A.Bhalaji, AP/Mech coordinated the program.

The resource person discussed about the concept of start-up and startup ecosystem. He gave a lot of examples for the Indian startups like Paytm, Zomatto, Ola etc. He also explained the story of some of the Unicorn companies like Byju’s, Flipkart, Uber, OYO Rooms etc. While explaining the startup companies the resource person explained the importance of startups in India to accelerate the growth of economic conditions.

He said that start-up India initiative aims to fill gaps in the economy for the growth & development of start-ups and also boost digital entrepreneurship at the grassroots. He envisioned the aim of the initiative to transform India into a start-up nation, ‘A country of job creators instead of job seekers’. Next he revealed the major elements of startups ecosystem such as support organizations, big companies, funding organizations, universities, service provider, research organizations etc. Resources person showed the graphical figure related to start-up India, overview of performance of states, global ranking of Indian startups and also he shared the idea about how to face the challenges in start-ups. Next big question facing startups is funding, he told better ways for funding to develop the start-up in an effective manner. Next he said nowadays startups that are changing the face of virtual reality in India. Additionally, he revealed successful start-up founder in India such as Bhavish Aggarwal (Ola), Vijay Shekhar Sharma (Paytm), Deepinder Goyal (Zomato) etc and also mentioned about top funded startups in India of all time. Finally, he concluded the session with the quote ‘The success of the young entrepreneur will be the key to India’s transformation to the new millennium’ and also said startup India is a flagship initiative of Indian government, intended to build a strong eco-system for nurturing innovation & startups in the country that will drive sustainable economic growth and generate large scale employment opportunities

On 05.06.2023 an Expert Talk on World Environment Day "Solution to Plastic pollution" was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering. The Session was handled by Mr. M. Robinson, Assistant Professor, Science and Humanities, Francis Xavier Engineering College, Tirunelveli from 01.30 PM - 04.30 PM. 51 students and 2 faculties participated in the program. This event was coordinated by Dr R Prem Ananth AP/ECE. treating solid wastes and offers reasonably solutions for usage things that don’t belong to trash. It’s regarding but trash bin be used as a valuable resource. Waste management disposes of the merchandise and substances that we simply have use throughout a secure and economical manner.Researchers are finding out waste management for over a century, and for over forty years waste utilization analysis. 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The program started with the welcome address by Dr R Prem Ananth, IIC Convenor, Francis Xavier Engineering College. He started his welcome address by explaining the need for this celebration activity World environment Day insisted by IIC. He said that the world environmental day was celebrated to create an awareness among the students about the harmful effects of single use plastic and also to stimulate the students to find an alternate source for plastic. He introduced expert Mr. M. Robinson, Assistant Professor, Science and Humanities, Francis Xavier Engineering College.

The guest speaker started his speech stating the need for the clean nature to avoid deadly diseases. He shared an information about Prochlorococcus bacteria and he said it is producing 5% of oxygen of global photosynthesis. He defined the word Single-use plastic products (SUPs) are used once or for a short period of time, before being thrown away. He said Cotton bud sticks, Cutlery, plates, straws and stirrers, Balloons and sticks for balloons, Food containers, Cups for beverages, Beverage containers, Cigarette butts, Plastic bags, Packets and wrappers, Wet wipes and sanitary items are the single use plastics. He said plastic bags start out as fossil fuels and end up as deadly waste in landfills and the ocean. He expressed that Birds often mistake shredded plastic bags for food, filling their stomachs with toxic debris. He also added certain facts that the plastic typically used in bottles, bags and food containers contains chemical additives such as endocrine disruptors, which are associated with negative health effects including cancers, birth defects and immune system suppression in humans and wildlife. He concluded the session by saying that “Our planet is choking on plastic and It's time for change”. The interaction between the students and the resource person was highly motivating to all the participants. Session came to end with the feedback from the students.

On 05.06.2023 a Guest Lecture on “Sharing of Experience by Alumni Entrepreneur and Startup Founder” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of Master of Computer Application. The session was handled by Mr.A.Muthu Raman, Founder & CEO Kasadara Tech & Reality Studio Francis Xavier Engineering College, Tirunelveli from 1.30 PM - 03.30 PM. 60 students and 2 faculties participated. This event was coordinated by Mrs.M.K.Subbulakshmi AP/ECE. treating solid wastes and offers reasonably solutions for usage things that don’t belong to trash. It’s regarding but trash bin be used as a valuable resource. Waste management disposes of the merchandise and substances that we simply have use throughout a secure and economical manner.Researchers are finding out waste management for over a century, and for over forty years waste utilization analysis. There are eight major ways of waste management strategies, every of them divided into various classes. Those are- reduction and employ, animal feeding, recycling, composting, fermentation, landfills, burning and land application. We will begin exploitation several techniques right reception, like reduction and employ, that works to cut back the number of disposable material used. Fortunately, IoT has the answer to assist the utilization method at each stage of the waste management. Waste management is that the tactic of treating solid wastes and offers reasonably solutions for usage things that don’t belong to trash. It’s regarding but trash bin be used as a valuable resource. Waste management disposes of the merchandise and substances that we simply have use throughout a secure and economical manner.Researchers are finding out waste management for over a century, and for over forty years waste utilization analysis. 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The resource person said that the students must familiarize with the concepts of entrepreneurship, startup, innovation and Intellectual Property rights. Moreover, they must gather knowledge about entrepreneurship and startup. He shared his startup journey and the experiences gained during his journey. While sharing his experience he gave lot of live examples of successful entrepreneurs. He requested the students to identify the problems which exists in the social domine and asked them to find a solution for the same. The solution if it is viable and marketable, it can be developed as a innovative product and the same can be used for developing startup.

The guest speaker also gave information about the process of developing a startup and the steps to be taken to protect the rights over the product developed and the startup developed. He explained the process of filing a patent. He described the process of filing the patent. The interaction between the students and the resource person was highly motivating to all the participants. All the participants gained knowledge about entrepreneurship and startup. Session came to an end with the feedback of students.

On 31.5.2023 a session on “Be a Boss – Become an Entrepreneur” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of AI&DS. The session was handled by Dr.Lourdes Poobala Rayen IIC President, Francis Xavier Engineering College. The students from first year AI&DS and faculties of AI&DS department participated in the program. 80 students and 1 faculty member participated in the program. The program was coordinated P. Sooriabrabha, Assistant professor, Department of AI&DS from 1PM - 4 PM.

The program started with the introduction of guest speaker Dr.Lourdes Poobala Rayen by Mrs P. Sooriabrabha, Assistant professor, Department of AI&DS . The resource person started the discussion with a question about the career option. He explained the pros and cons of opting for employment. He explained the time and financial freedom which is necessary for the peaceful living. He also highlighted the options in entrepreneurship and how one can become an entrepreneur and scale up the return. The resource person explained the what to do to become an entrepreneur. He discussed a comprehensive overview of the entrepreneurial journey, highlighting the key steps to be followed to become an entrepreneur.

He also explained the various aspects such as entrepreneurial mindset, idea generation, business planning, funding options, marketing strategies, and growth management. By understanding and implementing the aspiring entrepreneurs can increase their chances of building sustainable and thriving businesses. This session emphasizes the growing interest in entrepreneurship and the potential benefits it offers to individuals and society as a whole. The students interacted with the resource person which helped them to gather more information about entrepreneurship. The feedback of the session was received from the students at the end of the session.

On 31st of May 2023 Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of IT organized a seminar titled "Design Thinking: A Step towards solving a problem". The session was handled by Dr.T.C Subbu Lakshmi, ASP/IT, Francis Xavier Engineering college. 60 students from First year IT and 2 faculties of IT department participated in the program. The program was coordinated by Ms. R.Shirly Myrtle, Assistant professor, Department of IT from 2.00 – 4.00 P.M The seminar aimed to provide insight into the practical aspects of solving a problem and the challenges associated with it. The guest speaker started her talk by introducing the concept of problem solving. She said that there are different models and approaches to problem-solving, but one common framework is the rational approach. The various steps to solve the problems in this model includes the following.

Identifying that there is a problem: This means recognizing that there is a gap between the current situation and the desired situation, and defining the nature and scope of the problem. Defining the goals to be achieved: This means clarifying what you want to accomplish by solving the problem, and what criteria you will use to evaluate the solutions. Exploring potential solutions: This means generating as many possible options as you can, without evaluating them at first. You can use techniques like brainstorming, mind mapping, or research to come up with ideas.

Choosing a solution and acting on it: This means selecting the best option based on your criteria, and developing a plan to implement it. You should consider the pros and cons of each option, and how feasible and effective it is. Evaluating the outcome: This means monitoring the results of your solution, and checking if it meets your goals. You should also reflect on what you learned from the process, and what you can improve for future problem-solving These steps can help you be a more effective problem-solver in any situation.

Design thinking is a type of creative problem solving that focuses on the needs and perspectives of the users. It is a way of thinking and making that keeps the user at the center of everything. Empathize: This stage is about researching and understanding the users’ needs, problems, emotions, and motivations. It involves observing, interviewing, and immersing yourself in the users’ context and experiences. Define: This stage is about synthesizing and framing the insights from the empathize stage into a clear and meaningful problem statement. It involves identifying the main challenges and opportunities for the users, and articulating their goals and values.

Ideate: This stage is about generating a wide range of possible solutions to the problem statement. It involves brainstorming, challenging assumptions, and exploring different perspectives and angles. The goal is to be creative and divergent, without judging or filtering the ideas. Prototype: This stage is about making low-fidelity versions of the ideas to test their feasibility and desirability. It involves building mock-ups, sketches, models, or scenarios that can be quickly and cheaply made and modified. The goal is to learn by doing and experimenting. Test: This stage is about evaluating and refining the prototypes with the users and other stakeholders. It involves collecting feedback, observing reactions, measuring outcomes, and identifying strengths and weaknesses. The goal is to learn from the users and improve the solutions. Design thinking is a flexible and adaptable approach that can be applied to any domain or industry. It can help you solve complex and ill-defined problems in a human-centric way.

The students interacted freely with the resource person and gained knowledge from her. The interaction gave lot of new insights to the students.

On 26.05.2023 Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of CSBS organised an Expert talk on “Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Web Designing”. The session was handled by Ms. S. Agnes Joshy, A/P Information Technology Department, Francis Xavier Engineering College. 41 students from first year CSBS and 2 faculties of CSBS department participated in the program. The program was coordinated by Dr. T. Manimozhi, EDC coordinator of CSBS, Professor/Mathematics, Francis Xavier Engineering College from 2.30P.M. - 4.30 PM.

The speaker explained the concepts of Web designing and how it can be used in business establishments for the promotion of business. The speaker said that a well-designed website can help to form a good impression on the prospective customers. It can also help to nurture the leads and get more conversions. But, more importantly, it provides good user experience and helps the website visitors access and navigate the website with ease. The speaker also highlighted the highly profitable business ideas for Web Developers such as Web Software Development, Creating Blogs, Online Course and Teaching, Creating UI Frameworks, SaaS Business, Performance Improvement Agency, Data Analytics Agency, No Code Web Development Agency.

On 22nd May, 2023 an expert talk on “Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Online Business” was organized by Entrepreneurship Development Cell & Institution’s Innovation Council in association with the Department of Mechanical Engineering from 01:30 pm to 04.30 pm. Mr.A.Alban Santhosh, Founder Director, Life Changers Academy, Tirunelveli was the resource person. 40 students from Mechanical Engineering and 1 faculty member participated in the program. The program was held via online mode. Dr.R.K.A.Bhalaji, AP/Mech coordinated the program.

The resource person explained the commonly used terms and terminologies in online business. He also shared the business ideas and entrepreneurial opportunities in online business such as amazon sellers site, technical writer, startup advisor, digital courses, tutorial business, youtube channel etc. As well as he said nowadays most of the people earned lot of money through instagram, youtube, twitter for posting videos and photos based on subscribers and views. Regarding this he said that one must identify the business opportunity which can be marketed through online. Next, he discussed about online business environment such as work force, economic force, technology, competitors, partners, customers/clients, communities etc. The resource person explained the online business model with real time examples. Additionally, he discussed about the features, marketing solutions & challenges in online business. The participants raised few questions at the end of the session which were answered by the resource person.

On 16th May 2023, Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with Department of Civil Engineering organized a session on “Workshop on the Stages of Innovative Product Development for Young Engineers”. The resource person for the program was Mr.A.Sumil Kumaran, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, FXEC. 40 first year civil engineering students and 1 faculty member participated in the program. The session was coordinated by Mrs. P. Raja Priya, Assistant Professor, Department of civil engineering, FXEC.

The resource person explained the various stages of product development such as Idea generation, Idea screening and developing the prototype. The new product development process begins with idea generation, where one will brainstorm an idea that will help to solve an existing customer problem in a new and innovative way. The prototyping phase is when you come up with a sample product that is a mockup of what will be created during mass production. This prototype is often referred to as a minimum viable product (MVP), which is a basic version of your tool, still similar to your final product, that will help you get a sense of how it functions and identify any areas that need to be improved. Before launching your product you need to test it to ensure it will work as advertised and effectively solve your customer needs. So, during this stage, you’ll share your prototypes with target audiences and ask for actionable feedback on how the product works. The last stage involves creating the final product that will be commercialized once completed.

He also gave his own life experience and made the students to think, innovate and to develop new innovative products to become entrepreneur. Students interacted freely with the resource person and gathered lot of information relating to product development. The entire session went on well and it gave lot of insight to the students.

On 16.05.2023 Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of MBA organized a “PRODUCT DISPLAY AND SALES EXPO”. The session started at 10 am in the MBA Seminar Hall. The students from first year MBA and staff organized the program. 59 students were involved in the display and sale of goods. The participants are the staff and students of different departments from Francis Xavier Engineering College. The program was coordinated by Mrs. P. Selvakumar, EDC Coordinator, Assistant professor - MBA, Francis Xavier Engineering College from 10.00AM – 3.00 PM.

The Francis Xavier Department of Management Studies conducted this program wherein the students presented their product for the display and sale. The main intention of this program was to encourage the students to enter into entrepreneurship. abuzz with excitement as students and visitors gathered for the highly anticipated Product Display and Sales Expo. This expo has provided a platform for budding entrepreneurs to showcase their innovative products, engage with customers, and gain real-world business experience.

The expo featured an impressive array of products and services. The participated students demonstrated their creativity, market understanding, and entrepreneurial spirit through their exhibits, captivating the attention of attendees. From eco-friendly items to sustainable home goods to innovative gourmet food items, the expo offered something for everyone. The attention to detail and the quality of the products showcased the dedication and hard work put in by the student entrepreneurs. The expo also provided an opportunity for the student businesses to engage directly with customers. The enthusiastic participants eagerly shared their product features, benefits, and the stories behind their venture. Visitors had the chance to interact with the creators, ask questions, and provide feedback, creating a vibrant atmosphere of collaboration and support. The Product Display and Sales Expo not only showcased the innovative products but also served as a launchpad for the student entrepreneurs to test the market viability of their ventures. Many exhibitors experienced significant sales and garnered valuable insights into consumer preferences and market demand.

On 15.05.2023 and 16.05.2023 Entrepreneurship Development Cell of ECE department and IIC organized a Workshop on "Prototype Design and Development". The session was handled by Dr. A. Andrew Roobert, In-charge of Advanced Electronic System Design Incubation Centre, Associative Professor, Department of ECE, Francis Xavier Engineering College from 09.30 AM - 04.30 PM on both a day. 53 students and one faculty participated.

The program started with the welcome address by Dr R Prem Ananth, IIC Convener, Francis Xavier Engineering College. He started his welcome address by explaining the motto of IIC and the activities carried out through IIC. He introduced the speaker Dr. A. Andrew Roobert, Professor FXEC. On the first day the speaker explained the concept of prototype, he stated that prototype as first or preliminary version of a product from which the final product is developed. He said that there are four type of prototyping they are Feasibility Prototypes, Low-fidelity User Prototypes, High-fidelity User Prototypes and Live-data Prototypes. He explained each prototyping with live example. He said for prototyping new technology is called as Feasibility Prototypes and he said that Low-fidelity User Prototypes were created by interactive designers to test the workflow. Realistic looking and working simulation is a High-fidelity User Prototypes and finally access to real data and is sent real live traffic is Live-data Prototypes. During his speech he explained the process involved in preparing a prototype. As the speaker is involved in the Advanced Electronic System Incubation centre, he highlighted the importance of developing the prototype with the help of his own experience in the product development. He said that the prototyping is the experimental model of a proposed solution used to test or validate ideas. As the prototype gives a model of the final product, it can be tested and verified for its durability, reliability and readiness for the market fit.

On the second day the resource person explained the term Minimum Viable Product (MVP) and Proof of Concept (PoC). He defined Proof of Concept is a demonstration of a product in which work is focused on determining whether an idea can be turned into a reality. He also stated that Minimum Viable Product is a product with enough features to attract early-adopter customers and validate a product idea early in the product development cycle. He also explained the difference between Proof of Concept, Minimum Viable Product and Prototyping. Later he gave an example in the field of IOT which can be used for prototyping for IOT based solutions. The speaker also explained three words such as Challenging, frustrating and Rewarding in Prototyping and he explained each term with examples from IOT based prototyping. Further he explained the IOT based Prototype development process and step in IOT prototype. He concluded the two days workshop by addressing the quires raised by the students and encouraged the students

On 15th April 2023 Entrepreneurship Development Cell & Institution Innovation Council in association with the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering organized a guest talk on the topic Innovative Technologies: A Key for Entrepreneurship. Venkat, Founder & Director of Coder Profession was the resource person. 50 students and 1 faculty member participated in the program.

The resource person explained the role of innovative technology and its importance for the developing entrepreneurship. The speaker also said that the innovation plays a key role in introducing novelty to existing product lines or processes, leading to increased market share, revenue, and customer satisfaction. Sometimes innovation is used to upgrade the operating systems of the business or to introduce modern technologies for automation. Innovation enhances the nature, creativity, and design thinking process of a brand. A new business can attain the height of success by learning the steps of creativeness. Innovation in Entrepreneurship can open the doors of various opportunities by helping the business to keep up with the current trends. For entrepreneurs, AI and automation offer new opportunities to streamline operations, increase efficiency, and improve customer experiences. From chatbots that handle customer service inquiries to predictive algorithms that optimize pricing, AI and automation are transforming the way businesses work and compete.

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Waste management is that the tactic of treating solid wastes and offers reasonably solutions for usage things that don’t belong to trash. It’s regarding but trash bin be used as a valuable resource. Waste management disposes of the merchandise and substances that we simply have use throughout a secure and economical manner.Researchers are finding out waste management for over a century, and for over forty years waste utilization analysis. There are eight major ways of waste management strategies, every of them divided into various classes. Those are- reduction and employ, animal feeding, recycling, composting, fermentation, landfills, burning and land application. We will begin exploitation several techniques right reception, like reduction and employ, that works to cut back the number of disposable material used. Fortunately, IoT has the answer to assist the utilization method at each stage of the waste management. 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Waste management is that the tactic of treating solid wastes and offers reasonably solutions for usage things that don’t belong to trash. It’s regarding but trash bin be used as a valuable resource. Waste management disposes of the merchandise and substances that we simply have use throughout a secure and economical manner.Researchers are finding out waste management for over a century, and for over forty years waste utilization analysis. There are eight major ways of waste management strategies, every of them divided into various classes. Those are- reduction and employ, animal feeding, recycling, composting, fermentation, landfills, burning and land application. We will begin exploitation several techniques right reception, like reduction and employ, that works to cut back the number of disposable material used. Fortunately, IoT has the answer to assist the utilization method at each stage of the waste management. Waste management is that the tactic of treating solid wastes and offers reasonably solutions for usage things that don’t belong to trash. It’s regarding but trash bin be used as a valuable resource. Waste management disposes of the merchandise and substances that we simply have use throughout a secure and economical manner.Researchers are finding out waste management for over a century, and for over forty years waste utilization analysis. There are eight major ways of waste management strategies, every of them divided into various classes. Those are- reduction and employ, animal feeding, recycling, composting, fermentation, landfills, burning and land application. We will begin exploitation several techniques right reception, like reduction and employ, that works to cut back the number of disposable material used. Fortunately, IoT has the answer to assist the utilization method at each stage of the waste management. 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Waste management is that the tactic of treating solid wastes and offers reasonably solutions for usage things that don’t belong to trash. It’s regarding but trash bin be used as a valuable resource. Waste management disposes of the merchandise and substances that we simply have use throughout a secure and economical manner.Researchers are finding out waste management for over a century, and for over forty years waste utilization analysis. There are eight major ways of waste management strategies, every of them divided into various classes. Those are- reduction and employ, animal feeding, recycling, composting, fermentation, landfills, burning and land application. We will begin exploitation several techniques right reception, like reduction and employ, that works to cut back the number of disposable material used. Fortunately, IoT has the answer to assist the utilization method at each stage of the waste management. Waste management is that the tactic of treating solid wastes and offers reasonably solutions for usage things that don’t belong to trash. It’s regarding but trash bin be used as a valuable resource. Waste management disposes of the merchandise and substances that we simply have use throughout a secure and economical manner.Researchers are finding out waste management for over a century, and for over forty years waste utilization analysis. There are eight major ways of waste management strategies, every of them divided into various classes. Those are- reduction and employ, animal feeding, recycling, composting, fermentation, landfills, burning and land application. We will begin exploitation several techniques right reception, like reduction and employ, that works to cut back the number of disposable material used. Fortunately, IoT has the answer to assist the utilization method at each stage of the waste management. Waste management is that the tactic of treating solid wastes and offers reasonably solutions for usage things that don’t belong to trash. It’s regarding but trash bin be used as a valuable resource. Waste management disposes of the merchandise and substances that we simply have use throughout a secure and economical manner.Researchers are finding out waste management for over a century, and for over forty years waste utilization analysis. There are eight major ways of waste management strategies, every of them divided into various classes. Those are- reduction and employ, animal feeding, recycling, composting, fermentation, landfills, burning and land application. We will begin exploitation several techniques right reception, like reduction and employ, that works to cut back the number of disposable material used. Fortunately, IoT has the answer to assist the utilization method at each stage of the waste management. Waste management is that the tactic of treating solid wastes and offers reasonably solutions for usage things that don’t belong to trash. It’s regarding but trash bin be used as a valuable resource. Waste management disposes of the merchandise and substances that we simply have use throughout a secure and economical manner.Researchers are finding out waste management for over a century, and for over forty years waste utilization analysis. There are eight major ways of waste management strategies, every of them divided into various classes. Those are- reduction and employ, animal feeding, recycling, composting, fermentation, landfills, burning and land application. We will begin exploitation several techniques right reception, like reduction and employ, that works to cut back the number of disposable material used. Fortunately, IoT has the answer to assist the utilization method at each stage of the waste management. Waste management is that the tactic of treating solid wastes and offers reasonably solutions for usage things that don’t belong to trash. It’s regarding but trash bin be used as a valuable resource. Waste management disposes of the merchandise and substances that we simply have use throughout a secure and economical manner.Researchers are finding out waste management for over a century, and for over forty years waste utilization analysis. There are eight major ways of waste management strategies, every of them divided into various classes. Those are- reduction and employ, animal feeding, recycling, composting, fermentation, landfills, burning and land application. We will begin exploitation several techniques right reception, like reduction and employ, that works to cut back the number of disposable material used. Fortunately, IoT has the answer to assist the utilization method at each stage of the waste management. The participants interacted with the resource person and the session triggered the initiatives of the participants and they gained lot of new insights also. This event was coordinated by Mr.A.Amala Manuela AP/EEE.

On 11th of May 2023, an expert talk was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the department of Information Technology on the topic “STARTUP FOR ENPOWERING YOUNG GENERATION WITH TEENVISOR”. Ms. Hasaanna Begum, Young Entrepreneur, TeenVisor was the resource person. 60 students, 3 outside participants and 2 faculty members participated in the program. The Teen Visor is a ground breaking startup company founded by Ms. Hasaanna Begum with the vision of empowering the young generation. TeenVisor provides a comprehensive platform that equips teenagers with the necessary skills, resources, and opportunities to thrive in an increasingly competitive world. By fostering personal growth, professional development, and entrepreneurial mindset, TeenVisor aims to create a generation of confident, innovative, and future-ready individuals. The speaker, Ms. Hasaanna Begum recognized the immense potential and untapped talent of teenagers and established TeenVisor as a solution to bridge the gap between traditional education and real-world skills. TeenVisor offers a range of programs and services tailored to address the specific needs and aspirations of young individuals.

The guest speaker explained the startup opportunities available to the students to earn while learn. She highlighted the various avenues opportunities for developing the startups. She said that the students must try to identify the opportunities which already exists in the social domine and analyse the economic and financial feasibility to know the profitability of the venture. She asked all the participants to identify a problem faced by them and to give a suitable solution for the same. The participants identified the problems and discussed the solution for the same. During this discussion the resource person explained the mindset one has to have to develop startup. She also highlighted the skills needed for managing the concern and the networking and collaboration needs to be established to develop the startup.

The resource person highlighted skills, resources, and opportunities and future-ready individuals who will contribute to society and drive innovation. With its comprehensive approach and commitment to excellence, a lasting impact on the young generation and inspire positive change worldwide. The participants interacted with the resource person and clarified their queries.

On 15.05.2023 a Guest Lecture on "Innovative Product Development" was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of Master of Computer Application. The Session was handled by Mr. V.Anto Joel,Founder CEO-Zenanvibe & Mr.L.Dharsan Kumar, Director-Zenanvibe Francis Xavier Engineering College, Tirunelveli from 1.00 PM - 03.00 PM. 60 students and 2 faculties participated. This event was coordinated by Mrs.M.K.Subbulakshmi AP/ECE. treating solid wastes and offers reasonably solutions for usage things that don’t belong to trash. It’s regarding but trash bin be used as a valuable resource. Waste management disposes of the merchandise and substances that we simply have use throughout a secure and economical manner.Researchers are finding out waste management for over a century, and for over forty years waste utilization analysis. There are eight major ways of waste management strategies, every of them divided into various classes. Those are- reduction and employ, animal feeding, recycling, composting, fermentation, landfills, burning and land application. We will begin exploitation several techniques right reception, like reduction and employ, that works to cut back the number of disposable material used. Fortunately, IoT has the answer to assist the utilization method at each stage of the waste management.

Waste management is that the tactic of treating solid wastes and offers reasonably solutions for usage things that don’t belong to trash. It’s regarding but trash bin be used as a valuable resource. Waste management disposes of the merchandise and substances that we simply have use throughout a secure and economical manner.Researchers are finding out waste management for over a century, and for over forty years waste utilization analysis. There are eight major ways of waste management strategies, every of them divided into various classes. Those are- reduction and employ, animal feeding, recycling, composting, fermentation, landfills, burning and land application. We will begin exploitation several techniques right reception, like reduction and employ, that works to cut back the number of disposable material used. Fortunately, IoT has the answer to assist the utilization method at each stage of the waste management. Waste management is that the tactic of treating solid wastes and offers reasonably solutions for usage things that don’t belong to trash. It’s regarding but trash bin be used as a valuable resource. Waste management disposes of the merchandise and substances that we simply have use throughout a secure and economical manner.Researchers are finding out waste management for over a century, and for over forty years waste utilization analysis. There are eight major ways of waste management strategies, every of them divided into various classes. Those are- reduction and employ, animal feeding, recycling, composting, fermentation, landfills, burning and land application. We will begin exploitation several techniques right reception, like reduction and employ, that works to cut back the number of disposable material used. Fortunately, IoT has the answer to assist the utilization method at each stage of the waste management. Waste management is that the tactic of treating solid wastes and offers reasonably solutions for usage things that don’t belong to trash. It’s regarding but trash bin be used as a valuable resource. Waste management disposes of the merchandise and substances that we simply have use throughout a secure and economical manner.Researchers are finding out waste management for over a century, and for over forty years waste utilization analysis. There are eight major ways of waste management strategies, every of them divided into various classes. Those are- reduction and employ, animal feeding, recycling, composting, fermentation, landfills, burning and land application. We will begin exploitation several techniques right reception, like reduction and employ, that works to cut back the number of disposable material used. Fortunately, IoT has the answer to assist the utilization method at each stage of the waste management. Waste management is that the tactic of treating solid wastes and offers reasonably solutions for usage things that don’t belong to trash. It’s regarding but trash bin be used as a valuable resource. Waste management disposes of the merchandise and substances that we simply have use throughout a secure and economical manner.Researchers are finding out waste management for over a century, and for over forty years waste utilization analysis. There are eight major ways of waste management strategies, every of them divided into various classes. Those are- reduction and employ, animal feeding, recycling, composting, fermentation, landfills, burning and land application. We will begin exploitation several techniques right reception, like reduction and employ, that works to cut back the number of disposable material used. Fortunately, IoT has the answer to assist the utilization method at each stage of the waste management. Waste management is that the tactic of treating solid wastes and offers reasonably solutions for usage things that don’t belong to trash. It’s regarding but trash bin be used as a valuable resource. Waste management disposes of the merchandise and substances that we simply have use throughout a secure and economical manner.Researchers are finding out waste management for over a century, and for over forty years waste utilization analysis. There are eight major ways of waste management strategies, every of them divided into various classes. Those are- reduction and employ, animal feeding, recycling, composting, fermentation, landfills, burning and land application. We will begin exploitation several techniques right reception, like reduction and employ, that works to cut back the number of disposable material used. Fortunately, IoT has the answer to assist the utilization method at each stage of the waste management. Waste management is that the tactic of treating solid wastes and offers reasonably solutions for usage things that don’t belong to trash. It’s regarding but trash bin be used as a valuable resource. Waste management disposes of the merchandise and substances that we simply have use throughout a secure and economical manner.Researchers are finding out waste management for over a century, and for over forty years waste utilization analysis. There are eight major ways of waste management strategies, every of them divided into various classes. Those are- reduction and employ, animal feeding, recycling, composting, fermentation, landfills, burning and land application. We will begin exploitation several techniques right reception, like reduction and employ, that works to cut back the number of disposable material used. Fortunately, IoT has the answer to assist the utilization method at each stage of the waste management. Waste management is that the tactic of treating solid wastes and offers reasonably solutions for usage things that don’t belong to trash. It’s regarding but trash bin be used as a valuable resource. Waste management disposes of the merchandise and substances that we simply have use throughout a secure and economical manner.Researchers are finding out waste management for over a century, and for over forty years waste utilization analysis. There are eight major ways of waste management strategies, every of them divided into various classes. Those are- reduction and employ, animal feeding, recycling, composting, fermentation, landfills, burning and land application. We will begin exploitation several techniques right reception, like reduction and employ, that works to cut back the number of disposable material used. Fortunately, IoT has the answer to assist the utilization method at each stage of the waste management. Waste management is that the tactic of treating solid wastes and offers reasonably solutions for usage things that don’t belong to trash. It’s regarding but trash bin be used as a valuable resource. Waste management disposes of the merchandise and substances that we simply have use throughout a secure and economical manner.Researchers are finding out waste management for over a century, and for over forty years waste utilization analysis. There are eight major ways of waste management strategies, every of them divided into various classes. Those are- reduction and employ, animal feeding, recycling, composting, fermentation, landfills, burning and land application. We will begin exploitation several techniques right reception, like reduction and employ, that works to cut back the number of disposable material used. Fortunately, IoT has the answer to assist the utilization method at each stage of the waste management. Waste management is that the tactic of treating solid wastes and offers reasonably solutions for usage things that don’t belong to trash. It’s regarding but trash bin be used as a valuable resource. Waste management disposes of the merchandise and substances that we simply have use throughout a secure and economical manner.Researchers are finding out waste management for over a century, and for over forty years waste utilization analysis. There are eight major ways of waste management strategies, every of them divided into various classes. Those are- reduction and employ, animal feeding, recycling, composting, fermentation, landfills, burning and land application. We will begin exploitation several techniques right reception, like reduction and employ, that works to cut back the number of disposable material used. Fortunately, IoT has the answer to assist the utilization method at each stage of the waste management. Waste management is that the tactic of treating solid wastes and offers reasonably solutions for usage things that don’t belong to trash. It’s regarding but trash bin be used as a valuable resource. Waste management disposes of the merchandise and substances that we simply have use throughout a secure and economical manner.Researchers are finding out waste management for over a century, and for over forty years waste utilization analysis. There are eight major ways of waste management strategies, every of them divided into various classes. Those are- reduction and employ, animal feeding, recycling, composting, fermentation, landfills, burning and land application. We will begin exploitation several techniques right reception, like reduction and employ, that works to cut back the number of disposable material used. Fortunately, IoT has the answer to assist the utilization method at each stage of the waste management. Waste management is that the tactic of treating solid wastes and offers reasonably solutions for usage things that don’t belong to trash. It’s regarding but trash bin be used as a valuable resource. Waste management disposes of the merchandise and substances that we simply have use throughout a secure and economical manner.Researchers are finding out waste management for over a century, and for over forty years waste utilization analysis. There are eight major ways of waste management strategies, every of them divided into various classes. Those are- reduction and employ, animal feeding, recycling, composting, fermentation, landfills, burning and land application. We will begin exploitation several techniques right reception, like reduction and employ, that works to cut back the number of disposable material used. Fortunately, IoT has the answer to assist the utilization method at each stage of the waste management. Waste management is that the tactic of treating solid wastes and offers reasonably solutions for usage things that don’t belong to trash. It’s regarding but trash bin be used as a valuable resource. Waste management disposes of the merchandise and substances that we simply have use throughout a secure and economical manner.Researchers are finding out waste management for over a century, and for over forty years waste utilization analysis. There are eight major ways of waste management strategies, every of them divided into various classes. Those are- reduction and employ, animal feeding, recycling, composting, fermentation, landfills, burning and land application. We will begin exploitation several techniques right reception, like reduction and employ, that works to cut back the number of disposable material used. Fortunately, IoT has the answer to assist the utilization method at each stage of the waste management. Waste management is that the tactic of treating solid wastes and offers reasonably solutions for usage things that don’t belong to trash. It’s regarding but trash bin be used as a valuable resource. Waste management disposes of the merchandise and substances that we simply have use throughout a secure and economical manner.Researchers are finding out waste management for over a century, and for over forty years waste utilization analysis. There are eight major ways of waste management strategies, every of them divided into various classes. Those are- reduction and employ, animal feeding, recycling, composting, fermentation, landfills, burning and land application. We will begin exploitation several techniques right reception, like reduction and employ, that works to cut back the number of disposable material used. Fortunately, IoT has the answer to assist the utilization method at each stage of the waste management. Waste management is that the tactic of treating solid wastes and offers reasonably solutions for usage things that don’t belong to trash. It’s regarding but trash bin be used as a valuable resource. Waste management disposes of the merchandise and substances that we simply have use throughout a secure and economical manner.Researchers are finding out waste management for over a century, and for over forty years waste utilization analysis. There are eight major ways of waste management strategies, every of them divided into various classes. Those are- reduction and employ, animal feeding, recycling, composting, fermentation, landfills, burning and land application. We will begin exploitation several techniques right reception, like reduction and employ, that works to cut back the number of disposable material used. Fortunately, IoT has the answer to assist the utilization method at each stage of the waste management.

The program started with the welcome address by Mrs. Angeline Ranjithamani HOD-MCA, Francis Xavier Engineering College. She said entrepreneurship, startup, innovation and Intellectual Property rights were the themes of Entrepreneurship. The guest speaker Mr.V.Anto Joel started the speech by giving information about the creativity and innovation. He also highlighted the sources for identifying the problem. While explaining the various sources for identifying the problems he gave lot of live examples. He stressed the need for adhering the process of developing the innovative products.

The guest speaker being the student startup founder he shared his personal experiences in the product development and in starting the startup venture. He explained the ERP software packages designed and distributed to the schools through his startup. The guest speaker also explained the different innovative apps developed by him. While explaining his products he stressed the need for protecting the innovative products developed by registering the same through Intellectual Property Rights. He said that

In the second session, guest speaker created awareness about the different types of Intellectual Property Rights. He explained each types with lot of live examples. He demonstrated how to file a patent through online and offline mode. He lists the application fees for registering a patent He concludes the session by explaining the process of developing a startup venture. The interaction between the students and the resource person was highly motivating to all the participants. Session came to end with the feedback of the students.

On 12.05.2023 Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of Computer Science and Engineering organized a seminar on “Developing Leadership Skills for Engineers: A Pathway to Entrepreneurship” from 1:30 PM to 4.00 PM. The resource person of the session was Mr.P.Selvakumar, Assistant Professor, Department of Master of Business Administration, Francis Xavier Engineering College. 52 students from first year CSE department and 1 faculty member participated in the program. The session was coordinated by Mrs.M.Bagya Lakshmi, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Francis Xavier Engineering College.

The resource person explained about the concept of entrepreneurship and briefed about the importance of developing the leadership skills. He gave live examples to explain the role of a leader in the successful entrepreneurial venture. The speaker said that the leader is a person who paves the way, shows the way and leads in the right path. This way the entrepreneurs are also leads to scale up the business venture. The speaker explained how this leadership skills can be inculcated among the engineers. The participants raised few questions about inculcating the leadership qualities. The session was an interactive one and helped the participants to gain new insights about the role of a leader in developing entrepreneurship.

On May 11th and 12th, 2023, the Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC) and Institution Innovation Cell (IIC), in association with the Department of MBA, organized a “Presentation of Business Plan and Mentoring”. The session took place at the MBA Seminar Hall from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM on both the days. 59 first-year MBA students presented their business plans. The experts from management department evaluated the business plans presented by the students. The program was coordinated by Mrs. P.Selvakumar, EDC Coordinator and Assistant Professor of MBA at Francis Xavier Engineering College.

The students were presented their Business Plan to the experts from the management field. While presenting the business plan students were asked to highlight the market feasibility, financial feasibility, economic feasibility of the proposed business plan. Enthusiastically students presented their business plan and defended the feasibility of their proposal. The expert opinions were given to the presenters and it was well taken by the participants. While mentoring the participants the experts also gave lot of examples to support their comments.

Some of the participants have not included some of the important aspects like the market feasibility and financial feasibility for the proposed business plan they were guided properly and were asked to resubmit the proposal on the second day. In some of the presentations the competitive analysis mentioned in the business plan was not appropriate which was finetuned to make it correct. Some of the business plans were very much innovative and which can be taken to the next level and those participants were asked to present the same to the Angel investors for mobilizing investment for their proposed business.

The experts shared their expertise, experiences, and insights, inspiring the participants to think creatively, adapt to changing market dynamics, and harness emerging opportunities. The students greatly appreciated the expertise shared by the mentors, recognizing the value of their input in transforming their ideas into viable and scalable ventures. It was really an eye opening session for all the students.

On 11.05.2023 a seminar on “Empowering Communities Through Entrepreneurship” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of Computer Science and Engineering from 09:30 AM to 4.00 PM. The resource person of the session was Mrs.M.Bagya Lakshmi, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Francis Xavier Engineering College. 57 students from first year CSE department and 1 faculty participated in the program. The session was coordinated by Mrs.M.Bagya Lakshmi, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Francis Xavier Engineering College.

The resource person explained about the role of entrepreneur in developing the communities in the society. She highlighted some of the prominent entrepreneurs who are playing a major role in the society. The speaker said that the communities can be empowered by introducing the concept of entrepreneurship. She also explained how entrepreneurship can be implemented for the economic development of the people in the community. She stressed the importance of developing startup and how it can be used for the development of the economic conditions of the local communities. The students raised few questions about the startup and the support extended by the government.

On 11th May 2023 Entrepreneurship Development Cell & Institution Innovation Council in Association with Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering organized a seminar to commemorate the World Technology Day 2023 on the title “Integrated Approach in Science and Technology for Sustainable Future”. Mr.N.Subramanian, AP/EEE, FXEC was the resource person.. 43 students from EEE department and 1 faculty participated in the program. This event was coordinated by Mr.A.Amala Manuela AP/EEE.

Waste management is that the tactic of treating solid wastes and offers reasonably solutions for usage things that don’t belong to trash. It’s regarding but trash bin be used as a valuable resource. Waste management disposes of the merchandise and substances that we simply have use throughout a secure and economical manner.Researchers are finding out waste management for over a century, and for over forty years waste utilization analysis. There are eight major ways of waste management strategies, every of them divided into various classes. Those are- reduction and employ, animal feeding, recycling, composting, fermentation, landfills, burning and land application. We will begin exploitation several techniques right reception, like reduction and employ, that works to cut back the number of disposable material used. Fortunately, IoT has the answer to assist the utilization method at each stage of the waste management. Waste management is that the tactic of treating solid wastes and offers reasonably solutions for usage things that don’t belong to trash. It’s regarding but trash bin be used as a valuable resource. Waste management disposes of the merchandise and substances that we simply have use throughout a secure and economical manner.Researchers are finding out waste management for over a century, and for over forty years waste utilization analysis. There are eight major ways of waste management strategies, every of them divided into various classes. Those are- reduction and employ, animal feeding, recycling, composting, fermentation, landfills, burning and land application. We will begin exploitation several techniques right reception, like reduction and employ, that works to cut back the number of disposable material used. Fortunately, IoT has the answer to assist the utilization method at each stage of the waste management. Waste management is that the tactic of treating solid wastes and offers reasonably solutions for usage things that don’t belong to trash. It’s regarding but trash bin be used as a valuable resource. Waste management disposes of the merchandise and substances that we simply have use throughout a secure and economical manner.Researchers are finding out waste management for over a century, and for over forty years waste utilization analysis. There are eight major ways of waste management strategies, every of them divided into various classes. Those are- reduction and employ, animal feeding, recycling, composting, fermentation, landfills, burning and land application. We will begin exploitation several techniques right reception, like reduction and employ, that works to cut back the number of disposable material used. Fortunately, IoT has the answer to assist the utilization method at each stage of the waste management. Waste management is that the tactic of treating solid wastes and offers reasonably solutions for usage things that don’t belong to trash. It’s regarding but trash bin be used as a valuable resource. Waste management disposes of the merchandise and substances that we simply have use throughout a secure and economical manner.Researchers are finding out waste management for over a century, and for over forty years waste utilization analysis. There are eight major ways of waste management strategies, every of them divided into various classes. Those are- reduction and employ, animal feeding, recycling, composting, fermentation, landfills, burning and land application. We will begin exploitation several techniques right reception, like reduction and employ, that works to cut back the number of disposable material used. Fortunately, IoT has the answer to assist the utilization method at each stage of the waste management. Waste management is that the tactic of treating solid wastes and offers reasonably solutions for usage things that don’t belong to trash. It’s regarding but trash bin be used as a valuable resource. Waste management disposes of the merchandise and substances that we simply have use throughout a secure and economical manner.Researchers are finding out waste management for over a century, and for over forty years waste utilization analysis. There are eight major ways of waste management strategies, every of them divided into various classes. Those are- reduction and employ, animal feeding, recycling, composting, fermentation, landfills, burning and land application. We will begin exploitation several techniques right reception, like reduction and employ, that works to cut back the number of disposable material used. Fortunately, IoT has the answer to assist the utilization method at each stage of the waste management. Waste management is that the tactic of treating solid wastes and offers reasonably solutions for usage things that don’t belong to trash. It’s regarding but trash bin be used as a valuable resource. Waste management disposes of the merchandise and substances that we simply have use throughout a secure and economical manner.Researchers are finding out waste management for over a century, and for over forty years waste utilization analysis. There are eight major ways of waste management strategies, every of them divided into various classes. Those are- reduction and employ, animal feeding, recycling, composting, fermentation, landfills, burning and land application. We will begin exploitation several techniques right reception, like reduction and employ, that works to cut back the number of disposable material used. Fortunately, IoT has the answer to assist the utilization method at each stage of the waste management. Waste management is that the tactic of treating solid wastes and offers reasonably solutions for usage things that don’t belong to trash. It’s regarding but trash bin be used as a valuable resource. Waste management disposes of the merchandise and substances that we simply have use throughout a secure and economical manner.Researchers are finding out waste management for over a century, and for over forty years waste utilization analysis. There are eight major ways of waste management strategies, every of them divided into various classes. Those are- reduction and employ, animal feeding, recycling, composting, fermentation, landfills, burning and land application. We will begin exploitation several techniques right reception, like reduction and employ, that works to cut back the number of disposable material used. Fortunately, IoT has the answer to assist the utilization method at each stage of the waste management. Waste management is that the tactic of treating solid wastes and offers reasonably solutions for usage things that don’t belong to trash. It’s regarding but trash bin be used as a valuable resource. Waste management disposes of the merchandise and substances that we simply have use throughout a secure and economical manner.Researchers are finding out waste management for over a century, and for over forty years waste utilization analysis. There are eight major ways of waste management strategies, every of them divided into various classes. Those are- reduction and employ, animal feeding, recycling, composting, fermentation, landfills, burning and land application. We will begin exploitation several techniques right reception, like reduction and employ, that works to cut back the number of disposable material used. Fortunately, IoT has the answer to assist the utilization method at each stage of the waste management. Waste management is that the tactic of treating solid wastes and offers reasonably solutions for usage things that don’t belong to trash. It’s regarding but trash bin be used as a valuable resource. Waste management disposes of the merchandise and substances that we simply have use throughout a secure and economical manner.Researchers are finding out waste management for over a century, and for over forty years waste utilization analysis. There are eight major ways of waste management strategies, every of them divided into various classes. Those are- reduction and employ, animal feeding, recycling, composting, fermentation, landfills, burning and land application. We will begin exploitation several techniques right reception, like reduction and employ, that works to cut back the number of disposable material used. Fortunately, IoT has the answer to assist the utilization method at each stage of the waste management. Waste management is that the tactic of treating solid wastes and offers reasonably solutions for usage things that don’t belong to trash. It’s regarding but trash bin be used as a valuable resource. Waste management disposes of the merchandise and substances that we simply have use throughout a secure and economical manner.Researchers are finding out waste management for over a century, and for over forty years waste utilization analysis. There are eight major ways of waste management strategies, every of them divided into various classes. Those are- reduction and employ, animal feeding, recycling, composting, fermentation, landfills, burning and land application. We will begin exploitation several techniques right reception, like reduction and employ, that works to cut back the number of disposable material used. Fortunately, IoT has the answer to assist the utilization method at each stage of the waste management. Waste management is that the tactic of treating solid wastes and offers reasonably solutions for usage things that don’t belong to trash. It’s regarding but trash bin be used as a valuable resource. Waste management disposes of the merchandise and substances that we simply have use throughout a secure and economical manner.Researchers are finding out waste management for over a century, and for over forty years waste utilization analysis. There are eight major ways of waste management strategies, every of them divided into various classes. Those are- reduction and employ, animal feeding, recycling, composting, fermentation, landfills, burning and land application. We will begin exploitation several techniques right reception, like reduction and employ, that works to cut back the number of disposable material used. Fortunately, IoT has the answer to assist the utilization method at each stage of the waste management. Waste management is that the tactic of treating solid wastes and offers reasonably solutions for usage things that don’t belong to trash. It’s regarding but trash bin be used as a valuable resource. Waste management disposes of the merchandise and substances that we simply have use throughout a secure and economical manner.Researchers are finding out waste management for over a century, and for over forty years waste utilization analysis. There are eight major ways of waste management strategies, every of them divided into various classes. Those are- reduction and employ, animal feeding, recycling, composting, fermentation, landfills, burning and land application. We will begin exploitation several techniques right reception, like reduction and employ, that works to cut back the number of disposable material used. Fortunately, IoT has the answer to assist the utilization method at each stage of the waste management. Waste management is that the tactic of treating solid wastes and offers reasonably solutions for usage things that don’t belong to trash. It’s regarding but trash bin be used as a valuable resource. Waste management disposes of the merchandise and substances that we simply have use throughout a secure and economical manner.Researchers are finding out waste management for over a century, and for over forty years waste utilization analysis. There are eight major ways of waste management strategies, every of them divided into various classes. Those are- reduction and employ, animal feeding, recycling, composting, fermentation, landfills, burning and land application. We will begin exploitation several techniques right reception, like reduction and employ, that works to cut back the number of disposable material used. Fortunately, IoT has the answer to assist the utilization method at each stage of the waste management. Waste management is that the tactic of treating solid wastes and offers reasonably solutions for usage things that don’t belong to trash. It’s regarding but trash bin be used as a valuable resource. Waste management disposes of the merchandise and substances that we simply have use throughout a secure and economical manner.Researchers are finding out waste management for over a century, and for over forty years waste utilization analysis. There are eight major ways of waste management strategies, every of them divided into various classes. Those are- reduction and employ, animal feeding, recycling, composting, fermentation, landfills, burning and land application. We will begin exploitation several techniques right reception, like reduction and employ, that works to cut back the number of disposable material used. Fortunately, IoT has the answer to assist the utilization method at each stage of the waste management. Waste management is that the tactic of treating solid wastes and offers reasonably solutions for usage things that don’t belong to trash. It’s regarding but trash bin be used as a valuable resource. Waste management disposes of the merchandise and substances that we simply have use throughout a secure and economical manner.Researchers are finding out waste management for over a century, and for over forty years waste utilization analysis. There are eight major ways of waste management strategies, every of them divided into various classes. Those are- reduction and employ, animal feeding, recycling, composting, fermentation, landfills, burning and land application. We will begin exploitation several techniques right reception, like reduction and employ, that works to cut back the number of disposable material used. Fortunately, IoT has the answer to assist the utilization method at each stage of the waste management.

The resource person explained the purpose of organizing the celebration day activity to commemorate the World Technology Day. He said that the day May 11, 1999 was first observed as the National Technology Day in India. The day was established by then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, in honor of the tenth anniversary of the Pokhran Nuclear Test declared by the national Council for Technology Development in India.

He then started discussing the theme taken up for the discussion on Integrated Approach in Science and Technology for Sustainable Future. The speaker said that Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State Science and Technology launched the theme 'Integrated Approach in Science and Technology for Sustainable Future'. He speaks about a four-fold approach that consists of integration and collaboration of scientific, engineering, medical, and other institutions

The resource person also spoke about driving science and technology across all startups and industries and scientific integration across the country. It is important for every individual to follow an inclusive approach in order to reach the path of sustainability. With the growing climatic change and environmental crisis that is being posed to society, it is time for us to take it as a reminder to work in an integrative manner and create a sustainable life for us and all our fellow humans on this planet. He also added that institutions must open up arenas and organize open house laboratories and appraise students about sustaining the spirit of creating a livelihood that is sustainable to one and all.

On 11.05.2023 an MIC Driven Activity: National Technology Week Inaugural Address of Hon’ble Prime Minister of India “School to Startup” to Igniting young minds to Innovate was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell of ECE department and IIC. The session was organized by Dr. R Prem Ananth, IIC Convener, IIC Innovation Ambassador for "Design thinking & Innovations", Assistant professor, Francis Xavier Engineering College from 10.30 - 12.30 PM. 46 students and one faculty participated.

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the programme marking National Technology Day 2023, at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi today. The programme also marked the commencement of the celebration of the 25th year of National Technology Day being held from the 11th to the 14th of May. On this momentous occasion, the Prime Minister laid the foundation stone and dedicated to the nation multiple projects related to scientific and technological advancement in the country worth more than Rs 5800 crores. This is in line with the Prime Minister’s vision of Aatmanirbhar Bharat through strengthening scientific institutions in the country.

The projects that will be dedicated to Nation include Fission Molybdenum-99 Production Facility, Mumbai; Rare Earth Permanent Magnet Plant, Visakhapatnam; National Hadron Beam Therapy Facility, Navi Mumbai; Radiological Research Unit, Navi Mumbai; Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Visakhapatnam; and Women & Children Cancer Hospital Building, Navi Mumbai. During the programme, the Prime Minister also inaugurated the Expo showcasing scientific & technological advancements made in India in the recent past and also took a walk-through. He also released a commemorative stamp and coin on the occasion.

Addressing the gathering, the Prime Minister said that the 11th of May is one of the most prestigious days in the history of India. He underlined that today marks the day when India’s scientists achieved the stupendous feat in Pokhran which made the entire nation proud. “I can never forget the day when Atal Ji made the announcement of India’s successful Nuclear Testing”, the Prime Minister remarked. He stated that the Pokhran Nuclear Testing not only helped India prove its scientific capabilities but also gave a boost to the global stature of the nation. “In Atal Ji’s words”, the Prime Minister said, “We have never stopped on our journey and never surrendered to any challenge that has come our way.” The Prime Minister conveyed his greetings to every citizen on the occasion of National Technology Day.

Mentioning the futuristic projects that have been inaugurated today, the Prime Minister mentioned the National Hadron Beam Therapy Facility, and Radiological Research Unit in Mumbai, the Fission Molybdenum-99 Production Facility, Rare Earth Permanent Magnet Plant in Visakhapatnam or the various Cancer Research Hospitals and said that it will give a push to the progress of the country with the help of nuclear technology. The Prime Minister reiterated that today, at the initial period of Amrit Kaal, the goals of 2047 are clear before us. “We have to make the nation Viksit and Aatmnirbhar”, said the Prime Minister emphasizing the need for creating an inclusive ecosystem for growth, innovation, and Sustainable Development Goals. He underlined the importance of technology at every step and said, India is moving forward with a holistic and 360-degree approach in this regard. “India considers technology as a tool of the nation’s progress, not a means to assert its dominance”, the Prime Minister said.

Praising the theme of today’s event ‘School to Startups- igniting young minds to innovate’, the Prime Minister said that India’s future will be decided by the youth and children of today. He said that the passion, energy, and capabilities of the children and youth today are India’s big strengths. Quoting Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, the Prime Minister underscored the importance of knowledge along with knowledge and said as India is developing as a Knowledge society, it is taking action with equal force. He elaborated on the strong foundation that has been created in the country during the last 9 years to ignite young minds.

The Prime Minister said that more than 10 thousand ATAL tinkering labs in 700 districts have become innovation nurseries. More importantly, 60 percent of these labs are in government and rural schools. The Prime Minister informed that 75 lakh plus students are working laboriously on more than 12 lakh innovation projects in Atal Tinkering Lab. This, the Prime Minister said, is a sign of young scientists coming right out of schools and reaching the far corners of the country and emphasizing that it is everyone’s duty to handhold them, nurture their talent, and also assist them in implementing their ideas. Quoting Maharishi Patanjali on the importance of hard work, the Prime Minister said that measures taken after 2014 have resulted in big changes in the field of science and technology. “Startup India Campaign, Digital India, and National Education Policy help India in gaining new heights in the field”, Shri Modi said as he underlined that Science is coming out of the books and turning into patents through experiments. “The number of patents has increased from 4000 per year 10 years ago to more than 30,000 today. Registration of designs has grown from 10,000 to 15,000 in the same period. The number of trademarks has grown from less than 70,000 to more than 2,50,000”, the Prime Minister informed.

“The India of today is moving forward in every direction that is necessary to become a tech leader”, Shri Modi said. He noted that the number of tech incubation centers in the country has grown from roughly 150 in 2014 to more than 650 today. The Prime Minister also mentioned that India’s Global Innovation Index Rank has gone from 81 to the 40th position where the youth of the country are setting up their own digital ventures and startups. Drawing comparisons with 2014, the Prime Minister mentioned that the number of startups in the country has increased from roughly 100 to 1 lakh recognized startups today and it has turned India into the third largest startup ecosystem in the world. Noting India’s capability and talent, the Prime Minister pointed out that the growth took place at a time when the world is dealing with economic uncertainty. Underlining that the present moment is extremely precious for policymakers, the scientific community, research labs spread across the country, and the private sector, the Prime Minister reiterated that even though the School to Startup journey will be made by the students, it is the stakeholders who must guide and encourage them at all times. The Prime Minister extended his entire support for the cause. The Prime Minister said that when we move keeping in mind the social context of technology, technology becomes a powerful tool of empowerment. It becomes a tool for removing imbalance and promoting social justice. The Prime Minister recalled the time when technology was beyond the reach of common citizens and things like debit, credit cards were status symbols. The Prime Minister said that the right use of technology gives new strength to society, today the government is using technology for providing services for every stage of life. Online birth certificates, e-Pathshal and Diksha e-learning platforms, scholarship portal, Universal access numbers during the job period, e-Sanjivini for medical treatment, and Jeevan Praman for the elderly, such solutions are helping the citizen at every step, said the Prime Minister.

Referring to the rapid changes taking place in the world of technology, the Prime Minister expressed confidence that the youth of India will lead the country in matching this pace and also crossing it. He mentioned AI tools that have emerged as the new game changers, the limitless possibilities in the health sector, and new innovations taking place in drone technology, and the therapeutics sector and said that India must take a lead in such revolutionary technology. Referring to India’s goal of a self-reliant defence sector, the Prime Minister mentioned Innovation for Defense Excellence or iDEX and expressed delight that the Ministry of Defense has procured 14 innovations from iDEX worth more than Rs 350 crores. The Prime Minister mentioned initiatives like i-create and DRDO young scientists labs and said that these efforts are being given a new direction. Touching upon the new reforms in the space sector, the Prime Minister said that India is emerging as a global game changer and highlighted technologies like SSLV and PSLV orbital platforms.

Throwing light on the role of hackathons in innovation and security, the Prime Minister underlined that the government is continuously promoting the hackathon culture where students take up new challenges and emphasized the need for hand-holding and creating a framework for this. He suggested that an institutionalized system be kept in place to address the youth coming out of Atal Tinkering Labs. “Can we similarly identify 100 labs in the country in different areas, which should be made youth driven?”, the Prime Minister asked. Highlighting the special focus areas of clean energy and natural farming, the Prime Minister stressed promoting research and technology. Concluding the address, the Prime Minister expressed confidence that National Technology Week can play an important role in realizing these possibilities.

Union Minister for Defence, Shri Rajnath Singh, and Union Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Shri Jitendra Singh were present on the occasion among others.

On 10th May 2023, Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with Department of Civil Engineering organized a “Motivational talk by Student Entrepreneur”. The resource person for the program was Mr. Madesh, II year Civil, Founder of SMP Construction, V.M. Chatram, Tirunelveli. 45 civil engineering students from I and II year participated in the program. The session was coordinated by Mrs. P. Raja Priya, Assistant Professor, Department of civil engineering, FXEC.

The resource person being a student entrepreneur gave a note on his personal experiences and the hurdles he faced before starting his concern. He highlighted the entrepreneurial opportunities which are available to the civil engineering students. The resource person explained the skills which are required to manage the startups. While explaining the entrepreneurial skills he gave number of live examples which inspired the participants to gain more knowledge about the entrepreneurial skills and how to develop those skills required for managing the enterprise. He also motivated the students by displaying the photographs of his completed as well as work-in-progress projects. Participants interacted very freely with the guest speaker and gathered lot of information. The session gave lot of insights as well as motivated the students to think about the option of starting the startup. He said that one need not wait till the completion of the program rather it can be started at any time if one has the interest and desire to earn money.

On 09.05.2023 Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of CSBS organised an Expert talk on “Innovation and Technology Readiness Level”. The session was handled by Dr. R. Prem Ananth,A/P ECE Department, Francis Xavier Engineering College. 64 students from second year CSBS and 2 faculties of CSBS department participated in the program. The program was coordinated by Dr. T. Manimozhi, EDC coordinator of CSBS, Professor/Mathematics, Francis Xavier Engineering College from 2.30P.M. - 4.30 PM.

The guest speaker explained the concepts included in the title of the program. He said that the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) is a systematic approach used to assess the maturity and readiness of a technology or innovation for practical application. Ant it provides a framework to evaluate the technological progress and potential risks associated with transitioning a concept from the laboratory to the market. TRLs are typically categorized into nine levels, ranging from TRL 1 (basic principles observed) to TRL 9 (commercially available).

He insisted that, assessing the TRL of a technology is crucial for decision-making, resource allocation, and risk management. It helps organizations understand the readiness and feasibility of implementing a technology, estimate the time and resources required for development, and identify potential challenges or gaps that need to be addressed. By aligning investments and strategies with the appropriate TRL, companies can optimize their innovation processes and increase the likelihood of successful outcomes. The speaker interacted with the participants while explaining the concept. He also gave few examples form the real industrial situation. The participants raised few questions and the speaker gave the explanations for the queries. For most of the participants the session was an eye opener and gained more knowledge about the TRL.

On 8th of May 2023, Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of IT organized an expert talk on the title "EXPERT TALK ON CONNECTING TECHNOLOGY WITH ENTREPRENEURSHIP". The session was handled by Mr. Sabari Arumugam, I MBA, an accomplished entrepreneur and tech enthusiast, Francis Xavier Engineering college. 64 students from First year IT and 2 faculties of IT department participated in the program. The program was coordinated by Mrs. M. Yasmin Nirosha, Assistant professor, Department of IT from 1.30 – 3.30 P.M

The resource person explained the role of the technology in the development of entrepreneurship. He highlighted some of the recent development technologies like artificial intelligence, machine leaning data science etc. He pointed out that technological advancements have revolutionized the way businesses operate and that entrepreneurs who are able to leverage technology to their advantage are the ones who will succeed in the long run. The speaker also emphasized the need for entrepreneurs to be innovative and adaptive when it comes to technology. He noted that technology is constantly evolving, and entrepreneurs must be able to keep up with the latest trends and developments if they want to stay ahead of the curve. One of the key points that emphasized during his talk was the importance of data analytics. He explained that data analytics is a powerful tool that can help entrepreneurs gain valuable insights into their customers, their market, and their competition.

By using data analytics, entrepreneurs can make informed decisions that can help them stay ahead of the competition. Another important point that h touched upon was the importance of collaboration. He noted that entrepreneurs must be willing to collaborate with other businesses, investors, and even competitors if they want to succeed in today's highly competitive business environment. Collaboration can help entrepreneurs leverage the strengths of others and overcome their weaknesses. Overall, the talk was highly informative and engaging. He provided valuable insights and advice on how entrepreneurs can use technology to their advantage and succeed in today's highly competitive business environment. The talk was well-received by the audience, who had several questions for the guest speaker at the end of the session.

On 5.05.2023 Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of Computer Science and Engineering organized a seminar on “Creativity and Innovation: A Seedbed for Entrepreneurship” from 09:30 a.m to 12.30 pm. The resource person of the session was Mr.S.Sivaraj, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Francis Xavier Engineering College. 48 students from second year CSE department and 1 faculty member participated in the program. The session was coordinated by Mrs.M.Bagya Lakshmi, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Francis Xavier Engineering College.

The resource person explained the concept of creativity and innovation with the live examples. He also underlined the importance of creativity into innovation. The speaker also explained how the innovation can be used for developing entrepreneurship. He also explained about the process of starting a business. The resource person asked the participants to identify a problem that exists in the social domine and to develop a solution to solve the problem. The solution, if it is implementable and marketable, it can be used for developing the business venture. The speaker asked all the participants to identify 5 problems faced in the society. This created a good response among the participants and had discussion among themselves to find a solution to solve the problem. The guest speaker also joined in the discussion and gave valuable suggestions. In total the entire session went on well and gave new insights.

On 05.05.2023 Entrepreneurship Development Cell of ECE department and IIC organized an Awareness on "YUKTI Innovation Repository and Innovation Challenge". The session was handled by Dr. R Prem Ananth, IIC Convener, IIC Innovation Ambassador for "Design thinking & Innovations", Assistant professor, Francis Xavier Engineering College from 09.30 - 12.30 AM. 48 students and one faculty member participated in the program.

The resource person explained the important aspects of the National Innovation Repository known as Yukti portal and the procedure for registering the innovative ideas, Prototypes and Startup activities in the YUKTI Portal. He says Yukti is a National Repository which is used to collect all the innovative ideas, prototypes and startups from academic institutions and nurturing for scale up. The speaker says that Yukti portal supports campus to commercialization. He demonstrates how to register in a Yukthi portal. He explained the various categories such as innovative idea, prototype and business model/ startups. He also said that MoE extends the handholding support to develop the startups.

The speakers also explained who are all eligible to upload the innovative ideas, prototype and startups in Yukthi portal. The higher educational institutions current student (regular)/ Recently Graduated /Alumni /Faculty /Staff / Entrepreneur of the Incubation unit of the IIC-institute. The basic eligibility for submission of innovative ideas in the Yukti portal is that the applicant should have association with the institute in any one of the forms as mentioned above. Applicants must upload the copy of the document/ID proof of association with the institute while registration. He also explained TRL, MRL and IRL levels and how to fill this levels in the YUKTI repository.

The program was coordinated by Pradheep T Rajan B, Assistant Professor /ECE, Francis Xavier Engineering College. The session created an awareness about YUKTI Innovation Repository and Innovation Challenge among the participants. Participants interacted with the resource person and cleared their doubts in the registration process and uploading of Ideas, Prototypes and Startups.

On 4.05.2023 Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of Computer Science and Engineering organized a session “Sharing of Success Story - An Innovative Product Development” from 09:30 AM to 12.30 PM. The resource person of the session was Mr.M.Praveen, III CSE, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Francis Xavier Engineering College. The session was coordinated by Mrs.M.Bagya Lakshmi, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Francis Xavier Engineering College. 52 students from Second year CSE Department and one faculty member participated in the program.

The resource person shared his experience about the new product development and the steps he undertook to develop the product. He said it is important to search the literature reviews about the innovative idea or concept. He also explained the process of developing a new product. The speaker also explained the idea of developing startups with the help of a new innovative product developed. At this stage he clarified the Myths and reality of innovation. He used number of live examples to explain the concept of innovation and the various stages in the product development.

Moreover, he explained the different types of innovation and gave the example for each type from real time industrial applications. He shared the experience in terms of failures and success during his product development. The session was an interactive one and the students interacted with the resource person very eagerly to gather more information about his experience in the product development. He also gave few innovative ideas which can be explored further to develop some useful innovative product.

On 04th May, 2023 an “Exposure visit to Wheat Flour Mill to identify the Entrepreneurial Opportunities” was organized by Entrepreneurship Development Cell & Institution’s Innovation Council in association with the Department of Mechanical Engineering from 09:00 am to 04.00 pm. A batch of 55 Third year students from the Department of Mechanical Engineering and 2 staff members participated in the exposure visit.

Students visited the “Naga Flour Mills, Dindigul to expose the manufacture of Wheat Flour Mill and the entrepreneurial opportunities available in the sector. The concern presented a video about history of Naga Flour Mill and manufacturing process. They said that Naga Flour manufacture 28 food products. The products are distributed for the domestic consumption and exported to various foreign countries also. They procure different raw materials as per product requirements from Unit I of Naga Mills, Dindigul. Initially R&D team testing the raw materials as per nutrition requirements of each and every product. Continuously sewing process is done using copper machine for the purpose of raw material filtration. After that raw materials are supplied into extruder with the combination of both water & powder through hopper. Subsequently, raw materials are shaken around 25mins, next stage is to dry the materials around 70 – 80 Degree Celsius. For reducing the temperature for packing, store and cool the materials with 30 Degree Celsius. In addition to this, before packing metal detector is used to find the any metal in production process. Finally food products are packed for sale using automation process.

On 28th April 2023, Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with Department of Civil Engineering organized a session on “Sharing of Entrepreneurial Experience in Construction Industry”. The resource person for the program was Er. Ram Aravind, Founder of RM Group, RMK Builders, Nirmala Conveyance, Tirunelveli. 40 II year civil engineering students and 1 faculty member participated in the program. The session was coordinated by Mrs. P. Raja Priya, Assistant Professor, Department of civil engineering, FXEC.

The speaker started with the statement that “Construction industry is a sector where lot of business opportunities can be created if the knowledge of entrepreneurship become wide spread”. But starting a new construction business is still a challengeable issue. Entrepreneurs need to have a solid understanding of financial management, marketing, operations, and human resources to run a successful construction business. Developing skills in these areas can help businesses become more competitive, increase profits, and improve efficiency. Effective communication, decision-making, and problem-solving skills are also critical for success in this area. Entrepreneurs in the construction industry need to be able to identify opportunities for innovation and develop new products or services that meet the changing needs of their customers. This could include adopting new technology, using new materials, or developing new construction techniques. Entrepreneurs in the construction industry need to be able to assess and manage risk effectively. The participants clarified their doubts and gained lot of information from the guest speaker. Infact, the session was an eye opener for all the participants.

On 28.04.2023 an expert talk on “Entrepreneurial Opportunities through Innovative Product Development” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of CSBS. The session was handled by Dr.T.C.Subbulakshmi Associate Professor, Information Technology Department, Francis Xavier Engineering College. 43 students from first year CSBS and 2 faculties of CSBS department participated in the program. The program was coordinated by Dr. T. Manimozhi, EDC coordinator of CSBS, Professor/Mathematics, Francis Xavier Engineering College from 1.30P.M. - 3.30 PM.

The resource person focused on the importance of innovation in product development and how it can create new opportunities for entrepreneurs. She emphasized the importance of constantly innovating and developing new products in order to stay ahead of the competition. The speaker stressed the importance of conducting market research to identify gaps in the market that can be filled by new products. She also emphasized the importance of focusing on the needs of the customer and creating a product that addresses their pain points. Entrepreneurship is inherently risky and developing innovative products is no exception. She insisted the importance of being willing to take risks and embrace failure as a learning opportunity. Collaboration can be a powerful tool in product development. The guest encouraged entrepreneurs to seek out partnerships and collaborations with others in order to bring their ideas to life. The lecture highlighted the importance of innovation in product development and the opportunities it can create for entrepreneurs. By identifying unmet needs in the market, creating products that solve problems, and being willing to take risks, entrepreneurs can develop innovative products that can lead to business success. Collaboration with others can also be a powerful tool in product development. The session came to an end by the feedback session of students and staffs.

On 28.04.2023 a session on Sharing of Entrepreneurial Experience - " Scented Candle Manufacturing" was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of MBA. The session was handled by Ms.G.Sharu Lekha, I MBA, Student, Francis Xavier Engineering College. 58 students from first year MBA and 1 faculty of MBA department participated in the program. The program was coordinated by Mr. P. Selvakumar, EDC Coordinator, Assistant professor - MBA, Francis Xavier Engineering College from 9.30AM - 12.30 PM.

Ms.Sharu Lekha, the student entrepreneur from MBA department owns a brand called the "WAXFLICKS" a dessert and food themed candle business. She began the session on how she came up with this innovative idea and also gave a brief about her startup. A detailed explanation was given about the candle making process and her marketing, location and pricing strategy.

The session was a welcoming one for the students as it was a booster to become an entrepreneur. She shared her three golden rules that made her withstand and succeed in her business which helped the students to set goals according to their personal interest. The speaker gave her views on how to aim high and be consistent in whatever we do. It was really an eye opening session for all the students.

On 27th April, 2023 Entrepreneurship Development Cell & Institution’s Innovation Council in association with the Department of Mechanical Engineering organized an expert talk on “Intellectual Property Rights with special reference to Trademark and Copyrights” from 09:30 pm to 12.30 pm. The program was held via online mode. Mr.C.R.T.Suria Prakash, AP/Civil SCAD College of Engineering & Technology, Tirunelveli was the resource person. 40 students of the Mechanical Engineering department and 1 faculty member participated in the program. Dr.R.K.A.Bhalaji, AP/Mech coordinated the program.

The resource person explained the meaning of Intellectual Property and the rights of the owner of the intellectual property. He also explained the meaning of trade marks, patents, copy rights, design and geographical indication. While explaining various types of intellectual properties, he highlighted the need for protecting the right to use the intellectual properties. The speaker explained in detail the trademarks and copy rights. He said trademarks are important because they serve as a unique marker of identity. and the consumer connects it with a company. It could be the name on the logo, the design, and the colour. He also said that trademark can convey a certain standard and quality of the product that consumers can easily identify. Another perk that trademark registration offers is safeguarding the reputation of a company and it signifies to consumers that a product is of a certain standard and quality to the wider consumer set

As regards the copyright he said that it is important as it helps to protect the value of an author/academic/researchers work, by giving the originator of the work the ability to protect it from unlicensed or uncredited usage. Moreover, It protects from unauthorized use and it provides legal remedies to the owner of the copyright against unauthorized use or reproduction of the work which would be considered as a copyright infringement. The speaker gave live examples while explaining the concept of trademarks and copy rights. The participants also raised few questions to clarify their doubts. The entire session was interactive one and all the participants benefitted a lot through this session.

On 27.04.2023 a session on Entrepreneurial Creativity - "An Ability to Develop New Ideas and Solutions to Problems" was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of MBA. The session was handled by Mr.Sadayappan Subramanian, Co-Founder – My Fundz, Tirunelveli. 58 students from first year MBA and 1 faculty of MBA department participated in the program. The program was coordinated by Mr. P. Selvakumar, EDC Coordinator, Assistant professor - MBA, Francis Xavier Engineering College from 10.00AM - 12.30 PM.

The guest speaker explained about the growing business opportunities in entrepreneurship with creative ideas in the current world especially for young business studies students. People who are good at taking insights derived from each type of creativity excel at thinking outside the box and applying new approaches to their work.

The speaker gave lot of live examples to explain the concept and the growth associated with creativity and innovation. The speaker raised few questions as the participants were from management department. This initiated a discussion among the participants and they raised few questions to clarify their doubts. Some students asked questions about the startup opportunities which was addressed by the speaker. In fact, the question answer session after the speech gave an insight about the opportunities for developing startups also.

On 27th April 2023 the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in connection with department of Computer Applications organized a session on “Protection of Innovative Products through Intellectual Property Rights”. Dr. A.Andrew Robert, Associate Professor, Department of ECE, Francis Xavier Engineering College. The session was coordinated by Mr.R.Albert Paulin Michael, Assistant professor, Department of Computer application.

The speaker explained the meaning of IPR and the various types of IPRs such as patents, copy rights, Geographical indications, designs etc. He underlined the need and importance of registering the patents, copy rights and other types of IPSs properly in order to protect the rights over the properties. He also stated that if it is not protected through IPR then anybody can make of the same. The speaker explained the process of registering the patent and copy rights to avoid the infringement of the rights over the intellectual properties.

The resource person gave a lot of examples for the problems faced by the business establishments because of the failure to register the patents properly to protect the rights over the innovation. He said that literary, artistic works, designs, and symbols, names and images used in the trademarks can also be protected through IPR. The speaker also raised few questions to the participants to know the level of awareness about the IPR and he insisted the participants to be vigilant to protect the rights over the trade marks, designs, patents etc. The participants also raised few questions to clarify their doubts. The entire session went on very well. Moreover, it gave an insight about the problem taken for the discussion. The session was useful to all the participants and they really enjoyed the entire session. The guest lecture provoked good response and the participants gathered good knowledge about IPR and the importance of using IPR to protect the rights of the business establishments.

On 26.4.2023 a session on “Procedures for Developing Startup” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of AI&DS. The session was handled by Mr. P.Selvakumar AP/MBA ,FXEC an experienced entrepreneur and business consultant . 52 students from first year AI&DS and 1 faculty of AI&DS department participated in the program. The program was coordinated by Mrs.P.Sooriabrabha, Assistant professor, Department of AI&DS from 2.00.AM - 4.00PM.

The main objective of the program was to provide a comprehensive overview of the essential procedures and steps that need to be followed in order to establish and develop a successful startup. The resource person also stated that first and most important step in developing a startup is conducting thorough market research to identify the gap in the market. It is important to understand the market demand, competition, and potential customer base: The second step in developing a startup is conducting thorough market research. It is important to understand the market demand, competition, and potential customer base The third step in developing a startup is to secure the necessary funding and resources. This could be in the form of loans, investment from venture capitalists, or crowd funding. Finally, developing a startup is to focus on product development.

Resource person suggested that entrepreneurs should create a minimum viable product (MVP) that can be tested and refined based on customer feedback. The workshop provided valuable insights and practical tips on the essential procedures and steps that need to be followed in order to establish and develop a successful startup. Resource person discussed clearly the importance of market research, business planning, funding, team building, and product development. The participants found the session informative and insightful and expressed their gratitude to resource person for sharing his valuable experience and knowledge. In the end of session students gave feedback and got the certificate for attending the session issued by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell.

On 26.04.2023 a Workshop on "Intellectual Property Rights" was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering. The session was handled by Dr. N. Muthukumaran, Professor, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Francis Xavier Engineering College, Tirunelveli from 09.30 AM - 04.30 PM. 41 students and 2 faculties participated. This event was coordinated by Dr R Prem Ananth AP/ECE. This event was conducted with the guidance of Dr. Lourdes Poobala Rayen, EDC Director.

The guest speaker Dr. N. Muthukumaran started the speech by defining the terms copy rights, trade marks, patent rights and geographical indication. He explained the need to file a patent to safe guard the innovations. The guest speaker explained the process of filing the patent, copy right, geographical indication. He also highlighted the protection given by the IPR legally and how it can be used in the business for producing the products without any problem and safeguard the products against competitors’ products.

In the forenoon session, guest speaker created awareness and also explained the types of Intellectual Property Rights. Moreover, he gave number of live examples for each type of IPR. He also explained the design patent with examples such as four arm walking sticks and its types, how each design differs from others. Regarding the geographical indicator tag he gave the example of Salem mangoes and he also said that our college is taking steps to file geographical tag for Tirunelveli Halwa. During the afternoon session he demonstrated how to file a patent through online and offline mode. He listed the application fees for registering a patent and he even said that the Government of India has reduced the application fees to promote Innovation. He concluded the session by explaining the process of filing the patent.

The interaction between the students and the resource person was highly motivating to all the Participants. Session end with the feedback of Students. The Program was coordinated by Dr. R Prem Ananth, IIC Convener, IIC Innovation Ambassador for "Design thinking & Innovations", Assistant professor, Francis Xavier Engineering College.

On 26th April 2023, an expert talk on "EXPERT TALK ON PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT" was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of IT. The session was handled by Mrs.Jainul Fathima, AP/IT, Francis Xavier Engineering College. 55 students from First year IT and 2 faculties of IT department participated in the program. The program was coordinated by Mrs. M. Yasmin Nirosha, Assistant professor, Department of IT from 2.00 – 4.00 P.M

The seminar aimed to provide insight into the practical aspects of developing prototypes and the challenges associated with it. The speaker started her talk by introducing the concept of a prototype and its importance in product development. She highlighted that prototypes are essential for identifying design flaws, testing functionality, and receiving feedback from stakeholders. The speaker emphasized the significance of developing a prototype early in the design process to ensure the product's success. She discussed various types of prototypes, including breadboard prototypes, alpha prototypes, beta prototypes, and production prototypes. She also highlighted the differences between them and when each prototype is best used in the product development process. Guest speaker shared several critical factors to consider when developing a prototype, including the material selection, manufacturing process, cost, and time-to-market. She emphasized the importance of balancing these factors to ensure the success of the product.

She also discussed the challenges associated with developing prototypes, including the need for specialized equipment, difficulties in replicating the design, and the cost associated with the development process. She provided suggestions on how to overcome these challenges, such as using 3D printing technology and collaborating with experts in the field. In conclusion, the seminar provided valuable insights into the practical aspects of prototype development. Overall, the seminar was informative and insightful, providing attendees with the knowledge necessary to develop successful prototypes.

On 24th and 25th of April 2023 Entrepreneurship Development Cell & Institution Innovation Council in Association with Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering organized the “Demonstration of Innovative Projects” in the EEE department. 91 students demonstrated their innovative projects on both the days.

The students developed the innovative projects were asked to demonstrate their innovative project as regards the problem addressed, technologies used, solutions given for the problem addressed. The demonstration exercise will help the presenters an insight and to get the comments from the experts. To empower this the ideas on demonstration of projects have been initiated. Students through various field gave their ideas through demonstration.

The following are the titles of the innovative projects demonstrated by the students.

• Modelling of SMA Based Monitoring for Sets in Industries Using Embedded Technologies,
• Solar Powered Wireless Charging Station for EV
• Automated Waste Management System for Smart Cities Using IOT
• Residency Based Emergency Patients Monitoring and Alert System Using IOT
• LIFI based Security System - Digital Pen
• A Multiport DC To DC Converter for Soft Electric Vehicle Charging Using Solar
• Real Time Embedded Based Circuit Breaker Monitoring Through IOT
• Rescue Robot Control Car Using ESP32- CAM
• Smart Traffic Management System with Priority for Emergency Vehicle
• Battery Management System in E Vehicle
• IOT Based Smart Grid to Remotely Monitoring and Control Renewable Energy Source
• Smart PV Panel Cleaning System and Dual Axis Tracking, Monitoring Using IOT
• Automatic Vehicle Accident Detection and Rescue System Using ESP-32
• Location Tracking Device with Electric Shock for Women Safety
• Advance Medication Scheduler for Patients Using IOT
• Weeding Robot
• Automobile Collision Avoidance System Using Li-Fi Communication
• Multi- purpose Agricultural Robot
• Motor Monitoring System Using IOT
• Integration of Manual and Automated Multifunctional Defense Robot
• A Smart Industry Advance Operation Using IOT
• ENT of Radio Frequency Identification Tags (RFID) Based Petrol Pump Automation System
• For Enhanced Per
• Functionality Development of Field Bund Mechanism

On 21st April 2023 Entrepreneurship Development Cell & Institution Innovation Council in association with Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering organized an expert talk on Creativity & Innovation - A Key for Entrepreneurship Development. Dr.A.Ravi, HOD/EEE,FXEC was the Guest Lecturer. 48 students and 1 faculty member participated in the program.

He explained the process of creativity and innovation. The process of creating new venture is inherently to be dynamic and versatile. There are some aspects to be taken and the stages of creative approach. He also explained about the roles of creativity and innovation in Entrepreneurship. Creativity and innovation in entrepreneurship link by which creativity is the intellectual activity to create new ideas while innovation is the action taken to transform the new ideas into a result.

He concludes that entrepreneurs need to ensure the organization must continue to delight the customer, produce the product in accordance to requirement which is the purpose of every business. The innovative elements should continuously change to fulfil one’s need also for the survival of the enterprise. Entrepreneurs who embrace creativity and innovation in their business models, will be moving forward and be successful than entrepreneurs who remain with the traditional business model, which is only concerned with selling exclusively. This event was coordinated by Mr.A.Amala Manuela AP/EEE.

On 19th April 2023 Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with Department of Civil Engineering organized a session on “Presentation of Innovative Ideas”. 7 batches consisting of 40 students from various institutions participated in this Innovation Competition. The session was coordinated by Mrs. P. Raja Priya, Assistant Professor, Department of civil engineering, FXEC.

A problem statement “Water clogging in metropolitan cities” was given to the students and they were asked to come up with the ideas to provide solution for the above problem. The student innovators introduced their innovative ideas and explained the process through which it could be developed. The juries addressed the students and discussed about their developed ideas. The discussion evoked good response among the participants and presented their ideas spontaneously. In fact, it was a good exercise for all the participants and almost all the participants discussed their ideas and various solutions emerged through the discussion. At the end of the session the students gave feedback and expressed satisfaction about the program.

On the 19th April 2023 Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of IT organized a workshop titled "Lean Business Canvas". The session was handled by Mr. Selva Kumar, AP/MBA, Francis Xavier Engineering college. 55 students from First year IT and 2 faculties of IT department participated in the program. The program was coordinated by Mrs. M. Yasmin Nirosha, Assistant professor, Department of IT from 9.30 A.M – 3.30 P.M

The workshop aimed to provide an understanding of the Lean Business Canvas framework and its significance in building a successful business. The workshop began with an introduction to the Lean Business Canvas, which is a strategic tool that helps entrepreneurs and business owners to develop and validate their business model. The guest speaker explained the different components of the canvas, which includes the customer segments, value proposition, channels, customer relationships, revenue streams, key resources, key activities, key partnerships, and cost structure.

The participants were divided into groups, and each group was assigned a hypothetical business scenario. They were then asked to create their own Lean Business Canvas based on the scenario given. This exercise helped the participants understand the practical application of the framework. The speaker also discussed the importance of testing and validating the assumptions made in the canvas. He emphasized the need to gather feedback from potential customers and make changes accordingly. He explained the concept of the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) and how it can be used to test the market and validate the business model before investing significant resources. The workshop concluded with a Q&A session, where the participants were given an opportunity to clarify their doubts and seek advice from the guest speaker. The workshop received positive feedback from the participants, who found it to be informative and engaging. Many participants mentioned that they were able to gain a better understanding of the Lean Business Canvas framework and how it can be applied to their business. They appreciated the interactive nature of the workshop and the opportunity to work in groups and learn from each other. The interactive nature of the workshop helped the participants to apply the framework to a hypothetical scenario and gain a better understanding of its practical application. Overall, the workshop was well-received and benefitted a lot.

On 18th April, 2023 an “Exposure visit to Aavin Milk Production Centre” was organized by Entrepreneurship Development Cell & Institution’s Innovation Council in association with the Department of Mechanical Engineering at 09:00 am to 04.00 pm. Dr.R.K.A.Bhalaji, Asst.Professor/Mechanical Engineering is Co-ordinator of the event. A batch of 53 second year students from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Francis Xavier Engineering College visited the “Tirunelveli District Co-operative Milk Producers Union Ltd, Reddiarpatty Road, Tirunelveli.

The officials from Aavin Milk explained the operational aspects of milk production and processing. They said the milk is procured from 189 villages and the procured milk is sent to testing room to test the quality of milk. After the testing process, the milk is sent to storage tanks. The milk is categorized into 3 types such as TM toned milk fat up to 3.3 calories, SM standard milk fat upto 3.5 calories and FCM full cream milk fat upto 4.4 calories. The milk is then packed in packets and kept in the freezer hall. The milk is then dispatched to various sales points for the distribution to the consumers.

In the afternoon the participants were given details about the current trend in milk production, processing and distribution. They also gave information about the value-added products produced using milk as the raw material. The program coordinator discussed about the entrepreneurial opportunities available in the global market using milk-based products such as milk Peda, butter, ghee, ice cream etc. Regarding entrepreneurship, he highlighted some innovative ideas to the students. Additionally, he told about the financial support from govt. agencies to develop the business. From the exposure visit, students gained knowledge about milk production process and entrepreneurial opportunities using milk based products.

On 13.04.2023 an Expert talk on "Government Schemes to Promote Rural Entrepreneurship through Self Help Groups (SHG)" was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering. The session was handled by Mr. Ganesan, General Manager, District Industries Centre, Tirunelveli from 09.30 AM - 12.30 PM. 43 leaders from SHGs and 2 faculties participated. This event was coordinated by Dr. R. Prem Ananth AP/ECE. This event was conducted with the guidance of Dr. Lourdes Poobala Rayen, EDC Director.

The program started with the welcome address by Dr Lourdes Poobala Rayen, EDC Director. He started his welcome address by creating an awareness and importance of getting a government schemes to start the business. He introduced the chief guest Mr. Ganesan, General Manager, District Industry Centre (DIC) to the gathering and his role in developing Rural Entrepreneurship. The guest speaker started the speech by explaining his role in DIC and the steps they are taking to promote entrepreneurship in the district. He explained Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises Scheme (PMFMF), Unemployed Youth Employment Generation Programme (UYEGP), Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) and New Entrepreneur cum Enterprise Development Scheme (NEEDS). He stated the objectives of the Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises Scheme such as Capacity Building of Micro Food entrepreneurs, Technology up-gradation of the existing Micro Food Processing Enterprises by increasing access to credit to the entrepreneurs, Branding and Marketing support. The guest speaker also explained Unemployed Youth Employment Generation Programme (UYEGP) schemes and the eligibility criteria for the UYEGP schemes. He said the applicant should have an eighth-grade education, any adult (18+) can apply for UYEGP, the annual income shouldn’t exceed Rs. 1,50,000 per annum, the applicant must have a 3-year residence in Tamilnadu, training was required for a UYEGP loan and the recipient should not have received any State/Central Government loan or subsidy. Similarly, he explained the objectives and eligible criteria for Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) and New Entrepreneur cum Enterprise Development Scheme (NEEDS).

The interaction between the SHGs and the resource person was highly motivating to all the participants. Session came to an end with the feedback of the SHGs. The Program was coordinated by Dr. R. Prem Ananth, IIC Convener, IIC Innovation Ambassador for "Design thinking & Innovations", Assistant professor, Francis Xavier Engineering College.

On 12.4.2023 the Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science in association with Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC organised “TECHOLYMPICS ’23” for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science students. The program was coordinated by HOD and faculties of department of AI&DS from 9.AM - 4.PM.

The second National level Techolympics’23 was organized by department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science. The Head of the Department delivered the introductory talk about the Chief Guest Mr. Prasanna Guruprasad. The Principal Dr.V.Velmurugan felicitated the participants for their success. Mr. Prasanna Guruprasad from 3i Infotech, Bangalore presented the scope of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science. The symposium witnessed the enthusiastic participation of 25 colleges over 140 students from various NIRF Engineering Colleges of Tamilnadu in various events and showcased their talents in both technical and non-technical event. The

Code debugging event started at 11 am. The students from Sri Krishna College of Engineering has won the first prize.Finally in the evening 4.0 clock prize distribution started.

On 29.3.2023 the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of IT organized a session on “ Plan for start-up and Legal & Ethical Steps”. The session was handled by Mrs.Thanalakshmi, AP/MBA, Francis Xavier Engineering college. 60 students from Third year IT and 1 faculty from IT department participated in the program. The program was coordinated by Mrs. M. Yasmin Nirosha, Assistant professor, Department of IT from 10.30 A.M – 12.30 P.M

The seminar aimed to provide insights into the essential legal and ethical steps that entrepreneurs need to take while starting a new venture. The seminar also aimed to provide guidance on creating a successful business plan to set up a start-up. The guest speaker emphasized the importance of a well-structured business plan. She discussed the key elements of a business plan, including executive summary, company description, market analysis, product or service line, and financial projections. She highlighted the importance of conducting thorough market research to understand the competition and potential customers' needs.

Mrs. Thanalakshmi then discussed the critical legal steps that entrepreneurs must take while starting a new venture. She emphasized the need to obtain all necessary licenses and permits from the relevant government authorities. She also discussed the different types of business entities, such as sole proprietorship, partnership, and limited liability companies, and their respective legal requirements. She highlighted the importance of protecting intellectual property rights, such as trademarks, patents, and copyrights, to safeguard the company's unique products and services. She also discussed the importance of having proper agreements with employees, vendors, and partners to avoid any legal disputes in the future. The Program provided valuable guidance to entrepreneurs on creating a successful business plan and taking the necessary legal and ethical steps to set up a new venture. It emphasized the importance of conducting business in an ethical and socially responsible manner, which is critical for long-term success and sustainability. Overall, the seminar was a great learning experience for all participants.

On 29th March 2023 Entrepreneurship Development Cell and Institution’s Innovation Council in association with Civil Engineering Department organized a "Session on Stages of Start-up Development". The resource person for the session was Mr.Manikandan, Proprietor, Yazhi Structural Consultant, Alangulam. 47 second and third year civil engineering students and 1 faculty member attended the session. The session was coordinated by Mrs. P. Raja Priya, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, FXEC.

The resource person explained the importance of developing startups and the process of developing the startups. While explaining the importance he gave lot of examples for the Indian Startups such as Paytm, Meesho, OLA, Udaan etc, He also highlighted the importance of developing startups to improve the economic conditions of the state and central government. He also highlighted the steps taken by the government for developing startups such as Special Economic Zones. Government is extending all possible support for the development of startups.

The speaker described 5 stages of start-up development namely discovery, concept development, resourcing, actualization and harvesting. All the stages were explained in detail with the help of live examples. The speaker also described the procedures and requirements for starting a business such as developing a business plan, acquiring finance, meeting legal requirements and marketing strategies. The students actively participated and clarified their doubts regarding start-ups.

On 28.03.2023 a workshop on “Entrepreneurship in Digital Media” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of CSBS. The session was handled by Mr. M. Gladston Akash Raja, II AI&DS Department, Student Entrepreneur Francis Xavier Engineering College. 64 students from second year CSBS and 2 faculties of CSBS department participated in the program. The program was coordinated by Dr. T. Manimozhi, EDC coordinator of CSBS, Professor/Mathematics, Francis Xavier Engineering College from 9.30A.M. - 3.30 PM.

Mr. Gladston Akash Raja who is a student entrepreneur shared his knowledge and experiences as a student entrepreneur. The resource person said that the Digital entrepreneurs pursue business ventures exclusively on a digital platform. Compared to traditional entrepreneurs, digital entrepreneurs offer different products and services and use different types of funding and marketing strategies. He gave few prominent skills which can be used in the digital media such as social media management, search engine optimization, content marketing, influencer marketing.

The resource person explained the meaning and importance of digital marketing and the steps to be taken to earn income out of it. He insisted that It's important for students to learn about the latest trends in the market to stay ahead of the competition and to explore the opportunities in the world of business. By learning about the recent trends in the market, the students can gain better understanding of the business world and how to succeed in it.

He stressed the need for involving in some income generation ventures to earn through same. He also gave lot of examples in the digital marketing and the entrepreneurial opportunities available to the entrepreneurs. He said that the digital media gave lot of opportunities for the students undergoing studies. The students were given opportunity to interact with the resource person and this evoked good response among the students and they felt very happy and wanted to enter in to the entrepreneurial venture.

On 28.03.2023 Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering organized an Expert talk on "Sharing of Entrepreneurial Experience". The session was handled by Mr.M.Ram Aravinth, RMK Builders, Tirunelveli from 10.00 AM- 12.00 AM. 50 students and 2 faculties participated in the program. This event was coordinated by Mrs.M.Subashini AP/EEE.

The program started with the welcome address by Dr.P.Annapandi. He started his welcome address by explaining the benefits being an entrepreneur. Later, he introduced the guest speaker to the students. The resource person started the session with introduction to “entrepreneurship”. How one should be passionate about making their ideas work. The speaker discussed how starters need to have everything properly planned before start. He also spoke about the prerequisites of starting a business and running it in a profitable manner. All this was explained by discussing start-up stories such as Paytm, Fresh menu, Flipkart, Ola, Uber, Swiggy as well as their own journey. Students wanted to know how to spot opportunities and how their education will help the young prospective entrepreneurs with planning, financing and managing their businesses.

The session was insightful and exhibited knowledge. It was a great learning for all the students as they enjoyed the question and answer sessions and got the opportunity to clear their doubts. The Program was organized by Mrs.M.Subashini Assistant professor/EEE, Francis Xavier Engineering College.

On 28.03.2023 Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of MBA organized a session on "Business Management Skills for Entrepreneurship Growth”. The session was handled by Dr.S.B.Jeshurun, Associate Professor, MBA, Francis Xavier Engineering College from 9.30AM - 12.30 PM. 50 students from first year MBA and and 1 faculty of MBA department participated in the program. The program was coordinated by Mr. P. Selvakumar, EDC Coordinator, Assistant professor - MBA, Francis Xavier Engineering College.

The guest speaker briefed about the importance of adapting management skills for the real time growth for an entrepreneur. Entrepreneurship training worthy of its name must also incorporate real-life situations for future entrepreneurs to appreciate and prepare for the difficulties of entrepreneurship. In his speech he also stated that causes of failure are part of the management of any small and medium-sized enterprises (SME). Business owners can’t just sit in a corner and wait for opportunities to come to them. Entrepreneurs have to think strategically and be proactive. They have to show initiative, research trends, and always put themselves and the business in the optimum position for growth. He also said that Entrepreneurs should aim to build a sustainable business that prioritizes customer needs. This involves learning to create products and services that solve customer problems.

Through collecting customer feedback, business owners can anticipate what customers will need, how to improve customer support, and how to stand out from competitors. He also said that the entrepreneurs who are persistent are able to watch their ideas grow from nothing to the business they always envisioned. Entrepreneurship is not an easy route and it is one that requires a tremendous amount of patients to be able to see any results. Patience and persistence are important keys to success for any entrepreneur, as well as learning how to view failures as important learning moments. Students gained lot of insights about management skills which are needed for starting a business.

On 28.3.2023 an awareness program on “Government Funding Opportunities to Develop Startup” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of AI&DS. The session was handled by Mrs. M. Thana Lakshmi AP/MBA, Francis Xavier Engineering college. 64 students from second year AI&DS and one faculty member of AI&DS department participated in the program. The program was coordinated by Mrs. P. Sooriabrabha, Assistant professor, Department of AI&DS from 200.PM - 4.00PM.

The awareness program started with the introduction by Mrs.P.Sooriabrabha, Assistant professor, Department of AI&DS. In this session resource person discussed about MSME and government funds for startup. She listed few government schemes such as Startup India, Startup TN, PMEGP, UYEGP, NEEDS, PMFME and Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana. She also explained the financial assistance provided through each of the supporting schemes. While explaining the various schemes, she gave information about the procedures to be fulfilled at the time of applying for the assistance under the scheme. In addition to this she also highlighted the role played by Tamil Nadu Startup and Innovation Mission (TANSIM) for the promotion of startups. She highlighted the competitions organised under the banner of Startup TN which aims at promoting the startups among the college students and product innovators. The participants raised questions about the process of startup development and all the queries were clarified by the resource person. In fact, the session was an eye opener for most of the participants and gathered more information about the various assistance provided by the government for the development of startups.

On 27.03.2023 Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of Computer Science and Engineering organized a seminar on “International Year of Millet: Entrepreneurship Opportunities in Millet Processing and Marketing” from 01:30 AM to 04.00 PM. The resource person of the session was, Mr.P.Selvakumar, Assistant Professor, Department of Master of Business Administration, Francis Xavier Engineering College. 50 students from third year CSE department and 2 faculties were participated in the program. The session was coordinated by Mrs.M.Bagya Lakshmi, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Francis Xavier Engineering College.

The speaker explained about the various types of millets and its health benefits. While explaining the importance of millets and the reasons for organizing the International Year of Millet, he stressed the need for using the millets in our regular food. The speaker highlighted the value-added products using millets. He also said that Millets are rich sources of protein, dietary fiber, energy and minerals when compared to rice. Small millet-based value-added products including traditional recipes, bakery products, pasta products, flaked and popped products instant food mixes are developed and standardized by various institutes. He highlighted the value-added products using Millets like Instant Beverage From Ragi, Instant Ragi Semolina / Porridge, Jowar Flakes, Malted Ragi Flour-Enzyme Rich, Millet Based Upma & Halwa Mix, Millet Semolina (Coarse & Fine), Multigrain Drink Mix, Shelf-Stable Bajra Flour etc. The speaker explained the support provided by the government for setting up a concern for the production of value-added Millet based products.

On 27.03.2023 Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of MBA organized a session on "Online Business Opportunity for Student Entrepreneurs. The session was handled by Mr.M.Esakkiraj, Assistant Professor, MCA, Francis Xavier Engineering College. 50 students from first year MBA and 1 faculty member of MBA department participated in the program. The program was coordinated by Mr. P. Selvakumar, EDC Coordinator, Assistant professor - MBA, Francis Xavier Engineering College from 1.30PM - 4.05 PM.

The guest speaker explained the growing online opportunities in the current world especially for young students. He stated that the consumers are buying their needs through online especially during the pandemic period. The products purchased through online such as smartphones, electronics, daily necessities and groceries is increasing in the year 2022 notably.

He also emphasized the online business opportunities opened through Amazon, Meesso and Flipkart and many blogging opportunities. Creating a store in the webstores one can sell the products online and earn income even while they learn. The students having higher skills are developing the products needed by the users and there by they earn income out of it. There are number of online business opportunities through the value added agri- products. This will also help the student entrepreneurs who want to earn income by doing online business. The session was an eye opener and gave lot of insight to the participants. Moreover, they have received lot of business ideas for their business.

On 24.03.2023 a workshop on “Prototype / Process Design and Development” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of Computer Science and Engineering from 09:30 AM to 04.00 PM. The resource person of the session was, Ms.M.Dharshini, III Year, Department of CSE, Francis Xavier Engineering College. 52 students from second year CSE department and 2 faculties participated in the program. The session was coordinated by Mrs.M.Bagya Lakshmi, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Francis Xavier Engineering College.

The speaker is a student of the III year CSE department and the winner of the Startup TN event and the beneficiary of the Innovation Voucher Program (IVP). The speaker being the product developer and IVP awardee she inspired the students about the development of prototype with the help of the innovative product ideas. She also highlighted the funding support available for the development of the prototype and the commercial product. She also gave few examples to show the innovative product ideas. While interacting with the students she requested all the students to involve in the identification of innovative product ideas and the sources the students can make use of for the development of innovative product ideas. Moreover, she explained the government support available for the development of prototype and startups.

Further, the resource person shared the details about the Udhayam Registration process and the importance of Innovation Voucher Program. Then she discussed the detailed explanation of getting funds from the government under various schemes. The resource person asked the participants to present few innovative ideas and she explained the process of developing the prototype for the same using the appropriate technologies. Then she discussed the importance of protecting the innovative ideas and the prototypes developed by the students.

On 24th March, 2023 the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and Institution Innovations Council in association with the Department of Computer Applications organized an Expert Talk on “The Process of Prototype Development” from 10.30 am to 12.30 pm. Mr. P. Selva Kumar, AP/MBA, delivered the lecture. 50 students and 1 staff member participated in the program.

The resource person explained the meaning of Prototype and the need for developing the prototype. He said a prototype is a look-alike or a copy of a part that demonstrates the product features and explores all possibilities before investing in the part’s complete development. A prototype can range from a detailed drawing with pen and paper to a fully working version of the product. Therefore, prototype development is simply a series of processes that the manufacturer uses to produce the prototype.

He also discussed various topics related to prototyping such as the process of developing a prototype, the implications of prototyping, and how to optimize the process. The speaker explained that prototyping is a process of creating a working model of a product before investing a lot of time and money in its development. He also discussed the advantages of prototyping, such as being able to test the design and functionality of a product before committing to it. Prototyping enables the team to identify potential issues before they become problems, and it can also help to reduce development time and cost. He discussed the different stages of the prototyping process such as idea generation, concept development, prototyping, and testing. He explained that the idea generation stage is the first step in the process, where the team comes up with ideas for the product. He highlighted how to optimize the prototyping process. He suggested using a modular approach, which involves breaking the product down into small, manageable components that can be tested individually. This expert talk provided valuable insight into the process of prototyping, and gave the participants a better understanding of how to optimize the process. All the students were benefited by the talk and the interaction between the students and the expert was highly appreciated.

On 24th March, 2023 an “Expert Talk on Institutional & Financial Support to Micro Entrepreneurs” was organized by Entrepreneurship Development Cell & Institution’s Innovation Council in association with the Department of Mechanical Engineering from 09:30 am to 12.30 pm. Dr.R.K.A.Bhalaji, AP/Mech, Francis Xavier Engineering College, Tirunelveli was the resource person. 40 students and 1 staff member participated in the program. Dr.S.Balakrishnan, AP/Mech inaugurated the session with welcome address.

The resource person discussed about the importance of Micro Entrepreneurs and the various funding opportunities provided by the central and state government to develop entrepreneurship activities. He highlighted the central government institutes which provides support for the promotion of entrepreneurship such as Small Scale Industries Board (SSIB), National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), Small Industries Development Organization (SIDO), National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) and Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI). Next he also explained about the state government institutes such as State Financial Corporations (SFC), Technical Consultancy Organization, Khadi & Village Industries board (KVIB).

He also listed the financial institutions providing financial support to promote and develop small scale industries & entrepreneurs. For instance, financial institutes are IDBI, IFCI, SSIC, RRBs, SFCs, SIDCs, co-operative and gramin banks. In addition to this he mentioned the support provided to promote innovation & entrepreneurship provided by government of India such as startup India, Make in India, Digital India, Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana etc. All the participants expressed their satisfaction and gained a lot through the program.

On March 15th 2023 Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with Department of Electronics and Communications organized an “INNOVATIVE 2023”. The Innovative project competition was organized for Polytechnic students of various disciplines. 45 batches consisting of 152 students of various disciplines participated in the Innovation Project Competition. The Polytechnic students from various colleges in and around Tirunelveli participated in the event. The students were allotted adequate space and necessary tools for setting up their presentation from 9.30 AM to 4.00 PM.

The participants exhibited their innovative projects and explained the functions of the product, the technology used and the purpose for which it can be used. 37 hardware projects and 8 software projects were exhibited by the students. The hardware projects were examined by Mr. S. Sheik Sulaiman, AP/MECH and Mr. J. Jeremy Jeba Samuel, AP/MECH and software projects were examined by Ms. Agnes Josy AP/IT and Dr. E Manohar, Associate Professor CSE. Students explained the tools used, software used and the challenges faced during the different stages of innovation. The students exhibited projects in the area like Smart city, Green Energy, Medical Application, Smart farming and Accident free transportation. The project exhibition came to an end with the valedictory function where the prizes were given to the winners and certificates were issued to the participants by the Principal of the college. The competition created a motivation to do more and to innovate new products. Students were also visited the project presented y the students. The display gave an insight to the students visited display.

On 13.03.2023 Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of CSBS organized an expert talk on “Startup Financing in India”. The session was handled by Ms. J. Monica Esther, A/P, Department of Information Technology, Francis Xavier Engineering College. 44 students from first year CSBS and 2 faculties of CSBS department participated in the program. The program was coordinated by Dr. T. Manimozhi, EDC coordinator of CSBS, Professor/Mathematics, Francis Xavier Engineering College from 1.30P.M. - 3.30 PM.

The guest speaker explained the meaning and importance of Statup. She gave few examples while explaining the concept of startup. She asked the students participated in the session to name one Indian Startup. Then the speaker explained why startup needs to be promoted. She listed the schemes through which the government is promoting the startups such as Startup India Seed fund Schemes, Tamil Nadu Startup and Innovation Mission, Startup TN etc., The guest speaker also explained the procedures to be followed for the availing the financial assistance through the scheme.

In addition to this the speaker also highlighted the venture capital fund which can also be used for mobilizing the financial requirements. The government of India and the Government of Tamil Nadu through SIPCOT and SIDCO also provides lot of support for the development of infrastructure facilities for the startups. The speaker also gave information about the forms of organization while developing the startups. The entire session went on well and all the participants benefitted a lot.

On 13th March 2023 the Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science in association with Entrepreneurship Development cell and IIC organised an Exposure Visit to NABARD’s Madurai Agribusiness Incubation Forum Madurai from 9.30.AM - 5.00PM. 80 students of first year Artificial Intelligence and Data Science participated in the exposure visit. The program was coordinated by Mrs.P.Sooriabrabha and Mr.I.Noormohamed Assistant Professor, department of AI&DS.

Assistant Manager, NABARD, Er.Mr.Vibith explained about the functions of NABARD. He said that NABARD provides monetary or Credit support to small-scale rural industries lacking due to less or no support. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) is an apex regulatory body for overall regulation of regional rural banks and apex cooperative banks in India. It is under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Finance, Government of India

Students visited the NABARD incubation centre and saw the products developed in the centre such as peanuts roaster and the process of making ice creams with different shapes. Student During the second session Mr.Selva, Quality Control Manager Agribusiness Incubation Forum discussed about the process of idea generation and converting the idea into product. Students interacted with the people in-charge of the centre and clarified about their doubts. In total the students gathered lot of information during the visit.

On 10th March 2023 Entrepreneurship Development Cell and Institution’s Innovation Council in association with Civil Engineering Department organized "Mentoring session on Prototypes Developed – Managed through Yukthi portal". Mrs. Swetha, AP/ Civil and Mr.Krishnakumar, AP/Civil mentored the students. 49 final year Civil Engineering students and 3 faculty members were involved in the program. The session was coordinated by Mrs. P. Raja Priya, Assistant Professor, Department of civil engineering.

The prototypes developed by the students were uploaded in the Yukti Portal and the same were used for the presentation and mentoring. The students were asked to present their prototypes developed by them. In total 13 prototypes were presented by 13 group of students. The students involved and the title of the prototypes presented were listed below. While presenting the prototypes, the evaluators raised lot of questions about the functioning of the model and the technology involved in the development of the same. The questions raised by the experts made the students to think further and really helped them to finetune their prototype developed by them. In fact, the students presented their prototypes benefitted a lot and expressed their satisfaction about the program.

On 09.03.2023 International Women’s Day Celebration was organized on the topic "DigitALL: Innovation and Technology for Gender Equality " was organized by the Women Development Cell in association with the IIC. The Session was handled by Mrs Kavitha Jawahar, from 1.30 PM - 04.30 PM. 472 students and 72 faculties participated. This event was coordinated by Dr JONA P AP/Chemistry.

The Guest speaker Mrs Kavitha Jawahar started the conversation by high lighting the significant contributions of women to the world of invention and innovation. She added the names of some notable female innovators, such as Hedy Lamarr and Grace Hopper. Hedy Lamarr developed a technology that paved the way for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Similarly, Grace Hopper helped in creating computer programming languages. The Speaker also said that women had also played key roles in fields such as medicine, engineering and science, making ground breaking discoveries and innovations. She said women are still under represented in many areas of invention and innovation, with a gender gap in patent applications and venture capital funding. She added that diversity in invention and innovation is important, as it leads to more creative solutions and a wider range of perspectives. She represented that research had shown that diverse teams were been more innovative and successful than homogeneous ones and she highlighted the need for greater gender diversity. She concluded her speech by saying that studied had found that companies with more diverse leadership and employees tend to perform better financially.

On 04.03.2023 and 05.03.23 a Millet Conference and Exhibition to promote Entrepreneurship was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Tamil Nadu Small, Tiny and Cottage Entrepreneurs Association. M. Appavu, Speaker of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, Dr. S. Cletus Babu, Chairman Francis Xavier Engineering College, Dr V Velmurugan, Principal, Francis Xavier Engineering College, Dr Lourdes Poobala Rayen, EDC Director, IIC President, Francis Xavier Engineering College, Dr John Kennedy, Professor Admission, FXEC, Mrs Jerina Bubby, Assistant Director, MSME Tirunelveli 352 students, 25 faculties and 415 external participants attended the conference. This event was coordinated by Dr. R. Prem Ananth AP/ECE. treating solid wastes and offers reasonably solutions for usage things that don’t belong to trash. It’s regarding but trash bin be used as a valuable resource. 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The program started with the welcome address by Dr John Kennedy, Professor Admission, he said Millets are good source of protein, fiber, vitamins, copper, manganese, phosphorus, magnesium and minerals. He also said the potential health benefits of millet include protecting cardiovascular health, preventing the onset of diabetes, helping people achieve and maintain a healthy weight, and managing inflammation in the gut. After the welcome address Dr. S. Cletus Babu Chairman of Francis Xavier Engineering College, felicitate the gathering. In his felicitation address, he addressed common millet types like Finger Millet (Ragi), Sorghum Millet (Jowar), Pearl Millet (Bajra) and Little Millet (Sama) and its health benefits. He also said that millet based biscuits, cakes and snacks are becoming very common among people and people are buying millet based products for high fibre content.

M. Appavu, Speaker of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly started his speech by explaining the health benefits of millets and he started to highlight the Government support for millet processing. He said Government of Tamilnadu started “Tamil Nadu Millet Mission” under this Mission government provides financial assistance of the Union and State Governments at an estimated cost of ₹82 crore in the coming year. Under this Mission subsidy will be given for bringing fallow land under millet cultivation and crop diversification in 50,000 acres. In this mission Millet farmers will be brought together to form producer groups, for the conduct of training programs. Subsidy will be provided for the installation of sprinkler irrigation systems on 12,500 acres and for establishment of Millets Processing Centres by farmer producer groups. Mrs Jerina Bubby, Assistant Director, MSME Tirunelveli started her presentation by highlighting the entrepreneurship opportunities in millet processing. She Said government had allocated Rs 300 Crores for promoting millet based products. She addressed the gather by highlighting few startup opportunities in Millet Primary Processing Unit, Millets Value Addition, Millet Business Plan for Millet Seed Entrepreneurs, Millet Business Plan for Millets Aggregators, Millet Business Plan – Millets packaging for Supermarkets and the Retail Industry, Millet Business Plan for Bakery Industry (Biscuits and Cakes), Millet Business Plan for Millet-based Hotel Industry, Millet Business Plan for Export Industry and Millet Business Plan – Creating e-Commerce Online platform on Millet Products. On the second day millet exhibition was inaugurated by M. Appavu, Speaker of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, students and SHG groups have prepared millet based foods and they had exhibited. They have exhibited and sold the millet based food products to public and to the college students. The students and SHG exhibited millet cookies, millet biryani, millet based health drinks and many snacks. The exhibition was a great eye opening for the public and the students, so that they can also prepare healthy food product for themselves and for sales.

On 3rd March 2023 FX Alumni Association cell of the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering in association with Entrepreneurship Development Cell organized an expert talk on “Inspiring Innovation and Creating the Future”. Mr. S.Ahamed Rishvan, Country Manager, (KSA), Ray Chem RPG, Saudi spoke on the topic “Inspiring Innovation and Creating the Future”.

Mr.Ahamed Rishvan, started the talk with giving a brief statistics on the current employability status of engineering students. He highlighted the growth of electrical core industry, which has increased demand for fresh engineers. His talk also focused on the recent industry trends in core engineering field. He listed down more than fifteen roles/designation currently being practiced in the core companies; their skill set requirement, companies name, job responsibilities etc. and explained the career growth ladder. The speaker emphasized on the importance of right mix of knowledge, attitude and additional skills for a successful career. The talk provided the students a platform for sharing their thoughts and was endowed with proper guidance regarding all the aspects of career in core field.

He also addressed that, today, we live in a dynamic and turbulent global community. The wave of mega-trends, including rapid change in globalization and technological advances, is creating new market forces. For any organization to survive and prosper in such an environment, innovation is imperative. However, innovation is no longer just for creating value to benefit individuals, organizations, or societies. The ultimate purpose of innovation should be much more far reaching, helping create a smart future where people can enjoy the best quality of life possible. Thus, innovation must search for intelligent solutions to tackle major social ills, seek more proactive approaches to predict the uncertain future, and pursue strategies to remove barriers to the smart future.

On 03.03.2023, the first year and second year students of Information Technology, Francis Xavier Engineering College, visited the NABARD Madurai Agri Business Incubation Forum (MABIF), Madurai. 96 students and three faculty members along with the H.O.D of the department visited the incubation centre.

MABIF is an initiative of NABARD & Tamil Nadu Agricultural University to promote Agribusiness in the southern region of Tamilnadu. MABIF propose to extend the wings of its agribusiness development catchment around Tamilnadu that could effectively create rural transformation points of 75 km circumference that are administratively controllable. The Incubation Forum had a team of highly qualified, experienced and dedicated professionals to provide state of the agricultural enhancement and give a such worthful service to the society. Students visited all their incubation unit and gathered lot of information about the technology used in the agriculture development. The students interacted with the employees working in the unit and gathered information regarding the latest development in agriculture development.

The session was an interactive one where the students were very much participative in order to gather the innovative methodologies adopted in agriculture development. The students who are doing some business activities interacted very seriously and gathered more information from the centre officials. The employees working in the centre shared their experience with the students. They also suggested few with useful ideas to conserve the agriculture in the current scenario. On the whole, the students gained many interesting as well as useful information regarding agriculture which is worth helping us in future and we had immense experience visiting MABIF.

On Feb 25th ,27th and 28th 2023 Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with Department of Electronics and Communications organized an “Intra Institutional Innovation Competition - Managed Through Yukti-NIR”. For this purpose, the students competing in this competition were asked to upload their innovative ideas in the Yukti Portal. 23 batches consisting of 52 students of various disciplines participated in this in the Innovation Competition.

The program started with the introduction of TNSI selected student innovators Mr. T. Gladston Akash Raja, Mr.M. Jebin, Miss. Maheshwari, Miss, Sabena of II year students, Francis Xavier Engineering college by Dr R Prem Ananth, Assistant professor, Department of ECE. The student innovators introduced their innovation and explained the process of development. While addressing their idea generation and innovation students interacted with the innovators and the discussion led to lot of queries from the participants. The student innovators felt happy while sharing their personal experiences. This discussion was between students to students because all the guest speakers are student innovators. All their innovative ideas were already uploaded in the Yukti Portal. The discussion evoked good response among the participants and presented their ideas spontaneously and those ideas were discussed and refined their ideas. In fact, it was a good exercise for all the participants and almost all the participants discussed their ideas and the solutions emerged through the discussion. All the participants expressed their intention to apply for the TNSI competition next time. They explained the tools used, software used and the challenges faced during the different stages of innovation. At the end of session students gave feedback and expressed satisfaction about the program. The participants asked the organisers to organise this type of discussions at the regular intervals.

On 28.2.2023 a session on “Entrepreneurial Skills for Prospective Entrepreneurs” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of IT. The session was handled by Mrs. Nancy Lydia, Assistant Professor, Department of Information Technology, Francis Xavier Engineering College. 64 students from second year IT department and 1 faculty member participated in the program. The program was coordinated by Dr. A.Jainul Fathima, Assistant professor, Francis Xavier Engineering College from 10.00 AM - 4.00 PM.

The resource person explained the entrepreneurial skills and qualities required to start and manage a business venture successfully. These skills are essential for aspiring entrepreneurs who want to turn their ideas into a profitable business. One of the key entrepreneurial skills include: creativity and innovation. Successful entrepreneurs are often innovative and creative, and they are always on the lookout for new and better ways to do things. Risk-taking: Entrepreneurs are willing to take calculated risks and make bold decisions, even when the outcome is uncertain. Leadership: Entrepreneurs must be able to lead and inspire their team members to achieve the company's goals. Strategic thinking: Entrepreneurs need to be able to think strategically and make long-term plans for their business. Financial management: Entrepreneurs need to have a good understanding of financial management, including budgeting, forecasting, and cash flow management. Marketing and sales: Entrepreneurs need to be able to market their products or services effectively and make sales to generate revenue. Communication and networking: Entrepreneurs must be able to communicate effectively with their team members, customers, and partners. They also need to build a network of contacts that can help them grow their business. Flexibility and adaptability: Entrepreneurs need to be flexible and adaptable, as they may need to pivot their business strategy in response to changing market conditions or other factors.

She also inspired the students by giving live examples for each of the entrepreneurial skills. The session was an interactive one and students raised few questions to clarified their doubts.

On 28.02.2023 a session on "A One Day Workshop on Importance of Goal Setting for Emerging Young Entrepreneurs" was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of MBA. The session was handled by Dr.Rajavalli Rajiv, Social Entrepreneur, Virudhunagar. 58 students from first year MBA and 1 faculty of MBA department participated in the program. The program was coordinated by Mr. P. Selvakumar, EDC Coordinator, Assistant professor - MBA, Francis Xavier Engineering College from 9.30AM - 04.00 PM.

The guest speaker in her speech explained the concept of entrepreneurship and why the management students must opt for entrepreneurship. She gave lot of examples from the Indian entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs excelling in Tamil Nadu. While stressing the students the importance of becoming an entrepreneur, she highlighted the conducive environment and the funding support of provided by the government to develop startups. She also highlighted the opportunities which are open to the students. She asked the students to identify the right opportunities to become a startup founder. While explaining the skills and qualities required for the entrepreneurs, she stressed the students to set the goals properly. The guest speaker explained the importance of goal setting for an entrepreneur in the present day situation.

In her speech she emphasized that, once you have your goals articulated, take some time to turn them into a creative and artistic visual. This activates a different part of your brain, and as it will be wildly different to your working style, will help cement your goals in your mind. The creative process will also help you see in terms of what is possible and not get stuck in rational thinking. Paper activity was done by the students which was more interesting and kept them innovative. The speaker gave her views on how to aim high with her motivating speech. Hands on practice were given throughout the day and that facilitated the students to have a better idea about goal setting. Students gave their feedback at the end of the session.

On 28.2.2023 a session on “Discussion on Innovative Idea-Managed through YUKTI -2.0” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of AI&DS. The session was handled by student innovators Mr. T. Gladston Akash Raja, Mr.M. Jebin, Miss. Maheshwari, Miss, Sabena who were selected in Tamil Nadu Student Innovators program from Francis Xavier Engineering college. 89 students from second year AI&DS and faculties of AI&DS department participated in the program. The program was coordinated by Mrs. P.Sooriabrabha, Assistant professor, Department of AI&DS from 9,30.AM - 4 .00PM.

The program started with the introduction of TNSI selected student innovators Mr. T. Gladston Akash Raja, Mr.M. Jebin, Miss. Maheshwari, Miss, Sabena of II year students, Francis Xavier Engineering college by Mrs P.Sooriabrabha, Assistant professor, Department of AI&DS. The student innovators introduced their innovation and explained the process of development. While addressing their idea generation and innovation students interacted with the innovators and the discussion led to lot of queries from the participants. The student innovators felt happy while sharing their personal experiences. This discussion was between students to students because all the guest speakers are student innovators. All their innovative ideas were already uploaded in the Yukti Portal. The discussion evoked good response among the participants and presented their ideas spontaneously and those ideas were discussed and refined their ideas. In fact it was a good exercise for all the participants and almost all the participants discussed their ideas and the solutions emerged through the discussion. All the participants expressed their intention to apply for the TNSI competition next time. They explained the tools used, software used and the challenges faced during the different stages of innovation. At the end of session students gave feedback and expressed satisfaction about the program. The participants asked the organisers to organise this type of discussions at the regular intervals.

On 28.02.2023 an expert talk on “Opportunities for Startup Ecosystem in Tirunelveli District” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of CSBS. The session was handled by Mrs.M. Thanalakshmi, A/P, M.B.A. Department, Francis Xavier Engineering College. 63 students from second year CSBS and 2 faculties of CSBS department participated in the program. The program was coordinated by Dr. T. Manimozhi, EDC coordinator of CSBS, Professor/Mathematics, Francis Xavier Engineering College from 1.30P.M. - 3.30 PM.

The guest speaker gave brief insight about “Make in India” and Startup India to give an introduction about the initiatives to promote startups in India. Then she explained the startup ecosystem in Tirunelveli. She also said that Tirunelveli was identified and promoted by the Government of Tamil Nadu as one of the Regional startup Hub. Moreover, Tirunelveli was identified as one of the IT destinations in Tamil Nadu. She highlighted the unique opportunities available for the development of startups in this region. She also listed the initiatives taken by the government and other organizations to support the growth of startups in Tirunelveli.

The resource person discussed the agriculture and the scope for innovation in agriculture-related businesses in Tirunelveli such as organic farming, food processing and export-oriented agri-value added businesses. The spokesperson also discussed about the several challenges faced by the startups in Tirunelveli. These challenges include limited access to funding and mentorship, a lack of awareness about the benefits of entrepreneurship, and the absence of a well-developed startup ecosystem. She also highlighted challenges in recruiting and retaining skilled talent. Despite these challenges, there are several opportunities for startups in Tirunelveli. The city has a rich cultural heritage and a growing population, which creates a large market for products and services. Furthermore, the city has several universities and educational institutions, which provide a skilled talent pool for startups. The Tamil Nadu government has launched several programs, such as the Tamil Nadu Startup and Innovation Policy, to promote entrepreneurship in the state. The guest also gave an idea about several incubators and accelerators, such as Nellai Ventures and VIT TBI, which provide mentorship, funding, and other support services to startups. The session came to an end with the feedback session of students and staffs.

On 27th and 28th Feb. 2023 a 'Workshop on Design Thinking, Critical Thinking and Innovation Design” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of Computer Science and Engineering from 09:30 AM to 04.30 PM both the days. The resource person was, Dr. R. Prem Ananth, IIC Convener, IIC Innovation Ambassador for "Design Thinking & Innovations", Assistant Professor, Department of ECE, Francis Xavier Engineering College. 57 students from second year CSE department and one faculty member participated in the program. The session was coordinated by Mrs.M.Bagya Lakshmi, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Francis Xavier Engineering College.

The resource person explained the concept of Design Thinking, Critical Thinking and Innovation Thinking. He said that design thinking is a strategy for creative problem solving by prioritizing customer’s requirements. Moreover, it helps to engage a person in several opportunities like experimenting and creating a prototype model, gathering feedback from customers and redesigning the product using innovative solutions. He also explained the five major steps involved in design thinking such as Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype and Test. While explaining each stage of design thinking, the resource person gave lot of live examples to make the concept understand by the participants. The speaker also explained about innovation process and the classification of innovation and gave the example from real time industrial applications. The participants raised few questions regarding the design thinking process and the interaction between the participants and the resource person was encouraging.

On the second day the resource person divided the students in to 19 batches and gave a problem statement to all each of the team and asked the students to work on the concept of Design thinking. The teams were requested to prepare a chart on the five steps of design thinking namely Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype and Test and made them to present the same by each of the team members. Students were given enough time to have discussion on the problem statement among the members and to prepare the chart using the guidelines given by the resource person. Participants had very good interaction among the team members enthusiastically. Few participants clarified their doubts with the resource person. After the preparation all the team members presented their design thinking chart. During the presentation resource person raised few questions and the participants answered all the queries rained by the resource person. In fact, this exercise gave very good exposure to the participated team members and learned lot of things on the design thinking concept. During the presentation the other team members were also raised questions and it generated a good discussion among the participants.

On February 28, 2023 Entrepreneurship Development Cell and Institution Innovations Council in association with the Department of Computer Applications organized an expert talk on “Science for Global wellbeing” to commemorate the National Science Day from 10.30 am to 1.30 pm. Mrs.D.Angeline Ranjithamani AP/HOD,MCA,FXEC was the resource person. 42 students from MCA department and 2 faculty members attended the program.

The resource person explained the importance of organizing this program on the National Science Day. She also highlighted the steps to be taken to promote the science and technology in the young minds especially among the engineering students. Speaker also gave the overview of the current trends in Science and Technology and how it benefits to the society especially well being of the people. She also spoke about the various achievements of Indian Scientists in the field of science and technology and how they have contributed to the development of our nation. She spoke about the various advancements in science and technology and how it has helped to improve the quality of life. She also highlighted the importance of research and innovation in order to make India a leader in science and technology. She highlighted the need for data-driven approaches to address global challenges such as climate change, poverty, and health disparities and the potential of using artificial intelligence and machine learning to improve global well-being. The seminar was a great success and provided valuable insights about national science day. All the students were benefited by the seminar. The interaction between the students and the resource person was highly appreciated.

On 28th February, 2023 Entrepreneurship Development Cell & Institution’s Innovation Council in association with the Department of Mechanical Engineering organized a “Workshop on Developing Innovative Products” from 09:00 am to 04.00 pm. Mr.J.Jeremy Jeba Samuel, AP/Mech, Hackathon Applied Lab Incharge, Francis Xavier Engineering College, Tirunelveli was the resource person. Dr.R.K.A.Bhalaji, AP/Mech coordinated the program.

The resource person explained the meaning of innovation with the help of different examples from the real industrial experience. He also presented the process of innovation and gave examples from the products developed from the industrial incubation centres. The resource person asked the participants to list few manual operations for the production of some product and asked the participants to convert the process into mechanical operation using some mechanical force. Few participants gave interesting examples for the conversion of manual methods to mechanical operation. The participants were asked to design the components/ device which can be used for the conversion of manual operation to mechanical. The participants were allowed to design the innovative products identified by them such as SCARA robots, pneumatic and hydraulic based robots. The resource person said that now days the robos are replacing the manual operations in most of the industries so by learning the same the participants can involve in the product development. The entire day went on well and the participants gained lot of information and inputs from the resource person. The interaction helped them to think out of box.

On 27.2.2023 a session on “Government Funding Opportunities to Develop Startup” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of IT. The session was handled by Dr. Jainul Fathima, Asst Prof, Department of Information Technology, Francis Xavier Engineering College. 64 students from II year IT department and 1 faculty member participated in the program. The program was coordinated by Dr. L.Gandhimathi, Assistant professor, Francis Xavier Engineering College from 2 PM - 4.00 PM.

The program aimed to educate students about the various government schemes available to support the businesses and to provide financial assistance. The resource person explained the various government schemes and their significance in promoting startups. She also highlighted the need for entrepreneurs to stay updated on the latest government schemes to make use of the same. Some of the government schemes discussed during the program were Make in India, Startup India etc,. She also explained the eligibility criteria and benefits of the Startup India scheme and said that the scheme provides funding, mentoring, and networking opportunities to startups. The resource person explained the different categories of loans available under the scheme and the eligibility criteria. She also discussed the Stand-Up India scheme, which aims to promote entrepreneurship among women and marginalized sections of society, and MSME Schemes available for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs). She also inspired the students with motivating stories of Indian startupreneurs. The session was an interactive one and gathered lot of information relating to the various funding schemes from the resource person.

On 27.02.2023 a session on "Blogging" A Business Opportunity for Young Entrepreneur was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of MBA. The session was handled by Mrs.M.Thanalakshmi, Assistant Professor – MBA, Francis Xavier Engineering College. 58 students from first year MBA and one faculty of MBA department participated in the program. The program was coordinated by Mr. P. Selvakumar, EDC Coordinator, Assistant professor - MBA, Francis Xavier Engineering College from 9.30AM - 12.30 PM.

The resource person gave a brief introduction about the growing phase of blogging in the current world especially for women. The students were taught about the basics of blogging and the importance of this field to earn money easily by sitting at home. In her speech she emphasized that, entrepreneurs are skeptical about starting their blogging journey, yet many entrepreneurs are influencing the world with blogging and it might have encouraged to start this online world. It is all about knowing and showing the readiness. The entrepreneurs are ready to give what it takes to make blogging work for them.

She also stated that the blog will grow faster when it focusses on a specific niche and write for a specific audience. Through blogging, one can solve one’s reader's top most problems and they will respect you for that. They will keep coming back for more and be loyal too. Most definitely, choosing a niche can be challenging when various things inspire you and make you feel passionate. Success of a blog revolves around 3 factors - Your Passion, Your Reader and Profitability

Real time examples were given by the resource person which made the session more interesting. Hands on practice were also given throughout the session and that facilitated the students to have a better idea in Blogging. The session came to an end with a feedback session by the students.

On 27th February 2023 an expert talk was organized on "Entrepreneurial Avenues through Building Information Modelling" for the civil engineering students by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell of FXEC Tirunelveli, Institution’s Innovation Council in association with Civil Engineering Department. The resource person for the programme was Mr. Ronaldo Sam, IV year civil engineering student entrepreneur who is owning a construction firm in Tirunelveli. 40 second year civil engineering students and 1 faculty attended the session. The session was coordinated by Mrs. P. Raja Priya, Assistant Professor, Department of civil engineering.

The guest speaker explained the concept of Building Information Modeling (BIM) as a process of creating and managing information about construction projects using virtual models that assist architects and engineers in detecting any possible design, construction, or operating difficulties. The resource person said that BIM is not a new concept but the developments in technologies have enabled the construction industry to plan, design, construct and manage more complex and larger scale projects. Building Information Modelling could be used for improving the efficiency of projects, improving the collaboration between stakeholders and creating a central model that contain all the project information are some of the added values of implementing BIM. A video was played by the resource person for the students to give a wider knowledge on the importance of BIM. The speaker also shared his personal experiences and the importance of softwares for the civil engineering students who wish to become the entrepreneur. He also stressed the need for becoming an entrepreneur to take the opportunity available to the civil engineering field.

On 24th February, 2023 Entrepreneurship Development Cell & Institution’s Innovation Council in association with the Department of Mechanical Engineering organized an expert talk on the topic “Innovative Thinking & Product Development” was organized from 01:30 pm to 04.30 pm. Dr.R.K.A.Bhalaji, AP/Mech was the resource person. 40 students from the Mechanical Engineering department and 1 staff member participated in the program.

The resource person explained the importance of out of box thinking which ultimately results in innovation. He also explained the difference between the innovation and invention. The speaker said that anything improved from the existing design, concept, features which gives distinctive advantage for the innovator than the existing one will be considered as innovation. He shared lot of live examples to distinguish the invention from innovation. The speaker motivated the participants to list few recent innovations and generated discussion on it. The discussion evoked good response among the participants and started interacting with the speaker. The speaker raised few questions about the success/ failure of the innovations. Moreover, he asked the students to identify the reasons for the failure of some of the innovations. While the participants gave information about the reasond for the failure, the speaker gave explanations for the same.

With respect to product development, he showed the framework of New Product Development (NPD), approaches and its benefits. Resource person explained the process of product development such as ideas generation, idea screening, concept development, testing, business analysis, marketing strategy, test marketing and commercialization. The participants benefitted a lot.

On February 23, 2023 Entrepreneurship Development Cell and Institution’s Innovations Council in association with the Department of Computer Applications organized an expert talk on “Achieving Problem - Solution Fit and Product - Market Fit” from 9.30 AM to 12.30 PM. Dr. R. Prem Ananth, IIC Convener, AP/ECE, Innovation Ambassador for Design Thinking was the guest speaker. 45 students of MCA and 1 faculty member participated in the program.

The guest speaker explained the process of identification of problem and the sources for identifying the problem. While giving details regarding the sources and process of identification of the problem, he gave number of live examples. He also said that a probable solution should also developed for the problem considering the end user and the market conditions for the same. Unless the market is not analysed properly in that situation also the product will fail in the market. Therefore, in order to avoid the failure of the product in the market, the end user and other marketing forces should be analysed properly before launching the product in the market. The Resource person discussed the process of understanding customer needs, designing a solution that meets those needs, and testing it with users to determine if there is an adequate level of adoption. The speaker discussed how problem-solution fit is achieved through a process of understanding customer needs, designing a solution to meet those needs, and testing it with users to determine if there is an adequate level of adoption. The speaker then discussed the product-market fit, which they defined as “the degree to which a given market wants or needs a given product”. He discussed the importance of finding the right market for a product and emphasized that it is essential to understand customer needs before attempting to develop a solution.This seminar was an informative and the speaker shared valuable insights based on his experience in developing successful products by focusing on these two aspects. All the students were benefited by the seminar. The interaction between the students and the resource person was highly appreciated.

On 22.02.2023 a “Presentation of Innovative Projects” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of Computer Science and Engineering from 09:00 AM to 04.00 PM. Dr.T.C.Subbu Lakshmi, Professor, Department of IT, Francis Xavier Engineering College and Ms.Agnes Joshy, Assistant Professor, Department of IT, Francis Xavier Engineering College evaluated the projects presented by the students. The session was coordinated by Mrs.M.Bagya Lakshmi, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Francis Xavier Engineering College. 110 students from final year CSE Department presented their Innovative projects and and 18 staff members participated in the program.

On 21.2.2023 a session on “Motivating the Young Minds Towards Entrepreneurship” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of AI&DS. The session was handled by Dr.Lourdes Poobala Rayen, IIC President, Francis Xavier Engineering college from 10.30 AM – 12.30 PM . 64 students from first year AI&DS and one faculty member of AI&DS department participated in the program. The program was coordinated by Mrs.P.Sooriabrabha, Assistant professor, Department of AI&DS.

The program started with the introduction of guest speaker Dr.Lourdes Poobala Rayen by Mrs P.Sooriabrabha, Assistant professor, Department of AI&DS . The resource person explained the concept of entrepreneurship and its importance. He discussed the positives and negatives of preferring employment and opting entrepreneurship as the career choice. He explained the time freedom, freedom of thinking, decision making and the financial freedom one can enjoy while opting the entrepreneurship as the career choice. He asked the students to think about the phenomenal growth of the startup companies such as Amazon, Swiggy, Zomato, Facebook, and Whatsapp during the last 10 years. To become an entrepreneur the resource person asked the students to give solution at least for one problem from the social domine. During this session he motivated the students to start the entrepreneurial venture to fulfil the dreams. He motivated the students to think big and think out of box so that one can identify the un tapped opportunities to become a successful entrepreneur. He also gave lot of examples of business opportunities which can be explored further to identify the right one. During the session the students interacted with the guest faculty and clarified their At the end of the session students gave feedback.

On 20.02.2023 a workshop on “Entrepreneurship Skills, Attitude and Behavior Development” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of CSBS The session was handled by Dr. Lourdes Poobala Rayen, Director EDC and IIC President, Francis Xavier Engineering College. 42 students from first year CSBS and 2 faculties of CSBS department participated in the program. The program was coordinated by Dr. T. Manimozhi, EDC coordinator of CSBS, Professor/Mathematics, Francis Xavier Engineering College from 9.30A.M. - 3.30 PM.

The guest speaker started the session by explaining the positive aspects of becoming an entrepreneur and the negatives aspects of working under a boss. The speaker highlighted the entrepreneurial skills such as communication and active listening skills, risk taking skills, networking skills, critical thinking skills, problem solving skills, creative thinking skills, customer service skills, leadership skills and time management skills etc. He also gave interesting exercises to the participants for each of the skills. He requested the participants to identify the skills possessed by each of them. In addition to this he said entrepreneurial attitude is very important to be a successful entrepreneur. He said good entrepreneurs knows the value of being open, think different and flexible.

The guest speaker said that the identification of the right choice of business venture is very important and it will be a starting point for setting up a business venture. He also mentioned some benefits of being an entrepreneur in the society such as flexible schedule autonomy creating a career that aligns with ones values constant growth and development, leadership experience etc., He also highlighted that how small business ventures have become a successful big business. The resource person gave lot of examples such as banana powder, cookies, Moringa powder, Neem powder, turmeric powder, production of value added tomato products and aloe vera gel etc. He also said that the banana fibers are used to make sanitary napkins, clothes etc. In the afternoon session the speaker highlighted few more examples to identify the business opportunities and the government support to start the business venture. The session came to an end with the feedback session of students and staffs.

On 17th Feb. 2023 one day workshop was organized on the title “Entrepreneurship Development through Low Cost Solar System- Assembling, Testing, Implementation & Maintenance” was organized by Entrepreneurship Development Cell & Institution Innovation Council in association with Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering.Er.Vijayamoorthy,Managing Director,Experts Engineering, Tirunelveli was the resource person. 52 students and 4 faculty members participated in the workshop.

Resource person explained about the Solar System Components. The Solar systems are made up of solar panels (modules), a mounting system, and a solar inverter with computerised controller. Solar panels produce DC electricity from sunlight. Then the inverter converts the generated electricity into AC, so that it can be used in the household. The computerised controller manages the solar system and ensures optimal performance. For the battery backup system or an off-the-grid solar system, a battery is required. The most common location for the installation of solar PV panels is the roof. Most roofs typically have the desired specifications for the installation, so that panels get the maximum sunlight.

Nevertheless, if installation on the roof is not applicable or desired, the solar panels could also be mounted on the ground if no objects blocking the access to the sun.

He also explained the Solar Panel Maintenance. Since there are no moving parts, solar panels require very little maintenance. Once the installation cost of solar panels are over, no other costs associated with maintaining them. The dirt or some other things that might have piled on top should be cleared. It is important that the panels are clean and there is nothing blocking them from efficiently absorbing the sun. For a general cleaning, the normal garden hose to wash the face of the panels. It may be done either in the morning or evening. Also avoid spraying them with cold water while they are hot because that might damage them.

The afternoon session ended with the assembling and testing of the solar panel. Students actively participated in the session and clarified their doubts. This event was coordinated by Mr.A.Amala Manuela AP/EEE.

On 13th and 14th Feb 2023 “Mentoring of Innovative Projects” was organized by Entrepreneurship Development Cell & Institution Innovation Council in association with Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering.

Innovation mentors play a similar role. They are there to nurture not only Students, but also their ideas. They provide valuable feedback to build ideas, connect those ideas and ideators with similar or linked concepts and people, and they provide encouragement to original thinkers when it’s hard to keep faith. Innovators that connect with these type of mentors are more likely to build networked concepts, have a positive experience with the creative process (even if it doesn’t end up working out), and deliver on their ideas more quickly. On this basis a mentoring and guidance is provided by the faculties to the ideator of innovative projects

On 10th February, 2023 Entrepreneurship Development Cell & Institution’s Innovation Council in association with the Department of Mechanical Engineering organized an “Ideathon 2023” from 09:00 am to 04.00 pm. The felicitation address was given by Dr. Lourdes Poobala Rayen, IIC President and Director, Entrepreneurship Development Cell and Dr.R.Samuel Hansen, Head of the Department, Mechanical Engineering. The presidential address was given by Dr. V.Velmurugan, Principal of FXEC. The rules & regulations of Ideathon 2023 were explained by Dr.M.Kannan, Professor/Mechanical Engineering and Co-ordinator of the event. 18 teams with 45 students participated in the Ideathon.

The event was organized to bring together talented developers, designers, and critical thinkers to collaborate and create innovative solutions to real-world problems. The event was attended by participants from various leading Institutions across India and from various backgrounds. The participants contested in the event as a team of three participants. The team members worked tirelessly for a minimum of 5 hours to find solutions that addressed the given problem statements. The wide variety of problem statements based on the theme of SUSTAINABILITY, HEALTH CARE, FOOD STORAGE, and AGRICULTURE for the IDEATHON. Based on the problem statement the participants started developing the solutions. The evaluation of the design was done in two stages. The first evaluation was table discussion, a team of four juries visited to individual table and interacted with the team members to assess the design for the following criteria: Problem Weightage, Solution Scheme, Approach, Technological Readiness, Innovation and Originality.

In the first round 5 teams were selected for the final evaluation. The juries gave feedback to the shortlisted teams and allowed the teams for two hours for further development of the design. At the end of the two hours the shortlisted teams were called for final presentation and evaluated as per the evaluation criteria given to them such as Proposed Solution, Social Impact, Market Potential and Presentation. Throughout the event, the participants were given access to mentors and volunteers who provided guidance and feedback on their project ideas. After the careful evaluation and deliberations, the judges announced the winners of the IDEATHON.

1st Place: TEAM No. 2, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College

2nd Place: TEAM No. 7, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College

On 10.02.2023 an Expert talk on "Entrepreneurial Opportunities through Online Marketing of Herbal Products" was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering. The session was handled by Mr P. A. Kuttala Rajan, M.Sc., DCPI., Bixo Herbal Cookies, NGO B Colony, Tirunelveli from 1.30 PM - 04.30 PM. 109 students and 2 faculties participated. This event was coordinated by Dr R Prem Ananth AP/ECE.

The program started with the welcome address by Dr Lourdes Poobala Rayen, EDC Director and IIC President. He started his welcome address by explaining the entrepreneurial opportunities through online. He also said to the students that mobile marketing is the trend now all over the world by sharing the information about product to the customers through Whatapp group, Facebook, Instagram and Emails. Later he welcomed the guest speaker Mr P. A. Kuttala Rajan, Bixo Herbal Cookies and requested him to explain the concept of marketing through online to the students.

The speaker started the session by explaining the importance of entrepreneurship and the role of online entrepreneurial opportunities. He listed the benefits of self-employment and said that an entrepreneur enjoys time freedom, quality of life, financial freedom and pride and prestige in society. He explained his new business model used in his online herbal product. He said that the new model which operate with the focal point of Pin code helps the person who is in charge of the pin code area to get the business. The pin code promoters will get the discount based on the volume of transaction achieved. He said that if the promotors directly engage in business will get 20% discount as his income. If the transaction comes from other person in the same pin code area, the pin ocde area promoter will get 5 per cent discount for the value of goods sold. There will be only one promotor for one PIN code and the pin code area promoter will get assurance for the sales effected in his pin code area. The program ends with display of Herbal products of Bixo company, the students interacted with the team of manufacturers and gathered information from them.

On 10th February, 2023 Entrepreneurship Development Cell & Institution’s Innovation Council in association with the Department of Mechanical Engineering organized a program titled “Interaction with Product Innovators & Exposure visit to Incubation Centres” from 09:00 am to 04.00 pm. Dr.R.K.A.Bhalaji, AP/Mech coordinated the program.

The students had an opportunity to interact with the product developers in the incubation centres. The sharing of the product developers evoked good response among the participants and the participants interacted very frequently with the product developers. The product developers demonstrated the recently developed innovative products such as drum and cylinder lifting machine, plant digging machine, IOT based mopping system, Khasaya making machine, smart agri machine, IOT based smart safety helmet and E-vehicle. The interaction and the demonstration helped the participants to know the design and developmental process involved in the development of the innovative products. While interacting with the student product developers, they learnt about how to develop the innovative products using IOT, scotch yoke mechanism, arduino boards and sensors etc. Students gained knowledge about the process of developing the design and develop the cost- effective E-vehicle. The interaction and visit to the incubation centre helped the participants to gather lot of information about the process of designing and developing new product development. Participants were allowed to work in the incubation centre visited by them using the software technology they know.

On 03rd February 2023 an “Exposure Visit to Tetrapod manufacturing unit” (the blocks to retain soil from seashore erosion) was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell of FXEC Tirunelveli, Institution’s Innovation Council in association with Civil Engineering Department. 95 civil engineering students (third year and second year) have been taken for the visit along with 6 faculty members from 10.00 a.m to 4.30 p.m. The exposure visit was coordinated by Mrs. P. Raja Priya, Assistant Professor, Department of civil engineering.

At the Tetrapod manufacturing unit, all the students were briefed by the engineers working in the plant about the manufacturing process and the materials required for the manufacture of tetrapod. The experts said that tetrapod is a form of wave-dissipating concrete block used to prevent erosion caused by weather and longshore drift, primarily to enforce coastal structures such as seawalls and breakwaters. Tetrapods are made of concrete and use a tetrahedral shape to dissipate the force of incoming waves by allowing water to flow around rather than against them, and to reduce displacement by interlocking. A single tetrapod block weighs 12 tons. The technical people of tetrapod manufacturing unit explained the technical details of tetrapod, cost of manufacture, formwork for tetrapod, additional requirements/arrangements of demoulding and the market rate of a single unit. Finally, an interaction session was arranged with the manufacturing unit in charge. From the beginning to the end of this field study, the students were very interested in learning everything from how to produce stone and how to sell it profitably. And all the questions of the students were answered by the technical people. Through this exposure visit students gained knowledge and the purpose of using the same.

On 31st January 2023 a workshop was organized on “Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Recent Innovative Construction Techniques” by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and Institution’s Innovation Council in association with Civil Engineering Department. The speaker for the workshop was Mr. P. Krishna Kumar, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Francis Xavier Engineering College, Tirunelveli. 43 Third year civil engineering students and 2 staff members participated in the program. The session was coordinated by Mrs. P. Raja Priya, Assistant Professor, Department of civil engineering.

The speaker started the session explaining about the precast construction techniques and the recent innovations in that. Precast concrete is an alternative to cast-in-situ concrete. While cast-in-situ concrete is cast in its actual location, precast concrete is cast at another location, either at the building site or in a factory, and is then lifted to its final resting place and fixed securely. This means that unlike cast-in-situ construction, which is monolithic or continuous, precast concrete buildings are made of separate pieces that are bolted or connected together. The speaker added a note that this type of construction will be more economical in case of housing projects with identical apartments because wall and floor slabs for all the apartments could be pre casted and then they should be lifted into the place and connected. The speaker have shown the images of different precasted units. If a precasting yard is to be created, space must be laid out for the following activities namely Storing the raw materials such as cement, aggregate, sand, admixtures, water, reinforcement bars and steel or plywood sheets for formwork, a formwork making and maintenance yard, a concrete mixing plant, a steel reinforcement yard to make rebar cages to be placed inside the concrete, a casting area, a curing area and stacking area for finished components.He also added that lots of scope is available for precast construction sector for entrepreneurs to set up the precast units for the construction industry across India. By resorting to precast, project completion time lines will be realized faster than the cast in-situ and saves time by 40 to 50 per cent, which will automatically save cost on the project with reduced overheads.

On 31.01.2023 “Presentation of Innovative Ideas and Prototypes Managed through YUKTI 2.0” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of Computer Science and Engineering from 09:30 am to 04.00 pm. The session was coordinated by Dr. Y. Harold Robinson, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Francis Xavier Engineering College. 41 students from final year CSE Department and 2 staff members participated in the program.

The innovative ideas presented by the students were already uploaded in the YUKTI Portal. The students have presented their Innovative ideas as the session was concluded with a staff and student feedback, 41 students and 2 staff members participated in the program

On 30th January 2023 one MIC organized a Leadership Talk by Prof. T. G. Sitharam, Hon’ble Chairman, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) at 11.00 a.m. as a MIC Driven activity. This event was screened by Entrepreneurship Development Cell & Institution Innovation Council in association with Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Electronics and Communication Engineering. 120 students and 9 staff members participated in the program.

Resource person explained the research which are taking place in IIT. He insisted all the colleges to focus on research and innovations in all the institutions. He also highlighted the need for providing necessary fund for the researchers to promote research. He stressed the innovation ecosystem in the higher educational institutions. He spoke on the core engineering areas and insists the researchers to concentrate more in this area and the innovations needed to reduce the import of the same.

He talked about the stress management and the ways to reduce the stress among the students. He shared his personal experiences while managing the institutions. The speaker insisted on setting goal for which one is trying to achieve. He also spoke about the IITs functioning in India and their role in promoting innovative products. He said IITs are Institute of Indian Technology and they are producing lot of innovative products which is very essential for the promotion of vibrant India. Moreover, the speaker said that all the government colleges can also become IITs and promote the innovation ecosystem in India and contribute for the national growth.

On 30.1.2023 a “Workshop on Innovation and Business Model Canvas” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of IT. The guest speaker was Dr.T.C.Subbulakshmi, Associate Professor, Department of Information Technology, Francis Xavier Engineering College. 55 first year students and 1 staff member from IT department participated in the program. The program was coordinated by Dr. L.Gandhimathi, Assistant professor, Francis Xavier Engineering College from 10.00 AM - 4.00 PM.

The program started with the introduction of Guest Speaker Dr.T.C.Subbulakshmi. The resource person explained the concept of Business Model Canvas and the use of preparing the business model canvas. It is a Strategic Management and Lean Startup template for developing new or redesigning existing business models to create competitive advantage. She said that the business model canvas is presented as a visual chart with 9 building blocks. These elements cover the areas of the organization's core offering, infrastructure, customers, and finances. They include: Customer Segments, Value Propositions, Channels, Customer Relationships, Revenue Streams, Key Resources, Key Activities, Key Partnerships and Cost Structure. This innovative and increasingly popular tool can be used in a collaborative setting such as a strategic planning workshop. It helps organizations to align their activities by illustrating and discussing potential trade-offs in a structured manner. It is a hands-on tool that fosters understanding, discussion, creativity, and analysis. The resource person gave few examples such as Apple, Facebook, Skype, Amazon, Google, Starbucks, Nespresso, Xiaomi, Uber, Grab etc.

Students were given assignment to prepare the Business model Canvas for their proposed project. The resource person helped the participants to draft the business model with the help of the explanation given in the morning session. While helping the students to prepare the business model she inspired the students with motivating stories. The students presented the business model and the same were taken up for the discussion and the prepared models were finetuned by the resource person. Students were also given exposure about the innovations and they asked lot of questions about innovations and how to present the business model. The session was an interactive one where the students were very much participative in order to learn the preparation of business model and to clarify their doubts. The session came to an end by the feedback session by the students.

On January 30th, 2023 an expert talk on “Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Digital Marketing” was organized by Entrepreneurship Development Cell and Institution Innovations Council in association with the Department of Computer Applications from 2.00 to 4.00 p.m. Mr.M.Essaki Raj, AP/MCA,FXEC, delivered the guest lecture. 40 students from MCA and 1 MCA staff member participated in the program.

The seminar began with an introduction from the speaker, who discussed the importance of digital marketing in today’s world. He went on to explain how companies can utilize digital platforms such as social media and search engine optimization to reach their target audience more effectively. He also emphasized the need for businesses to remain up-to-date with emerging trends in order to stay competitive within their respective industries. The main purpose of the program aimed to provide an overview of the various aspects of digital marketing and to provide an opportunity for the students to network with successful entrepreneurs. He discussed the importance of digital marketing and how it can be used to create value for society and he also discussed the various challenges that entrepreneurs face in digital marketing and how to overcome same to become a successful entrepreneur. The session was an interactive one and all the students were benefited by the program. The interaction between the students and the resource person was highly appreciated. The session came to end with the feedback by the students.

On 27.01.2023 a guest talk on “Funding prototypes through EDII Innovation Voucher Program” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. The Session was handled by Ms. M. Dharshini of III CSE A, Francis Xavier Engineering College, Tirunelveli from 01.20 pm to 04.00 pm. The session was coordinated by IIC Convener Dr. Y. Harold Robinson, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Francis Xavier Engineering College. 41 students from second year CSE Department and 2 faculty members participated in the program.

The speaker inspired the students by giving her own experiences in the product development. She highlighted the funding support available from the Government for developing the innovative ideas into prototype and to start the startup. Further, the resource person shared the details about the Udhayam Registration process and the importance of Udhayam registration for the application of any grant like EDII Innovation Voucher Program. Then she discussed the process of uploading the documents for the Innovation Voucher Program. The EDII aims to enhance the spirit of entrepreneurship and the levels of skills by opening various sustainable entrepreneurial paths and accelerating system for entrepreneurship. The resource person also discussed the value of patents and how they are utilized to safeguard start-up ideas and to protect the rights of innovators. The participants felt that the session was very much useful and gained knowledge about the funding systems available for the product development.

On 27th of January, 2023 a webinar on the topic "A Discussion with a Successful Entrepreneur - Process of Event Management” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and Institution lnnovation Council in association with the Department of Computer Applications from 11.30 pm-1.30 pm. Ms.A.Abinaya, Entrepreneur, Twin Heart Event Organizer, Tirunelveli, delivered the guest lecture. 40 students from MCA department and 1 faculty member participated in the program

The seminar aimed to provide an overview of the various aspects of Event Process Management and to provide an opportunity for the students to network with successful entrepreneurs. She discussed the importance of entrepreneurship and how to identify the appropriate business opportunity for starting the entrepreneurial venture. The resource person also discussed about the steps to be followed while setting up a business venture and to become a Successful Entrepreneur to position as a leader, Deliver a value, Seek new ideas, Build long term relationship, Creative Thinking, Consistency, Inspire the team, Know what clients really want, Look for the results etc., She also shared about the hurdles faced before positioning the business and the success stories from her experiences. The webinar was very much useful and provided valuable insights into the world of entrepreneurship. All the students were benefited by the webinar. The interaction between the students and the resource person was highly motivated.

On 25.1.2023 a session on “Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Business Operation Digitization” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of IT. The session was handled by Ms. S.Agnes Joshy, Assistant Professor, Department of Information Technology, Francis Xavier Engineering College. The students from first year IT department participated in the program. The program was coordinated by Dr. L.Gandhimathi, Assistant professor, Francis Xavier Engineering College from 2.00 PM - 4.00 PM.

The program started with the introduction of guest speaker Ms. S.Agnes Joshy The resource person highlighted the meaning and role of entrepreneurship and the entrepreneurial opportunities in business operation digitization. Entrepreneurial opportunity is the point at which identifiable consumer demand meets the feasibility of satisfying the requested product or service. In the field of entrepreneurship, specific criteria need to be met to move from an idea into an opportunity. It begins with developing the right mindset—a mindset where the aspiring entrepreneur sharpens their senses to consumer needs and wants and conducts research to determine whether the idea can become a successful new venture. The media frequently limits digitalisation as an IT or high-tech subject. In fact digitalisation is not a current IT trend or hype. It is a development which gives entrepreneurs enormous opportunities, but which also comes with a number of challenges. Use the opportunities provided by digitalisation to minimise the risks. When entrepreneurs address digitalisation, they pursue 2 strategic objectives namely

1.They want to exploit entrepreneurial opportunities to open up new markets, acquire new customers and develop new products and services.

2.They want to minimise risks which may arise due to disruptive new technology, new business models and new competitors in the digital world.

She also inspired the students with motivating stories. The session was an interactive one where the students were very participative in order to innovate the talents and clarify their doubts. Totally 57 students were participated in the session. The program was coordinated by Dr.L. Gandhimathi, EDC Coordinator of IT department. The session came to an end with the feedback of the students.

On 24.1.2023 a session on “Sharing of Product Development Experience by Student Product Innovator” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of AI&DS. The session was handled by Mr. M .Praveen III CSE-A, Francis Xavier Engineering college. The students from Second year AI&DS and faculties of AI&DS department participated in the program. The program was coordinated by Mrs P.Sooriabrabha, Assistant professor, Department of AI&DS from 2.PM - 4 PM. 64 students and 1 staff member participated in the program.

The program started with the introduction of Guest Speaker Mr. M .Praveen III CSE-A by Mrs P.Sooriabrabha, Assistant professor, Department of AI&DS . The resource explained why the engineering students must involve in innovation and develop innovative products. He shared his personal experience on Product Innovation. He discussed about the basic steps to be followed in the product development and how to convert the project work into a product. He also explained what is a product ?, what is a startup? and difference between product and projects. He motivated the students to start the product development from small projects .If they focused their idea by using small things which helped to make a project, this will help them to scaleup the project into product. Students understood the difference between product and project, challenges in developing a product. At last he explained how he has developed his product and shared his experience and also his future vision of his products. At the end of session students gave their feedback and asked their doubts about the product development.

On 24.01.23 the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with department of ECE organized a session on “How to Start a Startup - A Discussion”. Mr. R. J. Senthil Kumar, Founder and Director, Sprout Knowledge Solutions Private Limited was the guest speaker. 88 students and 3 faculty members participated in the program. This event was coordinated by Dr R Prem Ananth AP/ECE and conducted with the guidance of Dr.Lourdes Poobala Rayen, IIC president and EDC Director.

The program started with the welcome address by Dr Lourdes Poobala Rayen, EDC Director. He also gave an introduction about the importance of startup and the financial support provided by the government for developing startups. Later he introduced the guest speaker to the students. Mr. R.J. Senthil Kumar, started the session by explaining his startup Sprout Knowledge Solutions Private Limited, he said through Sprout hands on training to school and college students in coding and also encourage the students to develop their own startup. He started the session by asking a question to the students “what are the problems you are facing in your daily life”. Students gave many problems, one of the student Miss. Remya presented a problem she faced in the bus and gave a solution also. The resource person said that identifying a problem and exploring the right solution for the same is the first process to begin a startup. The speaker gave lot of startup examples from the Indian scenario to motivate the students to choose startup as their career option. He also addressed the risk mitigations, product readiness, market reality, cost challenge and product shift. Further he gave information regarding the government support available for developing the startups. In the question & answer session the resource person gave valuable ideas to the students who raised questions. Students interacted with the guest speaker and benefitted a lot.

On 23.01.2023 a Workshop on “Entrepreneurship Skills Attitude and Behaviour Development” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of MBA. The session was handled by Mr.V.Benni Livingston, TAX Manager – Athen group, Nagercoil. 55 students from first year MBA and 1 faculty member of MBA department participated in the program. The program was coordinated by Mr. P. Selvakumar, EDC Coordinator, Assistant professor - MBA, Francis Xavier Engineering College from 10.00AM - 03.20 PM.

The guest speaker explained the meaning of entrepreneurship, importance of entrepreneurship and its contribution to the economic development of a nation. He then highlighted the entrepreneurial skills required to excel in the entrepreneurial venture. He also mentioned few important skills like communication skills, decision making skills, selling skills and strategic skills which are important to make his venture a successful one. Moreover, the entrepreneur needs to possess the right attitude and behaviour to deal with the regular activities in his venture and the manage all the activities including the human beings serving in the organisation. The speaker also threw few examples to explain how important the attitude and behaviour of a person for the entrepreneurial venture. The students participated with full zeal and enthusiasm in the session. Student’s showed keen interest in entrepreneurial activities as many of them have objective of having their own start-ups in future. The workshop was highly interactive.

First Half of the session the speaker highlighted some of the key characteristics of an entrepreneur, which are:

• Empathy is instilled through entrepreneurial ideals and related “ways of thinking, doing, feeling, seeing, communicating, organizing, and learning things.”
• Development of strategic thinking and scenario planning skills, as well as the ability to make intuitive decisions based on little knowledge.
• Stimulating a variety of entrepreneurial behaviours such as seeking for and seizing opportunities, networking, taking initiative, convincing others, and making intuitive decisions.

During the Second half of the day the speaker highlighted many success stories of entrepreneurs and their achievements.

The session highlighted on the aspects:

• Challenges of 1st Gen.Entreprenuer.
• Goal Setting.
• Women Entrepreneur

He demonstrated various business ventures which stood up in “Start-up India”.

• Business Life Cycle.
• Validation of Business Ideas.
• Market Research.

This workshop helped students in gaining knowledge about crucial entrepreneurial skills which would help them to develop their skills, competencies and behaviour to successfully select and start their own entrepreneurial venture. Students learnt the importance of knowing self and others as a first step to develop required skills and competencies which are essential for being an entrepreneur.

On 20.01.2023 a program on “Exposure Visit to Ideation Incubation Centre” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of CSBS. The session was handled by Dr. T. C. Subbulakshmi, Professor incharge of Ideation Incubation Centre, Associate Professor, Department of Information Technology, Francis Xavier Engineering College. 42 students from first year CSBS and 2 faculties of CSBS department participated in the program. The program was coordinated by Dr. T. Manimozhi, EDC coordinator of CSBS, Professor/Mathematics, Francis Xavier Engineering College from 1.30P.M. - 3.30 PM.

The program started with the introduction of Guest Speaker by Mrs. A. Anitha madam of CSBS department. Guest Speaker started with the importance of the incubation centres. She said that the incubation centre encourages and facilitates the interdisciplinary research among students and faculty. It also serves as a resource for the community and to provide consulting services on developing creative problem solving competencies within teams and organizations. Turning an innovative idea into tangible concepts by involving students in product development, design thinking and fostering entrepreneurship skills. The Ideation incubation centre provides training to the students on recent technology domains. She highlighted the problem solving and design thinking concepts and the students were given an activity on real world problem to understand the product development process. The students interacted with the speaker about the various activities of the incubation centre. P.Harries Pandi II CSBS shared his experience and his journey in the Ideation Incubation Centre. He inspired the students highlighting the latest technologies, its impact and application.The session came to an end by the feedback session of students and staffs.

On 20.01.2023 an expert talk on “Journey towards Startup: Discussion with a Student Startup Founder” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of Management Studies. The session was handled by Mr.A.Muthu Raman, General Manager - Colakin, Founder and CEO - Kasadara Tech & Reality Studio ( Startup Companies). 41 students from first year MBA and 1 faculty of MBA department participated in the program. The program was coordinated by Mr. P. Selvakumar, EDC Coordinator, Assistant professor - MBA, Francis Xavier Engineering College from 10.00AM - 12.30 PM.

The program started with the introduction of Guest Speaker Mr.A.Muthu Raman. by Mr.P.Selvakumar. The resource person explained the various opportunities for starting the business establishment. It’s about trying to get as many small wins as you can, every single day. He often mentioned his trial and how he focused the work even during festivals. He remarked that students have to focus on work no matter what the day is if the ambition has to be met. He cited all about his struggles and how he focused to overcome those in a positive way. He insisted that students should be independent during their young age and how smart investments help them to secure their future. The speaker said that if anyone wants to stand out, he need to do something different. He also highlighted his start up journey and the success he achieved in his journey. Throughout the session he inspired the students and interacted very freely. It made the session unique and different. His session was an eye opener to most of the students and the participants felt happy.

On 20th January, 2023 an “Expert Talk on Process of Innovation Development” was organized by Entrepreneurship Development Cell & Institution’s Innovation Council in association with the Department of Mechanical Engineering from 01:30 pm to 04.30 pm. Mr.S.M.Sunder Rajan, AP/Mech, Francis Xavier Engineering College, Tirunelveli was the resource person. Dr.R.K.A.Bhalaji, AP/Mech coordinated the program.

The resource person explained the concept of innovation and the process of development. He said that innovation is the one of the most over used words in business world and it describes everything from incremental improvements in technology to revolutionary changes that impact society. Simply he told innovation is the glue between invention and investment. As on 2022, 2,50,000 + ‘innovation’ books on Amazon.com and 20 million + ‘innovation’ search results from google. After that resource person discussed about the process of innovation development such as ideas and solutions, business proposition, business feasibility and business plan. He clearly explained the key elements regarding every innovation process with suitable examples such as ideas and solutions, business preposition, business feasibility from industry, market and company domain and business plan. Finally he concluded the talk with suitable quotes for innovation “It is the transformation of knowledge into money”.

On 12th January 2023 an expert talk was organized on “Channelizing Youth Power for Nation Building” by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell of FXEC Tirunelveli and Institution’s Innovation Council in association with Civil Engineering Department. The speaker for the program was Mrs.P. Raja Priya, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Francis Xavier Engineering College, Tirunelveli. First year civil engineering students attended the session. The session was coordinated by Dr.G.Ginni, Assistant Professor, Department of civil engineering. 42 students and 2 faculties from the department of civil engineering attended the session.

Every year national youth day is celebrated to commemorate the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda as his ideologies have been a driving force for country’s youth. The speaker mentioned that according to Vivekananda Education meant secular learning that built character and instilled human values in students. Therefore the students should be properly educated and guided as they are the future of the nation. The statistics about the youth population in India and the stories of successful startups of young minds were also shared with the students. As research and innovations are the backbone of the country’s development the students were educated about the importance of startups. The initiatives of the government for the youth like Skill India, Make in India were also mentioned by the speaker. The importance of role of youth in various sectors like business / IT, politics, administration services, research and society were shared with the students. The students took oath on the words of Dr.A.P.J Abdul Kalam for the students and youth. The session ended with the note that “Education and empowerment are the two most important factors that the youth of our country should be enlightened about. Hence it is always important to facilitate the overall development of the youth to ensure the development of our nation”.

On 11th Jan 2023 MIC organised the orientation session on IIC 5.0 for the academic year 2022-23. Mr.Dipan Kumar Sahu, Assistant Innovation Director, MoE’s Innovation Cell addressed the session. During the session he explained the National Education Policy, Institutionalising the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Ecosystem in Higher Educational Institutions, Journey of IIC (2018-22), Innovative features and structures in the IIC Portal, State level forums for IICs, Innovation and startup support, Yukti Innovation Repository, Yukti Innovation Challenge 2023, ATL/SIC Linkage and Mentoring. 125 Students and 40 staff members attended the orientation session on IIC 5.0 and gathered lot of information about IIC 5.0 and the new things which are introduced in IIC 5.0.

On 10.01.23 the Entrepreneurship Development cell in association with AURCT-IEDP HUB, Anna University Regional Campus, Tirunelveli organized an Awareness Program on EDII Tamilnadu Student Innovators (TNSI). Mr.M.Siva Baarathi, Field Coordinator, AURCT-IEDP HUB,Anna University Regional Campus-Tirunelveli and Mr. Padmanabha Kamal, CEO, Shelly Pvt Ltd, Thoothukudi were the guest speakers. 122 students benefitted along with 4 faculties. In this program 7 students from St.Mother Theresa Engineering College, Thoothukudi and 12 Students from SCAD College of Engineering Technology, Cheranmahadevi participated. This event was coordinated by Dr R Prem Ananth AP/ECE. This event was conducted with the guidance of Dr.Lourdes Poobala Rayen, EDC Director.

The program started with the welcome address by Dr Lourdes Poobala Rayen, EDC Director. He also gave an introduction about TNSI and the government initiatives for the startup activities. Later he introduced both the guest speakers to the students. Mr.M.Siva Baarathi, started the session by explaining the importance of TNSI competition. He said every year EDII-TN is organizing TNSI and offers Rs.1 lakhs for 25 teams. He motivated the students that last three years each time one team from Francis Xavier Engineering college is winning Rs 1 lakhs. Then he started explaining the stages of TNSI competition such as Stage 1: Entrepreneurship Awareness Programmes, Stage 2: Ideation (IDEA) Camp, Stage 3: Boot Camp, Stage 4. State Level Pitch and Stage 5. Fellowship/Prototyping. He explained the process of registering the ideas for the TNSI competition.

The second session was handled by Mr. Padmanabha Kamal, CEO, Shelly Pvt Ltd Thoothukudi, he shared his personal experience about the startup companies run by him. He said innovation is the key for startup and he shared his success story of his car wash company. He said identifying the social problems and giving solution will pave the way to develop the startup. He addressed the problems in his latest startup venture such as minimum use of water for car wash, lower cost for car wash and the service at the doorstep. Further the interaction between the students and guest speakers made the session very useful and students were motivated.

On 30.12.2022 a session on “Discussion with Student Startup Founder” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of CSBS. The session was handled by Mr. M. Praveen,III CSE, Francis Xavier Engineering College. 40 students from first year CSBS and 3 faculties of CSBS department participated in the program. The program was coordinated by Dr. T. Manimozhi, EDC coordinator of CSBS, Professor/Mathematics, Francis Xavier Engineering College from 10.00AM - 12.30 PM.

The guest speaker started with the importance of Entrepreneurship in society, and why everyone needs to be an entrepreneur. He discussed about the need for Entrepreneurship development and involving students in the innovation and product development in the higher education institutions. The speaker explained about the basic steps involved in the startup like identifying the problems, finding solution for those problems, methods to find out the competitors in the market and ways to overcome the competitors in the market and ways to utilize the social media to directly introduce products to customers without paying advertisement charges. He also gave enough information to start zero investment startups which help to think innovatively by the students to enter into the entrepreneurship. He explained with the products he has developed and shared his experiences with future vision of his products. Students interacted freely with the students and gained lot of information.

On 30.12.2022 an expert talk on “Emerging Opportunities in Entrepreneurship” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. The Session was handled by Dr. G. Aravind Swaminathan, Professor and Head, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Francis Xavier Engineering College, Tirunelveli from 01.20 pm to 04.00 pm. 45 students and 2 staff members participated in the program. The session was coordinated by IIC Convener Dr. Y. Harold Robinson, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Francis Xavier Engineering College.

The resource person explained the meaning of entrepreneurship and the emerging opportunities available to the entrepreneurs. While explaining the meaning of the term entrepreneurship he highlighted the qualities one must possess to become the entrepreneur. The speaker also said that the underlying passion and dedication one have drives the person to excel in the entrepreneurial race. He spoke about the outlier approach of entrepreneurship, emerging opportunities, Innovation as a game changer and the process of venture formation. He also spoke about the 8P’s of Entrepreneurship: Passion, Perseverance, Perception, People, Pro-activeness, Permanent change, Persistent learning & Potential. He spoke about first-generation entrepreneur and encouraged all the students to keep their passion alive and follow dreams for the journey. All the participants attended the program with enthusiasm and benefitted a lot. The session created a motivation among the students to choose entrepreneurship as their career choice.

On 30.12.2022 an expert talk on “Entrepreneurship: An Avenue to Scale New Heights” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of IT. The session was handled by Dr. L.Gandhimathi, Assistant Professor, Department of Information Technology, Francis Xavier Engineering College from 1.30 PM - 4.00 PM.. The students from first year IT department participated in the program. 50 students and 1 staff participated in the session.

The resource person explained the meaning of entrepreneur, entrepreneurship and the importance of entrepreneurship for the country. She said it is the process of setting up one’s own business as distinct from pursuing any other economic activity. India’s current entrepreneurial ecosystem is a result of three waves of entrepreneurial activity with distinct focus areas – information technology (IT), consumerism and innovation. Over the last two decades, India evolved from being an IT services and business process outsourcing hub to becoming a significant R&D Centre for multinationals, with new business models being created almost daily. Entrepreneurship as a systematic, purposeful and creative activity of identifying a need, mobilizing resources and organizing production with a view to delivering value to the customers, returns for the investors and profits for the self in accordance with the risks and uncertainties associated with business. She also inspired the students with Motivating Stories. The session was an interactive one where the students were very participative in order to innovate the talents and clarify their doubts. There are students with motivation who become successful student entrepreneurs after a hard road of work and practice. The session came to an end by the feedback session of students.

On 30th December, 2022 an “Expert Talk on Recent Trends in Design Thinking & Innovation” was organized by Entrepreneurship Development Cell & Institution’s Innovation Council in association with the Department of Mechanical Engineering from 01:30 pm to 04.30 pm. Dr.R.K.A.Bhalaji, AP/Mech, Francis Xavier Engineering College, Tirunelveli was the resource person. Dr.S.Balakrishnan, AP/Mech coordinated the program. 40 students and 1 staff member participated in the program.

The resource person explained the meaning of design thinking and the different stages involved in the design thinking. Moreover, he underlined the need for design thinking in the process of innovation. The resource person explained the various stages such as empathize, define, ideate, prototype, test & implement with suitable examples like zomato, OLA, i phone etc. Additionally, he showed the case study about recent trends in design thinking & innovation such as uber eats & modern rest room. For instance, uber can offer customized and affordable food delivery at the tap of a button. The speaker also said that one must gather ideas, highlight the gaps and define problems, gather ideas by brainstorming build potential solutions and send for testing, get user feedback and iterate the model for the purpose of effective design thinking and innovation. The students interacted with the speaker and gathered more information.

On 29.12.2022 a session on “Sharing of Product Development Experience by StartupTN Winner” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of AI&DS. The session was handled by Miss. M.Dharshini III CSE-A, and K.S.Abbirami II AI&DS Francis Xavier Engineering college. 89 students from first year AI&DS A&B and 2 faculties of AI&DS department participated in the program. The program was coordinated by Mrs P.Sooriabrabha, Assistant professor, Department of AI&DS from 01.10PM - 4.10 PM.

The program started with the introduction of Guest Speakers Miss .M.Dharshini III CSE-A and K.S.Abbirami II AI&DS by Mrs P.Sooriabrabha, Assistant professor, Department of AI&DS . The resource persons explained why the students must involve in innovative product development and give solutions for the problems in the social domine. While explaining the need for innovation and product development the speakers shared their experiences in the innovation and product delopment. For this they used their innovative products as the examples. The speakers said that while developing the innovative products lot of exposures about the new concepts and ideas will emerge. This will pave the way for trying something new eventually it will end up with new product. Moreover, the team members will get Good Leadership, Communication Skills and Technical Knowledge.

They shared some of their problem statements and the solution they have provided for. They discussed more idea about startup and how to implement it and how to get funds for it. Also shared about the materials and free online resources available in the open source. They also shared information about how to protect the innovations by taking patent.

Through the initiative of EDC’s Industrial Connect, 6 II year B.Tech AIDS students Gladston Akash Raja T A, Kalai Selvan K, Manakavoo Siva Balaji A, Mariselvam K, Vijay S U, Abbiramy K S and one III year BE CSE student have completed the Industrial Training in Maxelerator Foundation, Madurai. During the training they were involved in the product development in Deep Learning.

EDC connects the students with industry and provides technology solution and consultancy. In this connection students were taken to Nova Carbon India Ltd. Gangaigondan SIPCOT on 28.12.2022. Dr.Lourdes Poobala Rayen, Director, Centre for Entrepreneurship Development, SCAD Group made the arrangements and accompanied the students and staff members.

Dr.R.K.A.Bhalaji AP/Mech and Mr.A.Alban Santhosh/Student Second Year M.E.(ISE) visited Nova Carbons Pvt Ltd, Gangaikondan to assess the industrial safety measures followed in the company to start the Safety Audit from the 2nd week of Jan 2023. The team verified the safety rules and regulations as per the Factories Act 1948 and identified the areas to be given priority to improve the safety measures in the unit.

Another team guided by Dr.Kannan, Professor, Mechanical Engineering along with III year Mech. students A Pravin. P, Joel Raj. A, Padmanaban V and IV Mech. Students Aldo Mathias. M, Abraham Jebamani Raj. T discussed with the plant officials regarding the technological solutions and the process designs to be modified to improve the existing situation. The proposed design was discussed with the plant Engineers.

Through the EDC’s new initiative a discussion was organized by the EDC with a Startup Founder Mr.Sudahar, TASS, for providing Consultancy Services on 23.12.2022 at 9.30 – 11.00 a.m in the Presentation Hall. As the startup founder requested the EDC to develop a website and a Mobile App for his startup, a meeting was organized to discuss the expectations of the startup founder for the development of the website and a Mobile App. Mrs.Agnes Joshy, professor incharge of Web Apps Lab discussed the matters to be included in the Website. The students from the Web Apps lab also had discussion with the Startup Founder regarding the delveloping the website.

As regards the Mobile App development Dr.Yesubai Rubavathy, professor in-charge of Mobile Application Development Lab along with her team of students had discussion with the startup founder and decided the matters to be included in the Mobile App. The Startup founder also gave lot of suggestion for the information to be included in the Mobile App. Two whats app groups have been created to follow the activities in this regard.

On 23.12.2022 an Expert Talk on "Process of Innovation Development and Technology Readiness Level" was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering. The Session was handled by Dr. R Prem Ananth, IIC Convener, IIC Innovation Ambassador for "Design thinking & Innovations", Assistant professor, Francis Xavier Engineering College from 9.00 AM - 11.30 PM. 61 students from first year ECE and 3 faculties of ECE department participated. The program was coordinated by Mr Pradheep T Rajan B, Assistant Professor /ECE, Francis Xavier Engineering College.

The Guest Speaker explained the meaning of innovation and process of innovation. He said that Innovation is Invention + Commercialization. To explain this concept he explained a recent innovative product namely Samsung “The Freestyle 100” Smart and Compact Portable LED Projector with in-Built OTT Apps and he explained the innovation established compared to old LCD Projectors. The speaker explained four types of Innovation, they are product, process, customer experience and business model Innovation. He listed few examples like analog watches, digital watches and smart watches.

The speaker explained five steps of design thinking such as Emphasize, Define, Ideate, Prototype and Testing. He explained all the steps with live examples. He enlighten the students and staffs with an example of Zomato to understand each steps. The speaker also further explained the nine levels of Technology readiness and gave few examples.

On 23.12.2022 an expert talk on "Success factor on Innovation Eco System” was organised by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and Institution lnnovation Council in Association with the Department of Computer Applications from 10.30AM - 12.30 PM. Mrs. Dr. T. C. Subbu Lakshmi,Tech Lead, Ideation Lab delivered the lecture. The expert talk was organized for MCA students. The resource person introduction was given by Mr. R.Albert Paulin Michael,AP /MCA. 50 students and 2 staff members participated in the program.

The resource person discussed about the success factors which influence the innovation and she gave few live examples for each influencing factors. During her speech she explained the importance of innovation, different types of innovation and the process involved in the innovation. She listed few success factors influencing the innovation ecosystem such as the activities of customers, competitors and suppliers; the labour market; legal, regulatory, competitive and economic conditions; and the supply of technological and other types of knowledge of value to innovation. The session was an interactive one and all the participants participated with enthusiasm.

On 20.12.2022 a session on “Hands-On Training – Digital Marketing” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of MBA. The session was handled by Mr.K.Kaja Mohideen, SEO Analyst, Founder and CEO, DIGICUZ Tirunelveli. The students from I year MBA and faculties of MBA department participated in the program. The program was coordinated by Mrs.S.Thana Lakshmi, Assistant Professor, MBA Department, Francis Xavier Engineering College from 09.30AM - 12.30 PM.

The Programme began with a welcome speech. The Resource Person Mr.K.Kaja Mohideen presided over the lecture. He shared his ideas and ways towards scope of opportunities in the field of Digital Marketing.

He explained about how to create free website using pantheon for one's business. He taught about various platforms to promote business. Further he advised us to take interest in whatever job we do. Additionally he shared free digital marketing courses with certifications. This session was an eye opener among the students and also gave an idea on the future scope in this field. The session ended with a vote of thanks. The session came to an end by the feedback session of students and staffs.

On 20.12.2022 @ 4.00 staff members Dr.Lourdes Poobala Rayen, Director, EDC, Dr.Kannan, Mech, Dr. Justin HoD, EEE, Dr. Annapandi EEE, Dr. Samuel Hansen HoD, Mech, Sundar, Mech, Mr.Samuel Prabakaran, HoD, Civil, Mr.Vivek, civil, Dr. R. Prem Ananth, IIC Convener, ECE and Dr. Andrew Roobert, ECE attended the ZED Certification Awareness Program in Hotel Appna Park, Tirunelveli. The program was organized by MSME DFO, Tirunelveli. Mr.Ganesan, General Manager, District Industries Centre, Tirunelvei explained the various schemes supporting the entrepreneurship and the financial support for the promotion of entrepreneurship. Mr.Simiyon gave an outline about ZED Certification and Mr.P.M Devaraj, Lean Auditor explained the salient features of ZED Certification process. Wherein he explained the Bronze, Silver and Gold certification process and parameters for all the certifications. It was an eye opener for all the faculty members attended the program.

On 16.12.2022 Entrepreneur Development cell and IIC in association with Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering organized an expert talk on "Energy Conservation Through Effective Energy Utilization" as a part of National Energy Conservation Day from 2.00- 4.00 p.m. Mr.E.Petchimuthu. Assistant Executive Engineer., Safety, Tirunelveli Region has delivered the lecture. The program was coordinated by Mrs. A.Amala Manuela, EDC Coordinator, AP/EEE. 55 students and 1 staff member participated in the program.

The resource person explained about the need for energy conservation and the methods to be practiced for the energy conservation. As the natural resources are limited it should be used wisely. Over exploitation of natural resources for the generation of energy will also create environmental problem and it should be used with at most care. Moreover, the new renewable sources of energy should be explored. By doing this the pollution can be minimized and the natural disasters can also be reduced. The resource person also said that through the use of energy saving machines, the usage of energy can be reduced. As the individuals, corporates, business establishments and governments are the direct consumers of energy, they need to identify the ways and means of reducing the use of energy. The speaker gave lot of live examples such as walking or riding a bicycle instead of driving a car, using the LED bulbs which uses lesser electricity, drying the cloths rather than using the dryer, using thermostat to regulate the temperature automatically, using electrical devices which consumes lesser electricity. The participants also shared their ideas to conserve energy. The session was an interactive session and all the students participated in the session enthusiastically.

On 14.12.2022 centre for Entrepreneurship Development organized a meeting for EDC Coordinator of all department to scale new heights. The Session started by the welcome address of Dr. Lourdes Poobala Rayen, EDC director and IIC president, Francis Xavier Engineering College. The program was coordinated by Dr. R Prem Ananth, IIC Convener, Assistant professor, Francis Xavier Engineering College from 02.30 PM - 04.00 PM.

The minutes of the meeting were

• Confirm the heading and Levels with IIC President before preparing the poster for any EDC activity.
• Once the poster is ready, kindly get corrections with IIC President before posting in social media.
• Activity Code is Must.
• Along with Activity Code sheet take printout of the poster and get signed from IIC President and then apply for Activity Code.
• After conducting the program, the report should reach the IIC president without any delay of next day evening.
• Avoid technology based heading (To Avoid Negative Score).
• Issue certificate to all the students once the program is over.
• Avoid Vacant benches while taking Photographs.
• Cover the entire students along with resource persons.
• While Submitting the report Kindly submit more photos.

On 2nd December 2022 an expert talk was organized on the topic “Keep Clean Go Green” by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and Institution’s Innovation Council in association with Civil Engineering Department. The speaker for the program was Dr.G.Ginni, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Francis Xavier Engineering College, Tirunelveli. First year civil engineering students attended the session. The session was coordinated by Mrs. P.Raja Priya, EDC coordinator, Department of civil engineering. 40 students and 2 staff members participated in the program.

The resource person explained the need for keeping the environment clean and green. She highlighted the effects of deforestation, depleting the non renewable sources etc., She stated that the climate change, green-house emissions, ozone layer depletion and global warming are the need for green technology. The speaker explained in detail about the green house effect and the gases responsible for it through a pictorial representation. Global warming was referred as the average increase in the earth’s temperature which in turn changes the climate. The speaker then gave a note on the ozone layer, the earth’s sunscreen which absorbs about 98% of the UV radiation. She explained that reducing pollution, consumption and waste, conserving resources and energy, protecting the earth’s ecological balance are the basic principles of going green. The speaker gave a note on the three R’s (reduce, reuse and recycle). Finally the session ended with a discussion regarding the initiatives to make the campus green. The students shared their views to make a green campus like energy conservation, planting trees, avoiding plastics inside the campus, effective consumption of water, reducing the usage of paper and so on. After the lecture session the students were given a slogan writing activity based on the theme “Keep Clean Go Green”. The students gave their active participation and the best slogans were rewarded with small prizes.

From 1st Dec to 3rd Dec 2022 Tamil Nadu Government Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department in association with Entrepreneurship Development Centre of Francis Xavier Engineering College, Tirunelveli. The District Officer, Vaazhndhu Kaattuvom Project B.Ramlal, IOB, Mr.Somasundaram, Director, Rural Self Employment Training Institute, Dr.Lourdes Poobala Rayen, Director, Entrepreneurship Development Cell, Francis Xavier Engineering College, and Mr.Thomas Rex participated in the program.

The IOB RSETI director explained the various schemes through which the government of Tamil Nadu is extending the support to the entrepreneur. Dr.Lourdes Poobala Rayen spoke about the role of entrepreneurship and the opportunities available in the rural areas giving real life examples to the participants.

Mr.Thomas Rex, EDII Trainer discussed about the SWOC analysis wherein he explained the Strength, Weakness, Opportunity and Challenge. The resource person gave lot of examples for each concept.

Mr.Mohamed Kurshid Khan, Asst. Professor, Sadhak Abbudulla Appa College gave a speech on the Business Models and Project Report. The speaker explained all the business models with lot of examples. He also explained the steps to prepare the project report. He asked all the participants to prepare and present the project report.

On 2.12.2022 (second day) training was started by Dr.Lourdes Poobala Rayen, Director, Entrepreneurship Development Cell. He explained how to identify the entrepreneurial opportunities and conduct market survey. He gave more examples to the participants about the opportunities in the rural areas and to promote entrepreneurship.

Mr.Ajit Kumar, EDII trainer spoke on marketing of the products or services. He highlighted the market research, exploring the market opportunities with lot of examples. He also spoke on the basic requirements for practicing entrepreneurship such as SWOT analysis, raw materials required, market requirements, technology required. He also spoke about pricing of the product wherein he outlined the need to consider the environment, government policies and procedures, profit and loss account and market research.

Mr.Mohamed Kurshid Khan, Asst. Professor, Sadhak Abdulla Appa College spoke on effective management strategies, technologies to be used to complete with the competitors, market reality, financial stability and environment

On 3.12.2022 Mr.Thambidurai, EDII trainer gave speech on Project report, Branding, Production, Service and business. He also spoke on the demand for the product wherein he explained the two types of demand namely elastic demand and in elastic demand with suitable examples. In addition to this the resource person explained the borrowing power. He also mentioned about the mentality of the borrower like people who borrow frequently and who borrow occasionally. In this connection the speaker addressed about the bad debts and managing debts in the business establishment.

Mr.Ganesan, General Manager, District Industries Centre addressed about the support provided by the Tamil Nadu Government for the promotion of entrepreneurship through District Industries Centre. He also gave details about the various funding opportunities through different schemes like UYEGP, PMEGP, NEEDS and MUDRA.

The training ended with the feedback given by the participants. Assistant Director from Rural Development department, Chennai addressed the meeting and he appreciated the participants and the trainers.

On 30th November 2022 the Entrepreneurship Development cell in association with AURCT-IEDP HUB, Anna University Regional Campus, Tirunelveli organized Workshop on "Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Govt. support for Aspiring Entreprenures" Mr.Avinash, Director &CEO, INCRIX Techlutions LLP and Mr.J.Mohammed Nowsath Sherif, Co-founder & Chief Marketing Officer at Incrix Techlutions LLP were the guest speakers along with Mr M.Siva Baarathi, Field Coordinator, AURCT-IEDP HUB, Anna University Regional Campus-Tirunelveli. This event was jointly coordinated by Dr.Lourdes Poobala Rayen, EDC Director and IIC president and Dr. R. Prem Ananth AP/ECE IIC Convener. 100 students and 2 faculty members participated in the program.

Session 1 and 2 was handled by Mr.Avinash, Director &CEO , INCRIX Techlutions LLP. The Resource person explained about Entrepreneurship and Innovation and the concept of Design Thinking. He defined Entrepreneurship as the ability and readiness to develop, organize and run a business enterprise, amidst uncertainties in order to make a profit. The most prominent example of entrepreneurship is the starting of new business. He also explained about the various entrepreneurial opportunities for the engineering students. Then he explained the innovation as invention + Commercialization. He advised the students to create a product which can be implemented in the society. He then explained the concept of design thinking and its steps such as Emphasize, Define, Ideate, Prototype and testing. He explained each steps with an example. He stressed the engineering students to develop knowledge and skills regarding the industry 5.0 for developing innovative ideas and to develop startups. He said that nowadays, people can use technology to automate anything, from manufacturing to space exploration. He also said that Incrix provides comprehensive enterprise-level automation solutions to enhance the end-user experience.

On 28.11.2022 an expert talk was organised by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and Institution innovation Council in association with the Department of Computer Applications on the topic "Business Ideas in Food Processing Industry”. Mr.R.Ben Johnson, Grace Path Makers, Erode delivered the talk from 1.30 pm - 4.00 p.m. The program was coordinated by Mr.R.Albert Paulin Michael, EDC Coordinator and AP/ MCA. 50 students and 1 staff member actively participated in the session.

The resource person explained the emerging business ideas with live examples. While explaining the various business ideas he highlighted the emergence of startups in the field of food processing. He also explained value added opportunities in food processing. He named few products namely banana, potato, tomato which are having lot of business potentials. He also explained the business opportunities available in cereals and millets processing. He highlighted the importance of bringing the food articles under the value added emerging products. Moreover, people are expecting the food products like bakery business, cashew processing business, diabetic food Manufacturing Business, Fruit Juice Processing Business, grape wine manufacturing business, honey processing business. Moreover, he listed some of the most profitable food manufacturing business like nuts processing, biscuits or cookies, Ready-to-eat snacks etc. All the students were benefited by the seminar. It was an interactive session with valuable takeaways for all.

On 25th Nov. 2022 Entrepreneur Development cell and IIC in association with Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. Organized an “Expert talk on IPR related to Trade Marks” at 2.00 4.00 p.m. Dr. A.Justin Diravium, Professor and HoD, Department of EEE, FXEC was the guest speaker. 47 students and 1 staff participated in the program. Mrs.Amala Manuela, EDC Coordinator, AP, EEE coordinated the program.

The resource person explained about the Intellectual Property Rights and the different types of IPR. While explaining the trademark, the resource person explained the importance of trade marks and how it protects the rights of the trade mark users. The resource person said that a trademark can be a name, word, slogan, design, symbol or other unique specification that identifies a product or organisation. Trademark can be represented by the 'R in a circle' ® denoting a registered trademark, or the letters 'TM'. To add weight to a claim, trademarks can also be registered at a national or territory level with an appointed government body. Trademark applications typically take anywhere between 6 and 18 months to be processed.

He also explained about the patents. Patents are grants made by national governments that give the creator of an invention an exclusive right to use, sell or manufacture the invention. Like trademarks, patents are registered at a national or territory level with an appointed government body. Patents typically take 2 to 3 years to be granted. The discussion with the participants gave lot of insight about trade marks and how it protects the rights of the owner of the trade marks.

On 25th Nov. 2022 Entrepreneur Development cell and IIC in association with Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering organized an Expert Talk on the topic "Awareness on the Process on Innovation and Product Development".Mr.G.Guna, Assistant Professor, Department of EEE, FXEC was the resource person. 65 students and 1 staff member participated in the program. The program was coordinated by Mrs.Amala Manuela, EDC Coordinator of EEE and AP/EEE.

The resource person explained the meaning of the term innovation and the process of innovation. He said the innovation process begins with a creative idea or solution to a problem, followed by analysis to determine is it worth turning that idea or solution into the next innovative product or service. The analysis can lead to develop a preliminary design or prototype. Further, vetting examines to determine whether an investment should be made to move on to production of the product or implementation of the service. While preparing for customers, the focus shifts to commercialization activities, such as marketing, branding, business development, and sales. The resource person gave lot of live examples to explain the concept and to motivate the students to involve in the product development.

The students participated with full enthusiasm and raised lot of questions which helped the participants to know the process of innovation and the benefits to the students to become an innovator.

On 21th ,November 2022 an Expert talk on “Creative and Innovative Thinking for Developing Successful Startups” was organized by Entrepreneurship Development Centre and IIC in association with CSBS department. Ms. M. Arunadevi, Assistant Professor, Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, Francis Xavier Engineering College, Vannarpettai was the resource person and coordinated by Dr. T. Manimozhi, EDC Co-coordinator & Professor of Mathematics of CSBS Department. 64 students and 1 staff member participated in the program.

The resource person explained about the concept of creativity and innovation and why bot these terms are important for an entrepreneur and for managing entrepreneurship. She said the creativity and innovation helps to develop new ways of improving an existing product or service to optimize the business. While implementing creativity and innovation in entrepreneurship new, interesting, potential yet versatile idea come up which will take the concern to the next level.

The resource person also stated that in order to be creative, students must have the courage to try new things and experiment with different ideas. Creativity needs to be fostered in a way that allows students the freedom to explore their ideas without fear of being judged or ridiculed. Creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship are important things to launch each innovative products and services that comes with advanced technology. The entrepreneur can attract new customers by the qualities that they display but keep them for a long term by sustaining the quality of the product or services.

On 18.11.2022 an expert talk was organised by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and Institution innovation Council in association with the Department of Computer Applications on the topic "Innovation in the Package Industry-An Initiative Towards Entrepreneurship”. Mr.R.Albert Paulin Michael AP/MCA, FXEC delivered the lecture from 1.30 pm - 4.00 pm. 50 students and 2 staffs were actively participated in the session.

The resource person started the session by saying that Entrepreneurship is the buzzword in India today as more number of startups are developing and thereby creating new businesses opportunities. While explaining the new emerging areas he gave lot of examples wherein the package industry is one among them. He listed the various innovation in the package industry to increase resource efficiency, eliminate waste and reduce environmental impact through improved design and the use of alternative materials. He talked about the future of Package Industry in India which has grown at 10-11% from the past several years and sustain for a period of decade. He stated about technologies of Package Industry like Biodegradable Packaging, Digital Printing, Packaging Automation, 3D Printing etc. The explanation evoked good response from the students and the students enthusiastically asked lot of questions about the modern packaging materials and the packaging methods. It was an interactive session and all the students benefitted through this program.

On 18.11.2022 a session on “Emerging Trends in Digital Entrepreneurship” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the department of CIVIL. The session was handled Dr. M. Kohila, Assistant Professor, Department of English, Francis Xavier Engineering College, Tirunelveli. The students from second year CIVIL and faculties participated in the program. The program was coordinated by Mrs. P.Raja Priya, EDC Coordinator, Assistant professor, department of CIVIL, Francis Xavier Engineering College from 09.00 AM - 12.30 PM. 48 civil engineering students and 2 faculties participated in the session.

The speaker explained the introduction of 5G technology and said that digital era is reducing the barriers between entrepreneur and society. The digital era is creating new avenues for entrepreneurial opportunities. She said that the Digital entrepreneurship is a term that describes how digital technology will change a business and society. She explained the different stages in digital entrepreneurship such as choosing a digital business idea, building a prototype, testing the business idea on potential customers and launching the business. The resource person gave few success stories of successful digital entrepreneurs namely Ritesh Agarwal - OYO rooms, Vijaysekar Sharma - Paytm, and Shravan and Sanjay kumaran – Godimensions. The speaker also highlighted some of the important technologies involved in digital marketing such as Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM) and Social Media Marketing (SMM). The discussion evoked good response from the participants and few participants raised questions about the use of search engine and its uses for the business.

On 16.11.2022 an Expert Talk on “Enhancement of Entrepreneurial Skillset: A Road to Success” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the department of CSE. Mrs. M. Sharon Nisha, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Francis Xavier Engineering College, Tirunelveli was the resource person. 41 students from second year CSE and 2 faculties of CSE department participated in the program. The program was coordinated by Dr. Y. Harold Robinson, EDC Coordinator, Associate professor, Francis Xavier Engineering College from 09.30 AM - 12.30 PM.

The Guest speaker said that entrepreneurship is an individual creating a new enterprise, bearing the risks and scale up the return for the investment made. She said that the entrepreneur must enhance their skill set which is very much needed to sustain the business venture. She said that entrepreneurs play a key role in the economy as they use their skills to study the market and bring new products according to the market. The speaker said that a person who can assess the need of the market and tapping the gap will have an edge to become an entrepreneur. The speaker said that the Business management skills, Communication and active listening skills, Risk-taking skills, Problem-solving skills, Customer service skills and Financial skills are the basic requirements of an entrepreneur. She explained each skill set with suitable live examples and case studies. She further said that the ability to learn is not a valuable life skill. She also said that growing a business requires a sound strategy based on inherent business sense and skills. The students actively participated in the program and the interaction with the speaker helped the participants to gather more information.

On 15th November, 2022 the Entrepreneurship Development Cell & Institution’s Innovation Council in association with the Department of Mechanical Engineering organized an expert talk on “Innovation Ecosystem for Entrepreneurship” from 9:00 am to 12.30 pm. Mr.T.M.Mohamed Usman, HOD/Civil & IIC President, PET Engineering College, Tirunelveli was the resource person. The program was coordinated by Dr.R.K.A.Bhalaji, AP/Mech. 40 students and 1 staff member participated in the program.

The resource person explained the meaning of innovation ecosystem and the entrepreneurial opportunities which emerges out of the innovation ecosystem. While explaining the innovation ecosystem he gave lot of examples. The innovation ecosystem gives lot of opportunities for the stake holders of this ecosystem. Regarding innovative ecosystem the resource person said that modern ecosystem includes designers, software developers, consultants, financiers etc. Additionally, he revealed the flowchart for innovation ecosystem and also described the prerequisites for successful innovation communities. This innovation ecosystem elements such as research, development, design & produce will pave the way for the entrepreneurship. Finally he explained the role of innovation in entrepreneurship such as persistent improvement, reinforcing the brand, making the best of the existing product and also revealed the DNA of innovation ecosystem entrepreneurship. The participants interacted with the resource person and gained lot of insights about the topic.

Name of the Company : M - Squared Software solutions and Services Pvt. Ltd.

Industry Person Names : Ms. Dhanya Mohan & Ms. Rishma

Designation : Software Developer & Marketing Manager

Place : Technocampus, Trivandrum

The Department of Computer Science and Business Systems Studies associated with Entrepreneurship Development Cell organized “Interaction with Industry Experts” dated on 15th, November 2022, at 09:00 am. The program is delivered in offline mode and is also well intended by Ms. Dhanya Mohan, Software Developer, M - Squared Software solutions and Services Pvt. Ltd, Trivandrum. and coordinated by Mrs. A. Anitha and Mrs. M. Yasmin, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Business Systems.

They are an innovative and technically fit software development company that delivers forefront engineering solutions, guiding companies and enterprise clients to solve composite issues that always appear during their innovative evolution journey. Since 1996 they have been a visionary and a reliable software engineering partner for world-class brands. M-Squared is a team that has a passion for developing and delivering enterprise-grade applications and knows how to take custom software application ideas from concept to delivery. Holding the experience of working with 100 +companies, we have developed applications that are now being used by millions of consumers worldwide. M-Squared has a team of devoted professionals skilled in the development and integration of a broad range of software applications, mainly in the areas of software development & related services.

This session was very interesting as it gave us a brief about how to represent our industry or brand to the outside world, how to understand the other industry and then find out ways to create our demand for them. The real life connection of the examples, made it very easy for us to understand the things. The trainer explained about how to increase the demand of our product and for that he described the upsell and cross sell techniques.

Ms. Swetha shared her knowledge about Project management and various phases under the Web Development like: Hand Shake meeting, project initiation. Design implementation, testing, sign-off phase etc. He focuses on iterative model of project planning and execution. He also talked about Content management system. Responsive web design (RWD) is an approach to web design aimed at allowing desktop webpages to be viewed in response to the size of the screen or web browser one is viewing with. In addition, it's important to understand that Responsive Web Design tasks include offering the same support to a variety of devices for a single website.

The head of social media marketing made us the realize importance of creativity, and how important is our online social presence. Social media marketing (SMM) is a form of Internet marketing that utilizes social networking websites as a marketing tool. The goal of SMM is to produce content that users will share with their social network to help a company increase brand exposure and broaden customer reach. One of the key components of SMM is social media optimization (SMO). Like search engine optimization (SEO), SMO is a strategy for drawing new and unique visitors to a website. SMO can be done two ways: adding social media links to content, such as RSS feeds and sharing buttons -- or promoting activity through social media by updating statuses or tweets, or blog posts. SMM helps a company get direct feedback from customers (and potential customers) while making the company seem more personable. The interactive parts of social media give customers the opportunity to ask questions or voice complaints and feel they are being heard. This aspect of SMM is called social customer relationship management (social CRM). SMM became more common with the increased popularity of websites such as Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, LinkedIn, and YouTube.

In response, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has updated its rules to include SMM. If a company or its advertising agency provides a blogger or other online commenter with free products or other incentives to generate positive buzz for a product, the online comments will be treated legally as endorsements. Both the blogger and the company will be held responsible for ensuring that the incentives are clearly and conspicuously disclosed and that the blogger's posts contain no misleading or unsubstantiated statements and otherwise complies with the FTC's rules concerning unfair or deceptive advertising.

The last session was taken was Ms. Dhanya Mohan (Software Developer), who summed up our learning at M-Squared. The HR Manager also made us aware of the job role of an HR in an industry. After all the sessions were over, we did a floor visit at the office and explored various departments and how the people work there. From this visit students understand what the culture in the industry is, they learn different phases of project planning and execution and selling the products at professional level.

On 15.11.2022 an expert talk on “Mobile App Development: A New Source for Entrepreneurial Venture” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the department of CSE. The session was handled by Dr. Thiruchelvi, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Francis Xavier Engineering College. 65 students from third year CSE and 2 faculties of CSE department participated in the program. The program was coordinated by Dr. Y. Harold Robinson, EDC Coordinator, Associate professor, Francis Xavier Engineering College from 01.30 PM - 04.00 PM.

The speaker explained the business opportunities through Mobile App development. The speaker said that mobile commerce is expanding very much extensively and the demand for mobile App is also growing among the business community to reach more customers anytime anywhere globally. She said creating a mobile app and website is the need of the hour for every business to reach all the people in society. The speaker concludes that one of the major benefits of mobile apps is that it can help the corporate to reach the customers faster. As the topic was very much useful for the Computer Science Engineering students, participants gathered more information form the guest speaker.

On 14.11.2022 Entrepreneurship Development Cell of IT department and IIC organized an “Innovation: The Buzzword among Engineers- A Discussion. The session was handled by Ms.S.Agnes Joshy, Assistant Professor, Department of IT, FXEC. The program was coordinated by Dr.L. Gandhimathi, EDC Coordinator of IT department. 55 students and 1 staff member participated in the session.

The resource person explained the term innovation and the importance of innovation to sustain the business. The resource person highlighted the need to use the creativity and innovation especially among the engineering students. The speaker said that the engineering students must involve themselves in innovation. Moreover, the speaker explained the process of innovation with lot of examples from the real life. The resource person being the professor incharge of the pre-incubation centre, she explained the need for innovation for the development of a new product. The session was an interactive one where the students were participative and raised few questions which clarified their doubts.

On 11th November, 2022 a guest talk on “Creation of Wealth from Waste: An Entrepreneurial Venture” was organized by Entrepreneurship Development Cell & Institution’s Innovation Council in association with the Department of Mechanical Engineering from 9.00 am to 12.30 pm. Mr.T.Abraham Jebamani Raj, Third Year Student, Department of Mechanical Engineering, FXEC was the resource person.. Dr.R.K.A.Bhalaji, AP/Mech coordinated the program. 40 students and 1 staff participated in the program.

The resource person explained the meaning of generation of wealth from waste and he underlined the business opportunities available while converting the waste to wealth. The resource person discussed about the types of wastes according to their properties and effects on human health and environment and also outlined the sources of wastes such as households, agriculture, electronics, commerce and industry. He showed the graphical representation about waste generation by country as well as waste generation in India. Regarding waste management, resource person revealed about how to convert waste such as paper, cloth, plastics, coconut leaf stalk & areca leaf into useful products using reuse and recycle concepts. Additionally, he said how to become a successful entrepreneur using waste management process for instance. a) Converting waste areca leaf & coconut leaf stalk into cups, plate’s etc. b) Converting waste plastics into useful household items c) converting waste paper into book notes etc. d) converting waste leaves into decorative items for homes, office, vehicles etc. The students interacted with the resource person and gathered more information from the speaker. In fact, the session was very much useful.

On 11.11.2022 a guest talk on “Essentials of Entrepreneurship” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the department of CIVIL. The session was handled by Mr. Ryan Elshan, Proprietor, Ryan Engineering, Tirunelveli. The students from second year CIVIL and faculties participated in the program. The program was coordinated by Mrs. P.Raja Priya, EDC Coordinator, Assistant professor, department of CIVIL, Francis Xavier Engineering College from 09.00 AM - 12.30 PM. 45 civil engineering students and 2 faculties attended the program.

The speaker explained the meaning of entrepreneurship and the essentials of entrepreneurship. He said that entrepreneurship is an opportunity as the economically attractive and timely opportunity that creates value for those who are involved. He stated that commitment, determination, leadership, opportunity obsession, tolerance of risk, ambiguity, uncertainty, creativity, self-reliance, adaptability and motivation are the qualities that contribute to the attitudes and behavior of an entrepreneur. He explained the different types of entrepreneurs depending upon the activity they perform and he gave few examples for each type. The speaker also added few points on women entrepreneurs and motivates all the female students. The speaker concludes the session by explaining about the competitive advantages of entrepreneurial firms.

On 11th Nov.2022 a guest lecture was organized to commemorate the National Education Day on the topic “Higher Education: The Present Day Scenario” by Entrepreneur Development cell in association with Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. Dr.A.Justin Diraviam ,Professor/EEE was the Guest Lecturer. This event was coordinated by Mrs. A.Amala Manuela, Assitant Professor/EEE 50 students and 1 staff member participated in the program.

The speaker explained the present day scenario in Higher education and the advantages to the students. While explaining the present day national education system, the speaker explained the National Education Policy. Now-a-days, there is mass production of graduates and post-graduates. They are only fit for clerical jobs. When they do not get service, they aggravate the problem of educated unemployment. This situation should be properly addressed by opening more and more technical and vocational institutions. The speaker said that at present there is no arrangement for moral and religious education for the young men and women who come to the universities. There are many basic problems facing higher education in India today such as inadequate infrastructure, vacancies in faculty positions and poor quality of faculty, declining research standards, etc. Ensuring equitable access to quality higher education for students coming from poor families is a major challenge. Students from poor back ground are put to further disadvantage since they are not academically prepared to crack highly competitive entrance examinations that have bias towards urban elite and rich students. The session was very much interesting and gave lot of information. In fact, all the participants interacted with the resource person.

On 10.11.2022 Entrepreneurship Development Cell of IT department in association with IIC organized an Expert Talk on “Government Schemes for Starting a Business”. The session was handled by Mr.Karthick.V, Managing Director, LoGin Group. This program was organized for III year B.Tech students. Dr.Gandhimathi, EDC Coordinator of IT department coordinated the program. 54 students and 1 staff participated in the session.

The resource person explained the need for promoting entrepreneurship and why the engineering students must enter entrepreneurship. He highlighted some of the government schemes which supports the entrepreneurs such as PMEGP, UYEGP, NEEDS, Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana. He highlighted the advantages of the various government schemes. In addition to this he gave information about the subsidies under each scheme. The resource person explained how to make use of the various government support to the entrepreneurs. He also inspired the students with motivating stories. The session was an interactive one where the students were very participative and clarified their doubts. There are students with motivation who become successful student entrepreneurs.

Ideation lab envisions turning an innovative idea into a tangible concept by involving students in creativity, product development, design thinking and fostering skills among engineering students in all disciplines that are required to identify opportunities and bring them to life. Ideation Lab in FXEC explores to bring out the creativity, innovation and skills of the students through their Ideas and foster them to get along with futuristic technologies.

The Ideation Lab and Department Of Information Technology of Francis Xavier Engineering College had jointly organized 24 hour Hackathon programme TechHAckathon1.0(Software Edition) from 10.11.2022(6 pm) to 11.11.2022 (6 pm) in association with NeubAItics Tech Pvt.Ltd.

The Hackathon was inaugurated on 10.11.2022 at 6.00 pm by the Chairman Dr.S.Cletus Babu, SCAD group of institutions Chairman motivated the students with his words of inspiration and emphasized on focus, Hard work and engineers providing solutions for society. Felicitation address was delivered by Dr.K.Jeyakumar GM(D)- SCAD, Dr.S.Mohammed Sathik- Director ,School of Computer studies SCAD, and Mr.S.Krishna Kumar GM(A)- SCAD, Director Applied Labs. Er.Kalke Seetharaman disclosed Hackathon statements and protocol. This hackathon was conducted with the theme Artificial Intelligence and use cases in Agriculture, Business, Health care, Education sector and Environment.

On 10.11.2022 a Session on "Daily Waste Management Practices in Service Sector Enterprise – A Discussion" was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering. The session was handled by Dr. R Prem Ananth, IIC Convener, IIC Innovation Ambassador for "Design thinking & Innovations", Assistant professor, Francis Xavier Engineering College from 1.30 - 4.30 PM. 63 students from Third year ECE and 4 faculties of ECE department participated. The program was coordinated by Mr Pradheep T Rajan B, Assistant Professor /ECE, Francis Xavier Engineering College.

The resource person explained the need for recycling of Daily Waste and convert the same to usable product which could be used as the business opportunity. He said recycling of waste product helps to earn money as well as save the environment. He said that the creativity and the innovativeness pave the way to earn wealth. He explained top 10 recycling business which produces wealth to those who are involved in the business venture. The 10 business ideas are PVC recycling business, Construction waste, Medical Waste Recycling, Utensils recycle business, Glass Recycling business, Mattress Recycling business, Textile Recycling business, Furniture recycling business, Electronic waste recycling business and Aluminum recycling business. He explained each business idea with example and the end products. The speaker explained all the recycling business ideas with an example and concluded the session. In fact, the session was an eye opener for most of the participants.

On 9.11.2022 the Entrepreneurship Development Cell of IT department and IIC organized an expert talk on the topic “Reduce, Recycle, Reuse the Wastes in Daily Routine: An Entrepreneurial Opportunity”. The session was handled by Mrs.S Poornam, Assistant Professor, Department of AI/DS, FXEC. This program was organized for III year B.Tech students. 50 students participated in the session. The program was coordinated by Dr.L. Gandhimathi, EDC Coordinator of IT department.

The resource person explained the growing problems regarding the waste which accumulates every day. She explained all the three “R” used in the title such as reduce, reuse, recycle with lot of live examples. She also highlighted how the waste can be minimised by using alternative methods. She gave examples of the plastic waste that are accumulated in the beaches, river beds and all the hill stations. This creates lot of environmental problems. It is very much imperative to find an alternative solution to avoid this environment problem. At the same time there is an opportunity to convert the wastes into wealth. She gave few examples like plastics to some other usable products, Coco pith to Coco pith blocks etc.

She also inspired the students with lot of solution for the wastes which accumulates every day in all the plays by creating environmental problems. The session was an interactive one where the students were very much participative.

On 09.11.2022 a Guest Lecture on “Ideation Techniques for Problem Solving” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the department of CSE. The session was handled by Dr. R Prem Ananth, IIC Convener, IIC Innovation Ambassador for "Design thinking & Innovations", Assistant professor, Francis Xavier Engineering College. 45 students from second year CSE and 2 faculties of CSE department participated in the program. The program was coordinated by Dr. Y. Harold Robinson, EDC Coordinator, Associate professor, Francis Xavier Engineering College from 09.30AM - 12.30 PM. 45 students and 2 staff members participated in the program.

The speaker started the session by rising a question among the students the need for ideation. The speaker said that the students must start thinking creatively and innovatively to uncover the needs of Ideation. Then he explained the steps in Design Thinking and he said ideation is the third step in design thinking. The speaker said ideation is a creative process of generating new ideas, which can be accomplished through a variety of ideation techniques like brainstorming and prototyping. The speaker explained few ideation techniques such as Mind mapping, Storyboarding, Brain writing, Brainstorming, Sketching, and Body storm. It bridges the gap between understanding, defining the problem and building prototypes for testing to gather deeper insight. Students interacted with the guest speaker and gathered lot of information about ideation.

On 04th Nov. 2022 an expert talk was organized by Entrepreneurship Development Cell & Institution’s Innovation Council in association with the Department of Mechanical Engineering on the topic “E-Commerce Business Opportunities” from 9:00 am to 12.30 pm. Dr.R.K.A.Bhalaji, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, FXEC was the resource person. Dr.S.Balakrishnan, AP/Mech coordinated the program.

The guest speaker explained the meaning of E-Commerce and the importance of E-Commerce to the business community. He highlighted the key drivers for e-commerce growth such as wider customer reach, increasing internet penetration, lower operational costs and rise in demand for global product. Moreover, he outlined the E-commerce environment and discussed about partners, competitors, communities, customers, clients etc. In addition to this, he showed the model for e-commerce business and also explained the marketing strategy, participants, features, marketing solutions and challenges in e-commerce. The resource person gave explanations for the sudden spurt in the growth of E-Commerce. He stressed the students to make use of the digital media and the E Commerce facility to start the business to earn money. He also said that without investing more amount the Ecommerce can be implemented in a big way. The participants interacted very freely and gathered more information form the resource person.

On 04.11.2022 an Awareness program for “MSME Champion Scheme: Idea Hackathon 2.0” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the MSME FXEC Business Incubator. The Session was handled by Smt. G. Jerina Bubby, Assistant Director, Branch MSME DFO, Tirunelveli. The students from Incubation centers, MSME Idea Hackathon 2.0 applied students and faculties from FXEC along with Southern Zone faculties (Tirunelveli, Kanyakumari and Thuthukudi) participated. The program was coordinated by Dr. R Prem Ananth, IIC Convener, IIC Innovation Ambassador for "Design thinking & Innovations", Assistant professor, Francis Xavier Engineering College from 9.30AM - 12.30 PM.

The program was started by a prayer song and Prayer by MBA students. The welcome address was given by Dr Lourdes Poobala Rayen, IIC President, he welcome the gathering and explained the importance of startup, need for Funding at early stages of startup and he gave brief introduction about MSME. The Chief quest was introduced by MBA student. The guest speaker Smt. G. Jerina Bubby, said that Entrepreneurs are the basis of social change that India aspires for filling the gaps and provide solutions required by the people. She started explain each themes of MSME idea Hackathon. She explained each theme with an example, for example she addressed Coconut shell to Activated Charcoal for the waste management theme. In this manner the chief guest address each theme with different examples. The she read out the eleven instruction, explained each instruction and addressed the students and faculties queries. She also explained the four stages of evaluation of ideas and then she concluded the session by explaining the Mandate for Ideas. The Session came to end by the Vote of thanks presented by Dr. R Prem Ananth, IIC Convener.

On 03-11-22 Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of Master of Business Administration organized an expert talk on “BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN MILLET PROCESSING AND MARKETING”. The session was handled by Mr.P.Selvakumar, Assistant Professor, MBA Department, Francis Xavier Engineering College from 9.00AM – 11.00 AM. 58 students and 1 staff member participated in the program.

The resource person pointed out the growing concern about the malnutrition and steps to be taken to mitigate this problem by creating awareness about the benefits of millet. He mainly focused on the changing behavior of food habits and the increased use of fast food as the daily routine. He added that the millets have the potential to ensure nutritional value and these are much better than the conventional cereals in terms of many nutritional attributes. Now a days there is change in the mindset of people and people started using the millets knowing the benefits of millet. Because of this change in the mindset the need for millet is also growing and people started exploring the business opportunities. The resource person gave lot of examples of business opportunities available to start the concern. Though the topic is a common topic and more related to food students also shared their opinion about millet-based food and the practice in their house. The session was informative and thought provoking and benefitted all the students and staff and the session ended with positive feedbacks from audience.

On 2nd November 2022 an expert talk on “Entrepreneurial Culture: a New Behaviour Change among Engineering Students” was organized by the Department of Artificial intelligence and Data Science in association with Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC @ 1.30 pm-4.00 p.m. Dr.T.Manimozhi, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Francis Xavier Engineering College was the resource person. 40 students and 2 staff members participated in the program. This program was coordinated by Mrs.P.Sooriabrabha, EDC Co-coordinator of AI&DS Department

The resource person explained the meaning of Entrepreneurial Culture and gave few examples from the Indian scenario. She said the culture in the engineering campus are changing and now the students are interested to start startups. She also highlighted the importance of becoming an entrepreneur. While explaining the role of entrepreneurs she cited few successful men and women entrepreneurs form the real life situation. She said the government of Tamil Nadu and the Central governments are taking lot of initiatives to promote entrepreneurship among the youth and unemployed persons. She highlighted some of the funding schemes which can be used for the development of startup. Some of the students have already started doing business during their leisure time while learning. This is a welcoming change in the mindset of the students. This change in the mindset will help them to explore the various avenues for startin their startup after the completion of their studies. The students interacted with the guest faculty and gathered more information about the business opportunities.

On 2nd, November 2022 an Expert Talk on “Holistic View on IPR” was organized by the Department of Computer Science and Business Studies in association with Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC at 09:00 am to 12.30 p.m. R. Sindhuja, Examiner of Trademarks and GI Trademarks Registry, Chennai was the resource person and coordinated by Mrs. A. Anitha, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Business Systems.

The session started with a brief introduction of the guest. The guest speaker explained in detail about the concepts of Patent, Copyright, Trademark and Design. It was an interactive session where students posed queries to the guest faculty. The session also included a discussion on other types of rights, such as trade secrets, publicity rights, moral rights, and rights against unfair competition. The resource person said that the Artistic works like music and literature, as well as some discoveries, inventions, words, phrases, symbols, and designs, can also be protected as intellectual property. The speaker highlighted the purpose of intellectual property law which encourage the creation of a wide variety of intellectual goods. She also stated that Intellectual property rights refers to the general term for the assignment of property rights through patents, copyrights and trademarks. The speaker answered the queries of the participants and the program proved to be very informative for all the participants and got a lot of appreciation from faculty members and scholars.

During the session the students were be exposed to different types of intellectual property rights and motivated to convert their ideas into innovation and further transformation into IP assets through IPR.

On 31st Oct 2022 an Expert Talk was organized by Entrepreneur Development cell and IIC in association with Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at 9.00 am to 12.30 p.m. on the topic "Strategies to Convert Ideas into Innovation”. M.Arun kumar, Synchron Electricals was the Guest speaker. This event was coordinated by Mrs. A. Amala Manuela, Assitant Professor/EEE. 40 students and 1 staff member participated in the program.

The resource person explained the need and importance of becoming an entrepreneur, especially the engineering students. He highlighted the opportunities available to the engineering students to becoming an entrepreneur. He also explained the strategies to be followed for converting the ideas into innovation. While explaining this concept, the speaker explained the process of identifying the ideas. For each process he gave number of live examples to impress the participants and motivate them to experiment the same. The speaker explained the process of converting the ideas to innovation. He asked all the participants to convert the ideas to proof of concept and then to develop the prototype using the appropriate technology and tools. He said that after developing the prototype the model should be tested in the market for the acceptability and to check the expectations of the final users. After collecting the opinion of the end users and test marketing the product should be tested in the market in the small area where it can be marketed. The session went on well and participants enjoyed the information and the examples given by the resource person.

On 31.10.2022 an expert talk was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell of IT department and IIC on the topic “Scope for Entrepreneurship in Digital Social Media Networks”. The speaker for the session was Mrs. J.Priskilla Angel Rani AP/CSE, FXEC. This program was organized for II year B.Tech students. Totally 55 students and 1 staff participated in the session. The program was coordinated by Dr.L. Gandhimathi, EDC Coordinator of IT department.

The resource person explained the importance of Digital Social Media Networks and the role it plays in the present day situation globally. During her talk she insisted on the use of social media networks for increasing the Business Competitiveness and Better Targeted Marketing. She also discussed the role of social media which helps to engage the customers and offer the things they expect at the reasonable price which they can afford to buy the product or services. While explaining the scope of social media, she said that the social media has spread to almost every corner of the world. She said according to a survey, top businesses admitted 15-20% of their marketing budget for the social media advertising. From the survey report one can realize the importance and influence of social media. The session was an interactive one where the students were very participative in order to gather more information and to clarify their doubts.

On, 29th October 2022 a “Discussion with Startup Founder” was organized by the Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science in association with Entrepreneurship Development Cell @1.30 p.m. Dr. Lourdes Poobala Rayen,,Director, EDC and IIC President delivered welcome address and introduced the startup founder .Er. Nanusamy, Managing Director, Maxelerator Foundation, Madurai. Dr A. Anitha HOD/AI&DS Francis Xavier Engineering College coordinated the program. 56 students and 6 staff members participated in the program. Er. Nanusamy, Managing Director, Maxelerator Foundation explained the need for developing startup. He highlighted his personal experiences as the startup founder. He explained the process of developing the startup and the government support for developing the startup.

Dr. Karthick, Director of Academic Research, Maxelerator Foundation, Madurai also interacted with the students and highlighted the process of innovation and the need to use the innovations build startups. In addition to this he gave lot of examples from the Indian startups. Students also raised lot of questions about the risk involved in developing startup. Students asked about the steps to be taken to overcome the startup failures. This program was coordinated by Mrs.P.Sooriabrabha , EDC Co-coordinator of AI&DS Department.

On 28.10.2022 a seminar was organized on “The role of entrepreneurs in society” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of Civil Engineering. The Session was handled by Mrs. R. Swetha, Assistant Professor, department of Civil, Francis Xavier Engineering College from 09.30 - 12.30 PM. The students from final year Civil and faculties of Civil department participated. The program was coordinated by Mrs. P. Raja Priya, EDC coordinator, Assistant Professor/ Civil, Francis Xavier Engineering College.

The speaker explained the role of an entrepreneurs and the social responsibilities of any business establishment. She said that the entrepreneur is providing jobs to others and manufactures or provides service which satisfies the need of the people. Being the entrepreneur, he must have the qualities of innovative thinking, risk bearing, creative decision, managerial skills and leadership to perform better and to become a successful business man/woman. She speaker said that while offering a product or service to the people the entrepreneur must do the gap filling function and being the economic activity, he must produce result. She also mentioned that entrepreneurs reduce the accumulation of wealth at one place and bridge the economic imbalance and encourage the regional growth of economic activities. Moreover, the resource person said that the entrepreneurs are contributing to the growth of GDP and provide revenue to the government which helps the government to do the welfare activities to the people. She ended the session with a quote “If opportunity doesn’t knock build a door”. Students actively participated in the interactions and gathered more information about entrepreneurship from the resource person. 45 students and 2 faculties attended the session.

On 28th ,October 2022 an Expert Talk on “Entrepreneurship: A Seedbed for Economic Growth” was organized by the Department of Computer Science and Business Studies in association with Entrepreneurship Development Cell at 1:30 to 4.00 p.m. Mrs.P. Sooriabrabha, A P/Mathematics, Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science Francis Xavier Engineering College, Vannarpettai was the resource person and coordinated by Dr. T. Manimozhi, EDC Co-coordinator & Professor Mathematics of CSBS Department. 58 students and 1 staff member participated in the program.

The speaker started explaining the importance of becoming Entrepreneur and the role of entrepreneurship in the development of the economy. She explained the interesting stories and successful Indian entrepreneurs. Moreover, she said that both the Central and State governments are promoting entrepreneurship through number of schemes. She mentioned few schemes like Startup India, Startup TN etc., With the help of the various schemes the unemployed youths are taking advantage of this and developing startups. Because of the growth in entrepreneurship and startups there is an improvement in the GDP of Tamil Nadu. She also said that the engineering students must opt for entrepreneurship and develop number of startups to accelerate the state economy and provide jobs to others.

On 28.10.2022 a seminar on “Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: A catalysts for Entrepreneurship development” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. The Session was handled by Mrs. A. Mercy Rani, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Francis Xavier Engineering College, Tirunelveli from 1.30 pm to 4,00 pm. 38 students and 2 staff members participated in the program.

The session was coordinated by IIC Convener Dr. Y. Harold Robinson, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Francis Xavier Engineering College. The speaker gave a brief introduction about the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem which is an interactive network of actors who influence each other and the chances of survival of a venture creator and the company in a region.

The speaker also said that the Entrepreneurial ecosystems fosters entrepreneurial growth, economic growth of the country and self-growth. It helps entrepreneurs quickly find what they need. She identified six domains within the entrepreneurial system such as conducive culture, enabling policies and leadership, availability of appropriate finance, quality human capital, venture friendly markets for products, and a range of institutional supports. The session was an eye opening one for many students and the session ended with positive feedbacks from audience.

On 27th Oct. 2022 Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of Master of Business Administration organized a guest talk on “Earn While Learn through Studentpreneurship”. The session was handled by Mr.P.Selvakumar, Assistant Professor, MBA Department, Francis Xavier Engineering College from 9.00AM – 11.30 AM. This program was organized for the MBA students. 58 students and 1 staff member participated in the program.

The speaker gave an introduction about Entrepreneurship and the importance of being an entrepreneur. He said Entrepreneurs are harnessing the power of business and the economy to create positive change for people and reshaping the economy and expanding the benefits to a broader group of stakeholders. In his speech he added that, MBA students must aim develop startups through creative and innovative thinking. The students must enhance their entrepreneurial skills and instilling a change in their behavior to focus on problem-solving, out-of-the-box thinking, experimenting, and taking calculated risks. In addition to this the students must develop entrepreneurial traits which requires a special effort from the decision-makers to create entrepreneurial ecosystem in the campus.

He emphasized the importance of change in mind set of students towards entrepreneurship and he suggested the participants to involve in the entrepreneurial activities even during the student days to earn while learn. This initiative will help them to continue the entrepreneurial venture after completing their studies. The session was informative and thought provoking and benefitted all the students and staff and the session ended with positive feedbacks from audience.

On 26.10.2022 a seminar was organized on “Problem solving is a key for Entrepreneurial Opportunities” by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of Civil Engineering. The seminar was handled by Dr. R. Prem Ananth, IIC Convener, IIC innovation Ambassador for “Design Thinking and Innovations”, Assistant Professor, department of ECE, Francis Xavier Engineering College from 01.30 - 02.30 PM. The students from second year Civil and faculties of Civil department participated. The program was coordinated by Mrs. P. Raja Priya, EDC coordinator, Assistant Professor/ Civil, Francis Xavier Engineering College.

The speaker started the session with the success story of Richard Montanez, the founder of Cheetos. He underlined the need to solve the problems which are already present in the social domine. While explaining the problem-solving concept the speaker explained the process of design thinking and explained the various stages involved in it such as empathy, define, ideate, prototype and test. Then he said that out of the five stages, ideate is the powerful tool for problem solving and he elaborated the ideation process. The speaker started to explain the different problem solving techniques, which includes brain storming, worst idea, storytelling, mind mapping, brain writing, questioning assumptions, sketching, analogies, SCAMPER and body storm. All the above mentioned techniques were explained with examples. As the session was interesting the participants interacted with the guest speaker and gained lot of ideas about problem solving and the innovative business ideas. 43 students and 2 faculties attended the session.

On 21.10.2022 a motivational session was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of Civil Engineering on the topic “My story – Motivational session by successful entrepreneur”. The session was handled by Er. Senthil Ganesh, Alumni Entrepreneur, Executive Director, Eratos Geospatial Private Limited, Mysore from 10.00 - 11.00 a.m. The students from second year Civil and faculties of Civil department participated. The program was coordinated by Mrs. P.Raja Priya, EDC coordinator, Assistant Professor/ Civil, Francis Xavier Engineering College.

The speaker started the session with a question “why students should go for startup?. He started explaining the importance of entrepreneurship and startup to the students. The speaker differentiated entrepreneurship and startup and gave lot of examples from his own experience. Then he started to explaining about his own startup. He said that successful startup should be recognized based on team, market opportunity and product. He cited the example of META and encouraged the young engineering students to become an entrepreneur. Similarly, he explained the Instagram and the food delivering startups such as Swiggy and Zomato. He stressed the need for the social and economical impacts of startups. He insisted that students should think in a wider way to generate new ideas and should try to develop it into a marketable product. 45 students and 2 faculties attended the session.

On 21.10.2022 a seminar on “Institutional Support: A Key to Motivate Youngsters towards Entrepreneurship” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. The Session was handled by Mrs. J. Priskilla Angel Rani, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Francis Xavier Engineering College, Tirunelveli from 1.30 pm to 4.00 pm. 40 students and 2 staff members participated in the program.

The session was coordinated by IIC Convener Dr. Y. Harold Robinson, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Francis Xavier Engineering College. The speaker gave a brief introduction about Entrepreneurship and the importance of entrepreneurs in the economic development of a nation. She said that how the youngsters as an entrepreneur may feel a level of personal satisfaction that they have created a successful business.

The speaker also addresses about the Self-motivation which is one of the underlying forces that distinguishes the successful entrepreneurs from those who stagger from one neglected start-up to another. The speaker also explained the role of the institutions which provides support to the youngsters who are having some business ideas to start the concern of their own such as District industries Centre, SIDCO, SIPCOT and KVIC. The session was an eye opener for many students and the session ends with positive feedbacks from audience.

On 21.10.2022 a guest talk on “Opportunities for Innovation and Creativity in Entrepreneurship Ecosystem” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of Master of Business Administration.

The Session was handled by Dr.G.Aravind Swaminathan, Professor and Head Department Of Computer Science and Engineering Francis Xavier Engineering College from 1.30 PM – 4.00 PM. Mr.P.Selvakumar Asst.Prof/MBA, FXEC coordinated the program. 45 students and one staff member participated in the program.

The speaker gave a brief introduction about the importance of Innovation and Creativity in Entrepreneurship. He insisted the students to use their creativity for the development of innovative products which can be used for developing the startup. During his speech he highlighted the various sources of innovation and the process involved in innovation. The speaker gave lot of examples from the real life situation to explain how the organisations are making use of the innovations to sustain their business.

In his speech he highlighted the role of innovation ecosystem in the higher education institutions. The innovation ecosystem will help the students to involve themselves in the innovation. He shared his friend’s hotel business in Russia named like JaiHind which was really a creative thinking which influence the Indian customers in Russia. He also emphasized the way of thinking as an important aspect for the entrepreneurs and highlighted the Hotel Maduram for their weekend special dishes. The session was an informative and thought provoking one and benefitted all the students and staff.

On 20.10.2022 a seminar on “Entrepreneurial Skillset: A Tool to Nurture the Talent of the youth towards Entrepreneurship” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. The Session was handled by Dr. C. Yesubai Rubavathy, Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Francis Xavier Engineering College, Tirunelveli from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm.The session was coordinated by IIC Convener Dr. Y. Harold Robinson, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Francis Xavier Engineering College. The speaker gave a brief introduction on Entrepreneurship and the importance of the same for aby country. She also suggests entrepreneurship has become one of the most popular subjects being pursued by college students who plan to become their own boss in the future.

The speaker said that surrounding environment also makes a big contribution in developing entrepreneurs, preparing them from a very young age. She pointed that one of the biggest advantages of getting started with entrepreneurship at a young age is the opportunity to learn important skills such as teamwork, networking, problem-solving, critical thinking, innovation, self-discipline. She concluded that the Entrepreneurship is all about taking a risk, being creative, and coming up with new ways to do things. It is the behavior of setting out on your own to find solutions to problems that others haven't been able to solve yet. The session is eye opening for many students and the session ends with positive feedbacks from audience. 35 students and 2 staff members participated in the program.

On 20.10.2022 a Session on "Earn Through Digital transaction: An Entrepreneurial Opportunities" was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering. The session was handled by Thayaneshwaran.M, Final Year Student, Department of ECE, Francis Xavier Engineering College. 57 students from Second year ECE and 4 faculties of ECE department participated in the program. The program was coordinated by Dr. R Prem Ananth, IIC Convener, IIC Innovation Ambassador, Assistant professor, Francis Xavier Engineering College from 1.30 - 4.30 PM.

The speaker explained the business opportunities through online webstores, online products selling and stock market. He says that online product selling or e commerce creates wide entrepreneurial opportunities like selling the own product, or delivery partner to Online platform like Amazon or a facilitation center like Amazon stores to pack and ship the product for a particular area. The guest speaker explained the opportunities in stock market where shares of public companies are listed are traded. The primary market is where companies float shares to the general public in an initial public offering (IPO) to raise capital. He said that there are two stock markets NSE (National Stock Exchange) and BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange). Then he explained the basic parameter of stock market, such as market gap, Face Value, Book value, and Stock P/E. The speaker inspires the students to start the own business like a consultant to support the common people to buy good stocks. The session gave lot of inputs to the students to gather entrepreneurial opportunities through digital medium.

On 20.10.2022 a guest lecture was organized by Entrepreneur Development cell and IIC in association with Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering on the title “Government Schemes and Funding Assistance to Entrepreneurs”. Mr. Srikanth Subramanian, Sr.Business Manager, Retail Agency was the resource person and the program was coordinated by Mrs. A.Amala Manuela, Assistant Professor/EEE. 51 students and 1 staff member participated in the program.

Resource person explained that India is gradually on its mission to build a robust startup ecosystem. In order to promote and support entrepreneurs, the government has created a Ministry (department) dedicated to helping new businesses. Furthermore, the Central Government of India has also introduced many schemes to bolster entrepreneurship in India and to assist emerging startups financially. The resource person explained various schemes through various departments. The website address and the details of all the funding schemes were given to the participants. The resource person also highlighted the trainings offered by the MSME, DIC and other government departments to become an entrepreneur. The session was an eye opener for more number of participants and all the participants benefitted out of the program.

On 19th Oct. 2022 an Expert Talk “Innovation as a Tool for Entrepreneurial Mindset” was organized by the Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science in association with Entrepreneurship Development Cell dated @ 9.00 a.m.-12.30 P.M. Dr.R.Prem Ananth, IIC Convener, Assistant Professor, Department of ECE was the resource person. Mrs.Sooriyabrbha EDC coordinator of AIDS coordinated the program. 46 students and 1 staff participated in the program.

The resource person explained about entrepreneurship and the importance of entrepreneurship. He underlined the need for innovation to sustain the venture. The speaker also said that the innovation should be introduced in all aspect of business activities in order to sustain the business activities. The entrepreneur must have creativity and innovation as his mindset and take lot of initiatives. The resource person being the IIC innovation ambassador, he gave lot of examples to stress the need for innovation in entrepreneurship.

On 15.10.2022 guest lecture was organized by Entrepreneur Development Cell and IIC in association with Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering on the topic " How to Become Entrepreneur at Young Age?” from 10.00 a.m to 12.30 p.m. Mr. Arun Rajeev Sankaran, Founder & CEO, FinOS was the guest speaker. A.Amala Manuela, Assitant Professor/EEE was the coordinator for this event. 51 students and 1 staff member participated in the program.

Resource person explained the process of developing entrepreneurship and why the engineering students must involve in entrepreneurship. The speaker said that the engineers are Nation Builders and they must involve themselves in developing startups and offer jobs to others. While explaining the need to become entrepreneurs, the resource person highlighted the various funding support provided by the government through various schemes. The speaker highlighted the various aspects for which the fund may be required such as Prototype Creation, Product Development, Team Hiring, Working Capital, Legal & Consulting Services, Raw Material & Equipment, Licenses & Certifications, Marketing & Sales and Office Space & Admin Expenses. The preparation needs to be done before starting the venture. Students raised few questions to the resource person about the risk involved in becoming an entrepreneur. Infact, the interaction went on well and students were motivated through this program.

On 10.10.2022 Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of Master of Business Administration organized an expert talk on “ENTREPRENEURSHIP MINDSET”. The Session was handled by Mr.Lakshman Babu, Cofounder & Director, TechGenzi Pvt Ltd, Bangalore from 2.30 PM – 4.30 PM. Mr.Selvakumar, Assistant Professor coordinated the program. 55 students and 2 staff members participated in the program.

The speaker explained the role of entrepreneur and entrepreneurship in the economy of a nation. As the participants are MBA students, he stressed the students to opt for entrepreneurship as the career choice. Moreover, he listed the entrepreneurial traits one must have in order to excel in the entrepreneurial venture. He said that students must acquire entrepreneurial skills to enter into entrepreneurship. Furthermore, the adaptability of ever-changing mindset for improving the existing processes of enterprises, and enhance the efficiency of the organization is also an additional important aspect for the entrepreneur to thrive in his venture. The session was highly informative and thought provoking and all the students and staff interacted with the guest speaker and gathered more information.

01st October 2022 the inauguration of the 5G service by the Honourable Prime Minister of India was telecasted to the students at 10.00 a.m. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched 5G services at the 6th Edition of India Mobile Congress 2022. Now in India the users will be able to enjoy 5G services. Several top companies like Airtel, Reliance Jio, and Qualcomm demonstrated their 5G services as well as the benefits.

The indigenous development of end-to-end 5G technology, and how 5G can help bridge the gap between urban and rural healthcare delivery was demonstrated to the viewers. The latest 5G network will not only offer faster internet speeds to users, but will also help offer support to the government in areas such as disaster management, agriculture, among others. Reliance Industries' Chairman, Mukesh Ambani, announced that Jio will ensure to offer "the highest quality and most affordable rates that anyone else has in the world." The telecom operator promised to offer 5G to each corner of India and which really useful for the students to understand the next generation technology and its impact in the upcoming scenario. The entire programme was live telecasted to the MBA students in the MBA Seminar Hall, which was really an eye- opening session. 45 students and 1 staff member participated in the program.

On 30th Sep. 2022 the Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science in association with Entrepreneurship Development Cell and Institution’s Innovation Council organised an expert talk on “Entrepreneurship :A Driver of Economic Development” @ 1.30p.m.-4.00 P.M. Mr.A.Sumil Kumaran, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering was the resource person. 56 students and 2 staff members participated in the program.

The resource person explained the concept of Entrepreneurship and the need for becoming an entrepreneur. He underlined the key characteristics of an entrepreneur and told that the entrepreneurship is an economic activity which plays an important role in generating revenue for any business. The speaker said that entrepreneurship also reduces the regional imbalance and redistribute the wealth. Moreover, he stressed the engineers to opt for entrepreneurship as the career option and provide jobs to others. The resource person highlighted the employment generating potentials of entrepreneurship. It helps to create new businesses and jobs, stimulates the economy, and brings fresh ideas and innovation to the marketplace. From this workshop students got lot of new ideas to develop business establishments. Students benefitted a lot by gaining knowledge about entrepreneurship and the role it plays in enhancing the economic situation

On 29.9.2022A webinar was conducted by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and Institution lnnovation Council in association with the Department of Computer Applications on the topic " Entrepreneurship the Need of the Hour to Accelerate Economic Growth”. The Webinar was organized for MCA students. Mr.P.Kasi Rajan, Entrepreneur and Software Consultant, Chennai delivered the guest lecture from 1.30 pm - 4.00 pm He discussed about economic growth factors like introducing innovative technologies, products, services, creativity, leadership. He mentioned in his talk about Entrepreneurs are important in the Economy because they can act as the wheels of the economic growth of the country. 50 students and 2 staff were actively participated in the session. All the students were benefited by the seminar. The interaction between the students and the resource person was highly motivational. The motive of this programme is to cultivate Entrepreneurship thrust among the students

From 29.09.2022 to 01.10.22 (3 Days) FDP Program for the faculties of Tirunelveli zone was organized on the title “Entrepreneurship and Innovation”. The program was arranged by EDC and IIC of FXEC in association with AURCT-IEDP HUB @ Anna University Regional Campus, Tirunelveli. Er. Vishal Nair, M.Tech, Co-Founder and Director, LightNsalt Pvt. Ltd, Palakkad, Kerala from 09.00 AM – 04.00 PM on all the three days. The FDP started with the welcome address by Dr. Lourdes Poobala Rayen, IIC President and Director of EDC. Keynote address was given by Mr.Siva Baarathi, Field Coordinator, AURCT-IEDP Hub, Tirunelveli

Er. Vishal Nair speaker created an awareness about entrepreneurship in the morning session by explaining the need to choose entrepreneurship as the career choice by the graduated students. He cited lot of examples of successful Indian entrepreneurs and in the afternoon session speaker explained the importance of Innovation and product development. The guest speaker explained about the entrepreneurial journey of Deepinder Goyal the founder of Zomato and he explained the difference between invention and innovation. While explaining the need for innovation to sustain the business venture, he explained the successful innovations introduced by the recently started startups.

The Day 2 Started with questioning and answering session in the title Need for Innovation and where the innovation can be used successfully. The speaker said that the innovation should be introduced where ever possible in the business operations. The speaker gave few exercises to the participants to explore the opportunities. Number of case studies were discussed to make the participants understand the need for innovation.

Day 3 started with the hand on session for applying IEDP Voucher program. The guest speaker asks the participants to apply the IEDP Voucher and cleared all the doubts about the voucher program which provides financial grant to the innovators to develop the commercially viable product. In the afternoon the participants were taken to the incubation centres where they interacted with the professors doing the mentoring process for the development of the innovative products. The participants visited few product development centres such as Robotics and Automation Incubation Center, Ideation Incubation Center and Innovation and Product Development Center.

The three days FDP came to an end with the valedictory function wherein the participants gave their feedback. As the three days sessions were very much interactive and useful to all the participants, most of the feedbacks were very much positive and all the participants assured of their support to impart whatever they have learned in the FDP to the students and motivate them to choose the entrepreneurship as their career option. The valedictory address was given by Smt.G.Jerina Bubby, Assistant Director, Br.MSME DFO, Tirunelveli wherein the guest speaker gave the funding assistances provided by the Central Govt through MSME. 42 faculty members from various Engineering and Arts and science colleges participated and benefitted out of this program.

On 28th Sep. 2022 the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of Master of Business Administration organized a guest talk on “EXPLORING OPPORTUNITIES IN SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP”. The Session was handled by Dr.U.Muthuraman, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering from 9.30 AM – 12.30 PM.

The speaker in his speech told that Social entrepreneurs are harnessing the power of business and the economy to create positive change for people and the planet, reshaping how the economy works and expanding the benefits to a broader group of stakeholders.

He stated that the face of entrepreneurship has changed over the years to accommodate non-traditional enterprises and tap markets that are not yet exhausted. As enterprises adapt themselves to newer products/services, the people involved also adapt and learn new skills. Furthermore, usage and adaptability of ever-changing technologies help improve the existing processes of enterprises, and build efficiency and the social well-being of people, thereby enhancing value for all.

He emphasized the importance of leadership in Social entrepreneurship and he suggested the participants to understand the importance of Social entrepreneurs. The session went informative and thought provoking and benefitted all the students and staff and the session ended with positive feedbacks from audience. 60 students and 2 staff members participated in the program.

On 26.09.2022 Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with Department of Information Technology organized an expert talk on “Innovation: A Key to Scale New Heights” Ms. J. Monica Esther AP/IT incharge of Machine Learning Pre Incubation Centre was the resource person. The programme was presided by Dr.J.B.Shajilin Loret HoD of Information Technology. This program was organized for IV year B.Tech students. Dr.L. Gandhimathi, EDC Coordinator of IT department coordinated the program.

The speaker explained the concept of innovation and the process of innovation. While explaining the concept and the process she gave lot of live examples from the present-day situation. She said that for any business establishment the innovation important and it plays a vital role to sustain their business activities. She gave the examples of the two and four wheelers market and the necessity to introduce innovation in the industry. She also explained the need for developing the innovative mindset to explore new things and to develop new products. As the guest speaker is incharge of a pre- incubations centre, she stressed the student participants to concentrate on the product innovation using the knowledge and the skills possessed by them.

The presentation was an eye opener for most of the students participated in the session. The session was an interactive one where the students raised lot of questions to the guest speaker. The speaker explained all the doubts and gave lot of real time examples while addressing the queries. Totally 40 students participated in the session.

On 26.9.2022 a seminar was conducted by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and Institution lnnovation Council in association with the Department of Computer Applications on the topic "Entrepreneurship A Successful Career Option”. The seminar was organized for MCA students. Mr.P. Selva Kumar, AP/ MBA delivered the guest lecture from 1.30 pm - 4.00 pm and discussed about Entrepreneurship Career factors like Personal Skills, Job Attainment, Job Survival, Professional Development etc. The resource person also talked about the Career factors like Planning, Perseverance, Enthusiasm and Belief, Level-headed Approach and also he shared the available Career Opportunities. 50 students and 2 staff members were actively participated in the session. The interaction between the students and the resource person was highly motivated.

On 24th September, 2022 a “Discussion with Student Entrepreneur” was organized by Entrepreneurship Development Cell & Institution’s Innovation Council in association with the Department of Mechanical Engineering at 9:30 am to 12.30 pm. Dr.R.K.A.Bhalaji, AP/Mech coordinated the program. Mr.S.M.K.Sri Chanthru, Student Entrepreneur, Second Year Mechanical Engineering, FXEC was the resource person. 40 students and 1 staff member participated in the program. The discussion started with the introduction of his personal business and the experience as an entrepreneur. He explained the characteristics of entrepreneurs such as risk taker, imaginative, goal setter, hardworking & self-confidence etc. He also highlighted the skills needed for entrepreneur to manage and succeed in his venture. In addition to this, he shared the the obstacles faced by an entrepreneur in the emerging world and also he revealed the new business opportunities for students. The resource person highlighted the determination one must have and the efforts needs to be taken to strengthen the business venture.

On 23rd September, 2022 a session was organized on the topic “Transforming Ideas into Innovations” by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell of FXEC, Tirunelveli and Institution’s Innovation Council in association with Civil Engineering Department from 2.00 p.m to 4.00 p.m. The speaker for the program was Mr. Sumil Kumaran, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Tirunelveli.

The speaker started the session with the sentence “Innovation and Entrepreneurship are in separable and which more inevitable for the country like India”. He stated that innovation is the key to any business establishment which should be given utmost priority to stay safe in the market and to scale new heights in the business. He said at present there are 75,000 startups in India which coincides with the 75th year of Independence. He explained the 10 step program for transforming ideas into innovations. In the first step a problem solving idea reflecting our strength should be chosen and it should be viewed in 360°. A feedback representing our ideas should be received from the people and an action plan must be done based on that to develop a prototype. The speaker insisted that after developing the prototype, adjustments should be made for further improvement and a past forward should be done to review our progress in the development of the product and finally the product must be moved to the market. The speaker ended the session by giving the difference between growth mindset and fixed mindset. 45 students and 2 faculties attended the program.

On 23.09.2022 an expert talk on “Creativity and Innovation: A Key to Develop Entrepreneurship” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. The session was handled by Mrs. S. Poornam, Assistant Professor, Department of AI & DS, Francis Xavier Engineering College, Tirunelveli from 1.30 pm to 4 pm. The session was coordinated by IIC Convener Dr. Y. Harold Robinson, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Francis Xavier Engineering College.

The resource person explained the concept of creativity and innovation and why innovation is needed for sustaining the entrepreneurial venture. The speaker gave lot of examples for the creativity and innovations introduced in the leading companies and how it sustained their business and helped them to have competitive edge over other competitors. The speaker also explained the creativity and innovations in the key success such as developing vision and strategy, developing and managing products and services, marketing and selling products and services, delivering services, managing customer services helped to grow the business venture. Growing a business requires a sound strategy based on inherent business sense and skills. The session created a vibration among the participants and they interacted freely with the speaker 40 students and 2 staff members participated in the program.

On 22.09.2022 an expert talk on “The Buzz around the success stories of Unicorn” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. The Session was handled by Dr. R. Ravi, Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Francis Xavier Engineering College, Tirunelveli from 1.30 pm to 4.00 pm.The session was coordinated by IIC Convener Dr. Y. Harold Robinson, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Francis Xavier Engineering College.

The speaker explained the purpose of promoting the entrepreneurship and startups by the government of India and Tamil Nadu. He also explained the importance of startups and gave a brief introduction about several companies with their own start-up accelerator programme where after initial handholding they can integrate the start-up entity with mainline operations. The buzz around the success stories in Indian start-ups and its poster boys has been so emphatic that it has completely over-shadowed a high incidence of failures in recent years.

The session was an interactive one wherein the participants raised a lot of questions and their doubts were clarified with the help of appropriate examples. 43 students and 2 staff members participated in the program.

On 22.09.2022 Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering organized an Expert Talk on "Entrepreneurship is Marked by Job Creation Rather than Job Seeking". Dr. T.C.Subbulakshmi, Associate Professor, Department of IT, was the resource person.

The resource person explained about Entrepreneurship and she said that entrepreneurship is all about the propensity to take risks, plan, organize, streamline and manage a new business idea in a marketplace. Entrepreneurship is marked by job creation rather than job seeking. Entrepreneurs are independent-minded, innovative people. who are on a quest to create unique products and services. Entrepreneurship might be difficult, but it is a rewarding journey. She also said that today, entrepreneurship has become one of the significant career choices being pursued by the youth.

She stressed that every entrepreneur learns to persevere and counter failure. She concluded that the entrepreneurial skill set that one develops isn’t only limited to business but entrepreneurial skills are transferable to almost all spheres of life and careers. The session came to end with the feedback from the participants and the participants gained knowledge about entrepreneurship and business ideas. 45 students and one staff member participated in the program.

On 21.09.2022 an expert talk on “Why Entrepreneurship a Career option for Youngsters” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. The Session was handled by Dr. G. Aravind Swaminathan, Professor and Head, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Francis Xavier Engineering College, Tirunelveli from 1.30 pm to 4.00 pm. The session was coordinated by IIC Convener Dr. Y. Harold Robinson, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Francis Xavier Engineering College.

The guest speaker gave a detailed explanation on Entrepreneurship and the process of creating a business establishment. He gave a few examples for the successful entrepreneurs. He also explained the different business models for the development of the startups. The case studies presented by the guest speaker gave lot of insights about the entrepreneurial venture. He also suggested that entrepreneurship has become one of the most popular career opportunities which can be opted by the Engineering students.

The speaker also addressed the important qualities of an entrepreneurs and the perseverance the entrepreneurs must take in order to sustain the business. He also stated that the entrepreneurs are the dreamers who are fuelled by the desire to pioneer, lead, innovate and invent disruptive technologies and products. The session was an eye opener for many students who attended the session. The session came to an end with positive feedbacks from audience. 42 students and 2 staff members participated in the program.

On 21st Sep. 2022 a guest talk on “Rural Entrepreneurship Development” was organized by the Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science in association with Entrepreneurship Development Cell and Institution’s Innovation Cell @ 9.30a.m.-12.30 P.M. Dr.Subramania Bala Jeshurun, Associate professor/MBA/FXEC was the resource person. During this session the resource person explained the meaning of rural entrepreneurship and gave lot of real-life examples citing the successful rural entrepreneurs. He explained some of the rural entrepreneurial activities like honey making, bamboo products, cane products, wood products, coir industry etc. He underlined the need for strengthening the rural entrepreneurship for retaining the rural people in the rural areas and thereby avoid the migration of labourers to the towns in search of employment. He also stressed the need for balanced regional growth by developing the rural entrepreneurship. He said that the rural development is the process of improving the quality of life and economic well-being of people living in rural areas. Rural development actions are intended to further the social and economic development of rural communities. In fact, many developed countries have very active rural development programs. The need for rural communities to approach development from a wider perspective has created more focus on a broad range of development goals rather than merely creating incentive for agricultural or resource-based businesses. Education, entrepreneurship, physical infrastructure, and social infrastructure all play an important role in developing rural regions. Rural development is also characterized by its emphasis on locally produced economic development strategies. As the resource person gave a lot of examples from the real rural scenario, students started giving examples from their own village and it provoked a wider discussion about rural entrepreneurship and employment generation through the same. The participants enjoyed the session and gathered lot of information and the government assistance for the promotion of rural entrepreneurship.

On 21st September, 2022 an Expert Talk on “Enhancing the Entrepreneurial Skillset of the Budding Engineers” was organized by Entrepreneurship Development Cell & IIC in association with the Department of Mechanical Engineering at 01:30 pm to 04.30 pm. Dr.R.K.A.Bhalaji, AP/Mech coordinated the program. Dr.S.Balakrishnan, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, FXEC was the resource person. 41 students and 1 staff participated in the program. The resource person discussed about the need for entrepreneurial skills and how it helps the entrepreneurs to succeed in his venture. The speaker gave examples from the successful Indian entrepreneurs. He stressed the need for planning and the decision making to deliver things and to stay safe in the market and to succeed in the venture. He also highlighted the need for introducing innovation in all the activities connected to the business

On 20th September, 2022 an online session was organized on the topic “Transforming Ideas into Startups” by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and Institution’s Innovation Council in association with Civil Engineering Department. The speaker for the program was Mr. Kandasamy, Research Scholar, Department of Civil Engineering, Saveetha School of Engineering, Chennai.

The speaker started the session giving an outline of what is an idea and what is a startup?. He explained about the process of identifying the potential ideas, developing the PoC for the identified ideas and to develop the prototype for same. He then explained how the prototype can be tested to check the feasibility of the same to go far commercial production. The speaker explained the difficulties to overcome during this stage. He highlighted the market survey and testing to be done before introducing the product in the market.

The speaker gave a detailed note on the startup process which indicates idea generation, developing business model, resourcing, promotion, actualization and harvesting. The role and importance of startup in economic development was also clearly explained by him. As the listeners belongs to Civil Engineering department he explained the startup opportunities in solid waste recycling and how the waste can be converted to wealth. 41 students and 2 faculty members attended the program.

On 20.09.2022 Entrepreneurship Development Cell of IT department and IIC organized a guest talk on “Entrepreneurship Opportunities in Waste Management” through offline mode. The session was handled by Dr.L.Gandhimathi, Assistant Professor, Department of Information Technology,FXEC from 1.30- 4.00 p.m. The programme was presided by Dr.J.B.Shajilin Loret. This program was organized for II year B.Tech students.The resource person highlighted the eentrepreneurship opportunities through waste management. During her talk she insisted on Entrepreneurial opportunities in solid waste. She said lot of opportunities are available in the areas of waste collection, waste handling, waste sorting, waste storage, waste transport, waste transformation and energy recovery from waste.

She also said that the entrepreneurs can not only invest money in solid waste management sector, but also infuse new ideas, technologies and skills which can transform waste from being a liability into an asset. The efficiency of solid waste management increases with the involvement of entrepreneurs. In fact, it has been observed that involvement of entrepreneurs in solid waste management planning can reduce the service cost by half with higher employment generation and productivity. She also stressed that the entrepreneurial ventures in solid waste management can range from a one-man project to a mega-scale project involving thousands of skilled and unskilled workers. It has been observed that solid waste management is a labour-intensive process with tremendous potential to generate new jobs, depending on the type of project and the level of creativity. The major areas of entrepreneurial involvement include waste collection, transportation, reuse and recycling, upcycling and power generation.

She also inspired the students with motivating stories.The session was an interactive one where the students were very much participative in order to innovate the talents and clarify their doubts. Totally 55 students and 1 staff member were participated in the session.

On 19th September, 2022 an expert talk on “Entrepreneurs are Independent Minded Innovative People – A Discussion” was organized by Entrepreneurship Development Cell & Institution’s Innovation Council in association with the Department of Mechanical Engineering at 9.30 am- 12.30 pm. Dr.S.Balakrishnan, AP/Mech inaugurated the session with welcome address. Dr.R.K.A.Bhalaji, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, FXEC was the resource person. 40 students and 1 staff member participated in the program. Firstly the resource person discussed about the risk involved in entrepreneurship, and he also highlighted the importance of innovation to sustain the entrepreneurial venture. He said that starting and running a business is the best way to display the commitment and desire one person is having to excel in his career. Additionally he told about why we need to become an entrepreneur because of this reason such as freedom, changing the world, progress, social mobility, creative destruction and creating a better future. As well as he explained the entrepreneurial process of effectuation & causation used by expert entrepreneurs. Finally the resource person shared lot of ideas as per current trends with new meaning & create new concept with new innovation.

On 19th September, 2022 an expert talk on “Innovative Mind Set: A Base for Entrepreneurial Thinking” was organized by the Department of Computer Science and Business Studies in association with Entrepreneurship Development Cell and Institution’s Innovation Council at 2:00 pm. Dr. A. Anitha of Francis Xavier Engineering College, Vannarpettai was the resource person and the program was coordinated by Dr. T. Manimozhi, EDC Co-coordinator & Professor Mathematics of CSBS Department. 60 students and 1 staff attended the program.

The guest speaker explained the opportunities to become an entrepreneur and the skills one must possess to succeed in this venture. She said that entrepreneurial mind set is a set of skills that enable people to identify and to make use of the opportunities, learn from setbacks, and to overcome from the setbacks. Entrepreneurial mind set is crucial for creating new businesses. She also spoke about creativity in business and innovation in an entrepreneurship which is essential to succeed in the entrepreneurial venture. In general, a creative process can be characterized as the formation of new shapes and ideas. She highlighted the fact that a new idea only becomes a suitable creative solution if the environment recognizes the idea and wants to disseminate it. Guest speaker requested the students to aware of the surroundings and the problems encountered by the society which can reveal multiple business opportunities.

The feedback link was posted to the participants to collect their opinions about the program. The session went on well and the students interacted with the guest speaker and gathered more information related to innovation and entrepreneurship.

On 19.09.2022 Entrepreneurship Development Cell of IT department and IIC organized an Expert Talk on “A New Vista to Promote Entrepreneurship” through offline mode. Mrs.S Poornam, Assistant Professor, Department of AI/DS, FXEC was the resource person. This program was organized for IV year B.Tech students. The program was coordinated by Dr.L. Gandhimathi, EDC Coordinator of IT department.

The resource person explained the concept of entrepreneurship and the need for choosing the entrepreneurship as a career path. She highlighted the key characteristics which are required to become a successful entrepreneur. She also gave few examples from the successful Indian entrepreneurs. She inspired the students by giving motivating stories relating to entrepreneurship. The session was an interactive one where the students were very much participative in order to gather information about entrepreneurship and clarified their doubts. The students discussed a few business opportunities with the guest speaker. The guest speaker while clarifying the doubts of the students gave lot of practical examples from the real-life experience. Totally 40 students were participated in the session.

On 16th September, 2022 a one-day workshop was organized on “EDII TN Innovation Voucher Programme” from 9.00 a.m to 4.00 p.m by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell of FXEC, EDII Hub, AURCT, Tirunelveli and Institution’s Innovation Council in association with Civil Engineering Department. The speakers for the program was Mr. Mohammed Nowsath Sherif J, Co-founder and CMO of Incrix Techlutions LLP, Kovilpatti and Mr.Siva Bharathi, field co-ordinator, EDII TN, AURCT region.

In the morning session Mr.Siva Bharathi, field co-ordinator, EDII TN, Tirunelveli region explained the process of innovation and the funding resources available for the development of Prototype. He insisted the students to involve in innovation and product development which will give exposure to the students to learn new things and experience the same. Through this the students can enrich their skills which may be used for further innovation in the specific field. He also highlighted the various funding sources like startup India, Startup TN etc. which can be used to explore the possibilities for developing startups.

The afternoon session was handled by Mr. Mohammed Nowsath Sherif J, Co-founder and CMO of Incrix Techlutions LLP, Kovilpatti. The resource person being the beneficiary of the IVP (Innovation Voucher Programme) grant by EDII TN, he shared his experiences in getting the grant and the purpose for which the amount was utilized. The resource person explained why the students must involve in product development and innovation. He also underlined the need to apply for the IVP and to use the grants for the development of a prototype and to create a startup. He then explained the documents to be uploaded for its application process. He also gave detailed explanation regarding benefits of availing the IVP grant. The speaker explained about two vouchers, voucher A (for entry into research) with a fund of 2 lakhs and voucher B (for entry into market) with a fund of 5 lakhs. The resource person gave a live demo for uploading the necessary documents. He added a point that UDYAM registration has to be done in the initial stage using Aadhaar and pan cards. After the verification process the selected applicants e to present the ideas to the screening committee either through online or offline mode. Upon approval by the screening committee the applicant will be eligible for the grant. The results will be intimated through the mail. The documents such as bank account information, project milestone and financial details of the project, consent letter and UDYAM registration certificates are needed for applying a tripartite agreement between the applicant &EDII cell, Chennai. The session ended with a valuable feedbacks from the participants. 100 students and 5 faculties attended the program.

On 15th Sep. 2022 an Expert Talk on the topic "Entrepreneurship: A New Vista Towards Growth Trajectory to Unprecedented New Heights" was organized by Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering in association with Entrepreneur Development cell from 9.30-12.30 p.m. Dr.M.Kannan, Department of Mechanical Engineering, FXEC was the Guest Speaker. A.Amala Manuela, Assitant Professor/EEE was the coordinator for this event.

Resource person explained the importance of Entrepreneurship and Startups with the help of suitable examples from successful Indian entrepreneurs. He pointed out the growth of the entrepreneurial activities and the new entrants in this field. He highlighted the unprecedented wave of long-deserved growth, prosperity and wellbeing that can serve the interests of the rest of the country as well as the spirit of New India.

Creating a nation of job-creators and not just job-seekers is important for sustainable growth. And central to this, is the need for extensive collaboration between corporate industry, academia, and governments at the village, district, state and central levels. He also explained that a couple of decades ago, Indians were only concerned with well-defined, time-tested career choices. Youngsters used to follow in their parents’ footsteps and chose a secure career. Today, entrepreneurship in India is one of the most popular career paths for young people for the following reasons:

• The desire to develop and implement a business plan from the ground up.
• The aspiration to be their boss and master of their destiny.
• The desire to take chances in a developing global economy with several untapped prospects.
• The financial success ambition propels their growth to unprecedented, greater heights.

The session was found very useful to gather lot of business ideas. 53 students and one staff members attended the program.

An Industrial visit to 3i-Infotech was organized by Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science on 15.9.2022. Industrial visit started with welcome note and introductory talk by Mr.Prakash Sundararajan, Head-SCOE. During the visit, students of AI&DS department interacted with experts from 3i-infotech about emerging trends in artificial intelligence. Experts from the company explained about focused areas of application based learning such as OpenCV, Natural Language processing, Data Analytic tools etc., Students discussed with Mr.Prakash Sundararajan, Centre Head, about application of data analytics in business sector and skills to be imparted for roles such as business analyst, ML Engineer etc.,.

As a part of visit, a project expo was also organized at 3i-infotech. 14 students from second year AI&DS have presented their projects based on artificial intelligence. The projects were evaluated by Prof. Nagendra, System Architect (IIT). He appreciated the students, motivated them to address social issues and suggested future enhancement of the projects. Projects presented by Ms.Maheshwari, Ms.Lispa, Ms.Maheshwari and Ms.Bojaxio Tiffy won First Prize and Second prize. Project done by Ms.Angeline Miracle Bella, Ms.Evangelin Jenifer and Ms.Tharani won Third Prize. The expo was ended with vote of thanks by Mr. Jerome, HR-Manager, 3i-Infotech. The visit was coordinated by Ms.S.Poornam – SM/Training and skill development. Dr.A.Anitha, HoD-AI&DS accompanied the student teams.

On 15th of September 2022 EDC and IIC in association with the college organized “Project Contest for School Students ‘INNOVATE 2K22’ from 9.00 a.m to 6 p.m. The Innovate 2k22 was organized to ‘Celebrate Engineer’s Day’. The students from IX to XII Participated. The students from various schools in and around Tirunelveli participated in the contest. The students were allotted space to exhibit their projects.

The Engineers Day Project Expo was opened by Dr V Velmurugan, Principal, FXEC. 122 students and 17 schools participated and exhibited 66 projects. The projects were evaluated by a team of experts. The staff and students were allowed to visit the project presented by the school students. The experts raised few questions to the students while evaluating the projects.

The Winners were Awarded under four Categories

• Innovation
• Eco - Friendly Product
• Technology
• Scientific Creativity

Under the Innovation category

First Place was awarded to Sohail Khan, Eshanth Eswar and Bharath Ram for the project titled "Obstacle Avoiding Helicopter" from Bharath Vidyalaya School.

The Second Place was awarded to D.Edwin and L.Sathyaprakash for the project titled "The Subway Drainage System" from St.Mary's Boys Higher Sec School

Third Place was awarded to J.Jeremiah Enoch, G.Selvamurugan and P.Adchaya Saran for the project titled "Hydraulic Braking System" from Rose Mary Higher Sec School.

Under the Eco-Friendly Product Category

First Place was awarded to C.Aathi muthu, pandiyan and S.Siva Santhosh for the project titled "Reason Behind Lack of Grains Intake by the Modern Generation" from St.Mary's Boys Higher Sec School

The Second Place was awarded to S.Harini for the project titled "Bore Well Rescue" from Francis Xavier School

Third was awarded to J.Jeffin Jose and Mohamed Aadhil for the project titled "Water Level Indicator Technology" from DON Bosco Matric Higher Sec School.

Under the Technology Category

First Place was awarded to S.Kathir Kamadurai for the project titled "Industrial Air Quality Monitoring System" from Schaffter Higher Sec School,

The Second Place was awarded to M.Sariha Devi and S.Sri Subathra for the project titled "Smart Pedestrain Crossing & Elephant Corridor System In Railways" from Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Swamigal Golden Jubilee Matric Higher Sec School

Third Place was awarded to N.Kathirvel Giri, A.Sundar and V.Jeya Surya for the project titled "Smart Irrigation Banana Tech" from The M D T Hindu College Higher Sec School.

Under the Scientific Creativity Category

First place for the project titled "Vacuum Cleaner" from Sivanthi Matric Higher Sec School, The Second Place was awarded to S.Siva Surya for the project titled "Mini Tesla Coil" from Rose Mary Matric Higher Sec School

Third Place was awarded to Saravanan, Arsath Ismail and Ramana Annamalai for the project titled "Water From Atmospheric Moisture" from Little Flower Matric Higher Sec School".

Dr. N. Chandrasekar, Vice-Chancellor, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University distributed the Certificates and the awards. Dr. Cletus Babu, Chairman, SCAD Group of Institutions appreciated winners and the participants for converting their ideas into innovative projects and prototypes.

On 15th September 2022 to Commemorate the Engineers' Day a Mega Project Expo - 2022 was organised at FXEC. The Project Expo-2022 was organised under two categories namely Hardware Edition and Software Edition. Nine departments presented their projects. 129 Mini Projects, 322 Test Projects and 604 Major Projects were displayed. In total 1055 projects were displayed. All the displayed projects were evaluated by the panel of Juries from moring to evening in different domine. After the evaluation top six from Hardware editions and top six from editions were selected as the best projects. Under the Hardware Edition category the First place was awarded to Syed Jaffersha S A, Suriya M, Muthu Kumar, Raja Kannan from (ECE) for the project titled "IOT Based Smart Rover". The Second place was awarded to Mari selvam. kGladston Akash Raja T A Jebin.M from (AI & DS) for the project titled "Find the heritage monument using satellite image with explainable AI". The Third place was awarded to Dharshini G Kaladevi G.B Siva Geetha.M from (IT) for the project titled "Automated Plant Watering System". The Fourth place was awarded to Isaac John Brighton R, Haniel Meshach, Benny S.from (IT) for the project titled "Investigation Rover". The Fifth place was awarded to Akash.M, Evan Benildus.J.Jebenesh from(EEE) for the project titled "Child Saftey bus alarm system". The Sixth place was awarded to Antroyonas.X, Ariyamuthu. L,Balasubramanian, Essaki Raja.E and Essaki Balaji.R from (EEE) for the project titled "Android Control Notice Board System". Under the Software Edition category the First place was awarded to Tharani, Angelin Miracle Bella from (AI&DS) for the project titled "Farm Produced Crops Quality Monitoring and alerting the Vendors".The Second place were awarded to Syed zakriya R.Selva boopathy K from (AI&DS) for the project titled "AI Based Mouse". The Third place were awarded to Imdhiyaz,Logeshwaran(CSE) for the project titled "Virtual ATM". The Fourth place was awarded to Essaki Raja.S,Mohammed Pillai Al Basith.S,Mukdheshkannapiran.K.S. for the project titled "Room Automation System". The Fifth place were awarded to Maheswari,Lispa,Madumitha Tiffy(AI&DS) for the project titled "Fire Detection using ML&IOT".The Sixth place were awarded to Roche Micheal R, Titus kopi R (AI&DS) for the project titled "Sales Prediction". All the winners were appreciated, honoured and awarded with shield & certificates by the chairman Dr.S.Cletus Babu. All the prize winners were appreciated by Ms.Innocent Divya IAS, Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Skill Development Corporation, Tamilnadu.

On 10.9.2022 a webinar was conducted by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and Institution lnnovation Council in association with the Department of Computer Applications on the topic "Discussion with a Successful Entrepreneur ”. The webinar was organized for MCA students. Mr.R.Ben johnson, Grace Path Makers, Erode delivered the guest lecture from 1.30pm-2.30pm and discussed about Seven Steps to becoming a Successful Entrepreneur, position yourself as a leader, Deliver a value, Seek new ideas, Build long term relationship, Inspire your team, Know what clients really want, Look for your results etc. He also shared about his successful stories and the Innovation New ideas, Resilient, Confident, Innovative etc., and he shared the available Opportunities in industries. 45 students and one staff member participated in the session. The interaction between the students and the resource person was highly motivated.

On 30th August 2022 a guest talk on “Shaping the Budding Engineers towards Innovation” was organized by the Department of Computer Science and Business Systems in association with Entrepreneurship Development Cell. Dr. A. Ravi, Robotics and Automation Incubation Centre of Francis Xavier Engineering College, Vannarpettai was the resource person. The program was conducted through offline and Dr. T. Manimozhi, EDC Co-Coordinator & Professor Mathematics of CSBS Department coordinated the program.

The guest speaker explained the process of innovation and why the engineering students must involve in innovation and product development. The speaker being the Robotics and Automation incubation centre incharge professor, he gave lot of examples form his own experience to the students attending the program. The speaker told that we are living in the digital world where everything changes very fast because of the technology development. Moreover, the society is facing lot of problems and it has to be addressed properly by giving proper technical solution using the latest technologies. In this line the students undergoing engineering education in the higher educational institutions must think creatively and develop innovative products which can be used to solve the problems in the social domine. We see the need to enable a new generation of technical experts who are fluent in understanding, interpreting, and improving human systems, not just technical ones. Guest speaker told that the technical systems we are creating are often disconnected from the wider systems they must exist within. This workshop on “Shaping The Budding Engineers Towards Innovation” was felt useful by the students and all the participants interacted with the guest speaker and gained lot of new insight regarding innovation.

On 30-08-2022 a guest lecture was arranged by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the department of Computer Science Engineering on the title “Incubation: An Ideal Nursery for Developing Start-ups”. The session was handled by Dr.R.Ravi, Professor / CSE, Francis Xavier Engineering College. The event was co-ordinated by Mr. M.Mukesh Krishnan, AP/CSE under the guidance Dr.G.Aravindswaminathan, HOD/CSE.

The resource person explained about the Incubation centre and its functions. He also highlighted how the innovative ideas are fine tuned and developed as the prototype and marketable products. The speaker said that the incubator extends his help to nurture the product before it becomes the final product. He stressed all the engineering students to use the incubation facilities to incubate the innovative ideas to develop innovative products. He also explained about various successful start-up companies in India and various funding opportunities through government schemes to start the business.

On 30.8.2022 the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering in association with Entrepreneur Development cell and IIC organized a Guest Lecture on the topic "MENTORING SESSION FOR ASPIRING ENTREPRENEUR". A.Amala Manuela, Innovation Ambassador, Assistant Professor, Department of EEE was the resource person.

The resource person explained the importance of entrepreneurship and why the engineering students must opt entrepreneurship as the career option. She gave examples of successful entrepreneurs from Tamil Nadu and India. The examples evoked a discussion among the participants and they shared lot of examples of entrepreneurs from their own areas. She stressed the engineering students to involve in developing innovative ideas and become the startup owners.

The speaker also gave the details regarding the government support for developing the startup. The information given by the speaker about the government financial assistance and the other support services provided for entrepreneurship development. He concluded with the 10 reasons why engineers must enter into Entrepreneurship. The students interacted with the guest speaker and gained lot of information about entrepreneurship. 50 students and 2 faculty members participated in the program.

On 30.08.2022 the Entrepreneurship Development Cell of IT department and IIC organized a guest lecture on the topic “Igniting Young Minds towards Entrepreneurship” through offline mode. The session was handled by Ms. Hassana Begam.V, Young Entrepreneur.

The resource person explained the concept of Entrepreneurship and said that it is an economic activity, as it involves designing, launching and running a new business enterprise in order to earn the profit, by ensuring best possible use of resources. During her talk she insisted on creativity and innovation which is very much fundamental for entrepreneurship. It involves discovering new ideas and implementing it in business. The entrepreneur continuously evaluates current modes of running a business and identifies new methods and techniques for operating the business more efficiently and effectively. She stressed that entrepreneurship operates under an ecosystem called as entrepreneurship ecosystem. The ecosystem comprises of government programs and schemes which encourage entrepreneurship, non-governmental organizations that provide advisory services to entrepreneurs, and other organizations which promote and support entrepreneurship directly or indirectly.

She also inspired the students by giving lot of examples of Indian men and women entrepreneurs who are running their startups successfully. The session was an interactive one where the students were participative and clarify their doubts. 57 students participated in the session. The program was organized by Dr.L. Gandhimathi, EDC Coordinator of IT department.

On 30th August, 2022 a guest lecture on “Build a Minimum Viable Product (MVP)” was organized by Entrepreneurship Development Cell & Institution’s Innovation Council in association with the Department of Mechanical Engineering from 02:00 pm to 03.00 pm. Mr.S.Magesh, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, FXEC was the resource person. The program was held via offline mode. Dr.R.K.A.Bhalaji, AP/Mech coordinated the program and gave the welcome address.

The resource person shared the meaning of the Minimum Viable Product and the six principles of MVP such as path of least resistance, think scarcity, focus on closing the loop for the user and iterate & refine with user feedback and gave the real time examples such as iPhone, Microsoft office etc. He explained about why we need a MVP, how do we decide what features constitute a MVP, what can we do with the MVP to validate our business hypothesis and where do we go from here.

The spoke person also explained that the minimum viable product, or MVP, is a product with enough features to attract early-adopter customers and validate a product idea early in the product development cycle. In industries such as software, the MVP can help the product team receive user feedback as quickly as possible to iterate and improve the product. He also said that MVP has enough value that people are willing to use it or buy it initially. It demonstrates enough future benefit to retain early adopters. It provides a feedback loop to guide future development. The students raised few questions and clarifies their doubts. In fact, the students have gained knowledge and inspiration about the session. 30 students participated in the session.

On 29.08. 2022 a Webinar on “Smart Technologies in Concrete for Budding Entrepreneurs” was organised by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell of Civil Engineering department and IIC through online mode. The session was handled by Dr.T.S.Lakshmi, Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Saveetha School of Engineering, Chennai from 11.00 - 12.00 am.

The online session was presided by HOD/CIVIL and the program was coordinated by Mrs. P. Raja Priya, EDC Coordinator, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Francis Xavier Engineering College. The guest speaker explained the importance of entrepreneurship and the steps to be taken to setup business venture. The resource person insisted that creative thinking and innovation will pave way to entrepreneurship. The speaker stressed the students to think creatively and to develop ask the students to create innovations in light weight concretes.

She also insisted students for the demand natural materials to create light weight concrete and she ask the students to gain much knowledge on the alternative eco-friendly materials. She explained in detail about the use of coconut shells in concrete as an alternative for sand. She also added few innovative materials which could be used as an alternative in concrete. The session was much useful for the students for taking up the innovative ideas for developing the innovative products. The online session created a curiosity among the participants to apply their creativity into innovative products. Participants interacted with the resource person and gained lot of insights about smart technologies in concrete for budding entrepreneurs. 42 participants and 2 staff members participated in the in the online meet.

On 29-08-2022 Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with Department of Computer Science and Engineering organized guest talk on “The Role of Accelerators in Entrepreneurial Ecosystem”. The session was handled by Dr.C.Yesubai Rubavathy, Professor / CSE, Mobile App Industrial Applied Lab, Francis Xavier Engineering College. The Programme started with the prayer by Prof.Dr.G.Aravind Swaminathan and the event was co-ordinated by Mr. M.Mukesh Krishnan, AP/CSE

The resource person explained about the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem and the players in the ecosystem such as investors, advisors, mentors, skilled workers, research universities, and accelerators, as well as factors such as a culture that supports risk-taking and innovation. The spoke person said that the accelerators play an important role in stimulating innovation through a programme designed to take a cohort of participants and their ideas through an intensive programme to create, build and commercialize an investable product to grow and operate in the real world. She explained how accelerators can help fast-track a startup's growth and make social impact. The focus of all good accelerators is to build robust businesses. They can make a huge social impact by leveraging technologies for connecting, assessing, and mentoring a larger number of startups. She also explained about steps to develop business based on problem in society and about the various funding to start the business. The students actively participated in this guest lecture.

On 27.08.2022 a session on “Igniting the Young Minds for Start-ups” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell of CIVIL department and IIC through offline mode. The session was handled by Er.Antony Clinton, Proprietor of Anon Interiors, Tirunelveli from 11.00 - 12.15 am. The program starts with the introduction of chief guest Er Antony Clinton by the HOD of Civil Mr. J. Samuel Prabaharan. The program was coordinated by Mrs.P.Raja Priya, EDC Coordinator, Department of Civil Engineering.

The guest speaker runs an interior designing and constructing company in Tirunelveli in the name of Anon Interiors. He is also an alumnus of Civil Engineering department. The guest speaker being a young entrepreneur, he explained the difference between business man and entrepreneur to the students. He shared his personal experiences to the Civil Engineering students about his startup experience. He shared his experiences in respect of the loan received from banks, how to attract the clients and how to promote the business.

The speaker gave a detailed note on different start-up ideas for young engineering students with low investment. He requested the students to go through the government websites to gather the problems uploaded in their website and to address their problems for developing innovative products. He also explained to the students about the problems faced by the people in the society and to give a proper solution for the same. The session ended with the quote saying that “Think of your dream each and every day”, “Invest wisely”.

45 Civil Engineering students & 2 staff members from the department of civil engineering participated in the programme and benefitted a lot.

On 26th August 2022 the Entrepreneurship Development cell and IIC in association with Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering organized a guest lecture on the topic “Awareness Programme on Entrepreneurship & Innovation" as a part of Celebration day activity (World Entrepreneurs Day). Mr.Avinash ,Innovation Voucher, Director &CEO , INCRIX Techlutions LLP and Mrs.Ashwathy Mohan, TNSI-EDII Project Contest Winner were the guest speakers. This event was coordinated by Mr.A.Amala Manuela AP/EEE. This event was conducted with the guidance of Dr.Lourdes Poobala Rayen, EDC Director.

Resource person explained that Entrepreneurship is the ability and readiness to develop, organize and run a business enterprise, along with any of its uncertainties in order to make a profit. The most prominent example of entrepreneurship is the starting of new businesses. He also explained about the various entrepreneurial opportunities for the engineering students.

He stressed the engineering students to develop knowledge and skills regarding the industry 4.0 for developing innovative ideas and to develop startups. He said that nowadays, people can use technology to automate anything, from manufacturing to space exploration. He also said that Incrix provides comprehensive enterprise-level automation solutions to enhance the end-user experience.

Mrs.Ashwathy Mohan, Tamil Nadu Startup Innovators -Entrepreneurship Development and Innovation Institute Tamil Nadu Project Contest Winner delivered a Guest Lecture on the topic “Awarness Programme on Enterpreneurship & Innovation ". She explained about the TNSI-2021 (Tamil Nadu Student Innovators) as a flagship programme which has identified student innovators and reward them to build a Minimum Viable Product to convert their ideas into a Start-Up from all over Tamil Nadu. The student teams are provided opportunity to give their innovative ideas as a solution to identified validated problem statements in the field of agriculture, industry, smart cities, health care, fintech and automobile sectors.

Contest Process includes;

• Stage 1: Entrepreneurship Awareness programmes
• Stage 2: Ideation (IDEA) Camp- (Design Thinking, Business plan preparation)
• Stage 3: Boot Camp
• Stage 4. State Level Pitch
• Stage 5. Fellowship/Prototyping

All the participants involved enthusiastically in all the deliberations and interacted with the resource persons and gained a lot. 52 students and 2 faculty members participated in the program

On 26th August, 2022 a guest lecture on “Innovative Technologies for Industry 4.0” was organized by Entrepreneurship Development Cell & Institution’s Innovation Council in association with the Department of Mechanical Engineering from 11:00 am to 12.00 pm. Dr.R.K.A.Bhalaji, Innovation Ambassador, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, FXEC was the resource person. The program was held via offline mode. Dr.S.Balakrishnan, AP/Mech coordinated the session and gave welcome address.

The resource person shared lot of ideas about industrial revolutions from 1.0 to 4.0 and also what are the technologies developed in all the four phases. In this regard, he explained clearly about industry 4.0 and the purposes. Additionally, he told about todays and tomorrow’s industry need with suitable examples. The guest speaker told that Industry 4.0, which refers to the fourth industrial revolution, is the cyber-physical transformation of manufacturing. The name is inspired by Germany's Industrie 4.0, a government initiative to promote connected manufacturing and a digital convergence between industry, businesses and other processes. Generally, Industry 4.0 refers to the means of automation and data exchange in manufacturing technologies including Cyber-Physical Systems, Internet of Things, big data and analytics, augmented reality, additive manufacturing, simulation, horizontal and vertical system integration, autonomous robots as well as cloud. The students attended the session interacted freely with the guest speaker and gathered lot of information. 30 students participated in the session and gained lot of information.

On 26th August, 2022 a guest lecture on “The Role of Angel Investors in the Start-up Development” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell & Institution’s Innovation Council in association with the Department of Mechanical Engineering at 02:00 pm to 03.00 pm. Mr.S.M.Sunder Rajan, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, FXEC was the resource person. The program was held via offline mode. Dr.R.K.A.Bhalaji, IIC Innovation Ambassador, AP/Mech coordinated the program and gave welcome address.

On 26th August, 2022 a guest lecture on “The Role of Angel Investors in the Start-up Development” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell & Institution’s Innovation Council in association with the Department of Mechanical Engineering at 02:00 pm to 03.00 pm. Mr.S.M.Sunder Rajan, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, FXEC was the resource person. The program was held via offline mode. Dr.R.K.A.Bhalaji, IIC Innovation Ambassador, AP/Mech coordinated the program and gave welcome address.

The resource person also explained the process of creating the startups and the government support available for the creation of the startups. He cited few examples for the funding support available for creating the startups like Statup India, Startup TN and the MSME support to the startups. Student raised few questions about the angel investors and the startup funding available for the entrepreneurs in their early stage. 30 students attended the guest lecture program very actively.

On 25th August, 2022 the Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science in association with Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC organised a guest lecture on “Innovation-A New Trend to Inspire Budding Engineers” @ 1.20 a.m.–2.20 p.m. Mrs.D.Annie Rose Nirmala, Head of the department of Management Studies, Francis Xavier Engineering College was the resource person.

The guest speaker explained the need for innovation and why the engineering students must involve in innovation. She cited number of examples for the creative ideas which can be transformed into innovative products. During this session students were informed that the Innovation and entrepreneurship are the key drivers in today’s engineering world which results in sustainable products, services and technologies. From global corporations to small businesses, national governments to local governments, most of them are searching for ways to overcome the sustainable solutions to combat pressing environmental challenges.

The guest speaker gave lot of examples for innovations which resulted in the giving solutions to the social problems. By citing examples the resource person requested the participants to identify the social problems to find out a solution for the same. As the topic was relevant and the participants to think positively, students interacted frequently with the resource person and gathered lot of information. The program was coordinated by Mrs. P. Sooriabrabha, EDC Coordinator of AI&DS.

On 25th August, 2022 a guest lecture on “Creating Startup Eco-system in Higher Educational Institutions – A Need of the Hour” was organized by the Department of Computer Science and Business Studies in association with Entrepreneurship Development Cell 2:00 p.m. Dr. M. Suresh Chinna Thambi of Francis Xavier Engineering College, Vannarpettai was the resource person. The program was conducted in offline mode and was coordinated by Dr. T. Manimozhi, EDC Co-coordinator & Professor Mathematics of CSBS Department.

The guest speaker explained the need for developing the startup ecosystem in the higher educational institutions. The speaker highlighted the advantages the students will have if the startup ecosystem exists in the campus of the higher educational institution. The inspiration gained through the startup eco system will induce the students to involve in innovation and developing the startup. The examples presented by the guest speaker evolved a discussion and students interacted with the guest speaker. He also told that, many incubation centers supported by government schemes run programs to support early stage startups. Some incubators also, provide tech support to startups and their programs usually support a cohort which is supported by industry.

Guest speaker told that the students can connect with various competitions based projects such as Robocon, Formula students teams, etc. This will help them build technical skills and enable them to work in a team for a focused activity. Peer to peer learning is another important activity which helps students to learn quickly. Joining such active groups will help students shape their overall persona. The best way to start your entrepreneurial journey is to experience it, by directly jumping into it. Another way would be to join a startup as an intern / employee and help them grow. Focused programs like startup school India can be a good kickstart for aspiring entrepreneurs. The feedback link was posted to the participants to give opinion about the program. This guest lecture on “Creating Startup Eco-system in Higher Educational Institutions – A Need of the Hour” was felt useful by the students.

On 25.08.2022 a guest talk on “IPR relating to Trademarks and Copyrights at the Early Stages of Innovation” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering. The Session was handled by Prof. Dr. N. MUTHUKUMARAN, Professor in-charge of Patent Information Centre, TNSCST, Francis Xavier Engineering College from 1.20 - 3.00 PM. The session was presided by Mr Amarsingh Feroz Assistant HOD/ECE and jointly coordinated by IIC Convener Dr. R Prem Ananth, IIC Innovation Ambassador for "Design thinking & Innovations", Assistant professor, Francis Xavier Engineering College.

The speaker explained the IPR related terms such as patents, copyrights, trademarks and geographical indications. As the resource person is in-charge of Patent Information Centre and published more than 10 patents, he shared his personal experiences relating to patents to the students. He also explained the legal formalities and the procedures involved in the patent filing. After giving brief explanation about patent, he explained the meaning of Trade Marks and Copyrights.

The resource person said that the trademark is a word, symbol, design, or phrase that denotes a specific product and differentiates it from similar products whereas, the Copyrights protect “original works of authorship,” such as writings, art, architecture, and music. Regarding the duration of validity the trademark registration is valid for 10 years which can be renewed to protect it from infringers. Whereas, copyright is valid for a lifetime. For an individual owner, the term of copyright is the lifetime of the author plus 60 years. He also gave few examples of copyright works such as novel, poem, photograph, movie, Lyrics to a song, musical composition in the form of sheet music, sound recording, painting etc.,

The students and staff gained the knowledge about Trademarks and Copyrights and raised few questions about the trademarks and copyrights. 51 students and 4 staff members participated in the program and benefitted a lot.

On 25.08.2022 Entrepreneurship Development Cell of IT department and IIC organized a guest lecture on “Role of Accelerators in Entrepreneurship Ecosystem” through offline mode. The session was handled by Dr.R Suman, Assistant Professor, Chemistry, FXEC. The programme was presided by Dr.J.B.Shajilin Loret and jointly coordinated by Dr.L.Gandhimathi, EDC Coordinator of IT department. This program was organized for III year B.Tech students.

The resource person explained the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem and the role of accelerator of in the development of startup. The speaker said that the accelerator play different roles and the leading roles in building and developing the entrepreneurial ecosystem are (1) establishing the connections between the entrepreneurial ecosystem's actors, (2) developing the specialist knowledge especially by providing official training in the basics of entrepreneurship ecosystem. Accelerators can be considered as factories for start-ups as they provide the necessary resources for an idea to become a business venture.

Entrepreneurs make use of the geographical and market conditions in an area to facilitate business activity. Accelerators provided potential entrepreneurs exposure to the business and technical experience required to operate and grow ventures. During his talk he insisted on important accelerators in Entrepreneurship Ecosystem. Accelerators now have multiple roles to build local entrepreneurial capacity, strengthen the networks, stimulate capital investments, and facilitate market connections while all the time trying to make a profit on their investments in innovative startups. However, they will only invest where they see a significant potential return on their investment. Through events and activities, the ecosystem enhances the chances of meeting like-minded entrepreneurs, potential investors, as well as suppliers and partners.

The session was an interactive one where the students were very much participative in order to innovate the talents and clarified their doubts. 52 students participated in the

On 24th of August 2022 a guest lecture was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and Institution’s Innovation Council in association with Civil Engineering Department. The speaker was our alumni who is also a proprietor of Bethel Builders, Tirunelveli. He spoke on “Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Construction Industry”.

The guest speaker being an alumni entrepreneur, shared his personal experiences and the hardships he has crossed in the initial stages of his business journey. He gave a brief note on the various entrepreneurial opportunities available in the construction field with examples form his own personal experiences. He also explained about the importance of gaining practical knowledge before entering into entrepreneurial activities. He also gave a note on zero and minimal investment business opportunities for civil engineers. The participants were inspired by his experience and practical approach. 40 Civil Engineering students & 2 staff members from the department of civil engineering participated in the programme.

On 24-08-2022. Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with Department of Computer Science and Engineering organized a guest lecture on “Incubators and Startups: Nexus Impact”. The session was handled by Dr.R.Tino Merlin, Assistant Professor / CSE, Next Generation Computing Industrial Applied Lab, Francis Xavier Engineering College. The Programme started with the prayer by Prof.Dr.G.Aravind swaminathan. The event was co-ordinated by Mr. M.Mukesh Krishnan, EDC Coordinator.

The resource person explained the process of innovation and the role of the Business Incubator in the process of product development. She taught about Innovation, Incubation and Startups. The speaker being the professor in-charge of the Pre-Incubation unit, gave lot of explanation for the daily routine activities in the incubation centre. She explained the innovative ideas developed in the incubation centre and the developmental stages of the innovative products. She also cited the government support for the promotion of startups through various government programmes. Students raised few questions about the startups and the formalities to be fulfilled while developing the startup. In fact, the session evoked good response from the students and benefitted a lot from the discussion. The event was co-ordinated by Mr. M.Mukesh Krishnan, AP/CSE, EDC Coordinator.

On 24.08.2022 a session on the title "Awareness on Building Institute Level YUKTI - National Innovation Repository (NIR)" was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell of ECE department and IIC through offline mode. The session was handled by Dr. R Prem Ananth, IIC Convener, IIC Innovation Ambassador for "Design thinking & Innovations", Assistant professor, Francis Xavier Engineering College from 11.00 - 12.30 PM.

The resource person demonstrated the Yukti portal and explained how to register and to create login in the Yukti Portal. He said that Yukti is a National Repository system to deposit all the innovative ideas, Prototypes and startups from academic institutions and nurturing the same for scale up. He also explained that a networked and Hub-spoke Model of Empowering HEIs with technology transfer to facilitate commercialization of R&D Technologies.

The speaker said that Yukti portal supports campus to commercialization. He demonstrated how to register in a Yukti portal. He explained the various categories such as idea, innovation/prototype and business model/ startups. He stressed students to deposit their innovative ideas, prototypes and startup details in the National Repository. The speaker demonstrated the YKTI Portal with the help of the PPT shared by the MIC and gave lot of examples for the same. In fact it was an interesting event wherein the students raised lot of questions and clarified their doubts. Students promised to upload more number of innovative ideas and Prototypes in the YKTI portal.

The program was coordinated by Pradheep T Rajan B, Assistant Professor /ECE, Francis Xavier Engineering College. The session created an Awareness on Building Institute Level YUKTI - National Innovation Repository (NIR) among the participants. Participants interacted with the resource person and cleared doubts in the registration process and uploading of ideas. 46 participants and 2 staff members participated in the session.

On 24.08.2022 a guest lecture was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell of IT department and IIC through on the topic “Incubation Opportunities for Students -Early Stage Entrepreneurs” through offline mode. The session was handled by Dr.A Jainual Fathima, Assistant Professor, Department of Information Technology, FXEC. The programme was presided by Dr.J.B.Shajilin Loret and jointly coordinated by Dr.L. Gandhimathi, EDC Coordinator of IT department.

The resource person explained the concept of Incubation and the activities of the incubation centre. She highlighted the opportunities available to the students to nurture their innovative ideas through the incubation centre which is available in the campus. The speaker requested the participants to make use of the entrepreneurial ecosystem available in the campus to mend their innovative ideas with the help of the incubation centres functioning in the campus in different domines. In addition to this the speaker told the participants about the startup initiatives of the Tamil Nadu state and highlighted the various opportunities opened to the students through the same. While highlighting the various opportunities to the students the speaker cited the example of the MSME Innovative Scheme where in the students can upload their innovative ideas and designs through the MSME Incubation centres functioning in the Higher Educational Institutions.

The speaker also inspired the students with motivating stories highlighting the success of the incubate. The session was an interactive one where the students were very much participative and clarified their doubts. Totally 40 students participated in the session.

From 11.08. 2022 to 17.08.22 Skill training on “Startup Skill- Face Recognition” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell of ECE department and IIC for five days through offline mode. The Resource Person for this program was Dr. R Prem Ananth, IIC Convener, IIC Innovation Ambassador for "Design thinking & Innovations", Assistant professor, Department of ECE, Francis Xavier Engineering College. The Skill training program was inspired by the speech of Shri Dipan Kumar Sahu, Assistant Innovation Director, MOE Innovation Cell & AICTE New Delhi and from the track 1 speaker Dr.Deny John Samuvel, IIC President, Kalasalingam Academy of Research & Education, both the speaker insist the IIC regional meet participants to arrange skill training to develop a good product for startup. There are many startup opportunities through face recognition technology because that can be applied to payment and picture analysis, which could be used, for instance, on bank card verification and security systems. This training was presided by Mrs J Friska HOD/ECE and jointly coordinated by EDC director and IIC president Dr. Lourdes Poobala Rayen. ECE Students and ECE faculty participated in the event. The program was coordinated by Pradheep T Rajan B, Assistant Professor /ECE, Francis Xavier Engineering College.

About 43 Students from III year ECE participated from 11.08.22 to 17.08.22 a 5 days training.

Day 1 session started with the discussions of basics of MATLAB command window, Editor window and simple projects. The basic level assessments to Perform Mathematical operation using MATLAB and Make a quick plot on Sine Wave, Cosine Wave and Triangular wave.

Day 2 session starts with for loop, treatment of array within a loop, double loop, use of loop and index, displaying images in MATLAB, adding salt and pepper noise to an image, removing salt and pepper noise from an image and removing noise from the image using median rank and Gaussian filter.

The interaction between the students and the resource person was highly motivating to all the students. Session end with the feedback of Students. The Skill training went well students are enriched with Startup skills and Face Recognition skills The Program was well organized by Pradheep T Rajan B, Assistant Professor / ECE, Francis Xavier Engineering College.

On 3rd August, 2022 the “Prototype expo” was organized by the Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science in association with Entrepreneurship Development Cell @ 9.30 a.m.–12.30 p.m. During this session the students presented the developed prototypes based on “Embedded IoT and Machine learning”, “Artificial Intelligence” & “Data Science and Data Analytics”. The Protypes were evaluated by the following team.
1. Mr. Prakash Sundararajan, Centre Head, 3i-Infotech, Tirunelveli
2. Mr. E.John Singh Russel, Admin & Operations, Manager 3i-Infotech,
3. Mr. Jerome, HR Manager, 3i-Infotech, Tirunelveli

The projects were evaluated by the industry experts from 3i Infotech Tirunelveli and gave inputs on the future enhancements and upgradation of the prototypes to products to support the society. Giving a boost to the innovative ideas presented by the students, the experts shared their expertise on adding front-end modules using Angular JS. For data analytics projects, inputs were given to incorporate commercial applications using big data analytics with live data.

The participants were appreciated for their creativity and innovation in their project. Mr. Prakash Sundararajan, Centre Head, 3i-Infotech invited the winners and runner up teams to visit their company at the end of this month and demonstrate their product to the leads of respective domains.

During the discussion, the expert members discussed the prime areas of projects that 3i infotech is working as a global provider of IT Infrastructure services, their proven global delivery capabilities, and strategic alliances. Their proposal on extending the division to Tilicon valley was also discussed. On the discussion with regard to Internship opportunities with stipend for the students, the members of the team gave their consent for the same. Further, the members of the team gave their consent to support the Institution with regard to the curriculum design and provide "Data Analytics in AI &DS"as an Industry supported course. For enhanced continued support, the team agreed to sign an MoU with the institution.

On 25.07.2022 the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science organised an “Interaction with Start-up Mentor”. The resource person was Mr.Patrick Amalraj, CIO, McBitss Solutions LLC,USA. He is also startup founder at Alchemist Accelerator in Silicon Valley, USA. A US based technology company having offices in over 10 countries worldwide. He also launches tech startups from all over the world into the US and is currently launching a Japanese AI company called TieSet(https://www.tieset.com/) TieSet builds AI solutions for edge IoT applications and autonomous cars. The interaction was arranged for the first year B.Tech Artificial intelligence and Data Science students wherein 25 students and 6 faculty members attended the program.

The resource person being the Mentor, Accellerator and Startup Founder in the Silicon Valley, USA, shared his personal experience in the field of mentoring the startups. He also explained the process of developing the startups and the procedures followed in US as regards startup in the Silicon Valley. He then explained the steps he is taking to accelerate the functioning of the startups in US. He explained the various opportunities to develop startups in Tamil Nadu. He cited few examples of the government initiatives for promoting startup in India through various schemes like Startup India, TANSIM and Startup Tamil Nadu. Students raised lot of questions and the resource person gave explained all the queries raised by the students with few examples from India and US. All the students participated in the program benefitted through this program. The resource person promised to continue this even after going back to US through video conferencing. The program was coordinated by Mrs. P. Sooriabrabha, EDC Coordinator, AP/AI&DS.

A Webinar was conducted by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and Institution lnnovation Council in association with the Department of Computer Applications on the topic "The Essence of Entrepreneurial Skills to Develop a Startup” on 08.07.2022. The Webinar was organized for the MCA staff and students. The session was handled by Mr.R.Albert Paulin Michael, AP/MCA, Francis Xavier Engineering, Tirunelveli from 3.00pm - 4.00pm. The resource person conveyed the insights regarding the Entrepreneurial Skills like basic start- up knowledge, business planning, financial literacy and managerial skills for develop a startup and he focused the startups on various stages and various types of organizations in a location. He explained about skills to develop a startup like creative thinking, time management, networking, communication and create an opportunity. He insisted the students to develop of a startup. 30 students and faculties were actively participated in the session. All the students were benefited by the Webinar.

On 05.07.2022 the Entrepreneurship Development Cell of IT department and IIC organized a session on “Value Proposition as a Strategy to enable the Innovators to develop Marketable Products”. The session was handled by Ms. M. Aruna Devi, Assistant Professor, Department of AI&DS, FXEC. The Program was arranged by through offline mode. The programme was presided by Dr.J.B.Shajilin Loret and coordinated by Dr.L.Gandhimathi, EDC Coordinator of IT department.

The resource person explained the concept of value proposition. He said some believe that product success depends upon having some technology that is better than something else and as a result, the world will beat a path to that product's door. Others think that if they simply get into a room and brainstorm ideas or even play ideation games, the right ideas will automatically come forward and the product will succeed. During her talk she insisted on starting a business using successful products start with clearly understanding what people and organizations “do". What they do, how they do it, why they do it and so forth. This course enables the participants to figure out what their prospective customers “do" and then translate that into a compelling “value proposition". Together the “dos" will enable engineering to build the right product and the value proposition will direct marketing to get the marketing plan right. Together, implementing the right “dos" and “value proposition will ensure product success. The objective to promote the understanding what your customers "do" innovating and design will enhance the value proposition of your product.

She also inspired the students with Motivating Stories about successful Student Entrepreneurs.The session was an interactive one where the students were very participative in order to innovate the talents and clarify their doubts. There are students with motivation who become successful student entrepreneurs after a hard road of work and practice. Totally 35 students and 1 staff members participated in the session.

On 04.07.2022 a Motivational Talk on “Value Preposition Fit and Business Fit” was organized by the Department of Computer Science and Business Systems in association with Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC at 2.00 p.m. - 3.00 p.m. Dr. K.Lakshmi Narayanan, Associate Professor, Department of ECE, In-charge of Embedded and IOT Incubation Centre, Francis Xavier Engineering College was the resource person. The program was delivered in offline mode and was coordinated by Dr. T. Manimozhi, EDC Co-coordinator & Professor, Mathematics, CSBS Department.

The resource person explained the meaning of value proposition fit. He said that a fit is achieved when the products and services offered as part of the value proposition address the most significant pains and gains from the customer profile. Identifying the value proposition on paper is only the first stage. He gave the following examples such as Uber – The Smartest Way to Get Around, Apple iPhone – The Experience IS the Product, Unbounce – A/B Testing Without Tech Headaches, Slack – Be More Productive at Work with Less Effort, Digit – Save Money Without Thinking About It. He also said that the value that you deliver can typically impact your clients on three different levels namely technical, business, and personal. The students gained knowledge and the students asked few questions about value proposition and how it used to prepare the business canvas. The interaction motivated the students to get new insight about value proposition fit and business fit. 57 students and 1 staff attended the program very actively.

On 01.07.2022 the Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science in association with the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC organised a motivational session on the topic “Innovation-A new trend to inspire budding Engineers”. The resource person for this program was Dr.A.Ravi, Professor in-charge of Robotics and Automation Incubation Centre, FXEC. The program was organised for the first year B.Tech Artificial intelligence and Data Science.

The resource person being the professor in-charge of Robotics and Automation Incubation Centre, he explained the term innovation and the different stages in the process of innovation. He gave live examples for the product development process using the products developed in his own incubation centre. The session created a vibration among the students and started discussing the new ideas for developing the innovative product development. The resource person guided the students’ innovative ideas and gave explanation for taking up those innovative ideas for the product development. In fact, the sharing and discussion created lot of insights among the students. 40 students 1 faculty member participated in the program. The program was coordinated by the EDC Coordinator, Mrs. P. Sooriabrabha, AP/AI&DS .

1st July 2022 FX Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering organized a motivational talk on "Avenues to Earn while Learn through Indigenous Home Automated Product ". Mr. J. Jeremy Jeba Samuel, Professor/Mech, FXEC delivered the Guest Lecture on the topic of the day. Ms.M.Krithika AP/EEE coordinated the program.

The resource person explained the process of developing the knowledge about the home automation using IoT software, hardwares, sensors, protocols, architecture and platforms which can be used for developing the home automated products. He said that there are three main elements of a home automation system namely sensors, controllers, and actuators. Of which sensors can monitor changes in daylight, temperature, or motion detection whereas home automation systems can then adjust those settings according the preferences. The speaker also said that Applications of IoT-enabled connectivity are home security, air quality monitoring, infotainment delivery, smart lock etc. He asked questions to the participants like, What really would compel someone to actually develop a product which is a complete IoT-based home automation system? Could it be the need to improve the safety of your home, could it be the desire to live a Jetson-like life that millennials always dreamt of.

The speaker presented some of the areas where consumers can expect to see home automation led IoT-enabled connectivity such as Lighting control, HVAC, Lawn/Gardening management, Smart Home Appliances, Improved Home safety and security, Home air quality and water quality monitoring, Natural Language-based voice assistants, Better Infotainment delivery, AI-driven digital experiences, Smart Switches, Smart Locks, Smart Energy Meters.

The resource person after highlighting all the home automated products, he explained how it can be converted into a business model to earn revenue out of the same. 38 students and 2 staff members participated in the program and benefitted out of the session.

On 1.7.2022 a guest talk was organised by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and Institution lnnovation Council in association with the Department of Master of Computer Applications on the topic “Startup Avenues in the Export of Aloe Vera”. The Session was handled by Dr.Subramania Bala Jehurun, AP/MBA, Francis Xavier Engineer College, Tirunelveli. The Guest Talk was organized for the MCA students. from 3.00pm – 4.00pm.

The resource person said that Aloe vera is the most profitable farming worldwide. It is used in different sectors, such as the medical industry, cosmetic industry, food industry, and many more. The aloe vera cultivation needs less water and maintenance. Aloe vera business can be done by selling the plant leaves or extracting and marketing the juice. He also listed few benefits of aloe vera that don't depend on the mercury rising such as 1) It's Anti-Ageing 2) It fights Acne 3) It Reduces Plaque 4) It's Hydrating 5) It's Moisturising 6) It Boosts Digestion 7) It Soothes Razor Burn 8) It Lowers Blood Sugar.

The resource person highlighted the studies that have shown that aloe gel might be effective in treating skin conditions such as Psoriasis, Seborrhea, Dandruff, Minor burns, Skin abrasions, Skin injured by radiation, Herpes sores and Acne. He identified the opportunities which are available by producing value added products using the Aloe Vera. He underlined the financial support provided by the government to develop startup. 30 students and 2 faculty members were actively participated in the session. All the students were benefited by this session talk.