NATIONAL INNOVATION AND STARTUP POLICY
On 31-05-2022 Entrepreneurship Development Cell and Institution’s Innovation Cell in association with Department of Computer Science and Engineering organized “A Guest talk on Challenges of Early Stage Entrepreneurs”. The session was handled by Dr. R.Ravi Professor /CSE, Francis Xavier Engineering College. The Programme started with the prayer by Prof. Dr.G.Aravind Swaminathan.
The resource person explained meaning of entrepreneurship and the need for becoming an entrepreneur. He highlighted the top Indian entrepreneurs and the challenges faced by them during the early stage of entrepreneurship. During his speech he also explained the legal formalities required to be fulfilled for starting the business establishment. He gave detailed explanation about the MSME registration process. Students were informed about the procedures to be followed for completing the MSME registration formalities. The students actively participated in this session. The event was co-ordinated by Mr. M.Mukesh Krishnan, AP/CSE.
On 31st May 2022 a “Workshop on IPR relating to Design Patent” was organized by Entrepreneurship Development Cell and Institution’s Innovation Cell in association with Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at 3.00-4.00 p.m. Dr. A. Andrew Roobert, Assistant Professor/ECE, FXEC and the professor in-charge of Advanced Electronic System Design Pre-Incubation Centre was the guest speaker.
The Guest speaker explained the concepts relating to Intellectual Property Rights and why the inventor must protect the right to use the invention/innovation. As our college is having number of patents the resource person explained few patents submitted by the staff members and the students working in the incubation centres.
The resource person explained different types of IPR namely Patent, Utility Models, Layout Design of Circuits, New Plant Varieties, Trademarks and Copyrights. After explaining the types of patents he started explaining the details regarding the design patent. He highlighted the provisions relating to the Design Act, 2000 and the amendment rules 2021 design patent in the IPR Act.
He also discussed about who can file the design, Jurisdiction for filing the design application, requirements for design application filing, Patent legislations. These valuable points were very useful for the students to publish their invention and file the patent according to the Intellectual Property Rights. 41 students from EEE department and 2 staff members participated in the program and the event was coordinated by Ms.M.Krithika AP/EEE and Mr.N.V.Selvam, AP/EEE. We have received good feedback from the participants about the program and all participants were benefited.
On 31st May 2022 Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering organized a session on "Business opportunities in the Manufacture of LED Tubelight " to motivate the students to start the manufacturing of LED Tubelight which is having good market and which requires lesser capital investment and space. Dr. M. Suresh Chinnathampy, Professor/ECE, and in-charge of Advanced Communication Systems incubation centre delivered a guest lecture.
The resource person explained the various stages and the process involved in the manufacture of LED Tube Lights. As the major part in the manufacture of LED Tube lights comes under assembling of various components which are required to manufacture the LED Tube Light, students gathered all the details very much interestingly. The speaker also gave information about the sources from where all the components can be purchased and how it can be marketed in the local areas and in the nearby areas. He also listed the machineries and other accessories to be purchased and the cost of each of the components. He also gave a rough estimated cost of manufacture of LED tube lights and the profit margin one can expect from the sale of LED Tube Lights. The resource person also highlighted the energy savings, ecofriendly and ecological advantages of LED bulbs. Moreover, the resource person explained about the project report to be prepared to avail the bank loan also. He said the project report on LED bulb needs to cover the following aspects:
This event was conducted through offline mode to EEE students and coordinated by Ms.M.Krithika AP/EEE and Mr.N.V.Selvam, AP/EEE. The participants gave good feedback about the session. 41 students and 2 faculty members participated in the event.
On 31.5.2022 a guest talk was organised by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and Institution lnnovation Council in association with the Department of Computer Applications on the topic "Sharing the Success Story of Bee Keepers Farm”. The Session was handled by Mr.X.Aasir Dasan, Aasir Enterprises, Tirunelveli from 3.00 pm to 4.00 pm. The resource person introduction was given by Mr. R. Albert Paulin Michael, AP/MCA. The resource person explained why we need to encourage apiculture and the importance of beekeeping. The speaker said that the apiculture provides products such as honey and wax that are used commercially. Moreover, honeybees are responsible for pollination and thus help in increasing the yield of the several plants. He also highlighted important information regarding High-Yielding Bees, Nucleus Colony. He listed the following advantages of Bee Keeping.
The resource person explained the investment needed for developing the bee colonies and the modern equipment available for beekeeping, managing the bees and collection honey. He presented the investment needed for developing the beehives and managing the same. He said that income can be generated regularly through beekeeping in the form of sale of honey and wax.
50 students participated in the session. All the students were benefited by the sharing of beekeeping success story. The resource person clarified all the questions raised by the students. The session went on well and all the students were very much impressed about the session. Queries taken place between the students and the resource person was highly inspired for all the students.
On 31th May, 2022 a “Exposure visit to Robotics & Automation Incubation Centre” was organized by Entrepreneurship Development Cell & Institution’s Innovation Council in association with the Department of Mechanical Engineering at 11:30 to 12.30 pm. Dr.A.Ravi, Professor/EEE, Robotics & Automation Incubation Centre, FXEC was the resource person. The program was held via offline mode. Dr.R.K.A.Bhalaji, AP/Mech co-ordinated the programme.
Dr.A.Ravi, Professor/EEE, Robotics & Automation Incubation Centre, gave an outline about the Robotics and Automation Incubation Centre. He explained the innovation activities undertaken through the Incubation Centre. He said that from first year to fourth year students are involved in the product development activities. He also demonstrated few innovative products developed through the incubation Centre. The resource person shared lot of new ideas about robotics & automation with the help of Lab view and Tinker CADD software. Additionally, he showed some innovative products such as weeding robot, stair case robot and fire-fighting robot. It will be helpful for our students to understand about how to make the robot using the concept of Robot Operating System (ROS) & embedded controller. The entire incubation centre is automated and controlled through mobile phones (Automation Software).
On 27.05.2022 a workshop on “Design Thinking for Renewable Energy Resources” was organized by the Department of Computer Science and Business Studies in association with Entrepreneurship Development Cell and Institution’s Innovation Council at 2:15 p.m. -3.15 p.m. Mr. Prem Ananth, IIC convener, IIC Innovation Ambassador for Design thinking & Innovations, Assistant Professor of Francis Xavier Engineering College was the resource person. The program was conducted through and was coordinated by Dr. T. Manimozhi, EDC Co-coordinator & Professor Mathematics of CSBS Department. Resource person being the Innovation Ambassador in the Design Thinking area, he explained the meaning and the process of Design Thinking. He gave lot of examples to make the concept understand by the students. He highlighted the need for exploring the renewable energy resources. In fact, the topic was the need of the hour, so he stressed the participants to involve themselves in this area and to explore the opportunities available to the mankind.
As the topic was very much interesting, participants paid more attention and raised lot of questions to the resource person which was answered by the resource person. The participants felt that the session was very much interesting and useful and gained knowledge in design thinking and the problems associated with renewable energy resources.
On 26-05-2022 Entrepreneurship Development Cell and Institution’s Innovation Council in association with Department of Computer Science and Engineering organized a seminar on “Design Thinking for Waste Recycling”. The session was handled by Dr. R.Suman Associate Professor/S&H, Francis Xavier Engineering College. The Programme started with the prayer by Prof. Dr.G.Aravind Swaminathan.
The resource person explained the process of design thinking and how the design thinking can be used to find solutions to the business problems. He highlighted few examples for waste recycling and how it can be used for some productive use. By using the design thinking concept how one can develop a solution which can be used to manufacture a product. Therefore, by identifying the usefulness of the waste recycling the wastages can be minimised and it can be used for some productive purpose. The examples cited by the resource person created a taught provoking idea. The conversion of waste plastics into biochar which can be used in the fields as the fertiliser. The students actively participated in this seminar and gathered lot of insights about design thinking concept and the process of waste recycling. The event was co-ordinated by Mr. M.Mukesh Krishnan, AP/CSE.
On 26.05.2022 a session was arranged by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell of ECE department and IIC on “Business Model Canvas - Strategic Management Tool to Communicate Business Idea" through offline mode. The Session was handled by Dr. T. C. Subbu Lakshmi, in-charge of Ideation Incubation Centre, Associate Professor, Department of ECE, Francis Xavier Engineering College from 3.00 PM – 04.25 PM. The Seminar was presided by Mrs J Friska HOD/ECE. ECE students and ECE faculty members participated in this program. The program was coordinated by Dr. R Prem Ananth, IIC Convener, IIC Innovation Ambassador for "Design thinking & Innovations", Assistant professor, Francis Xavier Engineering College.
The guest speaker explained the meaning of Business Model Canvas and highlighted the different segments of BMC namely Key Partners, Key Activities, Key Resources, Value Propositions, Customer Relationships, Channels, Customer Segments, Cost Structure, and Revenue Streams. She explained all the segments elaborately giving lot of live examples relevant to the topic. She said the business models are important for both new and established businesses. They help new, developing companies attract investment, recruit talent, and motivate management and staff. Established businesses should regularly update their business plans or they will fail to anticipate trends and challenges ahead. As the resource person is interested in the innovation and product development, she gave live examples from her experience. The real time examples and the sharing of experience in the field of innovation and product development created greater enthusiasm among the participants and raised few questions to the resource person. The session was very much interesting and thought provoking. All the participants gathered lot of information and gained knowledge on Business Model Canvas. 47 students from ECE and 4 faculty members participated in the seminar.
The interaction between the students and the resource person was highly motivating to all the students. Session ended with the feedback of Students.
The 18th National Level Technical Symposium WYVRENZ 2K22 was conducted on 25.05.2022 during the academic year 2021-2022 (EVEN) . The chief guest for the event Er. Dhanasekar, Transmission Model Development Engineer, Mercedes Benz R & D, India. The Staff Co-ordinator Dr.R.K.A.Bhalaji gave the welcome address. The programme was felicitated by the principal Dr.V.Velmurugan and the Head of the Department Dr.R.Samuel Hansen .The chief guest gave as inspiring speech .Various events had been conducted and the prize winners were honoured during the valedictory function. The gathering came to an end by a thank note by Mr.Abishieh Baskaran S, the secretary of the association.
On 25th May 2022 a Guest talk on “Government support to startups” was organized by Entrepreneurship Development Cell & Institution’s Innovation Council in association with Civil Engineering department from 11:45 AM to 12:45 PM. The Guest speaker of the program was Dr. Lourdes Poobala Rayen, Director, EDC Director, IIC President and IIC Innovation Ambassador of Francis Xavier Engineering College. During his speech the resource explained about the need and importance of becoming an entrepreneur and the government support available for starting a business establishment. He highlighted the various schemes like PMEGP (Prime Minister's Employment Generation Program), UYEGP (Unemployed Youth Employment Generation Program), NEEDS (New Entrepreneur cum Enterprise Development Scheme), Mudra. He also explained the process needs to be followed for getting the assistance through all the above schemes. He explained the Nodal agencies like DIC, KVIC and MSME through which the beneficiaries can avail the assistance. He also explained the subsidies which can be availed under each of the government schemes. The resource person highlighted the additional subsidies and assistances available for starting the business establishments in the rural areas. He cited the various opportunities which are available for starting the business establishment. Participants gained knowledge about the Government support to startups and business establishments. 35 students and 2 faculty members actively participated in the session.
On 25.05.2022 a session was arranged by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell of ECE department and IIC through offline mode on the topic “Product Design - An Inevitable Process of Creating Consumer Centric Products". The session was handled by Dr.K.Lakshmi Narayanan, In-charge of Embedded and IOT Incubation Centre, Associate Professor, Department of ECE, Francis Xavier Engineering College from 1.30 PM – 02.40 PM. The Seminar 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 members participated in the event. The program was coordinated by Dr. R Prem Ananth, IIC Convener, IIC Innovation Ambassador for "Design thinking & Innovations", Assistant professor, Francis Xavier Engineering College.
The resource person explained the process of designing a product and the things to be considered while designing a product. During his speech he explained the seven stages of new prototype development to develop Consumer centric products. He elaborated various stages. Stage 1: Idea Generation; Stage 2: Idea Screening; Stage 3: Concept Development & Testing; Stage 4: Market Strategy/Business Analysis; Stage 5: Product Development; Stage 6: Deployment and Stage 7: Market Entry/Commercialization. He also explained the benefits of following the process of product development seriously to develop a marketable product which can serve the target consumers. 44 students and 4 faculty members actively participated in the session.
The interaction between the students and the resource person was highly motivating to all the students. Session came to an end with the feedback of Students.
On 25.05.2022 Entrepreneurship Development Cell of IT department and IIC organized a guest lecture on “Startup Opportunities in Waste Recycling”. The session was handled by Prof.A.Kandasamy, Dept of Civil Engineering, FXEC. The programme was presided by Dr.J.B.Shajilin Loret and jointly coordinated by EDC director and IIC president Dr. Lourdes Poobala Rayen. This program was organized for III year B.Tech students.
The resource person explained the waste management or waste disposal which includes the processes and actions required to manage waste from its inception to its final disposal. He also explained the collection, transport, treatment and disposal of waste, together with monitoring and regulation of the waste management process and waste-related technologies and economic mechanisms.
He said that before taking up any of the recycling business ideas one should know the different kinds of wastes in different sectors like household waste, construction waste, electronic waste, and so on. Secondly, after the selection of the Recycling business idea, have a thorough knowledge of the process of recycling and buy machinery accordingly. Thirdly do exhaustive research on the products of recycling along with its marketing and then take up the recycling business idea. He highlighted the most profitable recycling business ideas like waste paper, e-waste, aluminum, battery, garbage construction waste, etc. He also said that by taking up any of the recycling business ideas, you are protecting the environment on one hand and earning profits on the other.
The session gave an eye opening for the students towards Waste Recycling. The session was an interactive one where the students were very much participative and clarified their doubts. 45 students were participated in the session. The program was organized by Dr. L. Gandhimathi, EDC Coordinator of IT department.
On 24.5.2022 the Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science and Entrepreneurship Development Cell in association with IIC organised a workshop on “Entrepreneurial Skills for Startups”. Mrs.Shala.F.John Assistant Professor, FXEC was the resource person. The program was organised for the B.Tech Artificial intelligence and Data Science students. The resource person gave elaborate explanation about the entrepreneurship, the importance of entering into entrepreneurship. She highlighted the entrepreneurial opportunities which are available to the engineering students. The resource person explained the skills which are required to manage the startups. While explaining the entrepreneurial skills she gave number of live examples which inspired the participants to gain more knowledge about the entrepreneurial skills and how to develop the skills required for managing the enterprise. She highlighted the various skill sets such as leadership, business management, time management, creative thinking and problem-solving skills which are necessary to manage the business establishments. Mrs. P. Sooriabrabha, AP/AI&DS coordinated the program.
On 23rd May 2022 a seminar on “Design Thinking – A key to solve Business problems” was organized by Entrepreneurship Development Cell & Institutions’ Innovation Council in association with department of Civil Engineering from 2:15 to 3:15 p.m. The Guest speaker of the program was Dr. Lakshmi Narayanan, Associate Professor/ECE and Embedded & IoT incubation centre of Francis Xavier Engineering College. During his speech he explained the process of design thinking and its importance while trying to solve the business problems. The resource person is one of the product developers and he is mentoring the students in his Embedded & IoT incubation centre. With his vast experience in the field of IoT he gave lot of live examples to impress the participants about the need for design thinking. He also highlighted various business problems and how to use the design thinking concept to solve those problems. In fact, the session was very mush useful and participants gained lot of knowledge and exposure about design thinking. 21 students and 2 faculty members participated in the session very actively.
On 20th May 2022 the Entrepreneurship Development Centre and IIC in association with Department of Management studies organised an “Exposure Visit to MSME Units”. Students visited few MSME units functioning in the SIDCO Industrial Estate, Pettai, Tirunelveli. The first year MBA students participated in the exposure visit. Prof. Dr.Jeshurun and Prof. Thanalakshmi accompanied the students during the exposure vist. Students visited Kasianandha Pressure Cookware Unit, Maha Plastic Mat Unit, Jene PVC pipes, and Apple Cookware unit.
After visiting the MSME units students went to the MSME Development and Facilitation Office (Formerly known as MSME DI) where the Assistant Director of MSME, Mr.Simiyon gave a detailed explanation about the role of MSME and how the MSME is associating with Micro and Small units functioning in the Industrial Estate. He motivated the students to start the business establishment and highlighted the MSME schemes for starting the MSME units. He also explained the role of MSME as the nodal agency to identify the prospective entrepreneurs and helping them to start the startups. The students gained more practical exposure and moreover, it was an eye opener event for most of the MBA students visited the MSME units. The visit was arranged by Prof.Dr. Loudes Poobala Rayen, Director, EDC in association with MSME Tirunelveli.
Assistant Director of MSME, Mr.Simiyon giving a detailed explanation about the role of MSME and how the MSME is associating with Micro and Small units functioning in the Industrial Estate.
On 19.5.2022 a guest talk was conducted by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and Institution lnnovation Council in association with the Department of Computer Applications on the topic “IPR for Geographical Indication”. The Guest Talk was organized for the MCA students. The session started with a prayer by Mrs.D. Angeline Ranjithamani AP/MCA. The resource person introduction was given by Mr. R. Albert Paulin Michael, AP/MCA. The Session was handled by Dr.A.Andrew Roobert, Advanced Electronic Sytem Design Applied Lab from 11.30am - 12.30pm. The resource person explained in detail what is GI, its registration process, items covered under GI, qualifiers and the consultative expert group which is involved in giving GI processing and licenses. He also explained the infringement of GI and Production, Processing, Preparation of Product details. He also highlighted the points to be remembered in GI Registration Process. 50 students participated actively in the session. All the students were benefited by the guest talk. The interaction between the students and the resource person was highly inspired to all the students.
On 19th May, 2022 a workshop on “Entrepreneurial Opportunities to Mechanical Engineers in Solidworks” was organized by Entrepreneurship Development Cell & Institution’s Innovation Council in association with the Department of Mechanical Engineering at 11:00 to 12.00 pm. Mr. Abraham Jebamani Raj, Third Year Student, Mechanical Engineering, FXEC was the resource person. The program was held via offline mode. Dr.R.K.A.Bhalaji, AP/Mech inaugurated the workshop with welcome address.
The resource person shared the importance of entrepreneurship and why the mechanical engineering students must opt entrepreneurship as the career option. He highlighted the entrepreneurial opportunities which are available using solid works. He used lot of real time example to explain how the solid works can be used to earn through developing startup. He told that a new designing software can be developed through solid works. Additionally, he revealed that the academy for online learning software’s such as solid works, autocad, catia etc. can also be developed and earn revenue using solid works. Co-marketing opportunities such as speaking at SOLIDWORKS events and promotion in SOLIDWORKS campaigns and social communities can also be used as the entrepreneurial opportunities.
On 18th May 2022 a Seminar on “Prototyping and Functional Testing for Market fit” was organized by Entrepreneurship Development Cell & Institution’s Innovation Council in association with the department of Civil Engineering from 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM. The Guest speaker of the program was Dr. M.Kannan, Professor in Mechanical Engineering and the professor in-charge of the Design, Modelling & Analysis Incubation Centre, Francis Xavier Engineering College. The resource person explained the meaning of prototyping and the reasons for developing the prototyping. He said that the prototyping helps the innovator to test the functional aspects of the innovated product. During his speech he explained the basic concepts of Prototyping and the four primary phases to be considered while developing a product. The resource person being the product developer he gave lot of live examples from his own experience and highlighted the importance of protyping and functional testing for market fit. He also explained the mindset and the drive one must have to develop a product which can fit into the market and satisfy the needs of the users. Participants gained knowledge about Prototyping, functional testing, and their process in market fit. 29 students and 2 faculty members actively participated in the session.
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On 18th May, 2022 a guest lecture on “Business Opportunities through Online Mode” was organized by Entrepreneurship Development Cell & Institution’s Innovation Council in association with the Department of Mechanical Engineering at 10.00 am to 11.00 am. Mr. Alban Santhosh, Alumni Entrepreneur, Admin – Life Changers Academy was the resource person. The program was held via offline mode. Dr.R.Samuel Hansen, HOD/Mech gave an introductory note with welcome address.
The resource person explained the various business opportunities available through online mode. As the Indian Government is digitalizing all the activities and operations in all the sectors, business establishments are moving towards online platform. This has opened up lot of opportunities to the students and others. He highlighted few business ideas to start the business through online portal such as digital courses & tutoring business, startup advisor, technical writer, YouTube channel, sales through Facebook and instagram etc. He also told that the online business can be done by the students even while learn. Moreover, he told that online business is an opportunity to make money from anywhere in the world. He revealed owning and maintaining an online business gives entrepreneurs the freedom to earn money. Additionally, he shown lot of real time examples about online business to the students. As the resource person is one of the alumni entrepreneurs from the mechanical department, the students raised lot of questions and he answered all the questions with emphatic answers. The session was very useful and all the participants gained more ideas about online business opportunities. 31 students and one staff member participated in the guest lecture session.
On 16.5.2022 the Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science and Entrepreneurship Development Cell in association with IIC organised a workshop on the topic “Entrepreneurship as a Tool for Economic Development”. Mr.N.Subramanian, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Francis Xavier Engineering, Tirunelveli was the resource person. The program was organised for the first year B.Tech Artificial intelligence and Data Science students. The resource person explained the need for entrepreneurship and why the engineering students must choose entrepreneurship as their career option. He highlighted few examples to show how the business establishments are contributing to the economic development and the growth of a country. The participants raised few questions and clarified the process of starting a concern. Mrs. P. Sooriabrabha, AP/AI&DS coordinated the workshop.
On 13-05-2022 Entrepreneurship Development Cell and Institution’s Innovation Council in association with Department of Computer Science and Engineering organized a seminar on “Start-Up Opportunities in Coconut Fibre based Product”. The session was handled by Dr. A. Jainul Fathima AP/IT, Francis Xavier Engineering College. The Programme started with the prayer by Prof.Dr.G.Aravind Swaminathan.
The resource person explained the concept of startups and why the engineering students must enter into startup venture. The resource person said that the Engineers are Nation Builders and they must involve in the manufacturing activities instead of searching for job. She also highlighted the government support for the development of startups. She gave lot of examples about coconut-based products like, coco pith blocks, coconut scrubbers, Coconut fibre flowerpot, Coconut fiber mattres etc. She highlighted the value-added products produced using coconut. While explaining the startup avenues in this region, she gave lot of examples to convince the students about the prospects for coconut-based products. She also explained about the various funding schemes to start the business. The students actively participated in this Seminar. The event was co-ordinated by Mr. M.Mukesh Krishnan, AP/CSE.
On 11.05.2022 a Motivational talk on “The Need For Entrepreneurship Among Engineering Graduates” was organized by the Department of Computer Science and Business Studies in association with Entrepreneurship Development Cell and Institution’s innovation Council at 10.00 a.m. Prof. A. Kandasamy, EDC Coordinator/Department of Civil Engineering of Francis Xavier Engineering College was the resource person. The program was conducted in the offline mode and coordinated by Dr. T. Manimozhi, EDC Co-coordinator & Professor Mathematics of CSBS Department.
The resource person explained about the key concepts of Entrepreneurship and the importance of entrepreneurship. He also highlighted the need for entrepreneurship and why the engineers must opt for entrepreneurship. During this session he stressed the engineers to involve in innovation and product development and enter in to entrepreneurship. He also gave number of examples of engineers becoming entrepreneurs to impress the participants. The resource person is also having a family business which helps him to cite his own personal experience to the students. The interactions between the resource person and the participants created an enthusiasm among the participants. The session was a very useful one and all the participants gained lot of exposure about entrepreneurship.
On 11th May 2022 Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering organized a guest lecture to commemorate the National Technology Day as a part of IIC Celebration Day activity on the topic “Integrated Approach in Science and Technology for Sustainable Future”. Mr. N. Subramanian, Assistant Professor/EEE, FXEC delivered the Guest Lecture on the proposed topic.
The guest speaker explained the purpose of organizing the program on the National Technological Day and the technological advancement contributed by the scientists and engineers. He highlighted the breakthroughs into new technologies which created a profound impact on development. He said that the challenge of the sustainable development is to use technology in such a way that it balances advances in productivity with long-term resource viability. The speaker highlighted some of the key characteristics of an Innovation, which are: A sustainable future wherein people can meet their needs without compromising the ability of people in the future to meet their own needs. Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
This event was conducted by offline mode to III EEE students and the event was coordinated by Ms.M.Krithika AP/EEE. 41 Students and 2 Faculty are participated and benefited from this program.
On 11.05.2022 Entrepreneurship Development Cell of IT department and IIC organized a guest talk on “Entrepreneurial Opportunities through Social Media Networks” through offline mode. Dr.E.Manohar , Associate Professor, Dept of Computer Science and Engineering was the resource person. The programme was presided by Dr.J.B.Shajilin Loret and jointly coordinated by EDC director and IIC president Dr. Lourdes Poobala Rayen. This program was organized for I year B.Tech Information Technology students.
The resource person gave a detailed outline about the various social medias available like Facebook, Instagram and YouTube etc. He highlighted how the social media can be used for revenue generation. He also said that now a days most of the business establishments are making use of the social medias for giving information about their products and services to reach a greater number of audiences. At the same time, it has opened an innumerable opportunity to do business using the social media network. The social media networks are providing an opportunity to engage with existing customers and reach new ones while allowing them to promote their desired culture, mission, or tone. He further highlighted that social medias are typically used for social interaction and access to news and information, and decision making. He said that as the students actively interacted and the students were understanding the social media platform like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, Pinterest, Snapchat it can be used for creating business connections also.
The session gave an eye opening for the students towards online business. The session was an interactive one where the students were very participative and clarified their doubts. 57 students participated in the session. The program was organized by Dr.L.Gandhimathi, EDC Coordinator of IT department.
On 11.5.2022 an Exposure Visit to NI and Robotics Incubation Centre was arranged by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and Institution lnnovation Council in association with the Department of Computer Applications. Dr. A. Ravi, Professor incharge of NI and Robotics incubation Centre explained activities of the Incubation Centre and demonstrated the various products innovated through the incubation centre.
He explained the products which were developed in NI and Robotics Lab like Smart Cooker whistle counter, Paddy Field Water Monitor, Floor Automatic Cleaner. He also highlighted the projects which are contributed to the society like Farmer Supporting devices, weeding Robot, Lab Automation etc. Finally, he demonstrated the Lab view software and the other related information. The Visit was held at 3.00am - 4.00pm. The NI and Robotics Incubation Centre Lab In charge motivated the students to develop innovation Ideas. 30 students and 2 staff members were actively participated in the visit. All the students were benefited by this exposure visit. The interaction between the students and NI and Robotics in- charge person was highly appreciated. Mr.R.Albert Paulin Michael,AP /MCA coordinated the program.
On 6th May 2022 a workshop on “Resources for developing startups in Tirunelveli District was organized by the Department of Management studies in association with Entrepreneurship Development Cell & Institution’s Innovation Council @ 11.00 a.m. to 12.30 a.m. Mrs M.Thanalakshmi, Assistant Professor, Department of Management Studies, Francis Xavier Engineering College, Tirunelveli was invited as Guest speaker. Mrs. J.Anna Thangam, EDC Co-ordinator & Assistant Professor, MBA Department coordinated the Programme.
Prof.D.Annie Rose Nirmala HOD/ MBA delivered welcome speech and Mrs.J.Evangeline Kiruba introduced the guest speaker. The resource person explained the importance of startup and the government support available for the startups. She highlighted the resources available in Tirunelveli District to develop the startups. While presenting the resources she said that the banana trunk can be utilized for producing banana fibre which is used for making sarees, bags, ropes and other decorative items. Likewise, the coconut fibre can be used for producing the flower pots, scrubbers and the coconut shell can be used for producing charcoal, activated carbon. Similarly, the paddy husk can be used for producing the activated carbon. Actually, the Tirunelveli district is known for cottage industries which is having more potential in this area. Moreover, the guest speaker also gave information regarding the startup funds available through various government schemes namely startu India, Startup TN etc. The speaker highlighted the ideas and benefits of starting a business in Tirunelveli District, the Geographical advantage of the location, and the natural resources which are available in the district to start the startup.
Finally, Rasika I Year student of MBA delivered the vote of thanks and the guest speaker and thanked all for the opportunity given. The feedback link was posted to the participants, to collect the opinion about the programme.
On 29.4.2022 a workshop was organised by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and Institution lnnovation Council in association with the Department of Computer Applications on the topic "Idea to Action (I2A)-A Startup Initiative”. Mr.K.Manoj Kumar, Digital Marketer, Madurai was the guest speaker and he spoke from 3.00 p.m - 4.00 p.m. The workshop was organized for MCA students. The resource person introduction was given by Mr. R. Albert Paulin Michael, AP /MCA. The resource person explained the process of developing the ideas and the various sources for developing the ideas. He highlighted the various stages of converting the ideas in to prototype and to develop the prototype in to market ready product. He also explained the various funding assistances provided by the government for setting up startup. He also stressed the points that has to be remembered in start moving, tweak, improve and he has given an awareness about the techniques to generate Ideas .60 students 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 inspirational to all the students.
On 28th April 2022, as a part of World Earth Day- An IIC Celebration activity a seminar was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and Institution’s Innovation Council in association with Civil Engineering Department on the title “Seminar on the Green Technological Solutions for the Next Generation”. The resource person was Dr.G.Ginni, Applied lab incharge, Green Technologies and Environmental sustainability. The resource person delivered a talk on pollution prevention solution and steps to lead a pollution free society for our future generation. She highlighted the Green Technological solution for our young budding Engineers and future entrepreneurs. She inspired the students by sharing lot of information regarding waste minimization and emission reduction. As the resource person is much interested in Environmental Technologies, she shared more details about providing pollution free environment. She motivated students by citing lot of live examples to implement the pollution control for our environment in future. 55 students participated in the programme. The students interacted with the resource person and enriched their knowledge on the green technological solutions.
On 28.04.2022 the Entrepreneurship Development Cell of IT department and Institution’s Innovation Council organized a workshop on “Workshop on Virtual Entrepreneurship” through offline mode. Dr.A.Jainul Fathima, Assistant Professor, Department of Information Technology was the resource person. The programme was presided by Dr.J.B.Shajilin Loret and jointly coordinated by EDC director and IIC president Dr. Lourdes poobala Rayen. This program was organized for III year B.Tech students.
The resource person highlighted the process of creating a new—or novel Internet enabled business, product or service. She explained the process of creating a start-up to bring a new digital product or service to the market and also the digital transformation of an existing business activity. This workshop gave a hands-on exercise for some aspects of the digital business designs. Digital entrepreneurship workshop comes with a dual faceted focus; one is to facilitate new and existing business ideas and the second one to establish a strong online presence. Participants gained the hands-on training to explore the opportunities that the Internet offers in terms of growth and expansion of any business by launching it online.
This workshop also provided an opportunity to get insights on starting the own online business and to understand various aspects of online marketing strategies and tools that can improve the business by extending an ongoing support and consulting to ensure the success of the business. The session highlighted about affiliate marketing, selling digital goods, creation of own website.
The session was an eye opening one for the students towards Digital/Virtual Entrepreneurship. The session was an interactive one where the students were very participative in order to explore their talents and to clarify their doubts. Totally 33 students participated in the session. The program was organized by Dr.L.Gandhimathi, EDC Coordinator of IT department.
On 28th April, 2022, an “Interaction with Innovative Product Developers” was organized by Entrepreneurship Development Cell & Institution’s Innovation Council in association with the Department of Mechanical Engineering at 11:30 am to 12.30 pm. Mr. S.Shiek Sulaimann, AP/Mech, Professor incharge of Innovation & Product Development Incubation Centre, FXEC, Tirunelveli was the resource person. Mr. Muthumani (Technical Assistant) and Robinson, Siva and Mathavan (Third Year Mechanical Engg Students), were the product developers. The program was held via offline mode. Dr.R.K.A.Bhalaji, AP/Mech, Co-ordinated the programme.
Participants had an interaction with the new product developers in the Innovation and Product Development Incubation Centre functioning in the Mechanical Engineering Department. The participants were exposed about the new innovative products created in the incubation center such as cylinder lifting machine, floor mopping machine, EFF cycle for the old age or handicapped people, fertilizer dispensing machine, drilling machine for planting the plant. The interaction between the participants and the product developers helped the participants to gain knowledge. The interaction was an eye opener for many student participants. The participants were given valuable tips for the creation of innovative products using bubble gear & cam mechanism.
On 27th April, 2022 a Workshop on “Effective Business Plan- A Step Towards Success” was organized by the Department of Computer Science and Business Systems in association with Entrepreneurship Development Cell and Institution’s Innovation Cell at 2:00 pm. Mrs. D. Annie Rose Nirmala, HOD/ Department of Management Studies was the resource person. The program was conducted through offline mode and Dr. T. Manimozhi, EDC Co-Ordinator & Professor/ Mathematics coordinated the program.
Mrs. Anitha AP/CSBS delivered the welcome address and introduced the resource person. The resource person explained about the meaning of Business Plan and the purpose for which it is prepared. She demonstrated the various contents of the business plan and gave lot of live examples while explaining the various contents of a business plan. She also explained the different types of business plan and the purpose of developing various types of business plans. The resource person being the faculty member of the Management Department she gave live examples while explaining the various parts of the business plan.
Finally, Rachel Chanthini, First year student of CSBS delivered the vote of thanks and appreciated the guest speaker for explaining the concept of business plan vividly with lucid language which can be understood by all. The feedback link was posted to the participants to gather their opinion about the program. This workshop on “Effective Business Plan- A Step Towards Success” was felt useful by the students.
On 24.4.2022 the Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science in association with Entrepreneurship Development cell and IIC organised the “Exposure Visit to Maxelerator Foundation , A Technology Ideation Nursery, Madurai”. The 56 First Year Artificial intelligence and Data Science students participated in the exposure visit. General instructions were provided by Mr.Vijay Balagi and Mr.Karthick, the Director of Maxelerator Foundations.
In the first session Dr.T.Karthick the Director Maxelerator Foundations welcome the participants of Artificial intelligence &Data Science department and explained about the foundation of Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning. Ms.Tharini the developer, Maxelerator Foundation discussed about the classification head and regression head to categorise the object from the image. Mr.Nanu, Director of the Maxelerator Foundation discussed about the different types of learning algorithm and network training model.
During the second session the students had discussion with the 5 members industry mentors namely Ms.Tharini, Mr. Monaz, Mr.VijayBalagi, Mr.Karthick and Mr.Vignesh the students discussed their doubts and the problems they are facing in their project development with the mentors and received the feedback and guidance. Mr Vignesh, CTO Quantanics TechServ Pvt Ltd., addressed the students about how to choose the algorithms and approach the ML and DL problems in their projects. During this exposure visit students had an opportunity to familiarize themselves in Artificial Intelligence. All the arrangements for this exposure visit was arranged by Dr.Lourdes Poobala Rayen, President, IIC and the IIC Innovation Ambassador and coordinated by Dr.A.Anitha Head of the Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, Mrs. P. Sooriabrabha, AP/AI&DS and Mrs.S.Poornam,AP/AI&DS.
On 21st April 2022, a Guest Lecture on the topic "Developing Innovative Ideas into Business Venture” was organized by Entrepreneurship Development Cell and Institution’s Innovation Cell in association with Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. Mr.Sheik Sulaiman Asst. Prof./EEE, FXEC has delivered the lecture.
Guest Lecturer being the professor in-charge of incubation centre, he underlined the need to involve the engineering students in the process of innovation. He gave lot of examples from his own experiences from the products developed by the students through the incubation centre functioning in the college.
He underlined the importance of converting the innovative ideas into marketable products and to start the entrepreneurial venture. He requested all the participants to register their innovative ideas for further mentoring and converting the innovative ideas into market fit product and to develop the startup concern.
This event was conducted in offline mode and was coordinated by Ms.M.Krithika AP/EEE and Mr.N.V.Selvam, AP/EEE. Dr.J.Jasper Gnana Chandran, HOD/EEE was the Convener for the event. Ms.M.Krithika AP/EEE, Ms.N.V.Selvam AP/EEE delivered the Inaugural address, Chief guest introduction and Vote of Thanks.
On 21.04.2022 a seminar on “Transforming Engineers as Startup reneurs” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell of IT department and IIC through offline mode. Dr. Lourdes Poobala Rayen, EDC Director & IIC President and the Innovation Ambassador was the guest speaker. The programme was presided by Dr.J.B.Shajilin Loret, the Head of the Department of Information Technology. This program was organized for III year B.Tech students.
The guest speaker being the Director of Entrepreneurship Development Cell explained the importance of engineers becoming as startupreneurs. He highlighted the entrepreneurial opportunities available to the budding engineers. He said that for starting the startup one need not go to some other place in search of business opportunity. Rather, one must try to address the problems which are in the social domine. One must identify an opportunity and give a suitable solution to address the problem. During his talk he gave few examples of medicinal plants which are having high potential for export.
The resource person also highlighted the scope of some of the local resources as the value- added products. During his talk he insisted on how to convert product into value added product. He gave some examples like tomato, coconut shell, coco peat, Allovera, Tulsi, Cow dung, etc.
The session was an eye-opening session for the students wherein how the local resources can be converted into value-added products. The session was an interactive one where the students were very much participative. Totally 55 students were participated in the session. The program was coordinated by Dr.L.Gandhimathi, EDC Coordinator of IT department.
On 21.4.2022 a webinar was organised by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and Institution lnnovation Council in association with the Department of Computer Applications on the topic "Developing an Entrepreneurial Eco System to facilitate Budding Entrepreneurs”. Mr.K.Santhosh Kumar, Social Media Analyst, Accent Techno Soft, Coimbatore delivered the speech from 3.00 pm - 4.00 pm. The webinar was organized for MCA students. The webinar started with a prayer by Mrs.D.Angeline Ranjithamani AP/MCA. The resource person introduction was given by Mr. R. Albert Paulin Michael, AP /MCA. The resource person delivered the details about Influence factors of entrepreneurship like Moral, Financial, Technology, Market, Social, Network, Government and Environmental Support. and its Process and he explained about Business Competition,Economic and Business Environment.He also stressed the points that has to be remembered in Entrepreneurial Eco System. 70 students 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 to all the students.
On 21st April, 2022 Entrepreneurship Development Cell & Institution’s Innovation Council in association with the Department of Mechanical Engineering organized a workshop on “Orienting Budding Engineers on Innovative Product Development” 11:00 to 12.30 pm. Mr. Jegan, Technical Executive, iTechacademy, Tirunelveli was the resource person. The program was held in the offline mode. Dr.I.Neethi Manickam, HOD/Mech inaugurated the workshop with welcome address.
The resource person shared his experience in the innovative product development and highlighted the new tools to develop the innovative product using CREO software. In addition to this, he explained the new products expected by the industries as per recent trends. He motivated the budding engineers to concentrate in the new product development. He also asked the students to convert the manual operations into mechanical operation and help the local MSME units to increase the operational efficiency of the MSME units. The resource person also visited the innovative products developed in the incubation units functioning under Mechanical Engineering department. In fact, the discussion created an inspiration among the participants.
On 20th April 2022 A field exposure visit to Aurora Construction Products plant located at SIPCOT, Gangaikondan was organized by Entrepreneurship Development cell and Institution’s Innovation Council in association with Department of Civil Engineering to give practical exposure to Civil Engineering students. 34 III year Civil Engineering students and 3 faculty members participated in the exposure visit. The Quality Control Manager of the company explained and demonstrated practically about the manufacturing process of construction products such as Fly ash brick, Kerb stone, Solid block and Paver block to our students. They also explained about its methodology starting from batching of ingredients, mixing, moulding & compacting, stacking and finally curing. Also, they explained about the quality assurance for those construction products. Students gained more practical knowledge about how to make such concrete products and how to make use of the technology as an entrepreneur in future. The exposure visit gave an insight about developing a startup. It was an enriching experience to the students and the faculty members participated in the visit.
On 19th April, 2022 a “Workshop on Preparation of Business plan” was arranged by the Department of Management studies in association with Entrepreneurship Development Cell & Institution’s Innovation Council @ 11.45 a.m to 01.00 p.m. Prof.D.Annie Rose Nirmala, Associate professor and Head, Department of Management Studies, Francis Xavier Engineering College, Tirunelveli was the resource person. Mrs. J.Anna Thangam, EDC Co ordinator & Assistant Professor, MBA Department coordinated the program.
The resource Person explained the need for and importance of preparing the Business Plan. Later she explained the various parts of business plan. The speaker highlighted the components of business plans like market analysis, competitive analysis, operating plan and financial plan. While explaining the aspects included in the business plan the resource person gave lot of live examples for explaining the various components. As the resource person was from the management department, she explained the market feasibility with live examples. Like market feasibility she explained the economic feasibility and financial feasibility also with few examples. Really it was interesting to interact with the resource person. She said that the purpose of a Business Plan is to identify, describe and analyze a business opportunity and/or a business already under way, examining its technical, economic and financial feasibility. The resource person also pointed how to overcome obstacles while writing a business plan and exploring pricing issues and how to create a Cash Flow Projection, Budget, and Profit & Loss account and the way of the financial projections to assess business idea and to Integrate the business plan to stay on track.
Finally, Ruskin Charles Immanuel I Year student of MBA delivered vote of thanks expressing the gratitude to the Guest speaker. The feedback link was posted to the participants to collect the opinion from the participants about the programme.
On 13th April 2022 a guest talk was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and Institution’s Innovation Council in association with Civil Engineering Department. The resource person was a student Entrepreneur Mr.K.Senthil Ganesh from Final year Civil Engineering. He also owns the company Eratos Geospatial Private Limited in Tirunelveli. He delivered a talk on Startup and Entrepreneurial Avenues through GIS & Mapping. Mr.Senthil Ganesh being the Executive Director of his company, shared his personal experiences in his business. He highlighted the entrepreneurial avenues for startups in GIS field. He inspired the participants by sharing a lot of his personal experiences and business opportunities to the civil engineers in the latest building materials and appliances. He stressed the need for becoming an entrepreneur to introduce the innovative ideas and skills in the field of civil engineering, especially in the field of GIS & mapping. He motivated the students to convert their innovative ideas into a business opportunity. 28 Civil Engineering students and 2 staff members from Civil Engineering department participated in the programme.
On 13.04.2022 a workshop on “Prototyping- A Solution to Evaluate a New Design” was arranged by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell of ECE department and Institution’s Innovation Council through offline mode from 11.00 AM – 12.35 p.m. Dr.A.Andrew Roobert, In-charge of Advanced Electronic System Design Applied Lab, Assistant Professor, Department of ECE, Francis Xavier Engineering College was the guest speaker. The program was presided by Mrs J Friska HOD/ECE and ECE students and ECE faculty members participated in the event. The welcome address was given by Miss. Shivani, Second year ECE student and the program was coordinated by Dr. R Prem Ananth, IIC Convener, IIC Innovation Ambassador for "Design thinking & Innovations", Assistant professor, Francis Xavier Engineering College. During his speech the guest speaker explained the meaning of Prototyping and why it is essential before making the final version of the product. 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. Students interacted freely with the resource person and clarified their doubts. 47 students and 5 staffs were actively participated in the session.
The interaction between the students and the resource person was highly motivating to all the students. The Program was organized by Dr. R Prem Ananth, IIC Convener, IIC Innovation Ambassador for "Design thinking & Innovations", Assistant professor, Francis Xavier Engineering College.
On 12th April 2022 a Guest Lecture on the topic " Startup – A Successful Career Options to Scale New Heights " was organized by Entrepreneurship Development and Institution’s Innovation Council in association with Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. Dr.P.Lourdes Poobala Rayen, Director EDC, President IIC, IIC Innovation Ambassador was the guest speaker.
This Guest Lecture aimed to spark the entrepreneurial spirit in the budding engineers and potential innovators by guiding them on how to convert their Innovative Ideas and emerge as successful Entrepreneurs. Becoming an entrepreneur is an important career decision, and to plunge into this domain requires the right skill set, attitude, and behavior. The speaker highlighted some of the startup opportunities which are available to the engineers. He gave lot of examples like export opportunities in the export of powdered Neem Leaf, drum stick leaf, Tulsi leaf and alovera. As the examples given by the speaker created interest among the participants, the participants attended the session with interest and inspiration. In fact, the session created lot of enthusiasm to the participants.
This event was conducted by offline mode and was coordinated by Ms.M.Krithika, AP/EEE. Dr.J.Jasper Gnana Chandran, HOD/EEE was the Convener for the event. We have received good feedback from the participants about the guest lecture program and all participants got benefited
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On 12.04.2022 a motivational talk on “Incubation: A Nursery For Product Innovation” was arranged by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell of IT department and IIC through offline mode. The session was chaired by Dr. T.C.Subbu Lakshmi, Associate Professor, Department pf information Technology and professor in-charge of Ideation Incubation Centre Lab in-charge. 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 its importance in the process of innovation and product development. The resource person being the professor in-charge of Ideation incubation Centre, she explained the process of ideation, the conversion of ideas in to Proof of Concept, development of prototype and the development of product fit for the market. She highlighted the personal experiences she had in the incubation centre while mentoring the potential innovators. She insisted on the different stages of product innovation, design thinking and critical thinking. She also explained about product design methodologies, constraints and analyzing the requirements with a case study. The session gave an overview of product innovation and incubation. The students actively interacted and were given activity to analyze a problem and to give a probable solution to the problem statement.
The session gave an eye opening for the students towards the process of incubation and how it acts as a nursery for product innovation. The session was an interactive one where the students were very much participative and gained lot of exposure in the process of incubation and the development of innovative product as a result of incubation. Totally 58 students were participated in the session.
On 12.4.2022 a Motivational speech was organised by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and Institution lnnovation Council in association with the Department of Computer Applications on the topic "Ethical and Legal Steps for Developing Startup”. The Session was handled by Mr.S.Aathi, Proprietor, Greenland Builders from 11.00 a.m - 12.00 p.m. The Motivational Speech was organized for the MCA students. Mr.S.Aathi, The Speech started with a prayer by D. Angeline Ranjithamani AP/MCA. The resource person introduction was given by Mr. R. Albert Paulin Michael, AP /MCA. The resource person delivered the details about ethical steps for Startup and its Process and how to Register Business, Business Permits and Licenses. During his speech he highlighted the need for starting a start-up and the role of the Central and State Government for the promotion of startup. He said instead of opting employment he stressed the need to opt for becoming a startupreneur. He also highlighted the government assistance for the promotion of startup. Participants raised few questions regarding the formalities to be fulfilled for developing the startup. In fact, the session was an eye opener for many student participants and they are very much positive towards entrepreneurship. 30 students were actively participated in the session. All the students were benefited through the session.
On 12 & 13th April, 2022 a “Workshop on “Design Thinking: A Tool for New Product Development” was organized by Entrepreneurship Development Cell & Institution’s Innovation Council in association with the Department of Mechanical Engineering from 11:00 to 4.00 pm on both days. Mr. S.Kathiresan, Senior Mechanical Designer & Mr.M.Lakshmanan, Junior Mechanical Designer, CADD Centre, Tirunelveli were the resource person. The program was held via offline mode. Dr. R.K.A.Bhalaji, AP/MECH coordinated the programme.
The resource person explained the design thinking concept in detail. On the first day the resource persons explained the process of design thinking simply by citing number of live examples for each of the stages namely empathize, define, ideate, prototype and test. The participants raised lot of questions while explaining the design thinking concept. Additionally, they explained about how to design the new innovative product in a recent trend using CATIA, CREO & Solid Works software’s. On the second day the resource persons explained the process of new product development using the design thinking concept. They have highlighted the steps to develop the new innovative product with real time examples.
On 11.4.2022 the Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science organised Project Expo for first year B.Tech Artificial intelligence and Data Science students. The students of AI&DS department presented their innovative project in Artificial Intelligence domain. Totally 18 teams were participated in the project Expo. 55 students were involved in the project display. All the projects were evaluated by the 3 members panel consisting of Dr.Lourdes Poobala Rayen, IIC President and IIC Innovation ambassador, Dr.L.R.Priya, Professor, Academics and Dr.S.Balaji, Professor, Training and Skill Development. The panel members reviewed the students project and gave suggestions to enhance their project ideas. The panel members appreciated the innovative project ideas of the students. The students were actively participated in the Project Expo and explained their project ideas. The programme convener was Dr.A.Anitha, Head of the Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science. Mrs.N.Jeyasree, AP/AI&DS was the Coordinator for this Project Expo programme.
On 08.04. 2022 a workshop on “Design Thinking- A Creative Problem Solving Methodology” was arranged from 11.30 - 12.35 p.m by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell of ECE department and Institution’s Innovation Council through offline mode. The guest speaker of this session was Dr. R Prem Ananth, IIC Convener, IIC Innovation Ambassador for "Design thinking & Innovations", Assistant professor, Francis Xavier Engineering College. The workshop program was presided by Mrs J Friska HOD/ECE. ECE Students and ECE faculty members participated in the event. The welcome address is given by Miss. Sowmya, Second year ECE student and the program was coordinated by Pradheep T Rajan B, Assistant Professor /ECE, Francis
During his speech he explained the meaning and importance of Entrepreneurship, innovation, Myth and reality in innovation, types of innovation and Design thinking. The speaker highlighted the need for design thinking and the role of design thinking in the process of innovation. and case study in Design thinking. During his lecture he explains and inspire the students how start a startup company through innovation and design thinking. 59 students and 2 staffs were actively participated in the session.
The interaction between the students and the resource person was highly motivating to all the students. Session ended with the feedback of Students. The Program was organized by Pradheep T Rajan B, Assistant Professor / ECE, Francis Xavier Engineering College.
On 8th April 2022 a motivational guest lecture was organized on "Startup Ideas for Budding Electrical and Electronics Engineers" by Entrepreneurship Development Cell and Institution’s Innovation Council in association with Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering from 11.00 to 12.00 p.m. Dr.A.Justin Thiraviam, Professor/EEE, FXEC was the guest speaker for the program.
The guest speaker explained in detail about the entrepreneurial opportunities to the engineering students especially the Electrical and Electronics Engineering students. He also highlighted the startup opportunities in the solar based products and the LED bulb and tube light. The guest speaker requested the budding EEE students to involve in innovation and product development. He also listed the other opportunities available to Electrical Engineering students like wind energy applications, solar heating devices and inspired the students to involve them in the service oriented oportunites. This event was conducted by offline mode and 41 II EEE students and 2 faculty members attended the program and the event was coordinated by Ms.M.Krithika AP/EEE and Mr.N.V.Selvam, AP/EEE. Dr.J.Jasper Gnana Chandran, HOD/EEE was the Convener for the event. Feedback was collected from the students participated in the program. In fact, the seminar evoked good response from the students.
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On 6th April, 2022 a motivational seminar on “Entrepreneurial Avenues Through Online” 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. Mrs. J. Anna Thangam, AP/MBA of Francis Xavier Engineering College was the resource person. The program was delivered in offline mode and coordinated by Dr. T. Manimozhi, EDC Co-coordinator & Professor Mathematics of CSBS Department..
Dhanushkiren of first CSBS delivered welcome address and introduced the resource person. The resource person explained about various online businesses with many examples. While explaining the various online entrepreneurial opportunities she cited the Amazon sellers web site wherein anybody can sell goods by creating a store in the Amazon website. She highlighted the export opportunities which are available for the Neem powder, Drum stick leaf powder and Alovera. She also cited few examples of student entrepreneurs who are doing business through online even while they learn. The whole session was interesting and eye opening one for all the students participated in the seminar. Finally, Racheal Chanthini, First year student of CSBS delivered vote of thanks and appreciated the guest speaker for the useful presentation. Moreover, she thanked all organizers and the student participants. The feedback link was posted to the participants to collect their opinions about the program.
On 05.04.2022 a Workshop on “Preparing a Successful Business Plan” was arranged by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell of ECE department in association with Institution’s Council and Centre for the Entrepreneurship Development through offline mode from 11.20 AM – 12.35 PM. Mr.Muthu Raman, III ECE B, Student Entrepreneur, General Manager - Colakin, Founder and CEO - Kasadara Tech & Reality Studio ( StartUp Companies), Francis Xavier Engineering College was the resource person. The program was presided by Mrs J Friska HOD/ECE and jointly coordinated by Dr. R Prem Ananth, IIC Convener, IIC Innovation Ambassador for "Design thinking & Innovations", Assistant professor, Francis Xavier Engineering College. ECE Students and ECE faculty members participated in the event. The welcome address was given by Miss. Shivani, Second year ECE student.
During his speech he explained the steps involved in preparing a successful business plan. He shared his own experience in the development of business plan for his own startup companies. He highlighted the various elements to be included in the business plan like company description, market analysis, products and services going to be offered and the financial planning and projections. While explaining all the elements of a business plan he gave lot of examples from his own experiences. He also highlighted the hurdles he faced while setting up the startup company. Moreover, he stressed the need to develop the startups especially by the engineering students to contribute to the economic development of the nation. During his speech he asked many questions regarding innovative business opportunities which are available to the engineering students to inspire them. 47 students and 5 staffs were actively participated in the session.
The interaction between the students and the resource person was highly motivating to all the students. Session came to an end with the feedback of Students. The Program was organized by Dr. R Prem Ananth, IIC Convener, IIC Innovation Ambassador for "Design thinking & Innovations", Assistant professor, Francis Xavier Engineering College.
On 4th April, 2022 a “Workshop on Entrepreneurial Opportunities through Online Platform” was organized through online mode. Dr.S.Sonia, Assistant Professor, Department of Financial Planning, Dr MGR Educational and Research Institute, Chennai was the resource person. Dr. Lourdes Poobala Rayen, EDC Director & IIC President and Mrs. J.Anna Thangam, EDC Co ordinator & Assistant Professor, MBA Department coordinated the Programme.
MBA students participated in the program. Thanga Duraichi.D, I Year student of MBA delivered the welcome speech and Rasika.S, II Student of MBA introduced the guest speaker.
The resource person explained the importance of entrepreneurship and why it becomes very vital to know the various entrepreneurial opportunities in the online platform. He listed the various opportunities in online platform like Bloggers, content creators, owners of e-commerce sites and online consultants. The resource person also explained the process of becoming the online entrepreneur and the necessary skills one must possess in order to become a successful online entrepreneur. It was very much interesting to note that the guest speake gave lot of live examples while explaining the various opportunities in the online platform and how it provides entrepreneurial opportunities. Finally, Issac JMC I Year student of MBA delivered the vote of thanks and thanked the Guest speaker for presenting the concept very clearly and the interest created by the guest speaker by citing the live examples. The feedback link was posted to the participants, to take collect the opinion of the participants about the programme.
