EDC activities at GMRIT focus on nurturing entrepreneurial thinking, innovation and startup culture among students and faculty.
The Entrepreneurship Development Cell organizes awareness programmes, expert interactions, startup idea competitions, innovation activities, seminars, workshops and other initiatives to encourage students to transform innovative ideas into viable solutions and entrepreneurial ventures.
The activities conducted by the EDC provide students with opportunities to interact with entrepreneurs, industry professionals, academicians and other ecosystem stakeholders and to develop the knowledge and skills required for entrepreneurship and innovation.
Entrepreneurship Development Cell activities conducted at GMRIT
| S.No. | Date | Title / Activity | In Association With / Resource Persons |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACADEMIC YEAR: 2024-25 | |||
| 1 | 03.05.2024 | Climate Change | Dr. S Anil, GMRIT |
| 2 | 04.05.2024 | Navigating careers in environmental sustainability | Mr. G.Mohan Sai, Senior Consultant Climate & Sustainability Strategy, Sustainability Aviation Management, PwC India. |
| 3 | 23.08.2024 | Awareness Session on the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 | GMRIT |
| 4 | 17.08.2024 | Institute Level Startup Idea Competition Organized by Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC) | GMRIT |
| 5 | 21.08.2024 | World Entrepreneurs Day | GMRIT |
| 6 | 05.08.2024 | Awareness Session on Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC) objectives, structure and operations | MIC, GMRIT |
| 7 | 02.08.2024 | Participation in Online Session on Building the pipeline of Quality Innovations and startups in HEIs | Dept of Mech Engg, GMRIT |
| 8 | 09.08.2024 | Startup Idea Competition | Dept of CSE, GMRIT |
| 9 | 09.08.2024 | Startup Idea Competition 2024 | Students/ Faculty, Dept of EEE, GMRIT |
| 10 | 23.08.2024 | Seminar on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) | Dr. T.S.L.V. Ayyarao (Associate Professor), Dept of EEE, GMRIT |
| 11 | 17.10.2024 | Building the Next Gen Talent Pool for Transforming Industry | SMARTBRIDGE, Dept of AIML, GMRIT. |
| 12 | 06.11.2024 | THE BUSSINESS BUZZ | Dept of IT, GMRIT |
| 13 | 24.12.2024 | Innovation and Design Thinking | Dr Kota Srinivas, UTSMC, USA |
| 14 | 07.02.2025 | Let’s Do Innovate 2025 | Dept of AIML, GMRIT. |
| 15 | 10.02.2025 | STARTUP GENESIS | Dept of IT, GMRIT |
| 16 | 11.02.2025 | Expert talk on Process of Innovation Development, Technology Readiness Level (TRL), Commercialization of Lab Technologies and Tech Transfer. | Prof. Deepika Guptha, IIM, Visakhapatnam. |
| ACADEMIC YEAR: 2023-24 | |||
| 1 | 03.08.2023 | Start up and entrepreneurship Skills for young minds | Er.T Harish, Aki group. |
| 2 | 13.05.2023 | Digital transformation | Dr.T.V Nagaraju, SRKR, Bhimavaram |
| 3 | 11.08.2023 | Start up Competition, 2023. | Dept of IT, GMRIT. |
| 4 | 15.09.2023 | Entrepreneurial opportunities in construction | Mahender Tejovath, Mahen group. |
| 5 | 27.11.2023 | Fueling Innovation: A journey in entrepreneurship with the founder of rocket wheel | H Harikrishna, Rocket Wheel, Rajam |
| 6 | 02.12.2023 | Future trends on the evolution of drones in the construction sector | Sunil Nandipati, GITAM, VSKP. |
| 7 | 20.11.2023 | Awareness programmed on Entrepreneurship | Dr. M. S. RAO, Dept of Mech Engg, GMRIT |
| 8 | 15.12.2023 | Startup Idea Competition, 2023 | Dr.A. L. Naidu, Dept of Mech Engg, GMRIT |
| 9 | 24.11.2023 | Awareness Programme on Entrepreneurship | Dept of Mech Engg, GMRIT |
| 10 | 16.02.2024 | Startup Idea Competition, 2024 | Dept of CSE, GMRIT |
| 11 | 19.08.2023 | Seminar on “Promotion od department level startup projects” | 4th Year students, Dept of EEE, GMRIT |
| 12 | 25.08.2023 | An Exploration of startup ideas among students | 3rd Year students, Dept of EEE, GMRIT |
| 13 | 26.08.2023 | Guest lecture on Startup Impact on the External Landscape | Mr. Kalki Nadh, Dept of EEE, GMRIT |
| 14 | 29.09.2023 | MAKE IT MARKET | Dept of IT, GMRIT. |
| 15 | 18.11.2023 | TECHIE SHARES | Dept of IT, GMRIT. |
| 16 | 19.12.2023 | How to Crack Product Based Companies | Dept of AIML, GMRIT |
| 17 | 29.12.2023 | Orientation session on “An Innovative Entrepreneurship ideas in Electrical Vehicle Technologies” | Nallamilli Venkata Reddy, Dept of EEE, GMRIT |
| 18 | 20.01.2024 | IDEA HUB | Dept of IT, GMRIT. |
| 19 | 16.02.2024 | Startup Idea Competition, 2024 | Dept of CSE, GMRIT |
| 20 | 26.02.2024 | Green building and green education system | Ms. Sri Rekha Mavulati, senior architect, IGBC. |
| 21 | 16.02.2024 & 17.02.2024 | Hydro hike, Marvel Modelling | Bimalendu Das, GMRIT |
| 22 | 16.02.2024 | Code Wars | Dept of AIML, GMRIT. |
| 23 | 17.02.2024 | Data Viz | Dept of AIML, GMRIT. |
| 24 | 26.04.2024 | Awareness on software interface and Toolboxes of Typhoon HI | Ms. Era Bajpai, Dept of EEE, GMRIT |
| ACADEMIC YEAR: 2022-23 | |||
| 1 | 05.03. 2022 | “Entrepreneur Idea Explore 2022”, a business idea competition | Dept of IT, GMRIT |
| 2 | 13.05.2022 | Intra institute business idea competition | Dept of IT, GMRIT |
| 3 | 16.07.2022 | “Entrepreneur Ideathon 2K22” a business idea competition | Dept of IT |
| 4 | 06.08.2022 | “Institute level Startup Idea Competition 2022” held at GMRIT and selected best five startup ideas. | Best five startup ideas were selected at the Institute level. |
| 5 | 20.08.2022 | World Entrepreneur’s Day celebrations conducted and felicitated six entrepreneurs. |
Felicitated the following six alumni entrepreneurs:
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| 6 | 15.09.2022 | Virtual Awareness Session on “Entrepreneurial opportunities in Construction” | Dept of Civil Engg, Resource person: Sri Mahender Tejavath, Founder, The Mahen Group, Hyderabad, Telangana. |
| 7 | 17.09.2022 | TECH CREATION 2022, a business idea competition | Dept of ECE |
| 8 | 29.09.2022 | TECH CREATION 2022, a business idea competition | Dept of MECH |
| 9 | 29.10.2022 | Digital marketing, geo fencing for entrepreneurship | Dept of Civil Engg, GMRIT |
| 10 | 30.11.2022 | Q & A Session on start up and entrepreneurship |
Mahender Tejovath, Mahen group S Naveen, Jayasree(Sree avenues) constructions. |
| 11 | 01.12.2022 | “Idea Hunt 2.0”, a business idea competition | Dept of IT |
| 12 | 31.12.2022 | 3 D Printing: Business opportunities | L Daloji, NIT Warangal |
| 13 | 09.12.2022 | An Online Webinar on ECOP on 9th December 2022 | Abhijeet Sahoo, Co Founder, Fashion Pvt Ltd |
| 14 | 29.09.2022 | Tech Creation 2022 | Dept of Mech Engg, GMRIT |
| 15 | 15.07.2022 | Innovate Incubate Ideate 2022 | Dept of Mech Engg, GMRIT |
| 16 | 08.07.2022 | Start Up Idea Competitions 2022 | Dept of Mech Engg, GMRIT |
| 17 | 09.12.2022 | Idea Factory 1.0 | Dept of CSE, GMRIT |
| 18 | 16.03.2023 | ENTREPREURIAL SUMMIT | Dept of IT, GMRIT. |