Entrepreneurship Cell (E-Cell) is a student organization instituted at the Science & Technology Entrepreneurs Park at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. It was formed under the aegis of Sponsored Research and Industrial Consultancy (SRIC). The objectives of E-Cell are to provide students with all the support in terms of training, mentorship, incubation, patenting, and external funding needed for entrepreneurship. IIT Kharagpur, being the premier institute of technology and research in the country, greatly realises the immense need to promote entrepreneurship and innovation at every level.
E-Cell has collaborated with 18 colleges in India and also with leading universities like Stanford, NUS and MIT Sloan in its bid to promote start-ups. As many as 24 start-ups from IIT Kharagpur itself have incubated during the 5 years of E-Cell’s inception.
E-Cell has collaborated with multiple organizations and entrepreneurs, such as TiE, NEN, India Energy Forum, Nurture Talent Academy, amongst many others, for providing mentorship and other advisory services to its start-ups. It has also been associated with multiple Venture Capitalists and Angel Investors, such as Mumbai Angels, Indian Angel Networks, Morpheus Venture Partners, DFJ, Ventureast etc., for funding and mentorship opportunities.
E-Cell promotes entrepreneurship through different approaches such as B-Plan competitions, workshops, guest lectures, knowledge camps and various other platforms. Global Entrepreneurship Summit, organised in January every year, is one of the biggest entrepreneurial events in India, with personalities like Arjun Malhotra, Dominique Trempont, Vinod Dham, Sramana Mitra, Sanjeev Bhikchandani, Anand Sen as our distinguished speakers in the past. It also marks the culmination of the nation's best B-Plan competitions, and serves as a massive platform for young students to showcase their innovations and to tread the first step on the exciting path of entrepreneurship and innovation.
Entrepreneurship Awareness Drive is a nationwide drive organized annually in the month of October. Not restricting its activities within the confines of Kharagpur alone, ECell has undertaken this massive initiative of Entrepreneurship Awareness Drive (EAD), whereby it tries to help every student in India understand entrepreneurship and embrace it as something non-alien. Entrepreneurship Awareness Drive consists of a series of Guest Lectures and Workshops, each termed an EAC (Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp), conducted in 15 major cities across India in 15 days, in collaboration with a renowned college in each city. This year, it’ll be held from 9th- 23rd October, 2010.
For further information, please visit the official E-Cell website at www.ecell-iitkgp. org |
The Entrepreneurship Cell, IIT Bombay, is a conglomerate of individuals with a vision, a dream. It is a place for all those who shirk from taking beaten paths and believe in leaving trails in all walks of life. 
