ED Cell

Activities 2024-25

15Entrepreneurship Development, Sensitization and Visit to TBIMar 7′ 2025RBU (Second Semester)Dr. Rupesh Pais and Mr. Prashant Umbarkar17Entrepreneurial Talk”Innovation and Entrepreneurship, simplifying with ModulesJan 31-2025RBU StudentsMr. Yogendra Pal, Founder & CEO of MEMOYO ANIMATIONS PRIVATE LIMITED

S.N	Details of the Activity	Date	Students Participation	Speakers
1	Progress Evaluation of Internship	June 3rd and 14th 2025	Registered Interns	Mr. Akshay Kekre, Partner Techwalnut Innovation LLP, Dr. Rupesh Pais, Dr. Richa Khandelwal
2	Launch of Summer Internship Prog	May 16′ 2025	RBU Students	Mr. Akshay Kekre, Partner Techwalnut Innovation LLP, Dr. Rupesh Pais
3	Meet the Press	May 07′ 2025	Incubated Startups	Initiative to provide media coverage to startups
4	FireSide Chat with Shri Satyanarayanji Nuwal	Apr 11′ 2025	RBU Students	Shri Satyanarayanji Nuwal
5	FDP on Rapid Prototyping and IoT	Mar 25 to 29′ 2025	RBU Faculty Members	Dr. Chitharaja Rajan, Dr. Himanshu Shukla, Dr. Vishal Shukla, Dr. Y. M. Sonkhaskar
6	Ideathon	Mar 25 & 28′ 2025	RCOEM / RBU Students	Mr. Sunny Bodwani and Mr. Anubhav Gupta (Pratigrahm Sports) Mr. Tushar Marghade (Management Consultant)
7	Entrepreneurship Development and Sensetization	Mar 12′ 2025	Dept. of Electronics and Communication	Dr. Rupesh Pais
8	Entrepreneurship Development, Sensitization and Visit to TBI	Mar 12′ 2025	RBU (Second Semester)	Dr. Rupesh Pais and Mr. Prashant Umbarkar
9	Entrepreneurship Development, Sensitization and Visit to TBI	Mar 11′ 2025	RBU (Second Semester)	Dr. Rupesh Pais and Mr. Prashant Umbarkar
10	Entrepreneurship Development, Sensitization and Visit to TBI	Mar 11′ 2025	RBU (Second Semester)	Dr. Rupesh Pais and Mr. Prashant Umbarkar
11	Entrepreneurship Development, Sensitization and Visit to TBI	Mar 10′ 2025	RBU (Second Semester)	Dr. Rupesh Pais and Mr. Prashant Umbarkar
12	Guest lecture on Aeroponics Kashmiri Kesar Growing Technique	Mar 10′ 2025	Incubated startups and RBU students.	Mr. Akshay Holey, Ms. Divya Holey Co-Founders Shaya Enterprises
13	Entrepreneurship Development, Sensitization and Visit to TBI	Mar 8′ 2025	RBU (Second Semester)	Dr. Rupesh Pais and Mr. Prashant Umbarkar
14	Entrepreneurship Development, Sensitization and Visit to TBI	Mar 7′ 2025	RBU (Second Semester)	Dr. Rupesh Pais and Mr. Prashant Umbarkar
16	Certificate Course on Entrepreneurship and Venture Development Completion	Feb-25	Enrolled Students	Final Evaluation and Certificate Distribution
17	Entrepreneurial Talk”Innovation and Entrepreneurship, simplifying with Modules”	Jan 31-2025	RBU Students	Mr. Yogendra Pal, Founder & CEO of MEMOYO ANIMATIONS PRIVATE LIMITED
18	Transpreneur-25 ( 2 days entrepreneurial boot camp)	Jan 17-18′ 2025	Incubated startups, RBU students and other college’s students.	Mr. Mukesh Ashar, Founder, Confidence Unlimited, Mr. Kamlesh Ghumare, Founder, K.G Agrotech (SharkTank Fame), Ms. Sonal Bahilani & Mr. Yash Pande, Founders, Rocca Chocolate (SharkTank Fame), Mr. Rahul Bajait, Chairman & Chief Strategy Officer, Pragmatyc,
19	Webinar on Basics of Intellectual property rights and its importance for Innovators and Entrepreneurs	Jan 11′ 2025	Incubated startups and RBU students.	Ms. Sneha Sharma, from Sujata Choudhary IP Attorneys
20	Webinar on Building Scalable Tech Architecture for Startups	Dec 20′ 2024	Incubated startups and RBU students.	Mr. Parvez Diwan, Matrix 3D Infocom.
21	Webinar(Webinar on Crafting a Winning LinkedIn Profile)	Dec-14′ 2024	Incubated startups and RBU students.	Dr. Hashim Adil Co-founder of Bizomatic Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
22	Webinar on Building Scalable Tech Architecture for Startups	Dec 20′ 2024	Incubated startups and RBU students.	Mr. Parvez Diwan, Matrix 3D Infocom.
23	Webinar(Webinar on Crafting a Winning LinkedIn Profile)	Dec-14′ 2024	Incubated startups and RBU students.	Dr. Hashim Adil Co-founder of Bizomatic Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
24	Online Quiz on account of National Energy Conservation Day	Dec 14′ 2024	89 students participated	Event Organiser RCOEM TBI and E-Cell
25	Mentoring Session with Mr. Vivek Bhojwani	Oct 25’2024	Mechhelp – Incubated Startup	Mr. Vivek Bhojwani Founder and CEO, Startup Consultng India
26	MSME Idea Hackathon 4.0 (Evaluation)	Oct 24′ 2024	Hackathon Participants	Evaluators- Dr. Mukund Paithankar, Secretary, NARCAOOD, Nagpur, Mr. Kalpak Onkar, Business Head, Onkar Furnitech, Nagpur, Mr. Manish Mendiratta, Director, Mahalaxmi Enterprises, Nagpur
27	E Venture Vault (Entrepreneurial Skill Games)	Oct 22 & 23 2024	1st Year Students	Mr. Shree Jamdar- Kinetic Gears Nagpur
28	MSME Idea Hackathon 4.0(Google Meet session was conducted to guide participants)	Oct 15′ 2024	13 Innovative ideas Hackathon Participants	Dr. Rupesh Pais
29	Entrepreneurship Development and Sensetization	Oct 11′ 2024	RBU student department of MCA	Dr. Rupesh Pais
30	Entrepreneurship Development and Sensetization	Oct 11′ 2024	RBU student department of ECE	Dr. Rupesh Pais
31	Entrepreneurship Development and Sensetization	Sept 27′ 2024	RBU student department of ECE	Dr. Rupesh Pais
32	Entrepreneurial Talk”Startup Zero to Ten: Navigating the Early Stages of Entrepreneurship,	Sept 14′ 2024	Incubated startups and RBU students.	Mr. Rohit Thakur, Manager iTIC IIT Hyderabad
33	Entrepreneurial Talk “Cracking the Core: My Journey to 1 Crore.	Sept 13′ 2024	Incubated startups and RBU students.	Mr. Atharva Patankar Co-Founder Greyeast Technologies Pvt. Ltd
34	Entrepreneurship Development and Sensetization	Aug 30’2024	Department of Mechanical Engineering, Second-year students.	Dr. Rupesh Pais
35	Entrepreneurship Development and Sensetization	Aug 30’2024	Department of Mechanical Engineering, third-year students.	Dr. Rupesh Pais
36	Entrepreneurship Development and Sensetization	Aug 30’2024	Department of Mechanical Engineering, final-year students.	Dr. Rupesh Pais
37	Mentoring Session with Mr. Vivek Bhojwani	Aug 24’2024	Hawlt- Incubated Startup	Mr. Vivek Bhojwani Founder and CEO, Startup Consultng India
38	Webinar on Problem Solving and Innovation	Aug 10’2024	Incubated startups and RBU students.	Dr. Kirti Nikam Bhonsle, Professor manipal School of Archtecture
39		July 27’ 2024	Incubated startups and RBU students.	Mr. Ritik Payak (Co-Founder Protoncraft Innovations Pvt. Ltd)

Activities 2023-24

S.N	Details of the Activity	Date	Students Participation	Speakers
1	Ideathon-24	7-Mar-24	30 Teams from RCOEM and other Colleges	Dr. Mukund Pauthankar, Co-founder of NGO Katta and IT Consultant, Mr. Rohit Himte, Managing Director of Nodhrita Events Private Limited
2	Advantage Vidharbha Indistrial Expo and Conclave	27-Jan-24	All TBI Startups and College Patent Holders	NA
3	Tansprenuer-24	23-Jan-24	150 Students
4	Journey of Startup	23-Jan-24	150 Students	Mr. Nitin Sachdeva, Managing Director of Delaplex
5	My Story, Story of a Startup Venture	23-Jan-24	150 Students	Mr. Akshay Kekre, Founder and Partner of Techwalnut Innovations
6	Business Model Canvas (BMC)	23-Jan-24	150 Students	Ms. Neeraja Kartik, a Chartered Accountant and Insolvency Professional
7	Business Model Canvas (BMC) Activity based	23-Jan-24	150 Students	Dr. Rupesh Pais, Director of TBI
8	Understanding Invester Mindset (Organized on World Entreprenuer Day)	25-Aug-23	32 Students including TBI Startups	CA Monica Gupta, Investor at Earlyseed Ventures
9	IDEATHON	24/01/2023	26 Ideas pitched by the students of RCOEM.	Mr. Vijay Dhole, Mr. Gulshan Saluja, Dr. Rupesh Pais, Prof. Pravin Dwaramwar, Dr. Sunita Dhote, Prof. Bhushan Bissa, Prof. Janmejay Shukla & Prof. Ganesh Shetiye.
10	Entrepreneurship Development Session	1-Jul-23	53 Students	Mr. Vinay Chawla Founder, Motivator @ Innovator at Enlighten the Soul

Activities 2022-23

S.N	Details of the Activity	Date	Students Participation	Speakers
1	Entrepreneurship Development and Sensitization Workshop	30/06/2023	B.Tech First Year Section-O	Mr. Vinay Chawla, Founder, Motivator & Innovator at Enlighten The Soul
2	Entrepreneurship Development and Sensitization Workshop	26/06/2023	B.Tech First Year Section-M	Mr. Vinay Chawla, Founder, Motivator & Innovator at Enlighten The Soul
3	Entrepreneurship Development and Sensitization Workshop	26/06/2023	B.Tech First Year Section-K, Q, R	Mr. Vinay Chawla, Founder, Motivator & Innovator at Enlighten The Soul
4	IDEA-TECH EXPO’23 an Exhibition and Competition for research projects, prototypes and start-ups.	03/05/2023	RCOEM Students	Chief Guest Mr. Gurudev Somani, Director at MasterSoft
5	How to Take your Startup from Idea to Product, under CHANGEMAKERS	18/03/2023	Cohort 2023 Participants	Mr. Vaibhav Kaushik, Founder Caffeineux Studios
6	Design Thinking under CHANGEMAKERS	11/03/2023	Cohort 2023 Participants	Prof. Himanshu Shukla, RCOEM
7	Business Model Canvas under CHANGEMAKERS	4/03/2023	Cohort 2023 Participants	Dr. Rupesh Pias, Director TBI RCOEM
8	TIECON 2023	24/02/2023 To 25/02/2023	50 students attend TIECON Event at Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Nagpur & 6 Ideas pitched by the students and incubates.	Mr. Nitin Sachdeva, Dr. T.S. Rawal, Dr. Vidya Yeravdekar, Mr. Pradeep Yuvraj
9	IDEATHON	24/01/2023	26 Ideas pitched by the students of RCOEM.	Mr. Vijay Dhole, Mr. Gulshan Saluja, Dr. Rupesh Pais, Prof. Pravin Dwaramwar, Dr. Sunita Dhote, Prof. Bhushan Bissa, Prof. Janmejay Shukla & Prof. Ganesh Shetiye.
10	PRAYAS	21/01/2023 to 25/01/2023	6 Ideas pitched by the students of RCOEM	Dr. Rupesh Pais, Prof. Jaymejay Shukla, Mr. Palash Hadke
11	TRANSPRENEUR: ‘Establishing and Scaling Start-ups’ ‘Ideation: Problem Identification and Idea Generation’ ‘Business Canvas Model’	10/01/2023	240 Students participants from RCOEM	Mr. Nitin Sachdeva (President – tie Nagpur and Managing Director – Delaplex). Dr. T. S. Rawal (Sr. Partner – T.S Rawal & Co., Charter Member – tie Nagpur). Mr. Mayur Zanwar (Co-Founder – Truscholar, Charter Member – Tie Nagpur).
12	Developing Online Repository of Start-ups Developed/incubated and Way forward plan	04/08/2022	Faculty Members	Dr. Rupesh Pias, Director TBI RCOEM
13	Workshop on Intellectual Property Rights (iprs) and IP management for start up	11/08/2022	Students, faculty and startups	Mr. Suneet Sable, Director BRANIAC solutions Pune.
14	Inter-College ‘Value Proposition Fit’ Competition	17/08/2022	23 student teams from various colleges	Prof. S. D. Bhave, Ex Director Solar Panel Manufacturing
15	Session/ Workshop on Business Model Canvas (BMC)	24/08/2022	Final year Students of RCOEM	Dr. Sunita Dhote, DMT, RCOEM
16	Pitchethon: Session on Angel Investment/VC Funding Opportunity for Early Stage Entrepreneurs.	27/08/2022	Startups from Nagpur region	Mr. Shashikant Choudhari (Angel Investor), Mr.Tushar Vadera (Lead Headstart, Investor Circle) Mr. Tushar Agrawal (Dexter Angles), Ms. Poonam Khandelwal (Venture Catalyst), Mr. Alok Agrawal (Angel Investor, Partner Mahalaxmi Trading Company)
17	Entrepreneurship awareness and Sensitization	05/09/2022	First Year B.Tech Section-F	Dr. Anita Rao, eminent women Entrepreneur, Joint Secretary VIA Nagpur
18	Entrepreneurship awareness and Sensitization	02/09/2022	First Year B.Tech Section-E & O	Dr. Anita Rao, eminent women Entrepreneur, Joint Secretary VIA Nagpur
19	Entrepreneurship awareness and Sensitization	01/09/2022	First Year B.Tech Section-A	Dr. Anita Rao, eminent women Entrepreneur, Joint Secretary VIA Nagpur
20	Entrepreneurship awareness and Sensitization	27/07/2022	First Year B.Tech Section-G	Dr. Anita Rao, eminent women Entrepreneur, Joint Secretary VIA Nagpur
21	Entrepreneurship awareness and Sensitization	25/07/2022	First Year B.Tech Section-B	Dr. Anita Rao, eminent women Entrepreneur, Joint Secretary VIA Nagpur
22	Entrepreneurship awareness and Sensitization	22/07/2022	First Year B.Tech Section-D	Dr. Anita Rao, eminent women Entrepreneur, Joint Secretary VIA Nagpur
23	Entrepreneurship awareness and Sensitization	22/07/2022	First Year B.Tech Section-F

Activities 2021-22

S.N	Details of the Activity	Date	Students Participation	Speakers
1	RCOEM CHANGMAKERS	Phase I: Idea Submission Phase II: Ideation Workshop for all Participants Phase III: Idea Presentation	Seventy students from various departments participated in the event	Idea Presentation: Prof. Pravin Dwaramwar, Prof. Uday Mujumdar Prof. Rupesh Pais Prof. Rajesh Raut
2	Why, What and How of Entrepreneurship	3/04/2021	Electrical Engineering Students	Mr. Baldev Singh Ravat, Founder Value Kreation
3	How to Empower Student Entrepreneurs	16/08/2021	Electronics Engineering Students	Mr. Virag Deshpande, Sr. Manager Mahindra and Mahindra
4	Entrepreneurship Development	06/02/2021	Electronics Engineering Students	Mr. Omkar Kekre Founder TERN, Nagpur

Activities 2019-20

Oasis:  The Entrepreneurship Development Cell

Institute level Activity Faculty Coordinator: Prof. Pravin Dwaramwar, RCOEM TBI Prof.U.B.Mujumdar, ED Cell
Details of the Activity	Date	Students Participation	Speakers
RCOEM Changmakers	Phase I: Idea Submission : 04/09/2018 to 20/09/2018 Phase II: Ideation Workshop for all Participants : 22/09/2018 Phase III: Idea Presentation : 28 and 29/09/2018	Forty students from various departments participated in the event	Ideation workshop: Mr. Shashikant Chaudhary, Angel Investor and entrepreneur, Cofounder Nagpur Angles. Idea Presentation: Prof.Pravin Dwaramwar, Prof.Uday Mujumdar Prof.Deepak Dahigaonkar
“TRANSPRENEUR	7th March 2020.	120 participants from all the branches of Engineering, MBA and MCA.	1)Mr. Shashikant Chaudhary, Angel Investor and entrepreneur , Cofounder Nagpur Angles. 2) Prof.Pravin Dwaramwar, RCOEM TBI,

   

Activities in session 2018-19

Institute level Activity Faculty Coordinator: Prof. Pravin Dwaramwar, RCOEM TBI Prof.U.B.Mujumdar, ED Cell
Details of the Activity	Date	Students Participation	Speakers
RCOEM Changmakers	Phase I: Idea Submission : 04/09/2018 to 20/09/2018 Phase II: Ideation Workshop for all Participants : 22/09/2018 Phase III: Idea Presentation : 28 and 29/09/2018	Forty students from various departments participated in the event	Ideation workshop: Mr. Shashikant Chaudhary, Angel Investor and entrepreneur , Cofounder Nagpur Angles. Idea Presentation: Prof.Pravin Dwaramwar, Prof.Uday Mujumdar Prof.Deepak Dahigaonkar
“TRANSPRENEUR	17th March 2019.	120 participants from all the branches of Engineering, MBA and MCA.	1) Mr. Shashikant Chaudhary, Angel Investor and entrepreneur , Cofounder Nagpur Angles. 2) Prof.Pravin Dwaramwar, RCOEM TBI,

Department level Activity Electrical Department Faculty Coordinator: U.B.Mujumdar
Details of the Activity	Date	Students Participation	Speakers
Entrepreneurship Development Cell Installation Program	26th September 2018.	85 students from II,III and IV year Electrical	Mr.Mandar Ghotkar, CEO, Orange WIT , Nagpur
Entrepreneurship scope in PLC and SCADA	26th September 2018.	85 students from II,III and IV year Electrical	.Mandar Ghotkar, CEO, Orange WIT , Nagpur
Scope and Potential in Electrical system Design	27th September 2018.	Students from II,III and IV year Electrical	Mr.Mr.Devashish Joshi, MNJ Consultants, Nagpur
Solar Photovoltaic Systems potential and opportunities	27th September 2018.	Students from II,III and IV year Electrical	Mr.Kapil Jangid, Photon Energy Solutions, Nagpur
Entrepreneurship Opportunities in Automation for Electrical Engineers	15 Jan 2019.	Third and final year students	Mr.Sumit Dubey, CEO, Pro-Embedded Systems, Nagpur

Department level Activity Electronics Department Faculty Coordinator: Prof.B.M.Hardas
Details of the Activity	Date	Students Participation	Speakers
Start up Tips and new initiatives of Ministry of MSME	13 July 2018	Final year students of	Mr. Varad Manglekar, Associate analyst, Infocepts Technologies Pvt. Ltd,Nagpur
Industry Visit Waghmare Food Products (WFP) Pvt. Ltd.	16 August 2018	II,III and IV year Electronics students	Mr. Sarang Waghmare, CEO, WFP, Nagpur
Parameters for choosing right path for entrepreneurship	4 Oct. 2018.	II,III and IV year Electronics students	Mr.Rooshad Patel, Managing Director ,High Tech Resistors
Embedded system design and Smart Metering	31 of Dec. 2018	II,III and IV year Electronics students	Swati Naidu ((Job skills trainer, career guide and mentor), DHEYA Pvt. Ltd., Delhi)
One day workshop on “Interview skills, communication and presentation skills”	9 March 2019	II,III and IV year Electronics students	Ms. Swati Naidu
Two days workshop conducted on “Design Thinking for Problem Solving”	11 and 12 March 2019	II,III and IV year Electronics students	Mr. N Krishnan, Principal Consultant, Sadashiva Consulting Services, Bengaluru.

Department level Activity Electronics and Communication Department Faculty Coordinator: Dr.Sanket Kasturiwala
Details of the Activity	Date	Students Participation	Speakers
“Mantras for Successful Entrepreneurs”	28/07/2018	for Second & Third Year Students of the department.	Mr. Nitin Biyani , Founder and Director of famous start-up “Chai Villa, Nagpur

Department level Activity Industrial Engineering Faculty Coordinator: Prof.M.R.Jain
Details of the Activity	Date	Students Participation	Speakers
Financial Planning for Entrepreneur	20/2/2019	second and third year	was Financial Director, M/S.Badjate Financial Investment Pvt ltd, Nagpur.

Department level Activity Electronics Design and Technology
Details of the Activity	Date	Students Participation	Speakers
Key techniques of entrepreneurship development	23/02/2019	36 students of 4th and 6th semester	Mr. Nisarg Ostwal is an alumni of EDT department (2011 batch) and Proprietor of Shivshati Dal Mill, Nagpur.

 

Activities 2017-18

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Workshop on “Entrepreneurship in Solar Photovoltaic System”

Entrepreneurship Development(ED) Cell and Department of Electrical Engineering jointly organized two day workshop on “Entrepreneurship in Solar Photovoltaic System” on 23rd and 24th September 2017 for the students of Shri Ramdeobaba College of Engineering and Management, Nagpur. The objective of workshop was to ensure the comprehensive understanding of Solar Photovoltaic systems amongst the participants and make them aware about the various business opportunities in this field. The workshop showcased the unique combination of Technical sessions, Sessions by Entrepreneurs in the field, Business plan preparation and Hands on Training. The program was inaugurated by Dr. Rajesh Pande, Principal, RCOEM, and was accompanied Prof.V.T. Barhate, HOD Electrical and Prof.U.B.Mujumdar, In-Charge ED Cell. Mr.Sudhir Budhe, Director Business Algorithms-Solar division, Nagpur provided the details about the various opportunities and scope for the young technocrats. The other expert speakers were Mr.Kapil Jangid, Solar Power Systems, Mr.Jay Khobrgade, Azur Power, Dr.Sunita Dhote and Prof.U.B.Mujumdar. In “Hands on Training session”, participants got hands on experience of working with Photovoltaic panels and various equipments used in PV system. Participants were also provided with PV System design guide and worksheets in this session. 40 students from Electrical, Electronics, Electronics Design Technology and Mechanical department actively participated in the workshop. Prof. U.B.Mujumdar, Prof.Gaurav Goyal, Prof.(Mrs) S.H.Deshmukh, Prof. Pankaj Sawarkar, Prof.Ameya Saonerkar and Students Team of EDC electrical worked hard to make the event a grand success.

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ED Cell – Electronics || Meet an Entrepreneur

Our Alumni Mr.Kaustubh Katdare, CEO, Crazy Engineers Technologies Private Limited, Nagpur, interacting with the ED-Cell Students of Electronics Engineering Department on 10/08/2017. Mr. Katdare shared his experiences with the students. All his inputs pertaining to Entrepreneurship development were well received by the students. Department of Electronics Engineering, arranged an Industry visit and interaction with Mr. SandeepDarwhekar, Beta Computronics Pvt. Ltd., IT Park, Nagpur on 28th Aug. 2017. Both UG and PG students of the department visited the industry. Mr.Darwhekar focused on skill set for Electronics Engineers during interaction and also talked about Domain/Areas of different opportunities. Prof. P U Joshi and Prof. S R Pandey co-ordinated the visit.

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Entrepreneurship Development Cell Installation Program, 2017-18

Entrepreneurship Development Cell Installation Program, 2017-18 The Entrepreneurship Development Cell Team, Department of Electrical Engineering has been installed on 03rd August 2017. Mr. Anurag Kulkarni, Sa-Digital Systems, Nagpur and Ms.Rashmi Kulkarni, Nevtas Systems Nagpur, 2001 batch alumni and first generation Entrepreneur were the chief guests. Mr. Anurag Kulkarni guided the students on entrepreneurship & motivational aspects and How to move ahead step by step to overcome the challenges in entrepreneurship. The dynamic women entrepreneur, Ms.Rasmi Kulkarni gave the basic lesson of Entrepreneurship and narrated the importance of technology based Entrepreneurship. Prof. M.R.Jain, Chief coordinator ED Cell, guided the students on “Traits of an Entrepreneur”. Prof.V.T.Barhate talked about importance of Entrepreneurial attitude. Prof.U.B.Mujumdar introduced the role of ‘Entrepreneurship Development Cell’ in overall development of students. Mr.Anurag Kulkarni and Ms.Rashmi Kulkarni installed the new team of EDC-Electrical. The student president Mr. Pankaj Singh gave the details of various activities to be conducted in the year and Ms.Richa Bhure, Secretary proposed the vote of thanks. All the student members worked hard for the success of the program.  

ACTIVITIES OF OASIS – THE ED CELL ( 2015-2016)

Past Events

2015

Department of Mechanical Engineering

The Office bearers of Entrepreneurship Development Cell, Department of Civil Engineering have been installed on 7th October 2015. Mr. A.K.Shukla, General Manager , MOIL ,Nagpur a well known Entrepreneur was the chief guest of the function. He is the man of few words, but actions. A true leader, motivating personality. He has wide exposure in projects and some of them are successfully running at Deori, Balaghat, etc. The function started with lightening of lamps, followed by introductory speech of Prof. Kadu, Head of the department, Civil Engineering who explained what Entrepreneurship term has to offer to the world and how civil engineers are in turn responsible for building a developed nation. Prof.M.R.Jain, Chief Coordinator-EDC cell also guided the students on the occasion. . Prof. M.S.Tiwari, Coordinator-EDC Civil Department briefed the activities conducted by the ED Cell. The program was conducted by Mr.Ashutosh Thakur and other Ed Cell student bearers of the respective department. Prof.Pachpor, Prof. Sharma were prominently present in the program. An interactive session with Alumni Mr. Chirag has been held for the students regarding Entrepreneurship and startups venture.  

Department of Industrial Engineering

A guest Lecture was organized by Oasis -Entrepreneurship Cell (industrial) on 7th October 2015 for the second year students of Industrial Engineering Department. Guest of the session was Dr. A.R.Bapat, Ex-Prof. Incharge of Workshop in RCOEM for 16 yrs. He also served as Principal in KDK College OF Engineering for 2 yrs. The session named “ To Achieve Your Dreams, Remember A to Z Life’s Instrutions” started with the welcome speech of Prof. M.R. Jain, Chief Coordinator of Ed Cell. Dr. Bapat influenced students with motivating thoughts and by sharing skills to live a happy, healthy life. Mr. Bapat talked about avoiding negativity, to be brave and to stop procrastinating. He emphasized how efforts can be accelerated by zeroing in the targets and going for it. He discussed about entrepreneurial approach towards earning money. The students found the session to be highly informative and useful. The programme came to end with the vote of thanks proposed by Prof. Y.V. Deshpande (Industriual Engg. Dept).

Department of Electrical Engineering

1. The Office bearers of Entrepreneurship Development Cell, Department of Electrical Engineering have been installed on 1st October 2014. Mr. Ashish Sharma, Platinum Education, Nagpur a well known HR trainer and Motivator was the chief guest of the function. He guided the students on “Goal Setting for Successful Entrepreneurship”. Prof.V.T.Barhate, Head of the department, Electrical Engineering and Prof.M.R.Jain, Chief Coordinator-EDC cell also guided the students on the occasion. Prof.U.B.Mujumdar, Coordinator-EDC Electrical department briefed the activities conducted by the ED Cell.Events such as Business quiz and G.K quiz were also conducted by the members of ED cell. The program was conducted by Ms.Twinkal Thakur and Ms.Sonica Zanzad. Prof.N.M.Deshkar, Prof.D.R.Tutakne, Prof.Hemant Diddee, Prof.(Mrs) S.H.Deshmukh and Prof(Mrs) Preeti Kapoor were prominently present in the program.
2. To develop the entrepreneurial spirit in the students, the ED Cell of Electrical Department has organized a competition on “Innovative applications of Solar PV energy”. In this competition, students submitted the innovative applications of Solar PV energy which has some practical relevance.The competition received excellent response from the students. Students has come up with innovative applications of Solar PV energy such as Hybrid vehicle, Grid connected Inverter, Solar Power Emergency Kit, Solar leaf, Solar power Telecom Tower, Efficient converter for solar system, Eco friendly Plaza and many more. The entries were judged on the basic of Originality, Innovativeness and Applications.An innovative application on “Solar Power Emergency Kit” by Ms.Neha Keswani, III Sem electrical student bagged the first prize while the “Solar Powered Telecom Tower” by Ashish Tanksale, III Sem-Electrical received the second prize. Prof. V.T.Barhate congratulated and gave the prizes to the students. Prof.U.B.Mujumdar, Coordinator ED Cell-Electrical and Prof.(Mrs)S.H.Deshmukh judged the entries.

Department of Computer Application

Department Of Computer Application and Information Technology has organized “Golden Dreams” – An ED Cell initiative for the students who are interested to opt for entrepreneurship. The event was held on 27th March 2015, in the IT department. The students from both the departments were gathered to enhance their skills for entrepreneurship. The event was inaugurated in the presence of Chief Guest Mr. Mukesh Ashsar and Dr. D.S. Adane, Head, Department of Computer Application. The faculties from both the Department were present at the occasion. Mr. Mukesh Ashar from Lemon Ideas was accompanied with a team of three members, Manish Upadhyay, Snehil Maheshwar and Kshitij Kolhe. Mr. Mukesh Ashar started the session. He has given a new way and explained how a small idea can be a reason to become a successful entrepreneur. He starts from what is an entrepreneur and covered the qualities required to become an entrepreneur. He discussed about the journey of an entrepreneur from inception to success.

Department of Electronics Design Technology

The department of Electronics Design Technology organized an Industrial visit to Bharat Plastics Pvt.Ltd., Hingna (MIDC) on 3rd January 2015 for EDT students. Shrikant Dhondarikar, Business founder Bharat Plastics, Hingna MIDC, Nagpur interacted with our students & discussed about entrepreneurship skills and their experiences during the foundation of industry. Total 26 students of the department along with five faculty members have joined this industrial trip.

Guest Lecture

Date: 25th February 2015 A Guest Lecture programme was organized by the ‘Oasis- The Entrepreneurship Development Cell’ especially for Final Year students and also third year students of Industrial Engineering on 25th February 2015. The Resource Person was Mr. MUKESH ASHAR. Mr. Mukesh is an entrepreneur and international trainer (JCI certified) with experience in telecom & industrial supply domain for last 25 years. He is founding member of Lemon School. The programme commenced with the welcome address given by Prof. M. R. Jain. After that the Resource Person gave his presentation on the topic “What it takes to be an Entrepreneur”. He explained the students about Strategies one can opt for starting his career as Entrepreneur and also explained the scope for Entrepreneurship in India. He also tried in making the students understand that for Entrepreneurship passion and enthusiasm is required and institutions like ‘LEMON IDEAS INNOVATIONS’ is always ready to help Plans and Mind waggling ideas of students into realities by mentoring and also investing into it. He organized the activity in which students had to participate and come up with the innovative business plans. All these plans were discussed by the students and the guest. He also benefitted students by answering their queries and showing them broader aspects to nurture Entrepreneurship. The students found the session to be highly informative and useful. Nearly 50 students got benefitted through this programme.

ACCRETE – 2015

“ACCRETE” A Two day’s program for creating awareness about Entrepreneurship for the first year students was conducted on 3rd & 4th January 2015. Around 180 students were present for the program. The Inaugural speech was delivered by Chief Guest Mr. Jaisingh Chavhan, General Secretary of Bhartiya Janta Party Apang Vikas Aghadi Maharashtra State . Mr. Shreyas Holay, Director of Backbencher magazine and Mr. Karandeep Singh Arora Industrial Alumni were among the guests of the event. The other dignitaries who graced the occasion were Mr. Govindlalji Agrawal, Secretary RCOEM, DR. R. S. Pandey, Principal RCOEM, Dr. D. R. Zawar, Industrial Engineering, Pf. M.R. Jain, Chief Coordinator of OASIS-The ED Cell. Mr. Sanjay Arora conducted one session on creativity and importance of entrepreneurship and motivated the students to develop the strategic and creative abilities. This session got overwhelming response from students. On day two, Mr Pawan Sarda who himself is a successful entrepreneur took a three hour seminar and stressed on innovation. He introduced the idea of making creative innovations irrespective of the educational backgrounds which was enjoyed and liked by the students very much. Along with the sessions entrepreneurship activities and tests were also conducted in which all the students participated with great enthusiasm. Certificate of participation has been distributed to all the participants.

2014

BUSINESS MASTERMINDS

OASIS- THE Entrepreneurship Development Cell organized a ONE WEEK event BUSINESS MASTERMINDS-2014, (24th decmber-29th December 2014) exploring the business and marketing skills. This Program Is Organized For Rcoem Engineering Students And Students Of Other Engineering College Too. This Was An Intercollegiate Event. The Event Included Various Activities To Boost The Business Skills And Innovative Ideas Among The Participants. Topics Covered In The Session Were Finance, Marketing And Innovation Of Entrepreneurship Skills. The Workshop Was Attended By Students From Leading Colleges Of The City namely G.H.Raisoni, S.B.Jain, Anjuman College, Dr. Ambedkar College, etc. The Function Was Inaugurated by Mrs. Bhavya Choudhary, Centre Head of BULLS EYE, Mr. Shreyas Holay, Director of Backbencher Magazine, Dr R.S.Pandey, Principal of RCOEM, Prof. I.P.Keswani (HOD- Industrial Dept.) And Prof. M. R. Jain, Chief Coordinator Of OASIS-The ED Cell. First Activity Was ‘PEHLI KAMAI’ In Which Students Invested A Small Amount Of Money In Real World Market To Earn The Profit. On 26th Of December, All The Participants Were Taken To The GREEN GROVES FARM HOUSE For The Second Event Named As ‘THESUR’ (Treasure Hunt). It Was Followed By The Event ‘JUGAAD’ Held On 27th Of DECEMBER In Which Participants Had To Sell The Products In Market To Generate The Profit. This Activity Was Preceded By The Motivational Speech Of Prof. M.R.Jain On Entrepreneurship. He Talked About Various Avenues On Finance In The Process Of Becoming A Successful Entrepreneur. On 28th Of December, Fourth Activity ‘FACE OFF’ Had Taken Place. Students Were Given The Business Related Topic To Debate And To Come Up With The Mutual Conclusion. This Event Was Judged by Prof. Deepak. Last Activity ‘PLAN-DE-EMPERSIA( B-Plan Competition)’ Was Scheduled On 29th Of December In Which After Short Listing The Top 10 Groups, All The Selected Groups Had To Come Up With Their Own Innovative Business Idea Along With Its Advertisement, Budget And Breakthrough Point. Top 3 Groups Have Been Rewarded By the Cash Prize of 15000, 10000 And 5000 Respectively. Bulls Eye Has Also Rewarded the Winners with the Scholarships. The Complete Event Was Concluded By The Inspirational Guidance Of All The Dignitaries. They Discussed The Various Fields That One Can Get Into As An Aspiring Entrepreneur. A Certificate Of Participation Was Given To All Present At The Conclusion Of The Event. CHETAN BHAUKA (Secretary of ED Cell-Electronics & Telecommunication) headed the event of 350 students. K.SHREEYA REDDY and POOJA MISHRA coordinated the whole event which was successfully organized by the team of OASIS-The ED Cell.