(This article was published in the bimonthly newsletter of Electrical Technocrats Association – ETA)
It is a very common fact that Entrepreneurship has become a buzz word these days. As the awareness level is grow up, naturally, an ecosystem of entrepreneurship try to evolve.
To accelerate the growth of entrepreneurship, there are a few organisations that are actively involved in promoting entrepreneurship, both among the young and the experienced people. Let us look at a very few organisations that help students to become an entrepreneur.
1. NEN (National Entrepreneurship Network)
2. TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs)
3. EDI (Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India)
NEN (National Entrepreneurship Network)
NEN was started way back in 2003 as a Non Profit Organisation by the joint efforts of IIT Bombay; IIM Ahmedabad; BITS, Pilani; SP Jain Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai; Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology, Bangalore.
The main objective of the organisation is to promote entrepreneurship, thus leading to job creation and economic growth. The organisation mainly concentrates towards the students and functions at numerous educational institutes across the breadth and depth of the country.
The organisation also has a online web portal (http://www.nenonline.org) where a lot of information and tools are available to help new and budding entrepreneurs.
I would be happy to introduce the concerned authorities, if MSEC is interested to start a chapter of NEN.
TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs)
TiE was established in Silicon Valley, way back in 1992. The organisation, a not for profit organisation has chapters all over the world, including one in Chennai. The organisation organises various events such as My Story Session, Technology Talk, etc. There are various membership schemes, including special packages for students.
EDI (Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India)
The Entrepreneurship Development Institute was set up in 1983 with the aid of SBI, IDBI, IFCI and ICICI. The institute offers various courses including a full time MBA program in Management. The course curriculum is suited in such a way that various nuances of entrepreneurship are easily imbibed by the students. The full time MBA program in entrepreneurship is a god platform for the undergraduate students who like to be an entrepreneur.
There are various other organisations as well that support entrepreneurship. Interested readers can get in touch me for further details.
The author is the Founder & C.E.O. of Ulaginoli Energy Solutions and can be reached at boniface@ulaginoli.com or +91 9884342050