Entrepreneurial Development Cell – Bhaktavatsalam Memorial College for Women

It’s Not About Ideas. It’s About Making Ideas Happen — Scott Belsky, Co-Founder Of Behance

Bhaktavatsalam Memorial college for women has established a Entrepreneurship Development Cell on 4th February, 2012 to emerge as a Centre of Excellence in the field of Entrepreneurship Promotion and to act as a catalyst in transforming employable skills to entrepreneurial communities by translating latent ideas into viable enterprises”.

Objectives

To inspire the prospective entrepreneurs and to develop entrepreneurship education, training and research through competitive, self-motivated and self-driven practices.
To promote knowledge based and technology-driven start-ups by harnessing young minds and their innovation potential in an academic environment.

Activities

Create awareness on Entrepreneurship among the students through training programmes.
Organise Seminars, Guest Lectures, Workshops, ED Bazaar and Training Programmes to enhance entrepreneurial skills among students.
To identify and motivate budding entrepreneurs
To facilitate budding entrepreneurs by providing information on entrepreneurial opportunities

DATE	EVENT
30TH AUGUST 2017	ONE-DAY WORKSHOP ON FABRIC PAINTING & SHILPAKAR JEWELLERY CHIEF GUESTS: Mrs. Jayashree Narayanan & Mrs. Usha Krishnan
5TH JANUARY 2018	ONE-DAY TRAINING PROGRAM — MUSHROOM PRODUCTION CHIEF GUEST: Dr. H. Gopal, Professor & Head, TNAU – Information Training Centre, Anna Nagar
27TH APRIL 2018	ONE-DAY WORKSHOP ON CHOCOLATE MAKING VENUE: TANSTIA – FNF Service Centre, Guindy
25TH JULY 2018	ONE-DAY FREE TRAINING ON BIOFUEL BRIQUETTES CHIEF GUEST: Mohamed Ramli, Project Director, I STED
12TH SEPTEMBER 2018	ONE-DAY HANDS-ON TRAINING ON DRY FLOWER MAKING VENUE: TNAU – Information Training Centre, Anna Nagar
27TH SEPTEMBER 2018	ONE-DAY HANDS-ON TRAINING PROGRAM ON VALUE ADDITION IN FRUITS & VEGETABLES VENUE: TNAU – Information Training Centre, Anna Nagar
17TH OCTOBER 2018	ONE-DAY WORKSHOP ON WOODEN PENDANT, TIE & DYE, & BATIK TECHNIQUE CHIEF GUESTS: Mrs. Jayashree Narayanan & Mrs. Usha Krishnan

VIRTUAL INCUBATION CELL

The Centre for Research in Humanities and Sciences was inaugurated by Mr. Arun Razza, ARCOMM on Oct 19, 2016. The objectives are to conduct seminars, workshops and Hands-On Training.
Incubation programs are sponsored by ARCOMM and OMS Infotech. Their goal is to help create and grow young entrepreneurs by providing them with necessary support and technical services.