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Entrepreneurship Development Cell (E-Cell)
Vision of E-Cell :
Developing an ecosystem dedicated to promote and sustain the entrepreneurial spirit among
the youth for the betterment of the society.
About of E-Cell, MEFGI :
The institute is committed to encourage entrepreneurial activities proactively. A separate
entrepreneurship cell know as Entrepreneurship Development Cell (E-Cell) , MEFGI has been
establish to induce the entrepreneurship spirit among students and make them excited to start
their own venture/enterprise.
Entrepreneurs with technical background, like our students, have amazing capability to
innovate both on the technical and business fronts. E-Cell, MEFGI aims at fostering such
capability and provides all possible support to convert their dreams and aspiration into reality.
To meet its vision the cell has been organizing number of events like entrepreneurs interaction
sessions, entrepreneurship awareness camp, lectures, workshops and demo days. We are very
glad to see the early sign of the change in our student. Validating our efforts, the number of
students approaching us with their business ideas has grown quite significantly.
E-Cell also signed the MOU with Viridian Espark Ventures Accelerator, Noida to support and
coach the student driven Start-ups enrolled under E-Cell.
E-Cell has dedicated nodal centre with all the basic facilities. Students can use the centre even
after office hours.
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Faculty Committee Members :
Sr. No. Name of Member Department Role
1. Prof.Mehul Patel Electronics and Communications Engineering Coordinator
2. Mr.Kiran Parmar Senior Manager Skill Development Member
3. Prof. Chintan Patel Computer Engineering Member
4. Prof.Harsh Mehta Information Technology Member
5. Prof. Pushkar Tripathi Electrical Engineering Member
6. Prof. Tejas Bhavsar Mechanical Engineering Member
7. Prof.Bhavik Daxini Civil Engineering Member
8. Prof. Divya Dixit Environmental Science and Engineering Member
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Activities Carried out by E-Cell
Faculty and Student Training Programs/Visits:
1. Academic Year 2016_17 :
Sr.
No
Date Duration Name of the
Program
Name of Attendee Organize
d by
Venue
1.
24/12/16
To
12/01/17
Three
Week
JAGRITI
YATRA_2017
(National Train
Journey to
Build India
through
Enterprise).
1. Madhav V. Patel
(Student of 5th
E&C)
Enrol.No :
130570111028
Jagriti
Sewa
Sansthan
is based in
Deoria,
Uttar
Pradesh
National train
journey that will
travel 8000 Km
across the length
and breadth of
India and cover
12 States of
India.
2.
28/12/16
To
09/01/17
Two
Week
Global
Entrepreneursh
ip and
Innovation
Program
1. Prof. Tejas S.
Bhavsar
(Mechanical
Dept.)
2. Jaimin B. Vora
(Student of 5th
Computer Engg.)
Enrol.No :
140970107052
3. Divyaben V.
Nakum (Student
of 7th
E&C
Engg.)
Enrol.No :
130570111025
KLETU,
Hubballi,
Karnataka
Manning School
of Business,
University Of
Massachusetts
Lowell
3.
26/12/16
To
07/01/17
Two
Week
Faculty
Development
Program (FDP)
1. Prof.Mehul L.
Patel (E&C
Dept.)
2. Prof. Amit H.
Bhmani
(Computer
Dept.)
The
Centre of
Entrepren
eurship
Developm
ent,(CED)
Gandhina
gar
CED, Naroda
GIDC Centre,
Ahmedabad.
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2. Academic Year 2014_15 :
Sr.
No
Date Duration Name of the
Program
Name of Attendee Organize
d by
Venue
1.
16/03/15
To
28/03/15
Two
Week
Faculty
Development
Program (FDP)
1. Prof. Ravi
Bagree (E&C
Dept.)
Entrepren
eurship
Developm
ent
Institute
of India
(EDII),
Ahmedaba
d
EDII,
Ahmedbad
Events Organized :
1. Academic year 2016_17:
Sr.
No
Date Duration Name of the
event.
Speaker/Guest Venue Organized by
1 02/07/16 1 Day
Workshop on
student project to
student startup at
Resource
Persons from
GTU
GTU,
VGEC,
Ahmed
abad
Gujarat Technology
University,
Chandkheda campus.
2 12/09/16 1 Day
One Day IEEE
Event on
Internship and
Entrepreneurship
Development
Program
Mr.Amit Kumar,
Dr.Y.P.Kosta,
Mr. Jatin
chaudhry,
Mr. Pravash Dey
MEFGI
Jointly Organized by
E-CELL, and IEEE
Student Branch,
MEFGI and
Sponsored by IEEE
Gujarat Section and
E-CELL, MEFGI.
3 17/09/16 1 Day
One Day work
shop on
“Showcasing
Carrier
Opportunity in
Media”
Mr. Kaushal
Upadhyay,
Mr. Dhawal
Khunt
MEFGI
Jointly Organized by:
E-CELL, MEFGI
& National Institute
of Mass
Communication and
Journalism,
Ahmedabad
4 21/09/16 1 Day
Live Streaming of
Webinar on
“How to Build
Your Start-Up
from Scratch”
Ja-Naé Duane,
Steven Fisher MEFGI
Entrepreneurship
Development Cell,
MEFGI
Conducted by:
McGraw Hill
Education (India)
Pvt. Ltd
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5
19/01/17
To
21/01/17
3 Days
Entrepreneurship
Awareness Camp
(EC)
Resource
Persons from
various
organizations
associated to
Entrepreneurship
Development
MEFGI
E-CELL,MEFGI
Sponsored by :
The Centre of
Entrepreneurship
Development,(CED)
Gandhinagar
6 24/01/17 1 Day
Start up Eco
System in
Educational
Campuses
Dr. Sunil Shukla,
Director-EDII,
Ahmedabad
MEFGI E-Cell, MEFGI
2. Academic year 2015_16 :
Sr.
No
Date Duration Name of the
event.
Speaker/Guest Venue Organized by
1 25/07/15 1 Day
Launch of book
"you gotta have
balls" by author
Parashar Pandya
Mr. Jatin kataria
Mr. Parashar
pandya
MEFGI E-CELL,MEFGI
2 21 To
23/01/16 3 Days
1st
Entrepreneurship
Awareness Camp
(EC)
Resource
Persons from
various
organizations
associated to
Entrepreneurship
Development
MEFGI
E-CELL,MEFGI
Sponsored by
NIMAT_EDII,
Ahmedabad and
NSTEDB_DST
(Grant of Rs.20000/)
3 28/01/16 1 Day
Industrial
Guidance
Seminar
Experts From
DIC,MSME
Rajkot
Engine
ering
Associa
tion
(REA)
Jointly Organized by
REA, MSME, DIC
4 16/02/16 1Day Empresario
Startup Gujarat
Experts From
EDII,
Ahmedabad
MEFGI
(Rajkot Zone Nodal
Center ) E-
CELL,MEFGI
EDII, Ahmedabad in
association with the
Gujarat CSR
5 18 To
20/02/16 3 Days
2nd
Entrepreneurship
Awareness Camp
(EC)
Resource
Persons from
various
organizations
associated to
Entrepreneurship
Development
MEFGI
E-CELL,MEFGI
Sponsored by
NIMAT_EDII,
Ahmedabad and
NSTEDB_DST
(Grant of Rs.20000/)
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6 17 To
19/03/16 3 Days
3rd
Entrepreneurship
Awareness Camp
(EC)
Resource
Persons from
various
organizations
associated to
Entrepreneurship
Development
MEFGI
E-CELL,MEFGI
Sponsored by
NIMAT_EDII,
Ahmedabad and
NSTEDB_DST
(Grant of Rs.20000/)
3. Academic year 2014_15 :
Sr.
No
Date Duration Name of the
event.
Speaker/Guest Venue Organized by
1 16/10/14 1 Day
Job Vs.
Entrepreneurship
Session
Mr. Jatin Kataria,
Mr. Akshay Makadia MEFGI
E-CELL,
MEFGI
2 10/02/15 1 Day Rotodeal.com
Launch event
Miss.Nisha Kataria
Mr.Pranajay jhala,
Mr.Vivek vyas,
Mr. Kamal
MEFGI E-CELL,
MEFGI
3 27/03/15 1 Day Echai Demo Day
Mr. Jatin chaudhry,
Mr. Akshay makadia
Mr. Vivek vyas,
Mr. Vivek Sancheti
Mr. Tejas Jasani,
Mr. Shital Bhatia
Mr. Ankur Kansagra
MEFGI E-CELL,
MEFGI
4 28/04/15 1 Day Tail A Story Prof. Gandhi
( Head of MBA,MEFGI) MEFGI
E-CELL,
MEFGI
4. Academic year 2013_14:
Sr.
No
Date Duration Name of the
event.
Speaker/Guest Venue Organized by
1 03/10/13 1 Day eChai-On-
Campus
Mr.Rutvik Dave,
Mr.Ateet Bajaj, Mr.
Vivek Sancheti and
other Entrepreneurs.
MEFGI E-CELL,
MEFGI
Prof. Mehul L Patel
Coordinator, Entrepreneur Development Cell,
Marwadi Education Foundation Group of Institute.
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Photographs of Various Events
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