Structure
The innovation and entrepreneurship program at the Centre consists of the following
four initiatives, each of which is managed by a team of faculty members of the University:
Entrepreneurship Cell:
This is a student led body responsible for creating an entrepreneurial culture across the
University. Their mandate is to conduct business plan competitions, workshops, invited industry talks by experts etc.
https://upesecell.com/
https://www.facebook.com/upesecell/
Student Entrepreneurship Center:
The Centre’s primary role is to advise and mentor the student entrepreneurs
on their business ideas through One to One mentoring along with customized workshops on various functional areas of Business Process:
| Business strategy |
Marketing plan |
Financial Planning |
| Human resources |
Operations Management |
Legal advice |
Entrepreneurship Support Center:
The Centre primarily focuses on external entrepreneurs (non-UPES community), and typically these entrepreneurs/startups
could either be early stage or late stage ventures. Depending upon their stage of development, the Centre focuses on providing assistance to them to accelerate
their growth. The services offered ranges from use of mailing facility and networking opportunity along with assistance in raising finance.
Innovation Development Cell:
The cell focuses on the innovative classroom projects of the students (primarily postgraduate)
and assists them with prototype development, product design finally leading to their commercialization.
In addition to the above, there is also significant focus on bringing live industry projects
to the University, which in effect becomes living laboratories, providing internship/training opportunities for the students.