The Inaugural

Now that it had been decided that a new chapter in the history of NMIT would be started, a formal inaugural of the student led entrepreneurship cell (E-cell) was held on Dec 9/09.



This was formally inaugrated by Dr. N.R.Shetty, President of ISTE, Former Vice Chancellor of Bangalore University and also Director of NMIT.



The event was presided over by the following dignitaries:




Dr.S.Mohan- currently a Professor in Department of Instrumentation, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India. He is also the Chief Executive of Society for Innovation and development, a window of IISc for interaction with the world which is playing a very important role in transferring technologies developed at IISc to industries.






Ms. Madhura Chatrapathy -a leading Social and Business Entrepreneur. She is a food technologist by training with Post Graduate Diplomas in Marketing & Advertising and Journalism to her credit, both with distinction.As a businessperson she set up her business of a de-hydration plant in 1981 with know-how from CFTRI for Tamarind Powder.Today, Food Associates Bangalore, is a leading customized food ingredients producer and a sourcing agent for a range of ingredients for its very discerning customers.As a Social Entrepreneur, she has initiated and built up many institutions including Association of Food Scientists & Technologists (AFST), Association of Women Entrepreneurs of Karnataka (AWAKE) of which she was the Founder President and also Asian Centre for Entrepreneurial Initiatives (ASCENT).




Mrs. Sudha Kumar -CEO and Cofounder, Prayag Consulting; She has nearly twenty years’ experience in high technology strategy and marketing and management consulting. She started her career at A F Ferguson & Co, one of India's leading management consulting firms After a four- year stint at AFF, Sudha joined Infosys Technologies, Bangalore to start the Corporate Planning function.She was also a part of the Infosys ADR team. In the next few years, Sudha transformed the Marketing function at Infosys. In addition, she has anchored the creation and deployment of an intranet based Knowledge Management system for empowering customer-facing employees.At Prayag, Sudha is overall responsible for managing client relationships and branding.

Mr. Abhishek - This student turned entrpreneur who is credited for the start of the MNRIT E-Cell sure makes heads turn with his credentials. He is a Certified NLP(Neuro Linguistic Programming) Practitioner from NFNLP, Florida and has trained the Students of IIM(Indian Institute of Management) Bangalore on Team Building and Leadership.. He was the CEO of the Entrepreneurship and Incubation cell at MSRIT during the year 2008. At the age of 19 when teenagers are considered reckless he was a part of a Top Leadership team of a Company that Coached and Trained over 5000 Individuals.He also lead the Placement Division of the Company involved and placed over 200 individuals n the first 30 days in companies like IBM, Firstsource. Not just that he has attended the TiE Entrepreneurial Summit 2007 as a Delegate and Networked with the top 150 global leaders. He was also invited by the WEF(World Economic Forum) as a panelist to discuss trends in Entrepreneurship in Emerging India.

With a perfect start like this its just a matter of time, that Eclectic would reach the zenith its marked for.

What is Eclectic..?

AN INTRODUCTION TO ECLECTIC – NMIT’s E-CELL

Introduction: Entrepreneurship promotes economic growth and development and is being widely promoted in diverse contexts. Entrepreneurship is a process of creating something new and assuming the risks and rewards. It is an eclectic approach drawing from areas such as strategy, economics, psychology and functional domains of business such as marketing, finance and human resources management. During the past few years, entrepreneurship has emerged as a distinct area of study, and it is widely agreed that entrepreneurship can be taught as a distinct discipline.

Entrepreneurship education is now an integral component of most technical and management programs, with various courses / activities being conducted to impart key entrepreneurial skills to students. Students are taught various dimensions of entrepreneurship through activities designed to encourage hands-on experience and innovation. The role of entrepreneurship education in engineering education is gaining importance due to the multidimensional skills that are essential to lead, manage or function in technology-based businesses.

Considering the immense need to promote entrepreneurship among its students, Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology (NMIT) has constantly supported and implemented various activities. Towards further nurturing the entrepreneurial spirit among its students and staff, NMIT has recently established a student-led entrepreneurship cell (e-cell).

NMIT’s e-cell is aptly named ‘ECLECTIC’ which represents the cell’s dynamic strategy of choosing the best from various disciplines so as to hone entrepreneurship skills of its members.

ECLECTIC: ECLECTIC is NMIT’s student-led initiative to train students in the discipline of entrepreneurship. The objectives of the e-cell are:

1. Enhance awareness regarding entrepreneurship and related components
2. Provide opportunities for students to enhance knowledge and test their skills of entrepreneurship
3. Integrate entrepreneurship & related concepts with various courses conducted in the institute
4. Create opportunities for students to validate their business plans through incubation, mentoring etc

Activities of ECLECTIC: Towards achieving its objectives, ECLECTIC plans and carries out activities such as –

1. Organizing events for networking with entrepreneurs and venture capital firms
2. Conducting certificate courses, training programs, conferences and seminars
3. Conducting competitions such as business plan competitions and ‘the pitch’
4. Conducting events that enable interaction between industry representatives and academics
5. Creating opportunities for entrepreneurship research

Structure of ECLECTIC: All undergraduate and postgraduate students of engineering and management of NMIT are the members of ECLECTIC. Currently, more than 2200 students are members of ECLECTIC. Among the members, 16 students have been elected as e-leaders. Each department of the institute is also represented by faculty coordinators who, along with the E-cell coordinator of the institute and the e-leaders, form the Executive committee. The managing committee is chaired by the Principal, NMIT.

The activities and programs of ECLECTIC are guided by a team of advisors. The advisory board includes eminent personalities from industry and academia.

ECLECTIC would be guided by a team of mentors who have been highly successful entrepreneurs and promoted entrepreneurship at various levels. Currently, Dr. NR Shetty, President, Indian Society for Technical Education, has agreed to be a mentor of ECLECTIC.

Contact Details: The Coordinator, ECLECTIC, Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology, Gollahalli, Govindapura, Yelahanka, Bangalore – 560064. Ph: (080) 22167885, 22167800, 9243413645, 9900446088

e-mail: eclectic.nmit@gmail.com