Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Centre
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Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Centre

The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Centre (IEDC) is an initiative of Kerala Startup Mission under Startup Bootcamp Scheme of Government of Kerala. Under this scheme financial assistance is given to selected colleges for supporting innovative products and thereby build an entrepreneurial eco-system inside the campus.

The mission of the IEDCs is to "develop institutional mechanism to create entrepreneurial culture in academic institutions to foster growth of innovation and entrepreneurship amongst the faculty and students ".

Objectives of the IEDCs:

  1. To act as an institutional mechanism for providing various services including information on all aspects of enterprise building to budding S&T entrepreneurs.
  2. To create Entrepreneurial culture in the Parent Institution and other institutions in the region
  3. To inculcate a culture of innovation driven entrepreneurship through student projects.
  4. To catalyse and promote development of S&T knowledge-based enterprises and promote employment opportunities in the innovative areas.

Functions of IEDCs:

  1. To organise Entrepreneurship Awareness Camps, Entrepreneurship Development Programmes, Faculty Development Programmes and Skill Development Programmes in the college/institution for the benefit of S&T persons.
  2. To initiate five innovative student projects each year for new innovative product development.
  3. To guide and assist prospective entrepreneurs on various aspects such as preparing project reports, obtaining project approvals, loans and facilities from agencies of support system, information on technologies, etc.
  4. To arrange interaction with entrepreneurs and create a mentorship scheme for student entrepreneurs.
  5. To facilitate creation of entrepreneur's club in each college to foster culture of entrepreneurship amongst students
  6. To arrange industrial visit to understand the present problems faced by the industry and propose innovative solutions.
  7. To act as a Regional Information Centre on business opportunities, processes, technologies, market, etc. by creating and maintaining relevant data bases.
  8. IEDCs would also sensitise the management of the institutions regarding the importance of entrepreneurship and integrate their activities with the Host Institutions.

Achievements

  • 1st Prize in Start Up i3 (Ideate : Innovate : Incubate)

     

              The following students have secured first prize in startup i3 (event organized by KSUM) held at MES Advanced Institute of Management and Technologies (MES AIMAT).

    1. Akshay KG : S5 EC

    2. Mathew BK : S7 CE

    3. Sreerag SJ : S5 EC

    4. Abhishek PK : S5 CS

    5. Amrith Harikrishnan : S5 CS

    This is the second consecutive time St Thomas College of Engineering and Technology is securing first prize in a startup i3.

  • Shortlisted for Project Presentation at Kerala's Biggest Start-Up SME Conclave (Green Room)

    Two of our projects has been selected to present their innovation in Kerala's biggest start-up SME Conclave (Green Room). They are one among the 20 best projects selected from all IEDC's in Kerala.

    The details of the selected team are as follows

    1. Project Title : Eco-Toothbrush 
    Team Members : 1. Sachin PV
    2. Nibin
    3. Sidharth
    4. Jithinraj
    5. Abhishek R

    2. Project Title : Chakka Kokka
    Team Members : 1. Amrit Raj 
    2. Jishnu K 
    3. Adarsh TV
    4. Sourav
    5. Yedhukrishnan

  • KTU Project Competition

    Students from S4 Mechanical (Jishnu K, Amrith Raj, Aadarsh TV, Sourav V and Yadhukrisnan CA) has been shortlisted for the final stage of Project Competition conducted by KTU. Their project is one among the 6 projects selected for the finals.

  • 1st Prize in Start Up i3

    Team AJ5 from S6 Mechanical has won the first prize worth ₹15000 for their project presentation during "Startup i3" program conducted by Kerala Start Up Mission at UKF College of Engineering & Technology , Kollam

Activities

Start-Up Studio Launch 26-09-2019

I’M Startup Studio was launched at St Thomas College of Engineering and Technology with a vision of nurturing the very idea of entrepreneurship among the tech students on 26th September 2019 from college seminar hall. Dr. Shinu Mathew John (Principal) presided the function and the program was inaugurated by Mr. Nithin Madhavan ( CEO, Kannur Technolodge ). Thereafter he enlightened the students on why the startups need incubators. Mr. Aashin Muhammed (Marketing Manager of Tezzla Electric Bicycle) shared his startup experience with the students. Around 100 students attended the event. 10 students were selected as student ambassadors of startup studio and were awarded a badge.
IoT Application Development Workshop 05-03-2019

IEDC STM, ICT Academy of Kerala in association with Kerala Start-Up Mission is organized a two day workshop on IoT Application Development for IEDC students on 5th March -6th March 2019. This workshop was aimed to create a platform to learn various components, technique, and applications in IoT.  Furthermore it also help the Entrepreneur to build their product with industrial standards.
IoT Application Development Workshop 05-03-2019

IEDC STM, ICT Academy of Kerala in association with Kerala Start-Up Mission is organized a two day workshop on IoT Application Development for IEDC students on 5th March -6th March 2019. This workshop was aimed to create a platform to learn various components, technique, and applications in IoT.  Furthermore it also help the Entrepreneur to build their product with industrial standards. 32 students from various colleges attended the workshop.
Foundation Skills on Entrepreneurship 26-09-2018

IEDC in association with ICT Academy and KSUM organized an inter college level 2 days workshop for aspiring students startup on “Foundation skills on Entrepreneurship” on 26th September to 27th September  2018. 32 students from different colleges including STM participated in the workshop
E –Waste Management Awareness Program 30-07-2018

A campaign was organized in the campus aimed to provide an awareness on E waste management on 30th July 2018. The campaign was inaugurated by the honorable Kannur District collector Mir Muhammed Ali.
# Out of Syllabus 02-02-2018

# Out of Syllabus

 

# Out of Syllabus is an experience sharing session by Mr. Rohith Radhakrishnan (co-founder Open Fuel, co-founder Straut Renewables). Around 70 students attended the program.

 
Hands-on Workshop on Website Development 27-12-2017

Hands-on Workshop on Website Development

A four day hands-on workshop on Website Development was conducted from 27th to 30th December’17. The sessions were handled by Prof. Jithin P (HOD, CSE Department). He has designed and developed 10 websites using open source technologies.

The detailed schedule of the workshop is as follows

Day 1

Fundamentals of HTML 5

Fundamentals of CSS

Day 2

Front end design using bootstrap

Client side programming using JQuery

Day 3

Back end development using PHP and Mysql

Day 4

Hosting website
IoT Workshop 06-10-2017

IoT Workshop

 

A 2 day workshop on IoT was conducted by ECE department in association with IEDC. The workshop was taken by Epsilon labs and it covered all the basics to get started with the electronics/cloud industry. 21 students attended the program with the available IoT kit. The workshop covered following topics

Day 1

An Intro to Arduino Embedded Platform

Session 1 : The Arduino open –Microcontroller Platform

Session 2 : Basics of Sensors and Actuators

Session 3 : Interfacing sensors with Arduino – Programming the device

Day 2

IoT Processing Techniques

Session 1: Modules, Integration and applications

Session 2 : Integrating Wifi –ESP modules

Session 3: Project discussion session
YES 3D 12-09-2017

YES 3D

8 students from the college attended YES 3D organized by KSIDC at Le Meridian, Cochin
IEDC Summit 18-08-2017

IEDC Summit 2017

 

10 students and 2 staff including the nodal officer attended IEDC Summit 2017 held at Adlux International, Angamaly, Cochin.
ktu project competition 18-05-2017 Students from S4 Mechanical (Jishnu K, Amrith Raj, Aadarsh TV, Sourav V and Yadhukrisnan CA) has been shortlisted for the final stage of Project Competition conducted by KTU. Their project is one among the 6 projects selected for the finals.
IEDC Inauguration 07-04-2017

Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Centre (IEDC) was inaugurated by Mr. C Rajan (Chairman, Kerala Dinesh Cooperative Society) by making a call which initiated a contraption mechanism, made by our students, which eventually led to Logo and video launch.
1 st Prize in Start Up i3 19-03-2017 Team AJ5 from S6 Mechanical has won the first prize worth ₹15000 for their project presentation during "Startup i3" program conducted by Kerala Start Up Mission at UKF College of Engineering & Technology , Kollam
Logo Design Competition 13-02-2017

Logo Design Competition

 

Winner :

Mr. Anand KP (S4 Civil Engineering ) won a cash prize of Rs.1000/-

 
Project Pitching Competition (Be Your Own Boss) 03-11-2016

Winners :

Sl No.

Team

Project Title

Members

1.

AJ5

Semi Automatic Rubber Tapping Machine

Amal Jis Jose

Adarsh P

Abhishai

Varun

Anil

Amal Premraj

2.

GISVI

GISVI

Akshay

Prijith

A cash prize of Rs: 3000/- and Rs: 2000/- were awarded to the winning team respectively

 

Coordinators

Ms. ANAINA S S CEO
  • 9645726500
  • anainass011@gmail.com
Mr. ARPITH RAMESHAN CTO
  • 9645703000
  • arpitramesan777@gmail.com
mr MOHAMMED NAVEED PV CFO
  • 9746108083
  • naveedpv348@gmail.com
Mr. RHESHIKES P K CCO
  • 8137945196
  • rheshikespk@gmail.com
mr MUHAMMED SHAHABAS T CMO
  • 7619318368
  • shahabas0519@gmail.com
Ms. NEEHA SHIRIN K P CSO
  • 9207620104
  • neehasherin987@gmail.com
Mr. MUHAMMAD RASI K P COO
  • 9605942261
  • rasir239@gmail.com