Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC)
Entrepreneurship development cell has set up in Annamacharya University, Rajampet to promote and educate young students to take the benefit of the policies of the government by establishing their own ventures.
Install the passion and spirit among students to pursue entrepreneurship
- Motivate students to develop their own start-ups
- Develop business incubators
- Create corpus fund to seed ventures
- To provide a platform for interaction with entrepreneurs
- Impart entrepreneurial education/skills amongst students through various trainings and exercise
- Arrange vibrant interaction with organizations promoting the cause of entrepreneurship.
- To create entrepreneurship awareness to students.
- To create self-employment awareness.
- To motivate students to make their own career path and create awareness of self-financial schemes of various agencies.
- To organize entrepreneurship awareness camps, Entrepreneurship development programmes, Faculty development and skill development programmes.
- Prospective entrepreneurs can get guidance and assistance on various aspects such as preparing project approvals, loans and facilities from agencies/support system, information on technologies, etc.
- To arrange expert lectures and interaction with entrepreneurs and create a mentorship scheme for student entrepreneurs.
- To arrange visits to small scale industries. To act as an institutional mechanism for providing various services including information on all aspects of enterprise building to budding S&T Entrepreneurs.
Coordinator – ED Cell
Name: Dr. J. Sreeranganayakulu
Designation: Coordinator – ED Cell
Contact Number: 9640619376
Preamble
During a recession, an economy typically experiences high unemployment rates, eventually leading to job scarcity. There are numerous theories about the causes, consequences and solutions to unemployment.
Start-ups gradually help to increase a nation’s economic activity levels, which is required for the economy to expand to accommodate new job seekers. It contributes to a nation’s technological advantage for future economic development and growth. Entrepreneurs play a critical role in igniting economic development by establishing new businesses, creating jobs and contributing to improvements in a variety of key goals such as living standards, skill development and community development.
The entrepreneurship cell of Annamacharya University, Rajampet is primarily concerned with energizing students and faculty by raising awareness about the development of start-ups. By providing the right entrepreneurial ecosystem, the entrepreneurship development cell aims to ignite student’s creative thinking toward innovation and thus mentor them to become successful entrepreneurs.
