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Entrepreneurship Cell

Oriental College of Technology, Bhopal

About Us

E-Cell, OCT Bhopal believes that entrepreneurship is not just about starting companies, but a pathway towards India’s socio-economic development. Our vision is to make students and faculty ‘entrepreneurial’ in every work that they do. We hope to enable them to solve global challenges as we see students as the greatest capital and intend to nurture them, provide them with opportunities for excellence.

Promoting Entrepreneurship

E-Cell aims to unlock student's latent inventive potential. Not only do we show you the doors of opportunity but we also equip you to walk through it. Through our conference, social events, lectures, speaker engagements and workshops, we're hoping to bring together everyone interested in the startup world and to help students best utilize resources to found or join startups.

Events

What We Do.

E-Cell, OCT organises a variety of events throughout the year to promote entrepreneurial activities in and around the campus. Our annual eSummit witnesses huge participation from all over India. Events like TEDx and StartUp Master Class take the learning to a whole new level. E-Cell also conducts various lectures and workshops focussed at budding entrepreneurs. StartUp Internship Programme helps OCT students land internships in start-ups and get to know their working in greater depth.

eSummit

eSummit is an annual flagship event of OCT Bhopal effectuated with the intention to foster entrepreneurial initiatives and activities in the campus to accomplish OCT Bhopal's mandate of nurturing India's future technopreneurs. Sharing of entrepreneurship endeavour and experiences, discussion of ideas and opportunities will be a profuse learning experience for the active leaders of entrepreneurship in the savant community who can then disperse these ideas further.

TEDx

TED is a global set of conferences run by the private non-profit Sapling Foundation, under the slogan "Ideas Worth Spreading". TED was founded in 1984 as a one-off event; the annual conference series began in 1990. TEDx OCT Bhopal is an independent initiative by Entrepreneurship Cell, OCT Bhopal, under the umbrella of TED, to organize versatile an annual talk series from several eminent speakers from the field of Technology, Entertainment and Design.

UpStart

An event that caters to the budding startups of our country, Upstart stands apart from the conventional Start-up Competition and 10-minute pitching - we strive to give our participants more than just the prize. The start-ups go through multiple rounds of screening, which are essentially brainstorming sessions at different levels and face to face mentoring. Finalists get to develop their ideas and hone their business plans with a panel of mentors.

StartUp Master Class

In association with Alumni Association, OCT Bhopal, E-Cell organises StartUp Master Class, a highly enriching and enlightening platform for entrepreneurs, graced by many famous personalities. SMC is a unique format startup event “for Entrepreneurs, from Entrepreneurs”. It brings together startups, mentors and investors to build interactions and strengthen the network within the entrepreneurial community.

Smart Innovation award

The Smart Innovation Awards was conducted in OCT Bhopal in association with E-Cell. Smart Innovation Awards 2018 saw an overwhelming response, with numerous students sending out their innovative ideas. The winners received cash prizes worth INR 2.5 lakh while the five finalists received merit recognition from Samsung.

Startup Internship Program

E-Cell, OCT Bhopal achieved great success with Startup Internship Program 2018-19 season with a total of 151 Startups that registered. The profiles included IT/Programming, Core, and Marketing/Business Development. The season saw recruitment from startups like Invento Robotics,Ridlr, Dunzo, Pharmeasy, EarlySalary to name a few. The season witnessed a 73 % boom in the total internships offered than the previous year.

Campus Hangouts

Hangouts is special interactive session specifically targeting the campus students. The session is like an informal discussion between campus junta and entrepreneurship oracles of varied arenas. It involves discussions and brainstorming on entrepreneurship matters. Throughout the year multiple hangout sessions are organised.

Prof. Hasnine Mirza Lecture Series

Prof. Hasnine Mirza Lecture Series is supported by the OCT Bhopal organised by E-Cell. The theme of the series was Modern Business Tools. The students got opportunity to elevate thier knowledge on different domains & life cycle of Enrepreneurship.

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Ecell brings to its participants a host of events, ranging from immersive talks to exciting competitions!

eSummit

Workshops

eSummit

UpStart

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eSummit

Contact

Our Team

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Our Mentors


PROF. HASNINE MIRZA

Mentor

Udbhav Dayal

Student
Mentor


Praful Vishwakarma

Student Mentor

Tanmay Jha

Student
Mentor


Rajeev Ranjan

Student
Mentor

Ashlesha Dongre

Student
Mentor

Sachin Sharma

Student
Mentor


Kritik Shivanshu

Head Co-ordinator

Jaya Rai

Chief Organiser

Yamini tiwari

Chief Organiser


Animesh Nandan

Corporate Relations

Shaikh Ziyad Hasan

Corporate Relations

Pravalee Khare

Corporate Relations


Priyanshi Soni

Media & Public Relations

Rajul Shrivastava

Media & Public Relations


Latika Katre

Treasurer

Bhavya KV

Treasurer


Utkarsh Soni

Network & Outreach

Sambhav Jain

Network & Outreach


Paras Redukar

Co-ordinator

Astha Negi

Co-ordinator

Namami Shukla

Co-ordinator


Raj Gupta

Co-ordinators

Raju Roshan Soni

Co-ordinators