About the CIE
The Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (CIE) came into existence in 2019, replacing the Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC).
Objective:
The objective of its creation is to develop an environment that nurtures creativity at GPREC, encourages the entrepreneurial efforts of students and faculty, and helps translate their ideas into successful ventures.
The activities of CIE include motivating students toward entrepreneurial careers; organizing programs that lead to the generation of business ideas; offering mentoring by relevant experts; helping them with networking and transforming their business ideas into startups; assisting them, wherever applicable, in applying for IPR; enabling financial support through angel investors, venture capitalists, banks, and other financial institutions; organizing programs to familiarize them with the procedures for registering and running startups; and undertaking any other relevant activities that support innovation and entrepreneurship.
In pursuit of establishing an innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem, CIE liaises with alumni of GPREC, government bodies, NGOs, and industries.
The constitution of CIE is as follows:
In general, CIE will have a Convenor and Co-Convenor appointed by the Principal, and they will hold their positions at the pleasure of the Principal. One or two faculty members from each department will serve as members (Faculty Coordinators) of CIE. Student volunteers who are genuinely interested in innovation and entrepreneurship will be selected to form Team CIE.
The members of Advisory body at present are:
- G.Suresh Kumar, Associate Professor of ME
- B.Varalakshmi, Assistant Professor of CSM
- D.V.Srihari Babu, Associate Professor of ECE
- S.Ramesh Babu, Assistant Professor of ECE
- G.Venkatesh, Assistant Professor of ME
- K.Jayasimha Reddy, Assistant Professor of ME
- P.Lakshmi Sruthi, Assistant Professor of CE
- K.Sudhakar Reddy, Assistant Professor of CE
- G.Satheesh, Associate Professor of EEE
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Entrepreneurship Awareness Programs (EAPs) are organized to the students of the college in association with District Industries Center ( DIC ), and Andhra Pradesh Industrial and Technical Consultancy ( APITCO ), Kurnool, periodically. Besides, Entrepreneurship Development is offered as an open elective for the students in their curriculum, which is opt by students of some departments.
MILE STONES CROSSED BY EDC IN ITS JOURNEY SO FAR:
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An Innovations Club has been active under EDC since 15 / 02 / 2012 |
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AICTE has sanctioned Rs. 5,00,000/- under EDC scheme to GPREC, out of which, Rs. 3,00,000/- has been released. |
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The EDC has signed an MOU with DIC, Kurnool, for the cause of Entrepreneurship Development. |
Details of Startups (2019 – 2023)
| S.No | Name of the Start-up | Name of the Owner | Registered Under | Registration No |
| 1 | Creative Groups, Bangalore | A.Nageswara Rao | Company Registered
Under GOI |
29AHRPN8888P32ZM |
| 2 | VN
Technologies, Kurnool |
V N Pavan Kumar (Alumni)
149X1A04H2 |
Company Registered Under GOI | 37DSDPK1554H1ZQ |
| 3 | Sigmalytics, Hyderabad | Sri Kishore Reddy | Company
Registered Under GOI |
Z72292018PTC109186 |
| 4 | Wanabuy India Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad | Srinivasa Reddy | Company Registered Under GOI | U722900AP2018PTC109186 |
| 5 | Acorn Embedded systems Pvt.
Ltd., Hyderabad |
G.Prem Chand | Company Registered Under GOI | 56000PU5700N1Z6Z |
| 6 | The Web blinders,Kurnool | Dinesh Uppara Chinna
Maddileti |
Company Registered Under GOI | 37ABGPU5700N1Z6 |
| 7 | Habib IT
Solutions, Hyderbad |
S.Habibullah 149x1A0556 | Company
Registered Under GOI |
U722900AP2018PTC109186 |
| 8 | Brew-n-Fill (III B.Tech CSB Student) | Bilwa Sai Eswar
III CSBS Student 219X5A2969 |
FSAAI | License No 10123012000052 |
| 9 | CIT AppServices Pvt.Ltd | C.Swarnakanth | Company
Registered Under GOI |
U62013AP2023PTC113414 |
Academic Year 2018-19
| S. No. | Student/Alumnus Name | Roll Number | Year of Passing | Startup Name |
| 1 | Kalak Vimal Kumar | 179X5A03K3 | 2019 | Flicknexus ( under development with the support of Angaros) |
Academic Year 2017-18
| S. No. | Student/Alumnus Name | Roll Number | Year of Passing | Startup Name |
| 1 | Paramesh, Lakshmi Pathy, Sudarsan | 149X1A0505, 149X1A05G3, 149X1A03C6 | 2018 | Zestihub (www.zestihub.com) |
Academic Year 2016-17
| S. No. | Student/Alumnus Name | Roll Number | Year of Passing | Startup Name |
| 1 | CH. Venkatesh | 139X1A0527 | 2017 | VASJO INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES |
| 2 | Irfan Basha | 139X1A0199 | 2017 | Haysky Technologies (www.haysky.com) |
Academic Year 2015-16
| S. No. | Student/Alumnus Name | Roll Number | Year of Passing | Startup Name |
| 1 | G. Sai Krishna | 129X1A0553 | 2016 | FILMIPLEX |
| 2 | G. Sai Krishna
A. Prathap |
129X1A0553
129X1A0504 |
2016
2016 |
FLYING PICS |
Academic Year 2012-13
| S. No. | Student/Alumnus Name | Roll Number | Year of Passing | Startup Name |
| 1 | O. Lokeswara Reddy | 20095059 | 2013 | Ajax Self loading mobile concrete mixer Supplier |
| 2 | K. Shankar | 20091126L | 2013 | GOOGIE |
ACTIVITIES OF THE CELL SINCE ITS INCEPTION:
Entrepreneurship Development Cell, since its inception in the year 2008, is continuing its activities.
- Have an MoU with Curl Vee Techno Labs
- Entrepreneurship Motivation classes to students of GPREC are organized by EDC from time to time.
- Innovative ideas are encouraged, shared and discussed in Innovation Club meetings under EDC.
- Guest lectures are organized by speakers and successful entrepreneurs from various institutions and organizations like District Industries Center, APITCO, and Bankers.
The following are the activities carried out by CIE from Jan 2023 to till date:
| S No | Name of the Event/Activity | Date | No of Participants | Resource Person |
| 1 | “Idea Hunt” Competion | 4/1/2023 | 55 | – |
| 2 | “Entreprenership Skill,Attitude& Behaviourial Development” | 18/1/23 | 56 | Sri P.L.Achyuth Kumar
Associate Manager(Performance) OYO International Sri Bala Siva Deputy Manager(Technical) Kotak Mahindra |
| 3 | “Entrepreneurship Outreach Program” at Saraswathi Sishu Mandir,GPREC Campus, Kurnool. | 25/1/2023 | 30 | — |
| 4 | Motivational Session by Successful Entrepreneur | 1/2/23 | 30 | Sri M.Raymond
(Alumnus of GPREC) Managing Director,ARES Engineering Traders Hyderabad |
| 5 | Innovative Idea contest
(Prelimnary Round) |
9/2/23 | 100 | |
| 6 | Innovative Idea contest
(Grand Finale) |
20/2/23 | 84 | Sri S Hymanand
(GPREC Alumnus Belonging to 1987-91) |
| 7 | Two day workshop on “Mentor Development Program” | 27-28 Feb 2023 | 29 | Sri Pradeep Kulkari
Smt Parvathi Bharath Yuva Shakthi Trust New Delhi |
| 8 | Community Connect | 21/4/23 | 400 | Smt. M.Geetha Sree
Chief Trainer ,ILO |
| 9 | Project Expo ( Technolegica 2.0) | 29/4/23 | 100 | — |
| 10 | Bootcamp on Drone Technologies in Association with IIIT-DM Kurnool | 3/7/23 to 7/7/23 | 116 | Dr K Krishna Naik
Dr Eswaramoorthi Dr K Satya Kumar Faculty of IIIT-DM Kurnool |
| 11 | Smart India Hackathon (Internal) | 27/9/23 | 288 | |
| 12 | Two day workshop on Art of Pitching through impactful video making for Innovators and Entrepreneurs | 26/10/23 &27/10/23 | 300 | In Association with Vishnu Institute of Technology,Bhimavaram |
| 13 | One Day workshop on Design Thinking | 28/10/23 | 250 | Dr R.S. Chalapathi
CEO,GPREC –IIC Kurnool |
| 14 | XR Fusion Hackathon | 1st -4th April 2023 | 240 | XR Monk Inc.
Hyderabad |
The following are the activities carried out by CIE from Jan 2022 -23
| S No | Name of the Event/Activity | Date | No of Participants | Resource Person |
| 1 | AICTE Mentee-Mentor Program | 02/03/2022 | 15 | Dr S.V Srikesh
IIC Director,KL University,Vijayawada |
| 2 | Entrepreneur Ideas and Frame works | 16/03/2022 | 40 | Sri Habibullah
Founder & CEO of Habib IT Solutions,Hyderabad |
| 3 | Authentic Approach towards the Entrepreneurial Journey | 23/03/2022 | 40 | Mr.Gaurav Sharma
CEO and Founder at “Thank You” |
| 4 | Smart India Hackathon | 28/03/2022 | 20 | — |
| IPR Awareness Program | 13/06/2022 | 55 | Ms Lavanya Madduri
(An Official Trainer at NIPAM),Chennai |
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| 5 | Alumni Funding support and Idea Generation | 06/08/2022 | 60 | Dr M.Siva Sankar Reddy
Technology Leader and Innovator,USA |
| 6 | NASA Space Apps Internal Hackathon ( Bootcamp) | 17th and 18th August,2022 | 500 | Katapally Saikiran
CEO,SUMVN,Hyderabad |
| 7 | NASA Space Apps Internal Hackathon | 26th and 27th August,2022 | 134 | Katapally Saikiran
CEO,SUMVN,Hyderabad |
| 8 | Running an Enterprise Vs Being an employee | 19-10-2022 | ||
| 9 | 3-Day Training Program on “Generate Your Business Ideas” | 19/10/2022 to 21/10/2022 | 36 | Mrs M.Geetha Sree and
Mr G.Sinivasulu,ILO |
| 10 | COGNIZOQUEST . | 26/10/2022 | ||
| 11 | “Entrepreneurship as a Career Opportunity | 09/11/2022 | Mr G.Sinivasulu,ILO | |
| 12 | Shark Tanks | 16/11/2022 | ||
| 13 | ‘Idea to Incubation’ | 30 /11/ 2022 | Mrs M.Geetha Sree | |
| 14 | “Entrepreneurship and Innovation as a Career Opportunity” | 7/12/2022 | 105 | Ravi Prakash Reddy Yerasi
( CEO – Game On Multi-sport Arena, Kurnool.)
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| 15 | “Problem Solving and Ideation” workshop | 14/12/2022 | 60 | Dr. G. Suresh Kumar
Associate Professor in ME,GPREC,Kurnool |
| 16 | “IPR AWARENESS PROGRAM”(Online) | 16/12/2022 | 80 | Shri . Shubham Harsh Singh , Examiner of Patents & Designs (Gr. ‘A’ Gazetted), The Patent Office, Kolkata, DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Govt. of India |
| 17 | “Technology Trends – New Era Entrepreneurs” . | 21/12/2022 | 200 | Moses Muppasani
Co-Founder – Keyboor (A Social and Professional Network Platform that enables eLearning and job hunting.) |
2018-19
As part of Induction program to I B.Tech. students admitted during 2018-19, the Co-ordinator of EDC has explained about the facilities available and services being offered by EDC to students of GPREC to shape their Entrepreneurial careers. Besides
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- A guest lecture on “Innovation and Entrepreneurship as career option” was taken by Sri Ashish Malve and his team to ME students on 21 July 2018 during 8. 30 AM – 10.-30 AM.
- During 11 AM – 1 PM, on the same day (21/07/2018), same program was conducted for CE students by the same speakers.
- During 2 PM – 4 PM, on the same day (21/07/2018), same program was conducted for CSE students by the same speakers.
- On 22 July, 2018, during 8. 30 AM – 10. 30 AM, a motivation class on Entrepreneurship was extended to EEE students of I B. Tech., by Mr. Mukeshwar of III CSE.
- On 22 July, 2018, during 11. 00 AM – 12. 00 PM, a motivation class on Entrepreneurship was extended to ECE students of I B. Tech. by Mr. Mukeshwar of III CSE
- An interaction session was organized to I B. tech. students of ECE with the founders of FAST CHEF startup (an online food orders receiving and delivery service unit operating in Kurnool city). They have explained the difficulties and hardships they have faced.
- An idea generation program was organized by EDC in association with Angaros on 17 September, 2018 in seminar gallery I. About 78 students participated in this program. Groups of about 8-10 students were formed and asked to discuss about their idea for 15 minutes. Then they were given chance to present their idea before the other teams. A purposeful question and answers sessions went on and students got a fair idea about idea generation.
- Sparkle 2K18 has been organized during 8-9 October, 2018, in which a total of 43 teams enrolled and a shortlist of 14 teams has been arrived at through filtering tests. Best three teams were awarded cash prizes of Rs 10,000/-, Rs 7,500/-, and Rs. 5000/- respectively.
- A freshmen orientation is organized to freshers by volunteers of EDC on 10th October, 2018. 108 students were present. Volunteers explained about the functioning of EDC and voluntary work possible, working with EDC.
- Coordinator of EDC, Dr. G. Suresh Kumar has participated in two weeks National Faculty Development Programme on “How to teach students to adopt Entrepreneurship as Career” organized by EDII (Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India), Ahmedabad , supported by NSTEDB, Department of Science and Technology during 17 – 28 December, 2018.
| 2 | To identify potential students at II year B. Tech. level who has flair towards entrepreneurial careers, and focus to nurture them to start an enterprise of their own after completion of their graduation. |
| 3 | To bring successful entrepreneurs to the campus and arrange interactions for the students with them so that the students can have pragmatic view of entrepreneurship. |
| 4 | To interact with various Government and private agencies that are working for the cause of Entrepreneurship Development, and get the information about possible help by them to the budding technocrats. The same will be kept with and disseminated among the interested students of the college. |
| 5 | To promote Innovative thinking for business ideas among students of GPREC so as to help the society with better products / services. |