JULY 2019 News Letter, Issue 35

MEonthlyD BulletIin oIf En-trepTreneuNrship D eveNlopmenEt andW InnovatSion Ins titute, Government of Tamil Nadu

DIRECTOR'S MESSAGE

Entrepreneurship Development and Innovation Institute is strongly striving towards the goal of spreading innovation and entrepreneurship across the State. We had an opportunity to visit the Startup Mission and interacted with top officials and Startups. Considering the promotion of Startup Acceleration is the need of the hour, EDII-TN has been venturing into versatile areas such as TN Ilam Innovators Challenge, FDPs, Training of E-Cell leaders and supportive programs like workshops relevant to Startup Acceleration. Establishment of Manufacturing Business Incubators in various centres in the State is being successfully carried out by EDII-TN and follow-up actions are made periodically in order to ensure that the services offered reaches the right innovators who struggle to scale-up their ideas/concepts into a prototype and further into a successful product. Support services to the MSMEs and Startups through IVP, Trade-fair Participation, EDP trainings, EACs, Network meeting etc,. are well taken care by EDII-TN for their sustainability and scaling-up.

As EDII-TN is rendering easily accessible platforms, I urge the youth community and MSMEs to make the most of it and enrich their Entrepreneurship and Innovation journey.

S. NAGARAJAN IAS., DIRECTOR Page 02 News Lead | EDIITN News

ISBA CONFERENCE 2019 Director EDII-TN participated the 13th Annual conference of ISBA, ISBACON2019 on 19th July, 2019 at district. As panelist representing Tamil Nadu State, he spoke about the initiatives and support extended by EDII-TN for Incubators and Startups. He informed the participants that EDII-TN is supporting 9 incubators for supporting startups by organising various programmes and providing infrastructure facilities.

VISIT TO KERALA STARTUP MISSION AT KALAMACHERRY Director, EDII-TN visited the Kerala Startup Mission at Kalamacherry, Kerala on 18-7-2019. He visited the Incubation facility, the Makers Village, Fab Lab and Bio Incubation centre and had extensive discussion about their operation with the Project Director and Administrative Officer. Director, EDII-TN also interacted with the incubatees and students utilizing the facilities, about the services provided and usefulness of the facilities. Page 03 News Lead | EDIITN News

IVP STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING On 4th July 2019, Steering Committee meeting under IVP scheme was conducted at SIDCO Conference Hall, Chennai. The meeting was convened under the chairmanship of Industries Commissioner and Director of Industries and Commerce in the presence of the Director, EDII who is the convenor of the meeting. Totally Nine proposals were evaluated and Eight were recommended for the Grant.

TAMIL NADU ILAM INNOVATORS CHALLENGE 2019 TRAIN THE TRAINER PROGRAMME. As part of the Tamil Nadu Ilam Innovators Challenge 2019, Train- The-Trainers Programmes were conducted in 3 Hubs (Tirunelveli, Coimbatore and Madurai) during the month of July 2019. The College E- Cell Members were trained to function as District Captains who will be incharge of training and mentoring school students and facilitating Stage 1 of Tamil Nadu Ilam Innovators Challenge. The details of the programmes are as follows:

A total of 260 College E-Cell members were trained in the Five TTT programmes organized by EDII- TN and IEDP Hubs of Chennai, Trichy, Tirunelveli, Coimbatore and Madurai of which, 104 Students were selected as District Captains of their respective Education Districts of the State of Tamil Nadu. District Level Selection for Stage-I will be made during the month of August and September 2019. Page 04 News Lead | EDIITN News

YOUR STORY- WORKSHOP SERIES ON SECRETS OF SCALING UP BUSINESS Your Story, in association with Entrepreneurship Development and Innovation Institute, Tamil Nadu (EDII - TN), hosted a master class on Funding on 20th July’19 in Chennai.

The half a day workshop for startups and entrepreneurs helped the participants to understand the core elements of funding, its importance, the process and how funding can help them in their scaling up journey. The workshop also saw successful entrepreneurs sharing the highs and lows of their entrepreneurial journey, and the lessons the startups could learn from them. The master class covered various aspects of funding, and also some practical experience of startup funding journeys as shared by entrepreneurs. The participants of the Master class shared their views that the sessions had key learnings, especially for entrepreneurs who are in the early days of their startup journeys, as it had the right mix of theory and practical learnings.

Keynote speech was delivered by Mr Hari Ganapathy, PickYourTrail. Panel discussion was handled by Mr Balram , Kavya Nair, Sameer Achan and Balachander and Workshop by Sameer Achan and Firside chat - Sanjay Dasari, Founder, Waycool Foods & Products. There were 48 paid registrations & total no of participants were more than 60 people.

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FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (FDP) During the month, five 3-day Faculty Development Programmes were conducted by EDII-TN at Salem, Coimbatore, Tirunelveli, Villupuram and Trichy. The objective of the FDP is to train the Faculty E Cell Coordinators on the content of the Certificate course on Entrepreneurship provided to E-Cell student members through Tamil Nadu Open University (TNOU). The FDP also imparts knowledge about basic entrepreneurial skills and understandings to run a business efficiently through experiential learning. Page 06 News Lead | EDIITN News

TAKE OFF PROGRAMME – E-CELL STUDENTS

‘TAKE Off‘’- the gaming version of learning Entrepreneurship by doing - was organised by EDII-TN at BIT Campus, Anna University, Trichy hub on 13.07.2019.

The E- Cell representatives from different spoke institutions attached with Trichy were invited for the programme. 100 E-Cell Members were invited for the programme. 15 student E-Cell members were trained on different areas of business for coordinating the programme like Registration of company, managing inventory/ stores, investor, etc. Remaining students were divided into different groups and involved in the activity as startups/enterprises. They were trained by Ms. Meera Krishnan and Mr. Rangarajan Srinivasan, master trainers.

CLUSTER AWARENESS PROGRAMME FOR MICRO CLUSTER UNITS A cluster awareness program for Handloom and Powerloom Micro Cluster units was organised on 31.08.2019 at VASSU Annamalai Lakshmidevi Mandapam, Aruppukottai, Virudhunagar District. DDICT welcomed the gathering and addressed the need for cluster development for which the commitments of EDII- TN towards developing MSE-CDP in Tamil Nadu. Mr.R.Chandra Prabhu, Assistant Director, MSME Development Institute, Chennai delivered a lecture on formation of clusters and the MSE-CDP scheme of Govt. of and explained about the guidelines and procedures in detail. Mr.Nagaraj, Asst.Engineer, DIC, Virudhunagar highlighted the support offered by DIC for cluster development. Mr. Ganapathy, Branch Manager, SIDCO also participated in the program. Mr. Rajkumar, Consultant, delivered lecture on trust building and consortia formation. Followed by this, there was a discussion session in which the members of cluster units clarified their doubts and decided to form a consortium. Altogether seventy one entrepreneurs from various units attended the program. Page 07 News Lead | EDIITN News

PARTICIPATION IN AGRI INTEX 2019 EDII-TN supports innovative Startups/Technocrats to commercialize their product/technology by participating in leading trade fairs held in India. Accordingly, EDII-TN participated in the AGRI INTEX 2019 fair organized by CODISSIA, Coimbatore from 12.07.2019 to 15.07.2019 at CODISSIA Trade Fair Complex, Coimbatore along with Startups/innovators. An 18 sqmt stall was hired in which 5 Startups/innovators were accommodated with their products. The four day event paved the way for marketing their products/technology. This platform facilitated them to expose their innovation and all products received great attention and necessary support. Products/innovations displayed at the EDII-TN stall in AGRI INTEX 2019 by various Startups were Village Rice, Bio Product, Tractor Loader (Prototype), 5way plow, 3way duck plow & bed maker and Zero Wastage Model in food processing. Page 08 News Lead | EDIITN News

ENTREPRENEURSHIP AWARENESS CAMP Entrepreneurship Awareness Camps (EAC) are being conducted periodically in various districts of Tamil Nadu for one day to bring in entrepreneurial awareness and to address the business opportunities in the district. EACs in and around Chennai are being conducted directly by EDII-TN, in other districts through District MSME Associations, who make arrangements for publicity through press release and hand notices and advertisement through other Channels. Officials from the Office of District Collector, District Industrial Centers, THADCO, other Government departments involved in assisting the prospective entrepreneurs through various schemes, Banks / financial institutions, Successful Entrepreneurs etc., are invited to contribute in the EAC. During July 2019, 11 Entrepreneurship Awareness Camps were conducted in Chennai, Erode, Trichy, Madurai, Namakkal, Thoothukudi, and Virudhunagar districts. Altogether 856 aspiring entrepreneurs attended the programs in 7 locations. NEW ENTREPRENEUR CUM ENTERPRISES DEVELOPMENT SCHEME (NEEDS) EDII-TN is the nodal agency to impart training to the beneficiaries under NEEDS (New Entrepreneur and Enterprise Development Scheme). Educated youth having any Degree, Diploma, ITI / Vocational Training are provided 15 days Entrepreneurial Development (EDP) Training. The participants are trained in Business Ideation, Negotiation Skills, marketing, accounting, GST, Business Plan, Working Capital Management and Digital Marketing to enable them to run their business profitably. The participants are given practical input on market study about their proposed business and submit a detailed report. After successful completion of the training, the participants are issued Training Certificate which is mandatory to avail bank loan for the projects approved by District Industrial Centers. During July 2019, NEEDS trainings were conducted at Coimbatore & Tiruchirapalli in which 81 beneficiaries attended the training. Page 09 News Lead | EDIITN News

UNEMPLOYED YOUTH EMPLOYMENT GENERATION PROGRAMME (UYEGP) During the month of July 2019, trainings for the beneficiaries of Unemployed Youth Employment Generation Programme (UYEGP) were organised in Eighteen Districts viz., Dindugul,Trichirapalli, Krishnagiri, Nagapattinam, Theni, Ooty, Thiruppur, Thiruvannamalai, Perambalur, Thanjavur, Salem, Thoothukudi, Namakkal, Kanyakumari, Virudhunagar, Kancheepuram, Erode and Coimbatore, Districts. 387 Beneficiaries from the above districts got trained under the UYEGP. The applications were sponsored by the General Manager, DIC of the concerned districts. These programmes were inaugurated by the GM / Officials of the DIC of The Director of Rsetis are the External the respective districts. Training Coordinators. The topics covered in the training were Entrepreneurial Skills, Competencies, Characteristics, Banking Services & Procedures, Administration of subsidy, repayment of loans, CIBIL, Digital Banking – Cash less payments, credit guarantee fund trust for Micro and Small Enterprises (CGTMSE) etc. Areas such as, Motivation, Communication Skills, Marketing, Branding and Labelling, Business Etiquettes, Interpersonal Relationship, Time Management, Business Model & Business Plan, Break - Even Analysis, Working capital Management, Taxation – IT, GST, Insurance and Service Mentoring were also concentrated.

NETWORK MEETING Under Business Facilitation Service Programme (BFSP), monthly ‘Network Meeting’ were conducted by Erode District Small Industries Association on 09.07.2019 and Thoothukudi District Tiny & Small Scale Industries Association on 26.07.2019. The participants had detailed discussions on ‘Business Opportunies’ at Erode and about ‘Steps to Start Business’ at Thoothukudi Page 10 News Lead | EDIITN News

ENTERPRISES CLINIC EDII-TN provides ‘One to One Mentoring’ in the Weekly Enterprise Clinics under Business Facilitation Service Programme (BFSP). Budding MSME entrepreneurs and existing entrepreneurs ‘walk in’ for guidance and support to set up units, to overcome business problems and grow in their ventures. The services of MSME associations are utilized as ‘Partner Institutions’ and provide business information, business idea validation, production process ideation etc to the aspiring and existing Entrepreneurs. The details of various trainings provided by EDII-TN are disseminated to the visitors. Enterprise Clinics are conducted regularly on every Thursdays at Chennai, Madurai, Thoothukudi, Erode, Tiruchirappalli, Virudhunagar, Tirunelveli, Tiruppur and Kumbakonam. A total of 424 people got benefitted in 24 clinics during the month of July, 2019.

PHASE – IV AWARENESS TRAINING PROGRAMMES A training programme on Fund Flow and Working Capital Management for MSME’s was conducted at EDII-TN, on 10.07.2019 in which 36 participants attended. Awareness on Digital Marketing and alternate energy was organised at THUDITSSIA, Thoothukudi on 10.07.2019 and 38 participants took part in the program. Besides, Awareness on Digital Marketing at Tiruppur, Erode and Namakkal were organised and 133 people got benefitted in these programmes. Also, Financial Management for Women Entrepreneurs at Namakkal was conducted on 24.07.2019 in which 32 Participants attended. Feedback received from the participants were good and appreciated EDII-TN. Page 11 News Lead | EDIITN News

INDUSTRIES 4.0 An half a day training on Industry 4.0 was organized at Tiruppur by NIFT-TEA College of Knitwear Fashion under BFSP Scheme on 30.7.2019. During the training, the participants were taught on the recent developments on Automation, Design Principles, Decentralized Decisions, Role of Big Data & Analytics, Internet of Things, Cloud Computing etc.

EXPORT & IMPORT PROCEDURES AND DOCUMENTATION A 3 day Export and Import training was conducted from 24th July to 26th July 2019 at EDII, Chennai. Participants were provided information and training to identify Export Markets, exportable products, buyer details, export pricing, export finance, clearing and forwarding procedures and export documentation with which the participants could initiate export process immediately. Additional Director, EDII-TN distributed the course certificates to the participants on successful completion of the training. Page 12 News Lead | EDIITN News

EDP FOR WOMEN / SC-ST / DIFFERENTLY ABLED One day EDPs for Women beneficiaries were conducted at Theni, Kanyakumari, Nilgiris Tirunelveli, and Nagapattinam districts Altogether,176 beneficiaries from the above districts attended the programme. The officials from District Industries Centre, Women Development Corporation, TAHDCO, NABARD, Lead District Manager etc,. attended the programme and provided necessary inputs to the participants to become as successful entrepreneurs. Also, One day EDP for Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe beneficiaries in Nagapattinam District was conducted and 32 beneficiaries attended the programme during the month.

In the above training, major thrust was given to the subjects related to State / Central Government Schemes for entrepreneurship and the banking procedures for financial assistance to set up their units.

MUDRA A Six day MUDRA – EDP for Nilgiris District was successfully organised from 23-29.07.2019. Thirty Five women Beneficiaries belonging to Schedule Tribe, Schedule Caste and Backward class attended. The MUDRA Training Programme was arranged exclusively for women belonging to Schedule Tribe & Schedule Caste and Backward classes. Financial assistance is provided by Canara Bank, Cherampadi Branch, Nilgiri District. All the beneficiaries received the sanction letter from the bank and they were equipped to start their own business independently. Page 13 News Lead | EDIITN News

ACADEMIC INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AIEDPs are organized for the final year students of Govt Arts and Science Colleges across the State. The main objective of the program is to convert the Students from merely job seeking individuals into self employed. Through this program various aspects right from motivation to managing a successful business are given in a structured manner. During the month of July 2019 Awareness Camps were conducted in eight colleges in Karur, Tirupur, Nagapattinam and Tiruvarur districts. In all the Colleges, an average of 110 final year students participated eagerly and got benefitted. INCEPTION MEETING WITH IFMR On 5th July 2019, an Inception Meeting was conducted with IFMR regarding the MSME Annual Report preparation 2019. Also, a meeting was organised regarding the Resrarch Study on Startup Ecosystem in TN . Expert Committee Members and IFMR LEAD team had a wide discussion and formulated the scope, methodology and outcome of the studies. PMRC MEETING AT EDII METTUPALAYAM AGROFORESTRY BUSINESS INCUBATION FORUM On 11th July 2019, Deputy Director (I&I) had participated in the PMRC meeting held at EDII – MABIF, Forest College and Research Institute, Mettupalayam. During the meeting, the webportal for EDII – MABIF was launched and further discussion regarding Developmental Activities for the promotion of the Incubator were made. BOARD MEMBER MEETING – ANNAMALAI INNOVATION & INCUBATION RESEARCH FORUM Deputy Director (I&I) had participated in the PMRC meeting at AIIRF - EDII, Annamalai University, Chidambaram on 30th July 2019. The Formation of PMRC and Recruitment procedure of CEO and other Incubation Staff was discussed in the meeting. The meeting was chaired by the Vice Chancellor, Annamalai University. Chidambaram Page 14 News Lead | EDIITN News

FORTHCOMING EVENTS Page 15 News Lead | EDIITN News

Sl.No Date Name of the Programme Venue

EDP Division

Awareness on Digital Marketing - 1 0 2 .0 8 .2 0 1 9 TIDITSSIA, Trichy H a lf d a y 02.08.2019 to 2 UYEGP - 7 days EDP Rseti, Ramanathapuram 0 9 .0 8 .2 0 1 9

3 0 5 .0 8 .2 0 1 9 EDP - Backward & Minorities RSETI, Tiruppur

05.08.2019 to 4 UYEGP - 7 days EDP SBI, Rseti, Ariyalur 1 3 .0 8 .2 0 1 9

5 0 6 .0 8 .2 0 1 9 EDP - Backward & Minorities THUDITSSIA, Thoothukudi

6 0 7 .0 8 .2 0 1 9 EAC - 1 Day EDII, Chennai

07.08.2019 to Export & Import Procedures and 7 Thudistia, Thoothukudi 0 9 .0 8 .2 0 1 9 Documentation (Advance) Financial Management for Women 8 0 8 .0 8 .2 0 1 9 EDII, Chennai Entrepreneur - 1 day 08.08.2019 to 9 NEEDS - 15 days EDP Rudseti, Madurai 2 8 .0 8 .2 0 1 9 08.08.2019 to 10 UYEGP - 7 days EDP EDII, Chennai 2 0 .0 8 .2 0 1 9 Academic Innovation MannaiRajagopalswamy 11 0 8 .0 8 .2 0 1 9 Entrepreneurship Development Govt. Arts College, P ro g r a m m e M a n n a rk u d i Academic Innovation Govt. Arts and Science 12 0 9 .0 8 .2 0 1 9 Entrepreneurship Development College, Kudavasal P ro g r a m m e Awareness on Alternate Energy - 13 0 9 .0 8 .2 0 1 9 Tidistia, Trichy H a lf d a y Financial Literacy for business 14 1 0 .0 8 .2 0 1 9 TiE, Chennai Owners - Half day

15 1 0 .0 8 .2 0 1 9 Sales & Marketing - 1 day Thudistia, Thoothukudi

16 1 2 .0 8 .2 0 1 9 EAC - 1 Day Nadistia, Namakal

17 1 3 .0 8 .2 0 1 9 EAC - 1 Day Thudistia, Thoothukudi

28 1 4 .0 8 .2 0 1 9 Sales & Marketing - 1 day EDII, Chennai

Academic Innovation Govt. Arts College for Men, 29 1 4 .0 8 .2 0 1 9 Entrepreneurship Development Krishnagiri P ro g r a m m e

30 1 4 .0 8 .2 0 1 9 EAC - 1 Day EDISSIA, Erode

31 1 6 .0 8 .2 0 1 9 EAC - 1 Day Tidistia, Trichy

Basic Accounting and Financial tools 32 1 6 .0 8 .2 0 1 9 NIFT- Tea, Tiruppur like tally - 1 Day

33 1 6 .0 8 .2 0 1 9 EAC - 1 Day Nadistia, Namakkal

3 4 1 6 .0 8 .2 0 1 9 EDP - Backward & Minorities RSETI, Namakkal

Awareness on Alternate Energy - 35 1 9 .0 8 .2 0 1 9 NIFT- Tea, Tiruppur H a lf d a y Page 16 News Lead | EDIITN News

3 6 1 9 .0 8 .2 0 1 9 EDP - Women Beneficiaries RSETI, Pudukottai

19.08.19 to 37 BM&BP for AIEDP Students S a le m 2 1 .0 8 .2 0 1 9

39 2 0 .0 8 .2 0 1 9 EAC - 1 Day Vidistia, Virudhunagar

20.08.2019 to Export & Import Procedures and 4 0 EDII, Chennai 2 2 .0 8 .2 0 1 9 Documentation (Advance) Fund flow and Working Capital 41 2 0 .0 8 .2 0 1 9 Tidistia, Trichy management - Half day 20.08.19 to Capacity building to IC&DIC Staff - 3 4 2 EDII, Chennai 2 2 .0 8 .1 9 D a y s

4 3 2 1 .0 8 .2 0 1 9 EDP for Women - 1 Day EDISSIA, Erode

Academic Innovation Kamarajar Govt. Arts 4 4 2 1 .0 8 .2 0 1 9 Entrepreneurship Development College, Surandai, P ro g r a m m e A la n k u la m 4 5 2 1 .0 8 .2 0 1 9 EDP - Backward & Minorities RSETI, Karur

21.08.19 to 4 6 Sector BM/BP - 6 Days Rseti, Ramnad 2 6 .0 8 .1 9

Academic Innovation Rani Anna Govt, Arts 4 7 2 2 .0 8 .2 0 1 9 Entrepreneurship Development College, Tirunelveli P ro g r a m m e

4 8 2 3 .0 8 .2 0 1 9 EAC - 1 Day Nadistia, Namakkal

4 9 2 3 .0 8 .2 0 1 9 EAC - 1 Day Madistia, Madurai

Awareness on Alternate Energy - 50 2 4 .0 8 .2 0 1 9 Madistia, Madurai H a lf d a y

Financial Literacy for business 51 2 4 .0 8 .2 0 1 9 Tie, Chennai Owners - Half day

Financial Management for Women 52 2 6 .0 8 .2 0 1 9 Nadistia, Namakkal Entrepreneurs - 1 Day

53 2 6 .0 8 .2 0 1 9 Monthly Network meet EDISSIA, Erode

5 4 2 6 .0 8 .2 0 1 9 EAC - 1 Day NIFT- Tea, Tiruppur

26.08.19 to EDP for MUDRA beneficiaries - 6 55 RSETI, Karur 3 1 .0 8 .1 9 D a y s

59 2 7 .0 8 .2 0 1 9 GST & E- Way billing - 1 Day Tidistia, Trichy

60 2 7 .0 8 .2 0 1 9 Mentor Meet EDII, Chennai

Academic Innovation 61 2 8 .0 8 .2 0 1 9 Entrepreneurship Development Govt. Arts College, Ariyalur P ro g r a m m e

62 2 8 .0 8 .2 0 9 EDP - Backward & Minorities RUDSETI, Madurai

Academic Innovation Govt. Arts and Science 6 4 2 9 .0 8 .2 0 1 9 Entrepreneurship Development College, Perambalur P ro g r a m m e

65 2 9 .0 8 .2 0 1 9 GST & E- Way billing - 1 Day NIFT- TEA, Tiruppur

19.08.2019 to Training on Role & Importance of Golden Jubilee Women Bio 6 6 2 1 .0 8 .2 0 1 9 HPLC for Women Tech Park, Siruseri

30.08.2019 to 67 Startup Ula B e n g a lu ru 3 1 .0 8 .2 0 1 9 Page 17 News Lead | EDIITN News

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