FEBRUARY 2019 News Letter, Issue 30

MonthlyEDII-TN Bulletin of Entrepreneurship Development NEWS and Innovation Institute, Government of

DIRECTOR'S MESSAGE

Followed by the release of the Tamil Nadu Startup and Innovation Policy 2018-23, with the prime objective of creating 5000 technology based startups and generating one lakh employment opportunities, EDII-TN is gearing up to promote the sustained Startup eco system through ways and means with specified target. In accordance with the Startup Policy, EDII-TN has initiated various promotional activities such as Startup Ulas, TNIGC 2018, TNSI, Startup Pitchfest, promoting Bio- entrepreneurship, etc., A well coordinated two Startup Ulas from and Tirunelveli with 60 Startups travelling across different Startup destinations have gained momentum to scale up startup activities to the next level of entrepreneurship. Similarly, programs like TNIGC, TNSI and Pitchfest have paved the way for the student community with innovative products/technology and encouraged them with Seed money grant. The incubation centers across Tamil Nadu funded by EDII-TN have started supporting the incubates to realize their innovative capabilities and dreams. Thus, EDII TN strives towards making the State a global Startup and innovation hub. Trainings and programs are organized aimed at this motto and the results yielded by these programs provide EDII- TN immense motivation and thrive to work on more such initiatives.

ADDITIONAL CHIEF SECRETARY/DIRECTOR Page 01 News Lead | EDIITN News

STARTUP ULAS EDII-TN is focused on creating an aspirational entrepreneurship and innovation culture amongst all segments, especially youngsters, leading to creation and growth of large number of innovative businesses, especially in the manufacturing sector. EDII is emerging as the State resource hub in education, training, research & practice in Entrepreneurship & Innovation. Government of Tamil Nadu has released Tamil Nadu Startup and Innovation policy 2018-23 recently in order to promote technology oriented Startup ecosystem in the State. Prior to the policy, EDII-TN has been working consistently for the promotion of Startup and innovation culture and extending support to the Startups. As such, EDII-TN has initiated a Startup Ula, an exclusive program for the Startups with innovative ideas. Startup Ula is learning on wheels journey for aspiring Startups.

The prime objective of the program was to create a right platform to validate the ideas of the participants, interaction with the CEOs of successful startup companies in order to know their journey, problems faced, challenges overcome etc., Besides, the journey facilitated them to gain knowledge on opportunities for startups, funding sources, technology, marketing etc., 60 participants across Tamil Nadu participated in the Startup Ulas. The two days program commenced on 8th February 2019 simultaneously from Coimbatore and Thirunelveli at 9.30 am. The two Ulas were flagged off by Mr.Karthikeyan, Ex President, TiE, at Coimbatore and Mr. Muthuramalingam, District Collector (In-Charge), DRO at Thirunelveli. The journey ended at on 9th February 2019 at 6pm covering Startup companies, incubation centres etc., in Coimbatore, Erode, Salem, Thirunelveli, Madurai, Trichy and Chennai. This was an outreach program exclusively designed for the Startups with on board mentoring. During the travel, resource personnel from the event partners namely, FounderPassion Foundation, Coimbatore and Native Lead Foundation, Madurai provided on-the-wheel mentoring and the travel time was made more valuable. Later, the participants were brought to EDII-TN and made arrangements to give inputs on activities of EDII-TN with Promo video, various schemes and highlights of Startup Policy, IEDP, IVP and other supports extended to the Startup ecosystem. Mr.Manikandan, DDP, made a presentation on the activities of EDII-TN and schemes pertaining to MSMEs and Startups. Mr. Shiva Shankar, DD PMO, portrayed the highlights of TN Startup and Innovation Policy, IEDP, IVP, etc., Feedback from the participants were obtained in the presence of the Director at EDII-TN, Chennai Page 02 News Lead | EDIITN News

FACILITATION MEETING WITH MOU SIGNED MEDIUM ENTREPRISES IN TNGIM 2019 Prior to the Tamil Nadu Global Investores Meet, 2019 held on 24th and 25th January 2019, follow-up actions have been initiated by Government of Tamil Nadu to consolidate the investments attracted during the event. Accordingly, department of MSME, Govt of Tamil Nadu organized a facilitation meeting with MoU signed Medium Enterprises during the TNGIM 2019 on 27.02.2019 at Hotel Le Royal Meridien, Chennai under the Chairmanship of Thiru. Dr.Rajendra Kumar I.A.S.,Principal Secretary/Industries Commissioner and Director of Industries and Commerce. Thiru T. P. Rajesh I.A.S., Additional Commissioner Industries and Commence, Tmt R.V. Shajeevana, Additional Director, EDII-TN and other officials from the department were also participated. Tmt R.V. Shajeevana, Additional Director, EDII-TN addressed the features of Tamil Nadu Startup Innovation Policy 2018-23 and support service offered by Government of Tamil Nadu to the industries segment.

TAMIL NADU INNOVATION GRAND CHALLENGE - 2018 The Tamil Nadu Innovation Grand Challenge 2018, a flagship event of EDII-TN to promote innovations and startups was organised during the Month. It is the second edition of the event, which was introduced in 2017. The programme was organized as series of three events i.e. Sprint Hack (Hackathon), Bootcamp and Pitch. EDII-TN had invited applications online from start-ups all over Tamil Nadu. Of the total 82 valid applications received, 25 startups were shortlisted and called for Sprint Hack. Sprint Hack: The 48 hour Sprint Hack (Hackathon) was held during 15th to 17th February,2019 at Cowrks, OMR, Chennai. 21 Startups attended the Sprint Hack. At the end the participating teams presented their idea/hacks to the jury. The Jury panel consisted of Th. Ranjith Melarkode, CTO, SPI Cinemas, Th.Venkatrangan Thirumalai, Founder, Little Fleet Service, Th. Dorai Thodla, Founder, IMORPH, and Th. Balram Nair, Vice President, Chennai Angels. 13 Startups were selected by the jury for the next stage, i.e. the Boot Camp. Two Startups from the 13 selected, were granted direct access to the final PITCH event by the Jury in view of their maturity level. Page 03 News Lead | EDIITN News

Boot Camp: The Bootcamp was held on February 23rd, 2019 at SMARTWORKS, with the participation of the 11 Selected Teams. They were trained specifically on “Structuring Your Company”, “Lean Startups” and “Knowing your Customer” by domain experts. Pitch : The Final PITCH was held on 24th February, 2019 at SMARTWORKS, Guindy. 13 Selected Startups made their final pitches in the presence of Jury, Vishesh Rajaram, MD, Special Invest (Seed Stage Investing), Aparna Rammohan, MD, Sri Sattva Group, Vineeth Vijayaraghavan, SPI Family House/Founder Solarillion, Guruswamy Ramasubramanian, Co-Founder, SiriusOne Capital (Angel Investor). The Jury made special mention of the team ‘TAN90’ – a cold storage product innovation - and suggested that they may be extended marketing support through concerned departments and other similar support by Government as they are ready to launch their product immediately. The Jury declared the following five teams as winners, eligible for the Seed Grant of Rs. 5 lakh for enriching their prototype/MVP and prepare for commercial launch. The winners of TNIGC 2018 are : 1. Modulus Housing, 2. Carpro Technologies, 3. WisOpt, 4.Kodate and 5. Madiee. Page 04 News Lead | EDIITN News

Sprint Hack: The 48 hour Sprint Hack (Hackathon) was held during 15th to 17th February,2019 at Cowrks, OMR, Chennai. 21 Startups attended the Sprint Hack. At the end the participating teams presented their idea/hacks to the jury. The Jury panel consisted of Th. Ranjith Melarkode, CTO, SPI Cinemas, Th.Venkatrangan Thirumalai, Founder, Little Fleet Service, Th. Dorai Thodla, Founder, IMORPH, and Th. Balram Nair, Vice President, Chennai Angels. 13 Startups were selected by the jury for the next stage, i.e. the Boot Camp. Two Startups from the 13 selected, were granted direct access to the final PITCH event by the Jury in view of their maturity level.

TAMIL NADU STUDENTS INNOVATORS - 2018 (TNSI-2018) Tamil Nadu Student Innovators Programme – 2018 (TNSI) is an initiative of Entrepreneurship Development and Innovation Institute EDII-TN to encourage student innovators/entrepreneurs from all over Tamil Nadu. TNSI was introduced in 2016 and the current programme is the third edition. This event was organised region-wise. The student teams were provided opportunity to give their innovative ideas as a solution to identified validated problem statements in the field of Agriculture, Industry, Smart cities and health care. Page 05 News Lead | EDIITN News

TNSI-2018 witnessed 250 applications from Chennai region (Northern Region), 340 applications from Coimbatore region (Western Region) and 191 applications from Madurai region (Southern Region). EDII- TN organised 10 awareness programmes and 9 Ideation programmes during Oct., 2018 to Feb. 2019 covering all the nine EDII Hubs. Regional Campus Coimbatore Hub (western region), Anna University Hub Chennai (Northern regions) and Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai Hub (Southern region) coordinated the programme in the respective regions. The NativeLead Foundation- Madurai and FounderPassion Foundation Coimbatore provided technical support. Tamil Nadu Student Innovators (TNSI) 2018-Ideation Camp : Two such Ideation Camps were organized at Anna University Regional Campus Tirunelveli on 6-2-2019 and Sona College of Technology Salem Hub on 4-2-2019 during the month. Idea Camps were aimed at guiding the students to improve their solutions through technical guidance. 150 students participated in these two programmes. Page 06 News Lead | EDIITN News

TNSI-Boot Camps: EDII-TN organized three regional level Boot Camps under TNSI-2018 at Anna University-Chennai, Anna University-Coimbatore and Thiyagarajar Engineering College-Madurai. From the applications received online, potential teams from each region were called for the Boot Camp. Student teams selected for the boot-camp were mentored over the products/process and business plan and pitch training. Every team made a presentation to a jury in respective regions. Top 6 teams were selected to participate in the State Level Pitch TNSI Boot camp on 28.2.2019 at Chennai. The details of the boot camps are given below: Page 07 News Lead | EDIITN News

State Level Pitch: TNSI State Level Pitch was held at EDII-TN, Chennai on 28.02.2019, in which the 20 teams from Bootcamp presented their innovations. The Jury panel consisted of Th. Dorai Thodla, Founder and CEO - Imorph, Th. JaiKanth, Founder and CEO - Infinity Engineers, Th. Khuzema, Founder-Siam Computing and Tmt. Kripa, Founder - Lunch Box. EDII has declared an award of Rs. One lakh each to the top two teams from each regions and Rs. 10,000/- each to the next 4 teams in each region. Based on the innovation, marketability and uniqueness of the ideas presented by each team, the jury had selected the following teams for the awards TNSI 2018 winners:

From each region 3 teams were selected for the consolation prize of Rs. 10,000/- each. Page 08 News Lead | EDIITN News

DESIGN CENTRIC WORKSHOPS EDII-TN organized 2- Two-Day Student Design Centric workshops at IIIT-DM, Kancheepuram. student participants were guided on design concepts, importance of Design Thinking and latest available technologies that are useful for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Programme details are furnished below:

ONE DAY TRAINING PROGRAMME-CUM-COMPETITION TO SCHOOL STUDENTS EDII-TN organized 2 one-day training-cum-competitions on entrepreneurial concepts to school students. Students were trained on Entrepreneurial skills through Board games. Based on the assessments over their skills top students from each programme were awarded cash prizes. The objective of the programme is to sow the seeds of entrepreneurship at school level itself through simple and innovative techniques.

TAKE OFF-LEARNING PROGRAMME ‘TAKE Off‘’- the gaming version of learning Entrepreneurship by doing - was organised by EDII-TN at Anna University Chennai hub was organized on 19 February 2019. The E- Cell representatives from different spoke institutions were invited for the programme. 85 E- Cell student representatives from various institutions attended the programme. 20 students where trained for different areas of business for coordinating the programme on different aspects like Registration of company, managing inventory/ stores, investor, etc. Then the rest of the students were divided into different groups and involved in the activity as a startup. Page 09 News Lead | EDIITN News

Activity Description:- All the participating students were grouped into various segments representing stakeholders of any business. They performed as real time business entities from formation, registration of business entity to seeking orders from the customer and delivering the product to specifications, manufacturing, managing inventory, seeking legal aid, to bargaining as companies do in real time. By the end, the participants got clear idea about managing their business - building a startup, how to manage customer, seeking orders and planning for product delivery etc.

STARTUP MANIA 3 (2019) - ERODE EDII-TN sponsored the “Startup Mania” event, which is an annual Business Idea Competition organized by Kongu engg. College, CII – Young Indians, Erode along with NativeLead Foundation at TBI of Kongu Engineering College. The event happened for the third year consequently, which concluded with a conference-cum-award ceremony “Erode Entrepreneurship Conclave 2019” on 22.02.2019. The main objective of the competition is to inculcate the idea of Startup and Entrepreneurship and also provide a platform for the students and other aspiring graduates across Tamil Nadu (rural regions in particular) to showcase their ideas and to get nurtured and supported by all means. Page 10 News Lead | EDIITN News

INDUSTRIAL EXPO AND E-SUMMIT AT THANJAVUR - EXPERIMENTING ENTREPRENEURSHIP E-Summit 2019 sponsored by Entrepreneurship Development and Innovation Institute was organised by the Entrepreneurship Cell of SASTRA Deemed to be University Hub during February 22, 23 and 24, 2019. The theme of the event was “Experimenting Entrepreneurship” where the students from SASTRA University and the 32 spoke colleges participated focusing to work on their ideas and build startups out of it. The programme comprised of four events namely Launchpad, Grade Up, Big Bouts and Mr. CEO. A Design Thinking Workshop and an Expo where students from other colleges brought in their working prototypes, were also organised. 45 ideas were pitched in the Launchpad from which 9 were selected for further mentoring and incubation. 14 teams displayed their working prototypes in the expo, including two teams from Kamala Niketan School. Three ideas got incubated in SASTRA Technological Business Incubator, FIRST, SASTRA Deemed to be University. 40 students attended the Creative Thinking workshop that helped them to reorient their designs process. On whole, the event had a footfall of 500+ students. BUSINESS MODEL & BUSINESS PLAN Business Model & Business Plan EDP is a training programme for 10 days including five days offsite training for the final year college students from various colleges surrounding Madurai region was organised at Pandiyan Saraswathi Yadav Engineering College, Sivagangai. The training module mainly focussed on Business Model preparation, Balance sheet and Financial statements analysis, Working capital assessment, Break Even point, Analysis of various ratios impact on cost and price fixation and banking schemes and procedures. Two batches were conducted in the month of February 2019 at an average of 40 candidates per batch. The programme received good feedback from the participants. Page 11 News Lead | EDIITN News

ENANTRA- STARTUP PITCHFEST Startup Pitchfest, organised as part of Enantra by the E- Cell of Anna University, is a platform for budding student entrepreneurs to propound their creative ideas and ground-breaking innovations, thereby scale up their startups right from the ideation stage to the fund generation stage. This event is affiliated with EDII-TN conducted as a part of Enantra 3.0 organised by Capitalise, the E-Cell of Anna University and the Centre for Entrepreneurship Development, Anna University. There were about 285 participants competing from all over Tamil Nadu out of which 50 teams were shortlisted. These teams were selected to take part in the Design Sprint Workshop, mentored by Mr.Anbu Ratnavel from the School of Design Thinking which was conducted on the February 2nd, 2019 from 10 am to 5pm prior to the main pitching day.

In this session, participants learnt how to make a short and efficient presentation that will give a full- fledged idea of their Startup. This presentation was the deciding factor for the second round of selection. Out of the 50 teams, 15 teams were selected based on their presentations. After the second round of shortlisting, the selected teams were given a week’s time to work on their idea before appearing for the pre-pitching event. The teams met five experienced mentors for enhancement and refinement of their ideas on February 9th, 2019. Final pitching session was held on 10th Feb, 2019. They were judged based on their innovation, creativity, feasibility and X- factor. Seed grants of up to 6.25 lakhs were awarded by EDII-TN under five categories- Most scalable Startup, Best on campus Startup, Women entrepreneur Startup, Most innovative Startup and Social impact Startup. Page 12 News Lead | EDIITN News

Academic Innovation Entrepreneurship Development Programme (AIEDP) During the month of February 2019, under the Academic Innovation Entrepreneurship Development Programme (AIEDP), nine awareness camps were conducted with involvement of respective district collectors, the respective College Principals and the management, at an average of 110 final year college students participation in nine Colleges. In District, on 08.02.2019 at Sri Subramaniyaswamy Government Arts College, Tiruttani, . The District Collector Tmt, Maheswari Ravikumar, I.A.S., inaugurated the event and the Principal Secretary/ Director of EDII- TN, Dr.V.IraiAnbu, I.A.S, delivered Presidential address to motivate the students to take up Entrepreneurship and to be employers rather than employees. In Cuddalore district, on 13.02.2019, at Govt. Arts College, Chidambaram, on 14.02.2019 at Thiru Kolanjiappar Govt. Arts College, Virudhachalam and on 15.02.2019 at Periyar Govt. Arts College, Cuddalore. In Thanjavur district, on 19.02.2019, the Camp was held at Kundhavi Nachiyar Govt. Arts College, Thanjavur, on 20.02.2019 at Govt,Arts College (A) Kumbakonam. In Thiruvannamalai district, on 26.02.2019 the camp was held at Aringar Anna Govt, Arts College, Cheyyar and on 28.02.2019 at Govt, Arts college, Thiruvannamalai.

Re-Orientation Training Programme to Staff of IC&DIC 67 Staff of IC&DIC were trained in two batches from 6th Feb to 8th Feb '19 as well as from 13th Feb to 15th Feb '19 to reorient their skills in Planning work, Solving Problems, improving Interpersonal Skills, Time Management & Communication Skills and changing Attitudes & Ethics. Training was conducted at EDII-TN, Chennai marking completion of 16 batches of Training to Officers and Staff of IC&DIC. Page 13 News Lead | EDIITN News

EXPORTS & IMPORT PROCEDURES AND DOCUMENTATION Export and Import Procedures & Documentation Programme was conducted for three days to train budding exporters at EDII-TN, Chennai from Feb4 to Feb6, 2019 with 27 participants. The training focused on identifying exportable goods, overseas buyers and the Export pricing besides formalities to start the Export Business, Clearing, Forwarding and Customs Procedures. The details of Bank finance available to exporters and importers and other Import Licence procedures were covered in details.

NEEDS 15 DAYS EDP TRAINING NEEDS Training was conducted to train 147 New Entrepreneurs at Thoothukudi from 13th Feb, '19 at Vellore & Erode from 18th Feb '19, Madurai from 20th Feb '19 and Tiruchirapalli from 25th Feb 2019. The training covered Business Idea Validation, Business Plan Preparation, Marketing, Finance, Banking Schemes, Digital Marketing, Accounting & Tally, GST, Legal Formalities, Communication Skills & State and Central Government Support to MSMEs. UYEGP SCHEME EDP TRAINING During February 2019, seven days UYEGP trainings were conducted in the districts Ariyalur, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Chennai, Dharmapuri, Erode, Kancheepuram, Krishnagiri, Kanyakumari, Madurai, Namakkal, Pudukottai, Perambalur, Salem, Sivagangai, Thanjavur, Theni, Tiruvallur, Trichy, Tirunelveli, Tiruvanamalai, Virudhunagar through R-Setis. 467 Beneficiaries from the above districts got trained in the topics such as Communication Skills, Business etiquettes, Interpersonal relationship,Time Management, Human Relations, Marketing Management & Customer Relationship, Market Survey and Marketing, Branding & labelling, Accountancy & Book – keeping, Break – Even Point Analysis, Costing & Pricing, etc. Page 14 News Lead | EDIITN News

MUDRA SCHEME EDP TRAINING A Six days MUDRA – EDP for Nilgiris District was organized from 18.02.2019 to 23.02.2019. The MUDRA Training Programme was arranged exclusively for 31 beneficiaries belonging to Schedule Tribe (Todas). Financial assistances were provided by , , Canara Bank, Syndicate Bank, Uco Bank and Bank of India, Nilgiris. The module covered topics like Entrepreneurial Skills, Competencies, Characteristics, Banking Services & Procedures, Mudra Scheme, subsidy, repayment of loans, CIBIL, Digital Banking – Cash less payments, credit guarantee fund trust for Micro and Small Enterprises (CGTMSE),Online MUDRA entry, Communication Skills, Business Etiquettes, Interpersonal Relationship, Time Management, Business Model & Business Plan, Break - Even Analysis, Working capital Management, Taxation – IT, GST and Insurance Service. Similar programmes were also organized at Karur, Virudhunagar and Villupuram Districts with an average of 30 participants.

PHASE IV TRAINING PROGRAMMES Under Phase IV, programmes on Sales & Marketing were conducted at Madurai (14.2.2019) & EDII-TN, Chennai (19.2.2019). Also a programme on Finance Management for Women Entrepreneurs was organized at Tiruchirapalli (19.02.2019), GST & E-way billing programmes were conducted at 10 districts in association with TANSTIA-FNF Service Centre in the districts during the month of February 2019 (Chennai, Nagapattinam, Salem, Krishnagiri, Trichy, Sivagangai, Tiruvarur,Thiruvallur and Tuticorin) and an average of 35 participants participated in each programme. Page 15 News Lead | EDIITN News

LEADERSHIP COURSE FOR INCUBATION MANAGERS-MODULE 4 The final leg of the ‘Leadership Course for Incubation Managers’ organized by EDII-TN and PSG-STEP was held from 7th February 2019 to 9th February 2019 at Hotel Irish, Chennai. A total of 37 participants attended the programme. Dr.Suresh Kumar, Executive Director, PSG-STEP, Coimbatore welcomed all the participants for the workshop. Dr.V.IraiAnbu IAS., Additional Chief Secretary/Director, EDII-TN inaugurated the workshop and delivered the keynote address. He motivated the young incubation managers to handhold the startups in all prospective ways. Additional Director, EDII-TN, Mrs.R.V.Shajeevana delivered the special address and talked on the highlights of startup policy. Sessions on Angel Investment, Funding Landscapes, Mentor Selection Criteria were taken by the eminent experts in the field. The delegates also visited Golden Jubilee Bio-tech Park for Women, and experienced a unique infrastructure and facility functioning exclusively for women. The delegates presented the action plan for running their incubator.

Mettupalayam Agro-Forestry Business Incubation Forum – Launch Workshop The EDII-supported Mettupalayam Agro-Forestry Business Incubation Forum at Forest College & Research Institute (FC&RI), Mettupalayam was formally inaugurated by Dr.N.Kumar, Vice-Chancellor, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University(TNAU) on 19th February 2019. Dr.R.Suresh, Dean, FC&RI, Dr.ShivakumarDhyani, Senior Agro-Forestry Specialist, Dr.Javed Rizvi, Regional Director (ICRAF), M.R.Jaggannathan, DD, EDII, Dr.Sivakumar, Director, Agri-Business Development, TNAU and Dr.KT.Parthiban, Professor graced the occasion. Central & State Government Organization Officials, NGOs, Tree growers, Wood based Industries, Farmers and Agri Business Incubators participated in the programme. A book entitled ‘FAQs on Forestry’ was released by Vice-Chancellor, TNAU on the occasion. He also assured that this unique incubator will help incubatees to create innovative forestry-based products with all supporting services like executive, technological and financial services. Page 16 News Lead | EDIITN News

EDII-TRICHY AGRI BUSINESS INCUBATION FORUM PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT AND REVIEW COMMITTEE MEETING Programme Management & Review Committee Meeting of EDII-TrichyAgri Business Incubation Forum was conducted on 22nd February 2019. Dean, AnbilDharmalingam Agricultural College & Research Institute, Director, Directorate of Agribusiness Development, Deputy Director (I&I) participated in the meeting. Action plan of the Incubation Center, Notification of recruitment of Incubation Manager and other staff have been discussed. The plan for Incubation Center was prepared and approved.

AVIDADHAM 2019 In recent years, EDII-TN is focusing on promoting bio-entrepreneurship realizing the importance of its implication in the economic growth of the country. Many bio-incubators have been supported by EDII-TN that focus on different thrust sectors and many bio-entrepreneurship training are being conducted. In this line, an International Conference on ‘Metamorphosis from Academia to Bio-industrialisation’ organized by Anna University, Chennai during 25-27 February 2019, was sponsored by EDII-TN. Eminent Experts from abroad, Industrialists, Governing Bodies, Academicians and Entrepreneurs shared their views on bio- industrialization. M.R.Jaggannathan, Deputy Director, EDII addressed the participants during the valediction. The role of EDII in promoting Bio-entrepreneurship was very much appreciated on the occasion. Page 17 News Lead | EDIITN News

BUSINESS MODEL & BUSINESS PLAN EDP PROGRAMMES Entrepreneur Development and Innovation Institute, Tamil Nadu, organized 10 days Business Model & Business Plan preparation at Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Pandiyan SaraswathiYadav Engineering College (PSYEC) from 25.01.2019 to 06.02.2019 & 11.01.2019 to 21.02.2019. The programme was inaugurated by the Principal Dr.R.Palanisamy, M.Tech. Ph.D., on 25.01.2019 at (PSYEC), Arasanur, Sivagangai. To motivate the students and to make their own business proposal, a Business Model and Business Plan EDP programme was organised by EDII-TN. Forty candidates from the following colleges attended the 1st programme.

Business Model & Business Plan EDP is a ten days training programme mainly focussing on Business Model preparation, Balance sheet and Financial statements analysis, Working capital assessment, Break Even point, Analysis of various ratios impact on cost and price fixation, banking schemes and procedures. The feedback received from the candidates of both the batches was good. Page 18 News Lead | EDIITN News

WORKSHOP ON GST & EWAY BILLING During the month of February 2019, Workshops on GST & E way billing for the existing entrepreneurs were organized in the following districts along with respective district associations:

7 day residential Youth Awareness on Entrepreneurship –EDP from 13.02.2019 to 19.02.2019 at Thondamuthur, Coimbatore RD & PR division, EDII-TN & TNSRLM jointly organised 7 day residential Youth Awareness on Entrepreneurship –EDP for 45 Women Entrepreneurs held from13.02.2019 to 19.02.2019 at IkkaraiBooluvambatti, ,Thondamuthur,Coimbatore. The training programme was inaugurated by Mr.Selvaraj, District Project Director ,TNSRLM. On 29.01.2019 ,Mr.Rajamani, the District Collector of Coimbatore distributed the certificates to the participants and motivated the Entrepreneurs. Three Day Model Class for the Community Workers A three Day Model Class for the Community Facilitators (CFs) and Community Professionals (CPs) was held at Narasipuram,Thondamuthur,Coimbatore from 13.02.2019 to 15.02.2019. Different topics from the module book of RD& PD project, Sigaram Thoduvom was handled and grading work was done by Mr.Loganathen, Mrs.Jenith Mary and Mr.Shanmuga Bharathi. 45 rural women participated and benefitted from this training programme. Page 19 News Lead | EDIITN News

Cluster Awareness Programme to Electrical Cluster Group ‘Cluster Awareness Programme to Electrical Cluster Group members was organised in association with Ramnad District Electrical workers Association on 11.02.2019 at Hotel Orange Blossom, Ramanathapuram. The Key note address was delivered by Mrs. Mariyammal, General Manager –DIC, Ramnad and Cluster formation note was delivered by Mr. R. Chandraprabhu, Assistant Director (EI), MSME-Chennai. The Procedural Guidelines were given by Mr.Prabhu, Asst Branch Manager – SIDCO. A total number of 70 participants attended the meeting.

CLUSTER AWARENESS PROGRAM TO FISHNET MONOFILAMENT MANUFACTURE CLUSTER CASHEW NUT PROCESSING CLUSTER RUBBER BASED CLUSTER AND COCONUT BASED CLUSTER A Cluster Awareness Program for Fishnet Monofilament Manufacture Cluster, Cashew Nut Processing Cluster, Rubber Based Cluster and Coconut Based Cluster was organized on 26.02.2019 at Nagerkoil in association with Kanyakumari District Micro and Small Industries Association (KADIMSIA). The program was attended by Mr.S.Marudhappan, GM, DIC, Nagerkoil, Mr.M.Gopalan, Presidetn KADIMSIA, Mr.U.SivamanyaMoorthy, Vice President, KADIMSIA and officers from SIDCO, MSME DI. TC3 from EDII-TN explained the role of EDII-TN towards cluster development in Tamil Nadu. Mr.ChandraPrabhu, Assistant Director from MSME DI took a detailed session on Cluster formation under MSE-CDP and the support services offered by the Government of India. Mr.A.Anand, Branch Manager, SIDCO, Thirunelveli narrated the opportunities for Cluster Formation in Kanyakumari District. Later, there were separate discussion with the Cluster members of Fishnet Monofilament Manufacture Cluster, Cashew Nut Processing Cluster, Rubber Based Cluster and Coconut Based Cluster and their doubts were clarified and also they were made to understand the advantages of Cluster Formation. More than 90 participants participated in the Cluster Awareness Program Page 20 News Lead | EDIITN News

ENTREPRENEUR AWARENESS CAMP Entrepreneur Awareness Camp (EAC)is being organized regularly in various districts of Tamil Nadu for one day to bring in entrepreneurial awareness and to address the business opportunities in the district. EACs were conducted covering a total number of 512 participants at Erode (07.02.2019), Tiruchirapalli (5.2.2019,16.2.2019& 20.2.2019), Madurai (20.02.2019) , Tiruchendur (25.2.2019), and Chennai &Virudhunagar (28.2.2019).

ENTERPRISE CLINIC Enterprise Clinic is conducted at Chennai, Madurai, Thoothukudi, Erode, Tiruchirappalli, Virudhunagar,Tirunelveli, Tiruppur and Kumbakonam. New and existing MSME entrepreneurs can approach EDII and other District MSME Associations for guidance to improve and innovate their business and further be guided in setting up of business and to improve Sales/ Profits of an existing business. Entrepreneurs are encouraged to undergo training, wherever necessary. Page 21 News Lead | EDIITN News

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