About EDC

Education is aimed at developing career ready students. Establishing and developing own business is a dream of many engineering students. To successfully run the business activities an entrepreneur or entrepreneurs has to have qualities to improve, innovate, and invent. To facilitate improvisation, innovation and invention the Institution has created an ecosystem for creation and transfer of knowledge. Various committees functioning in the institute act as partners in development of ecosystem.

The ecosystem developed in the KBPCOES provides a conducive atmosphere, necessary for acquiring skills to

• Develop technological ideas.
• Convert them into the product(s).
• Convert products into business.

Objectives of Entrepreneurship Development Cell:

Promote the spirit of entrepreneurship by organising entrepreneurship awareness camps

Create opportunities to interact with successful entrepreneurs

Provide opportunities to work on live industry projects

Promote participation in project competitions

Provide high end industrial training to support technology startups

Help innovators to develop new products

Promote technology start-ups

Provide co-working space for young entrepreneurs for promotion of startups

Provide strong mentorship to those who want to set up their own company

Provide support for IPR and technology management

Create mechanism for access to risk capital to startups

   Important activities:

Project based learning is promoted in the institute

Students participate in innovative projects competitions

Workshops related to IPR are conducted

Faculty members are participating in Faculty Development Programmes on Entrepreneurship Development

Opportunities are created for students to interact with successful entrepreneurs through guest lectures, industrial visits, live industry projects, vocational training etc.

Students participate in organisation of industrial product exhibition organized by Manufacturer’s Association, Satara, Builders Association Satara

Entrepreneurship awareness camps and guest lectures are organized

High end industrial training is provided

Establishment of Center for Invention Innovation and Incubation:

Although in informal manner, the activities carried out over number of years has resulted in many alumni establishing their own successful businesses, considering the need of formal support, Rayat Shikshan Sanstha, the parent trust of Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil College of Engineering, in partnership with Tata Technologies and Science and Technology Park has established Yashwantrao Chavan Centre for Invention, Innovation and Incubation (CIII). The total investment is more than Rs. 200 million. CIII is an initiative to create Entrepreneurs and Industry ready resources by helping innovators to

Develop/improve new products or processes

Promote technology start-ups

Provide co-working space to young entrepreneurs for promotion of startups

Provide strong mentorship to invent new products, services and processes

Provide support for IPR and technology management

Create mechanism for access to risk capital to startups like Seed funding, Angel Investment, Venture Capital, Private Equity, etc.

CIII has Technology and R&D centre, Exploration centre, Advanced Manufacturing Centre, Co-working space, Incubation centre and Mentorship programme. It provides mentorship from industry experts by leveraging advanced tools related to product design and development. Centre has the necessary facilities like setups to experiment with advanced automobiles, commercial robot, commercial software and hardware required for design and analysis, 3D scanner, 3D printer, VMC; which will help build prototype and for batch production.

As a part of this important initiative, Institution has build partnership with ecosystem players by having close association with industries and entrepreneurs. Institution has signed MOU with regional communities like manufacturing association, builders association, and individual organizations.

Thus budding engineers from institutions have been targeted and motivated to start own business. Ongoing activities will result in startups registering with incubation centre and continuing their development of product. Hopefully these will come out with successful product, mature with the time and convert in successful business.