"Entrepreneurs: 10% born, 90% made"
One of the most successful entrepreneurs of our time, Romesh Wadhwani, Chairman and CEO, Symphony Technology Group and Chairman, Wadhwani Foundation, initiated NEN to create hundreds and thousands of jobs for India by supporting new and future entrepreneurs. Related story >>
Global leader gets stock lessons from students
Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Biocon's Founder, Chairman and MD and founding NEN Advisory Board Member, is best known for revolutionizing India's biotech industry. But here, she gets tips from SP Jain students at their first ever Lock, Stock & Trade event in 2003. Related story >>
Shut shop or grow? Mentoring makes the difference
“It’s not enough to have money; you need the skills to make it grow,” says entrepreneur Madhuri Ruia. Working with NEN-trained mentor Raj Bhat turned her fitness startup around. Together, they trimmed expenses, a bloated team and re-branded her gym. By March, customers were up from 2 a month to 13 a week. Related story >>
Bangalore engineers launch fast food dream
While establishing the NEN Entrepreneurship Cell at Sir MVIT, Bangalore, Nag Manohar and Darshan RB were bitten by the entrepreneurship bug. They aim to sell aerial-surveillance accessories one day, but while they fine-tune their business plan, they’ve launched hot dog kiosk ‘Hungry Hogs’ to raise some quick cash. Related story >>
IIT Bombay’s answer to Guy Kawasaki?
Heading India’s oldest E Cell at IIT Bombay and running the largest B Plan contest, Neha Rambhia also kick-started E Garage, allowing entrepreneurs to brainstorm ideas. She was selected as a Cherie Blair Foundation for Women—NEN Fellow in 2009. (IIT Bombay is one of NEN’s five co-founding institutes) Related story >>
Coimbatore students drive entrepreneurship with flair
South India’s first NEN E Leader conclave was organized by PSG Tech, engaging 236 students from 38 colleges. The conclave was judged ‘Event of the Year’ and PSG Tech’s NEN E Cell won the ‘Best Club of the Year’ Award from the Confederation of Indian Industry and Young Indians in 2009. Related story >>
Rural fun and food is serious business
By throwing Hurda (corn) parties, NEN E Cell members at Pune’s Garware College have kickstarted agritourism in Maharshtrian villages. They are now helping villagers run similar programs on their own by connecting them to other villages where rural tourism is flourishing. Related story >>
Tech transfer: Prototype to village
Over 50 rural households around Mysore benefit from smoke-free Chulhas, biogas plants and solar lighting, thanks to National Institute of Engineering. NIE E Cell’s success in commercializing inventions of CREST, NIE’s research initiative, won them the NEN-Nilima Rovshen Creativity and Innovation Award in 2010. Related story >>
Creativity + Passion = 3 Championships + 1 Runner Up
Literature students writing business plans? Hard to find – except at NEN Member Institute Mount Carmel College, Bangalore. Widespread engagement in entrepreneurship resulted in MCC winning three national Entrepreneurship Week India Championships and one Runner Up Award. MCC’s NEN E Cell membership exceeds 1,500. Related story >>
