Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC)

The Entrepreneurship Development Cell at East Point College of Engineering and Technology is a deliberate, structured commitment to ensure that the next generation of engineers who walk through EPCET Campus leave not just with a degree, but with the audacity to build, the skills to sustain, and the values to lead. We believe that every great enterprise begins with a student who refused to settle for ordinary and the EPCET-EDC exists to find those students, fuel their ambition, and stand behind them every step of the way, from the first rough idea to the first paying customer. India does not lack problems worth solving. What it lacks is enough engineers willing to solve them as entrepreneurs, and that is precisely the gap this cell is being built to close. Rooted in the conviction that technology and enterprise are two sides of the same coin, the EDC will serve as the institutional bridge between classroom learning and real-world impact nurturing ideas that address genuine needs, building ventures that create employment, and shaping graduates who contribute to India's economy not just as professionals, but as founders and creators. At EPCET, we do not believe entrepreneurship is a talent that only a few are born with. We believe it is a skill, a mindset, and a culture one that can be built, taught, and sustained and that is exactly what this cell will do.

Vision:

"To ignite an entrepreneurial spirit in every EPCET student — empowering them to build impactful, ethical, and socially responsible ventures that grow from Bengaluru to leave a mark on the global economy."

Mission:

  1. Build a structured, student-driven entrepreneurship ecosystem at EPCET
  2. Transform student ambition into action through hands-on skill development
  3. Provide industry-connected mentorship and real-world exposure
  4. Create an inclusive incubation environment for all students
  5. Foster ethical business thinking with strong social awareness
  6. Enable students to build meaningful, viable ventures contributing to innovation and economic growth

EDC Committee:

Sl.No. Name of the Member Role/ in EDC Designation Email
1 Mrs. Hemalatha S Coordinator Assistant Professor ,CSE edc_coordinator.epcet@eastpoint.ac.in
2 Dr.Sudhanshu Saurabh Dy Director Professor AI&DS saurabh.ds.ai@eastpoint.ac.in
3 Mrs. Bakkiya Lakshmi B Member Assistant Professor CSE bakkiyalakshmi.cse@eastpoint.ac.in
4 Ms. P.Abia Member Assistant Professor CSE (AI&ML) abia.p@eastpoint.ac.in
5 Chandra Vadani.D Member Assistant Professor CSE (DS) chandra.vadani@eastpoint.ac.in
6 Dr.Amarnath Member Associate Professor ME dr.amarnatha@eastpoint.ac.in
7 Mrs. Krishna Kumari N Member Assistant Professor CSE(IOT& CSBT) krishnakumari@eastpoint.ac.in
8 Mrs.Lavina Member Assistant Professor BS (Chemistry) lavina@eastpoint.ac.in
9 Mrs.Nilu Mishra Member Assistant Professor CSE (ECE) nilu.ece@eastpoint.ac.in
10 Mr Sreedhar N Member Associate Professor (Civil) Sreedharn.civil@eastpoint.ac.in
11 Ms.Shreedevi.B.C Member Assistant Professor CSE (ISE) shreedevi.bc.ise@eastpoint.ac.in

EDC Objectives

Objectives

  • To inspire every student at EPCET, regardless of gender or background, to think like an entrepreneur and walk a clear, supported path from idea to registered business.
  • To build live, working connections with industries, incubators, investors, and government bodies.
  • To deliver practical, industry-driven programmes in entrepreneurship, leadership, financial literacy, branding, and technology commercialisation
  • To establish an on-campus incubation centre, making starting a company at EPCET something normal, not something rare.

Achievements of EDC

Awards and Recognition

  1. LLP Registered: 2
  2. MSME UDYAM: 2
  3. Section 8 Company Registered: 1
  4. AICTE IDEA Lab: Proposal Selected : 100 Lakhs Ref Nu: 1-1097519492
  5. Patent Filed: Tittle” An Artificial Intelligence Based Iot And Lidar/Lorasystem And Method For Optimizing Agriculture Yields”, NAME : N Rohit

EPCET Entrepreneurs

S.No. Student Name Branch Pass Out Year Name of Enterprise Location/ Address of Enterprise Major Activity of Enterprise Type of Enterprise Year of Registration
1 Venu N Civil Engg 2023 SLV Design and Construction Hirandahalli, Avalahalli, Bangalore - 560049 Residential and commercial buildings, Interiors 2023
2 Akash, Ajay, and Suhas Civil Engg Durga Construction Gandhinagar, Kolar, Karnataka Residential and commercial buildings, Interiors 2023
3 P Madhusudhan ME 2020 Navabharat Starch Industries #19, KIADB, Dasarahossahalli, Bengaluru Purchasing new machinery and spare parts due to shortage Internet and Telephonic communication 2023
4 Surya Teja ME 2016 Promech Technologies #14F, Attibelae Industrial Area, Anekal Taluk, Bengaluru Working Capital Fabrication and Coating 2021
5 Rahul Civil Engg 2018 Horizon Construction Bangalore, Karnataka Residential and commercial buildings, Interiors 2020
6 Shivani Rajput CSE 2016 HapyZone Shamanna Subaiya Reddy Layout, Banaswadi, Bengaluru To find like-minded people. Social media platform (Facebook, Instagram) 2020
7 N. Pavan Bhushan Reddy CSE 2020 Owner / Agriculturer #63, 1st Cross, Navya Nagar, Bengaluru Competition in the field and going through legal Petrol bunk and Farming 2020
8 Aishwarya S CSE 2020 Meraki Event Planners #19, Kanasu, SMR Township, Near Banjara Layout, Kalkere, Bengaluru Collecting contacts for event requirements like decoration was difficult in the beginning Event Planning 2019
9 Sonnahalli Janardhana Reddy Pavan Civil Engg 2015 Construction Work Ground Floor, Khata No 17/12, Site No 12, Nachohalli Grama, Malur, Kolar, Karnataka, 563130 Construction work Construction 2019
10 Raghavendra R Civil Engg 2018 SM Construction GS Complex, Katamnallur Sustainability and Efficiency Network with suppliers, online marketing, newspapers 2019
11 Lohith .C CSE 2014 Pralotech Solutions LLP Subhash Nagar, Bhattrahalli, K.R. Puram Setup the company and to make our service presence across the market 2018
12 Sampath T N CSE 2016 TNS Incredible Farm Bengaluru Fast disappearing of grazing land TNS Incredible Farm 2018
13 Uday Kumar Aadusumilli ISE 2019 Cloudwarts Education Pvt Ltd. Bengaluru Time Management Reddit and Google Ads 2018
14 Prasad H D ECE 2017 Sri Basaveshwara Enterprises #307/1, 1st Main Road, Nagarbhavi Main Road, Bengaluru Competition from the City Traders To solve the local needs of Grocery 2018
15 Mohan Murali N ME 2016 1806 Engineering Services #3, Murgeshpalya, Old Airport Road, Bengaluru Delivering Quality service and retaining customers or clients Engineering Services for Industries 2018
16 Deepak S Civil Engg 2013 Prashasthi Civil Solutions Araleri Rd, Adarsh Nagar, Malur, Karnataka 563130 Contractor for commercial, builders and developers, Tile contractors, waterproofing contractors Online and Local Advertisements 2015
17 Kiran M M ME 2016 Radboards #305, 87, Shresta Bhoomi, K.R. Road Mentorship and Funding Leader in Portable Electric segments 2015
18 Sri Dharan ME 2020 Sree Laxmi Enterprises 7th Block, Kolar main road, Newtown, Bethamangala, KGF Taluk Competition with other established firms Contacting Engineers and Builders 2015
19 Nishant Sekhar CSE 2011 StrategicStack Service Pvt. Ltd. A6 –151 DLF Westend Heights, Akshaya Nagar Courage is taking the first step. Our customer testimonials are the only way of our marketing. 2014

EDC Activities

Sl no EDC Activities Dept Resource Person Date Link
1 Seminar on Innovation to Commercialization Boot Camp ISE Gagan R
Product AI Engineer,
Smag-J Enterprises
05-03-2026 Link
2 AI and Innovation Sprints: Rapid Prototyping for Digital Transformation ISE Mr.Abhijith S,
Founder & CEO,
Smag-J Enterprises
26-02-2026 Link
3 National Start up Day AI &ML Mr. Dhananjay Kumar Singh
ROBOPRENR ADVANCED LEARNING LLP
14-02-2026 Link
4 Design Thinking, Critical Thinking and Innovation Design CV Dr. Pushpa Lumina
Assistant Professor
School of Civil Engineering
REVA University
13-02-2026 Link
5 Code 2 Game-Hackaton ISE Mrs Manasa,
Asst.Professor
Department of ISE, EPCET
01-01-2026 Link
6 IBM Skills Build- Artificial Intelligence and Employability skill Training ISE Mr. Sethupathi Ramu ,
Technical Trainer, Magic Bus India Foundation, Bangalore
17-11-2025 to 19-11-2025 Link
7 Hack-To-Hire Ideathon CSE Mr. Harsh Kumar Jadon,
Founder of Beetelex

Mr. Shubham Shakthi,
community builder
Dev Rel
03-11-2025 Link
8 Ideation Boot Camp: A Structured Approach to Innovative Thinking AI &ML Ms. Chinthana,
CEO, Addweb,
Bengaluru, Karnataka
21-10-2025 to 25-10-2025 Link
9 IgniteX- The Startup Competition AI&DS Mr. Kannan R / Mr. Sachin N
Professor/Placement Director
EPCP/EPCET
03-08-2025 Link
10 Session on Accelerator/incubation-opportunities for students and faculties ISE Ms. Sridevi S,
Opinion Bunch Research Pvt Ltd
20-08-2025 Link
11 SDP on Essential Digital Skills for the Modern World ISE 28-07-2025 to 01-08-2025 Link
12 Protecting Property Rights Management for Startups AD Ms. Abhiruchi Chaudhary
Associate-II
PwC, Bangalore
04-05-2025 Link
13 Webinar on Intellectual Property Rights and IP management for startups ISE Mr. Nagarjun M G,
IIS Bangalore
12-05-2025 Link
14 Session on How to plan for a startup and legal and ethical steps ISE Bhanush Gowda,
Learny Hive
14-03-2025 Link
15 Workshop on “Entrepreneurship and Innovation as Career Opportunity” ISE D P K
Muthu kumara swamy
10-12-2024 Link
16 Workshop on Design Thinking, Critical thinking and Innovation Design ISE Dr. Shanthi M
HOD,
Department of ISE
EPCET
13-12-2024 Link
17 Technical Talk on Startups and Entrepreneurship ECE Praveen H J
CEO
AIC-CCRI-CED
Coffee board Bengaluru
08-10-2024 Link
18 Innovation and Start Up Ecosystem Enablers ME Gavin George
CEO,Gavin Timbers,Bangalore
02-08-2024 Link
19 Tech Talk on Technological Innovation Management & Entrepreneurship ECE Suresh Babu
Chairman & MD
Vasuki Group of companies
15-07-2024 Link
20 Seminar on Global Career Opportunities in Europe for Indian Graduates ISE Dr S K Murthy 23-02-2024 Link
21 Seminar on Basics of Intellectual Property Rights and its Importance for Innovators & Entrepreneurs ISE Dr S K Murthy
Founder Partner
Satatham Kritham Legal Solutions LLP
11-12-2024 Link
22 Workshop on Entrepreneurship & Innovation as a Career Opportunity ISE D P K Muthukumaraswamy
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, KrutiBimb
10-12-2024 Link
23 Nuturing Entrepreneurial Mindset for Atmanirbhar Bharat 2027 AI&DS Ms. Saloni
Sinha Faculty - Future Skills, Communication & Theatre ,BIMTECH Gr Noida
14-09-2024 Link
24 Workshop Motivational Session by Successful Innovators-Praveen (Coffee Board) ECE Praveen H J,
CEO of ATAL Incubation Center of Coffee
07-10-2024 Link
25 Webinar on “Prompt Engineering” AI&DS Ms. Sugandha,
Capability Development Manager at EXL Services India Pvt. Ltd., Noida.
27-11-2024 Link
26 National Entrepreneurship Day ISE Prof. Dhana Prasad
Asst. Prof.
Dept. of Physics, EPCET
09-11-2024 Link
27 Seminar on “Nurturing Entrepreneurial Mindset for Atmanirbhar Bharat 2047” AI&DS Ms. Saloni Sinha
Expert Future Skills & Innovative Pedagogy
14-09-2024 Link
28 Webinar on Empowering Entrepreneurs: Navigating the MSME landscape by demonstrating Udhayam, CSE Mrs. Neha Gopal N,
Mrs. Nivedhitha
Department of CSE, EPCET
02-08-2024 Link
29 Design and Innovation in the Club Community CSE-IOT Mr.Pradeep Kumar
Technical Analyst
SME,Hewelette Packard Enterprises(HPE), Bengaluru
03-07-2024 Link
30 Global Career Opportunities in Europe for Indian Graduates ISE Mr.Prajesh Kumar Jha
CEO, EDU World Guide Career Consultants Pvt Ltd
23-02-2024 Link
31 Workshop On Design Thinking,Critical Thinking & Innovation Design CSE-IOT Dr. Jaganath M,
Prof. Lohit C
Professor & HOD of Computer Applications (EPGI),
Professor (CSE,Garden City Engg. College)
22-01-2024 Link
32 Entrepreneurship & Innovation as a Career ISE Dr. Venugopal Gupta
Professor
East Point College of Higher Education
12-01-2024 Link
33 IPR for Creating Professionals:” How to Protect Your Work” CSE Prof.S.Sangeeta 27-11-2023 Link
34 Entrepreneurs Success Stories ISE Dr. Rajanna N - Educationist
Dr. Mathivathini Udayabalan- General Physician
Mr. Rajaraja Rajendran- Principal Software Engineer,
Abhishek Lesli-Filmmaker
Amin Sama- Sr. Data Scientist
10-11-2023 Link

External Entrepreneurship Workshops & Seminars Participated

  1. FDP-Future Startup Founders- Opportunities for Startups in the Indian Landscape, 24th to 26th Oct 2024 at SIT-Tumkur. Following Faculty Participated.
    • Dr. Prahlada Rao B.B. (Director R&D & Professor CSE)
    • Dr. Manjunath (Professor & HOD- Chemistry)
  2. Future Startup Founders- Opportunities for Startups in the Indian Landscape, 24th to 26th Oct 2024 at SIT-Tumkur.

    The Following Students Participated the Future Startup Founders meet at SIT-Tumkur:

    • N Rohit, (CSE 3B, 1EP23CS102 )
    • CH SK Chaitanya (CSE 3rd Sem, 1EP23CS034)
    • Rohit Kumar M (ECE, 3sem, 1EP23EC081), rekha14km@gmail.com,
    • Jay Shreesant, (ECE, 3sem,1EP23EC039) jayshreesant1234@gmail.com,
    • P. Harshavardhana.(ISE, 3rd Sem, 1EP23IS056).
  3. Entrepreneurship Competitions Participated
    • UNDP-List EPCET Bangalore
  4. Hand Holding & Nurturing Students with Innovative Ideas:

    13-8-2024 Prof. Chandrashekar visited. 10.00am to 2.00pp.
    Students of CSE IDEA LAB, ISC IDEA LAB, and ECE IDEA LAB met me & Prof. Chandrashekar. Prof Chandrasekhar addressed on Design Registrations and LLP Registrations for the Following student incubations:

    • Cropy Tech -Bhanush Gowda ( ISC), Software Product
    • Kisan Madad -Vaibhav Kumar, Software Product
    • Event Mgt – Harshavardhan, Software Product
    • College Task Mgt –Wani, Software Product
    • AI Integrated Job Platform - Mohd. Shariff, Software Product
    • Smart Farming- Rohit, Rakshita, Hardware Product
    • Resume Preperation -Jeevan N, Software Product
    • Soul Care K S Satwika, Software Product
    • Body Fatscale, Dr Abhishek, Hardware Product

For H/W Products Prepare a 3D H/W Designs Drawings earlier. For the incubations where the drawings are ready, we can apply for Design Registry Today. For this you need to fill the 3 forms circulated :

  • Form-1 fill Product Name, your name(s) & address
  • Design representation Sheets with all 6 views colour images, of box (outer) design of your product
  • Authorization Letter of EPCET, with your name(s) & address

For the Ideas that advanced in design stage and want to go for Product Development, and a Co. Registration. From EPCET we are looking for doing LLP Registration.

Meeting with Niranjan arranged at 3pm. come with the Tittle of company, PAN card, Aadhar card and Bank statement today 3.00pm

Networking Events: Organizing meet-ups with venture capitalists and angel investors

Student Project List:

  1. Cropy Tech -Bhanush Gowda ( ISC), Software Product
  2. Kisan Madad -Vaibhav Kumar, Software Product
  3. Event Mgt – Harshavardhan, Software Product
  4. College Task Mgt –Wani, Software Product
  5. AI Integrated Job Platform - Mohd. Shariff, Software Product
  6. Smart Farming- Rohit, Rakshita, Hardware Product
  7. Resume Preperation -Jeevan N, Software Product
  8. Soul Care K S Satwika, Software Product
  9. Body Fatscale, Dr Abhishek, Hardware Product

Student Project 2025-2026

Department S.No USN NAME Semester Title
CSE 1 IEP22CS072 Praharsha S DevSecOps: Integrating Security into the DevOps
IEP22CS080 Ranjith K
IEP22CS095 Sikendar Kumar L
IEP22CS110 Tarun S Bhagi
2 IEP22CS018 Deenadayalan M WayWatch: A crowd Sourced AI-Enabled Smart ROad Monitoring and Maintenance System.
IEP22CS058 Mohammed Shabaaz
IEP22CS046 Keerti Boosaraddi
IEP22CS060 Monish K
ISE 1 IEP22IS035 G Naga Abishek Smart Eye: Intelligent Eye Diagnostics and Teleconsultation System
IEP22IS043 Hithesh G V
IEP22IS050 K Kirana
IEP22IS061 Mahendra
AI&DS 1 1EP22AD401 Gavalapu Harinarayana AI Based Personalized Trip Assistant
1EP22AD024 Jagadish Chandra R
1EP22AD032 M Dhanush Reddy
1EP22AD058 Sucharitha Mallela
2 1EP22AD015 Dhakshil Reddy C AI- Powered Unified -Retail Hub for Hyper-Local & Personalized Shopping
1EP22AD016 Divya Chethana
1EP22AD012 Chandana V
1EP22AD030 Kushi P
ECE 1 1EP22EC125 Vishnu R Green Antena Technology: Plant based Nano - Copper printed Antennas
1EP22EC121 Vamshi K
1EP22EC062 Manu S K
2 1EP22EC006 Ankitha N Wearable Glove that Translates Sign Language into Text
1EP22EC004 Kanya Kumari K
1EP22EC050 Krish Kumar Verma
1EP22EC069 Nayana K


Student Project 2024-2025

Department S.No USN NAME Semester Title
CSE 1 IEP21CS030 Harshitha R Sign Language Interpretation using Deep Learning
IEP21CS019 Chandu V C
IEP21CS027 Divya S
IEP21CS018 Chandana M Panchal
2 IEP21CS081 R Vivek Mindscope: Personality Prediction System Using Machine Learning for Teenagers
IEP21CS115 Vandhana G
IEP21CS116 Varikuti Revanth Reddy
IEP21CS123 Vivek Krishna Parida
3 IEP21CS072 Poornima C Machine Learning-Driven Fraud Detection System for UPI Transactions
IEP21CS075 Preeti Basappa Dharwad
IEP21CS086 Reshma G S
IEP21CS102 Spandana V
4 IEP21CS023 Dhanush S Audio Deepfake Detection Using Machine Learning
IEP21CS020 Charan S
IEP21CS043 Koushik Reddy M
ISE 1 IEP21IS004 Ameena Detection of Anxiety in Humans and Sound Mind Depression using ML
IEP21IS005 A Lakshmi Charanya
IEP21IS0018 Gali Prathyusha
IEP21IS052 Madhumitha M
IOT 1 IEP22IC008 Ashok P IOT Enabled Real-Time Driver Monitoring System for Drowsiness and Alcohol Detection using Arduino and OpenCV
IEP22IC033 Mohammad Imran
IEP22IC045 S Nishanth
IEP22IC059 Vikas A Naik
AI&DS 1 1EP21AD005 Ananya T Deep Learning Based 3D Visualization of Blood Cells from Microscopic Imaging
1EP21AD056 Vasanth Kumar K
1EP21AD061 Yashaswini K
1EP21AD062 Yashwanth N
ECE 1 1EP21EC013 Bhanu Prakash M C Agriwing: Advanced UAV for Pesticides Spraying
1EP21EC015 Bhavani M
1EP21EC017 Chandana Shree S
1EP21EC038 Hrushikesh


Student Project 2023-2024

Department S.No USN NAME Semester Title
CSE 1 IEP21CS106 Sudharshan V Startup Challenge
IEP21CS062 Nishchal Gond
2 IEP21CS001 A Sharmile Braille Buddy
IEP21CS056 MD Honnur Thaslima
IEP21CS060 Navanitha S
3 IEP21CS060 Pranitha P A Mental Health is Priority
4 IEP21CS015 B. Vishal FIMP - NOVAH
IEP21CS031 Hemanth Kumar
IEP21CS062 Nishchal Gond
IEP21CS065 Om Upahdhyay
IEP21CS096 Shaik Abdul Haseeb
5 IEP20CS017 Bhavana G E Gupta-Yantra: Spying Robot for Defence
IEP20CS027 Divya Shree G V
IEP20CS043 Lavanya P
IEP20CS050 Manasa Kulkarni
6 IEP19CS027 Gopi D S IOT-Based Human Friendly Smart Trolley
IEP20CS037 Kathir R
IEP20CS108 Venkatesh N
IEP20CS113 Maaz Ahmed Hussain
7 IEP20CS003 Abhiram A Fire Detection and Rescuing Robot Using IOT
IEP20CS006 Aishwarya R
IEP20CS009 Anandu Krishnan
IEP20CS115 Arathi Hembhram


Student Project 2022-2023

Department S.No USN NAME Semester Title
CSE 1 IEP20CS094 Sunil K K Enhancing Signature Forgery Detection System using CNN-SVM
IEP20CS109 Vishwas V
IEP20CS095 Sunil B A
IEP20CS089 Sonika R
ISE 1 IEP19IS072 Rohit R Detection of Accidents under Bad CCTV in Tunnels
IEP19IS075 S Vijayalakshmi
IEP19IS076 Sandeep P V
IEP19IS098 Yamuna N

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