Changes

The college has many resources,tools available on campus that act as catalyst to improve Innovation and Entrepreneurship among students of different branches. We can always find the encouragement towards innovation in the campus. If the student is coming up with a great idea and if he/she has the ability to achieve what they thought then campus would definitely provide fund for their research and development. We get funding for research and development from #Internal Funding by Academy - Annually Rs. 5.0 lakhs is allocated. #Funding by alumni - Rs. 10 lakhs is available annually under this head #Funding by outside agencies - DRDO, ISRO, DST, AICTE, UGC give grants based on the projects submitted. Currently about 1.25 Cr worth projects are under process. Every Department has created R&D centres for perusing research and development which are operational actively.  If a student starts research and development then definitely he/she is the coming up entrepreneur in future because practical knowledge always shows the person different from all others. V R Siddhartha Engineering encourages students to become entrepreneurs. Recently one of friend in our class has started a start-up which is complete apart from academics our department and our college has encouraged him to become an entrepreneur.  To nurture the entrepreneurial,creative and innovation skills of the students ,various workshops,competitions,technical fests,talks,different clubs,incubation centers have been setup where students get inspired to become a social entrepreneur  Recently, the entrepreneurship club or E-Club was inaguarated amidst a lot of enthusiasam and aspiration. It looks to provide a platform for free exchange of ideas, and provide resources and opportunities to nurture ideas.It is still in infancy stage but the optimism surrounding its inception, gives every ideator confidence that their dream can be a reality someday! In addition to providing necessary guidance to budding entrepreneurs through exhaustive workshops about every aspect surrounding startups, the club is aiming to herald a new innovation wave within the college by encouraging everyone to come up with something new! The club is regularly conducting meet ups where you can discuss problems, come up with solutions and maybe even go on to implement them. They are partnering with top institutions in the country like IIT Bombay which are already famous for their strides in innovation.