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<span style="font-size:small;">"There’s a lot of buzz going on in the world about Innovation and Entrepreneurship and rightly everyone needs to be aware of it. And so should be our peers aware about I & E opportunities around them. Having everything in the campus easily accessible to every student is every college’s objective. Likewise, we would be excited to create a platform where in a student could have ease of access about Incubation centres and entrepreneurial cells in the college. We will also have student know about every innovative competition that is live and they can take part in. We feel this is most necessary and hence would be working towards bridging the gap between students and I & E opportunities. &nbsp;</span><div><span style="font-size: larger;">Tactic 1: Create an app called ‘GIT I&E’ with all the necessary details about I&E resources available in the campus like startups and incubation centres.</span><br/></div><div><span style="font-size: larger;">Tactic 2: Conduct awareness programmes about the need of Innovation in the present world and make student develop a prototype of their innovative ideas.</span><br/></div><div><span style="font-size: larger;">Tactic 3: Make peers realise the need to empathize the problems around them.</span> <span style="font-size: larger;">Tactic 4: Motivate students to participate in Innovative competitions.</span><br/></div><div><span style="font-size: larger;">Tactic 5: Inviting Entrepreneurs to the college for talks and workshops which will serve as a source of inspiration to the peers.</span> <span style="font-size: larger;">Tactic 6: Provide a platform for students to connect with successful entrepreneurs to seek motivation and entrepreneurial skills.</span>&nbsp;</div>

<div><span style="font-size:small;">As on campus change agents, it would be our priority to change the way peer to peer studying works. So in order to make it more productive and interactive, knowledgeable and to change the traditional studying method on campus, we plan to build a mentorship forum application. The application will be exclusively utilized to connect a mentor student and a mentee. The application would provide the opportunity for students to register as a mentor or a mentee, and start an exercise of mutual learning. The platform would fill the void of ranged academic assistance for the student and can connect the mentee to the mentor of his/her choice. The app provides various features like notes sharing, querying and answering questions. Also updates that the student mentor wants to convey can be done through this application. The students can request for mentorship through this forum from their desired choice list provided.</span><br/></div><div><span style="font-size: larger;">TACTIC 1:Motivate senior students of the college to take up mentorship.</span><br/></div><div><span style="font-size: larger;">TACTIC 2:Encourage students to go for mentorship forum to get connected to their mentors or mentees on the forum.</span><br/></div><div><span style="font-size: larger;">TACTIC 3: Host frequent one to one sessions for mentors and mentees.</span><br/></div><div><span style="font-size: larger;">TACTIC 4:Set up a periodic feedback mechanism and make changes for better learning experience between mentor and mentee.</span> <span style="font-size: larger;">TACTIC 5:Encourage the mentees to take up mentorship once they find progress in their academics, so that the learning process never stops.</span><br/></div><div><span style="font-size: larger;">TACTIC 6:Provide&nbsp; a provision in the app for the faculty members to review the progress.</span> <span style="font-size: larger;">&nbsp;</span><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<div><br/></div><div><span style="font-size:small;">One of the most important quality in the field of innovation and entrepreneurship is creative thinking. “Think out of the box” is what everybody says, but practically only a few apply it.&nbsp; Problem solving and critical thinking have been a major criterion in the present years. Having a fresh perspective to one challenge is always a benefit.</span></div> <span style="font-size:small;">To come up with non-obvious, non-orthodox solutions is what people will require in the coming time. So, to prepare the students to create numerous solutions for coming challenges, creative thinking has to be inculcated.<br/><br/>#Tactic 1: Implementing “creative thinking” as a minor subject with credits.<br/><br/>#Tactic 2: Having activities like “The marshmallow challenge” in every session, which will promote team work and other skills.<br/><br/>#Tactic 3: Identifying problems in the camps and finding solutions by creative thinking methods and practically implementing the best ones.<br/>Advantage: Having numerous solutions to one given problem.<br/><br/>#Tactic 4: Inviting alumni placed in reputed companies to share the importance of creative thinking in corporate companies.<br/>&nbsp;<br/>#Tactic 5: Having brainstorming sessions on weekly basis to discuss on the burning topics in innovation and entrepreneurship and finding solutions in a creative manner.</span><br/>

<span style="font-size:small;">There is a burning need for a platform where students can meet and interact with each other. There are students eager to learn new things and there are also students eager to teach what they know to others. There are a few student clubs on campus that exist, but are not functional. We need to revive these clubs so that they can start organising competitions and workshops for students. Apart from this, we need to identify students from every branch who have good knowledge about their field and can teach other students. They will form the core team of the community. Then we can organise meetups for interested students on selected topics every weekend (say, Saturdays) where students can meet and discuss concepts and ideas. This will lead to greater interaction between students, and creating a conducive environment for innovation. Under this community, we can also have a group of students who work on larger, long-term projects that will help the college. Currently, we rely on third-parties for several software solutions. These groups focused on projects can elect a faculty member who can guide them. To ensure greater participation of students, we will require bus facilities on the weekends. Also, having a space where such sessions can be conducted is essential. Teams involved in cultural activities like art, drama and music can also be involved in this community and have events for students who may want to learn from them.</span>

<span style="font-size:small;">Tactic #1: Talk to heads of existing clubs, see what kind of activities they can organise and find out how they can help - October end</span>

<span style="font-size:small;">Tactic #2: Find out the exceptional students from each branch who can lead the student community - October end</span>

<span style="font-size:small;">Tactic #3: Organise an informal meetup - a mock session of what is to come. Gauge response from students - November</span>

<span style="font-size:small;">Tactic #4: Existing clubs will organise a competition/event - January Tactic</span>

#<span style="font-size:small;">5: Integrate cultural clubs - February Tactic</span>

#<span style="font-size:small;">6: Ask for a space of our own - March</span>

<span style="font-size:small;">Tactic #1&nbsp;:&nbsp;Step by step procedure for any application process.&nbsp;: Students do not have to run around searching for people and permissions. A flow for application of various patents, approvals and permissions should be present &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>

<span style="font-size:small;">&nbsp;Methods&nbsp;: a) Single form specifying all the requirements b) Non ambiguity in providing information c) Less face to face interactions and more of online interactions &nbsp;</span>

<span style="font-size:small;">Tatic #2: &nbsp;Opportunities available to pitch ideas should be known. Providing information of various presentations , exhibitions happening through social media platforms/ college magazines.</span>

<span style="font-size:small;">Tactic #3: Proper Guidance and mentors information. Supportive and knowledgeable mentors and staff for students</span>

<span style="font-size:small;">“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.”– Benjamin Franklin. Nothing beats practical, hands-on learning when it comes to understanding a subject and preparing you for your chosen career. In order to foster innovation there must be an increase in the amount of practical work with specific learning objectives in mind. The hands on sessions can be conducted during regular classes/labs, or else we can have a specific amount of time reserved for them after the regular schedule. Students will be able to solve real world problems and build products based on what they have been taught.Below, the tactics to increase the number of hands-on sessions have been mentioned.</span>

<span style="font-size:small;">Tactic #1:Conducting hackathons on campus in order to solve real life problems and enhance coding skills</span>

<span style="font-size:small;">Tactic #2: Conducting start-up weekends where we will have inspirational talks by entrepreneurs and where students can pitch their ideas and build products for real customers</span>

<span style="font-size:small;">Tactic #3: Implement project based teaching in which students apply all the concepts learnt in the form of projects and work on a project for one full day in a week</span>

<span style="font-size:small;">Tactic #4: Creating Makerspace in the campus where the students can design, prototype and manufacture products. &nbsp;</span>

<span style="font-size:small;">“CREATING&nbsp; A&nbsp; JOB&nbsp; IS&nbsp; BETTER&nbsp; THAN&nbsp; FINDING&nbsp; ONE” Encouraging&nbsp; entrepreneurship &nbsp;on the campus is a challenging and significant task . The following reasons are broadly the hindrances due to which students&nbsp; are not involved in entrepreneurship&nbsp;:</span>

<span style="font-size:small;">1) Conventional mindset of the students&nbsp; - to get a secured job right after graduation; 2)Lack of awareness &nbsp;and interest in the process and concept of entrepreneurship; 3) Not coming out of the comfort zones of a lucrative job and no risk –taking capability for becoming an entrepreneur, etc. The following tactics are the ways through entrepreneurship has to &nbsp;be encouraged among the students in the campus&nbsp;:&nbsp;</span>

<span style="font-size:small;">Tactic &nbsp;#1&nbsp;: &nbsp;Encouraging Start – Ups&nbsp; and&nbsp; extensively promoting&nbsp; new concepts&nbsp; like – “ONE BATCH – ONE START-UP”</span>

<span style="font-size:small;">Tactic&nbsp; #2&nbsp;: &nbsp;Working on unfinished projects/ potential &nbsp;ideas or concepts left out by the passed out final year students</span>

<span style="font-size:small;">Tactic&nbsp; #3&nbsp;:&nbsp; Encouraging Inter – Disciplinary project groups.</span>

<span style="font-size:small;">Tactic&nbsp; #4&nbsp;&nbsp;:&nbsp; Industrial Visits should be organized twice a month. &nbsp;</span>

<span style="font-size:small;">Tactic&nbsp; #5&nbsp;: &nbsp;Organizing workshops on Marketing skills</span>

<span style="font-size:small;">Tactic &nbsp;#6&nbsp;&nbsp;:&nbsp; Implementing ‘Design Thinking as a Core- Subject’</span>

<span style="font-size:small;">Tactic&nbsp; #7&nbsp;:&nbsp; Creating awareness and spreading the information about various available modes of funding for the Start – Ups like – government schemes&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;like StandUp India, StartUp India, New Age Incubation Network (NAIN), etc.</span>

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