Information coming soon= STRATEGY#1: ATTRACT STUDENTS TOWARDS INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP = == · Provide a platform for the students to express their innovative and entrepreneurial ideas == <span style="font-size: medium;">o Students participate in workshops and other interactive events to express their ideas.</span> <span style="font-size: medium;">o They meet the directors, administrators and entrepreneurs to know what they need do to make the idea a good project to work on and to know the market needs.</span> <span style="font-size: medium;">o Good and fetching ideas will be appreciated and encouraged to work on.</span> == · Mentorship programmes by young entrepreneurs == <span style="font-size: medium;">o The students learn from the life stories of entrepreneurs and be encouraged towards entrepreneurship.</span> == · Introduce an Audit course on Entrepreneurship for undergraduate students == <span style="font-size: medium;">o Interested students can take an audit course in the third or final year of their graduation.</span> <span style="font-size: medium;">o It should include elements of design thinking, lean start up, negotiation with partners, risk analysis etc.</span> = STRATEGY#2: PROMOTION OF INTER-DEPARTMENTAL COLLABORATION = == · Inter-disciplinary projects must be taken up == <span style="font-size: medium;">o Projects on subjects like robotics, hardware, machine building are done through active collaboration between students of various streams of engineering.</span> <span style="font-size: medium;">o Such projects must be encouraged in third as well as final year of graduation.</span> == · Extra-curricular clubs == <span style="font-size: medium;">o The activities of co-curricular and extracurricular clubs must be extended to include the students from all departments.</span> <span style="font-size: medium;">o Any project which is done as a college event in a club should be done with active participation of students from all departments.</span> <span style="font-size: medium;">o All the clubs should ensure that each student is a part of some club or the other</span> == · Regular group discussions and other events must take place == <span style="font-size: medium;">o Through group discussions and such events, students from various backgrounds and streams interact and collectively solve common problems.</span> <span style="font-size: medium;"> </span> = STRATEGY#3: CONNECTING THE CAMPUS WITH THE INDUSTRY = == · Internships for the students == <span style="font-size: medium;">o The college administration should collaborate with the industries.</span> <span style="font-size: medium;">o The industry should conduct some screening tests and other things and provide internships to the students so that the students can get used to the working environment.</span> == <span style="font-size: medium;">· C</span>ourses which are related to trending technologies must be taken up by the industry professionals == <span style="font-size: medium;">o Industry professionals should teach the students the courses related to the technologies and tools which they are using.</span> <span style="font-size: medium;">o For this purpose E-learning platforms should be developed and made more familiar.</span> == · Provide hands-on experience to students == <span style="font-size: medium;">o By collaborating with the administration the industry should give students some live projects and assignments.</span> <span style="font-size: medium;">o They should also provide mentorship regarding these projects.</span> = STRATEGY#4: ENHANCING THE CULTURE OF I&E IN SCHOOL = == · Taking up government or industrial projects to solve the problems of the society == <span style="font-size: medium;">o Students must be encouraged to look around and identify problems.</span> <span style="font-size: medium;">o The probable solution to the problem is to be discussed in the Innovation centre programmes.</span> <span style="font-size: medium;">o They should collaborate with the government and industry to get sufficient financial and mentorship aid from them</span>. == · Forming a society for I&E == <span style="font-size: medium;">o There should be autonomous society formed by the industry professionals, government officials, alumni and students leader in the incubation centre.</span> <span style="font-size: medium;">o The society should not be controlled by the university.</span> <span style="font-size: medium;">o They should have regular meetings and should discuss the projects they are working on, the problems which are faced by the people.</span> == · Entrepreneurship cell == <span style="font-size: medium;">o JNTU College of Engineering, Kakinada has an entrepreneurship cell which conducts many events related to entrepreneurship.</span> <span style="font-size: medium;">o Its activities must be extended to promote culture of I&E in the school.</span> <span style="font-size: medium;">Written by:</span> <span style="font-size: medium;">[http://universityinnovation.org/Likhita%20Nukala Likhita Nukala],[Categoryhttp:Student Priorities|j//universityinnovation.org/Jntuk Srilekha Murapaka], Bhargavi Sarilla, [http://universityinnovation.org/Jntuk2016 Sandhya Balu]</span>