Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Cell (IEDC) SNMIMT

Innovation and Entrepreneurship cell (IEDC) is an active student-run cell under SNM Institute for Management and Technology that seeks to create and foster the culture of innovation and entrepreneurship within the institution. The cell was started in the year 2014 and has been working in close association with Kerala Start-up Mission to incubate budding ventures within the college. IEDC acts as a hub for the outside industries to train and utilize the talents from the institution. It helps in finding the wannabe entrepreneurs within the institution and provides necessary guidance to approach the right people for any task. The cell also conducts regular workshops & trainings for students on various aspects regarding start-ups, marketing and preparation of project reports, financial support, mentoring, venture capitals etc.

The IEDC also acts as a pre-incubator for start-ups within the institution by providing exclusive working space for them within the institution.

Objectives

• To motivate students towards creative thinking and generate innovative ideas irrespective of their engineering disciplines
• To inculcate a culture of innovation driven entrepreneurship through student projects
• To act as an institutional mechanism for providing various services including information on all aspects of enterprise building to bud science and technology entrepreneurs
• To catalyse and promote development of science and technology knowledge-based enterprises and promote employment