Innovation & Entrepreneurship Development Cell of UIIC, REVA University conducts Entrepreneurship Awareness Camps at REVA University campus for its students. The programme is funded by National Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB), under DST-NIMAT project of Department of Science and Technology, Government of India supported by Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII).
The main objective of this Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp (EAC) is to create awareness among students of Engineering and Science courses about various facets of entrepreneurship as an alternative career option. The idea of organizing this workshop is to inculcate the fundamentals, key concepts of Entrepreneurship in the Science and Technology among students.
The main attractions of the camp are as follows:
At REVA University skill development comes first and attention to it in the curriculum is priority. Bearing in mind the fact that the current generation needs to be skilled in order to get employment, REVA has a separate department which is called the REVA University Industry Interaction Centre (UIIC) which ensures there is enough partnership with the REVA Career Development Centre inorder to ensure that students get the desired skills in their respective disciplines. Integrating skills within the higher education holds the key to reaping the demographic dividend between the industry and academia and hence the curriculum at REVA has the right blend of skill based courses along with core courses for study. Students at REVA are encouraged to ensure they build and acquire the right skills to get into entrepreneurship and REVA NEST ensures this platform is provided to all of them. At REVA the belief is that the academic world has a crucial opportunity to affect the future of our society through substantially improving the skill development of our students. We offer domain Specific Skills to enhance employability along with 21st century skills in line with NEP 2020 such as:
Emphasis is on holistic view instead of the traditional content-heavy and rote-learning approach. Students are provided with opportunities for internships with local industry, businesses, artists, crafts persons as well as research internships with faculty and researchers at their own or other HEIs/research institutions, so that students may actively engage with the practical side of their learning and further improve their employability. Our focus has been on preparing professionals in cutting-edge areas that are fast gaining prominence, such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), 3-D machining, big data analysis, and machine learning. These courses are delivered by Industry experts and are 80% hands on experiential learning. A socially responsible skills awareness is given and create responsible individuals to contribute positively to their family, community, and environment; empathizes with others and appreciates their perspectives; resolves problems peacefully; and develops and sustains healthy relationships.
Admission to REVA NEST is open to:
If you’re a first-time entrepreneur with a business idea, you probably need to do a lot of research and planning before you’re able to persuade anyone — banks, angels, friends or family members — to give you funding.
Their sole purpose is to teach you how to write a business plan and to take hard look at your financial needs and prospects. It’s also a chance to address the shortcomings in your idea and develop answers to the tough questions anyone would ask before handing you money. These programs may take place over a weekend, several weeks or even a few months.
To participate in the upcoming Ideation Workshop,
please contact our team over email.
Our 12 months Accelerator Program is focused towards promising early-stage start-ups. Selected start-ups receive mentorship, strategic direction and access to local/global mentors and partners.
Internet of Things (IOT)
Electronic System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM)
Robotics & Intelligent Systems
Bio-Sciences or Life Sciences
Clean Energy
Art and Design
Renewable Energy
To participate in the upcoming Ideation Workshop, please contact our team over email.
Upon admission to REVA NEST, the following infrastructural facilities will be offered to the incubatee companies on an individual basis, apart from a set of shared/ common infrastructure mentioned hereinafter:
Apart from physical infrastructure as stated above, REVA NEST intends to create certain other supports and services which would include but not limited to:
Pool of mentors, experts in technology, legal, financial and related matters, with or without consideration
Organising events to help companies in networking and showcasing their technologies
State of the art R & D Centres
Seed funding for Potential Projects
Meetings with visitors of REVA NEST (such as alumni, Venture Capitalists, industry professionals)
Consulting services
In addition, REVA NEST will also build up information and knowledge pool to be useful generically for start-up companies. REVA NEST will coordinate with Skill Development Centre at REVA University on management education and training programmes designed for start-up companies.
Project Sewage robot – Institute has invested Rs 465747
Incubation Centre Management System – A desktop application to manage operations of Business Incubation Centres.
Project Coordinator: Dr. Kiran Kumari Patil Project cost 1.00 lakhs.
