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Established in the year 1959, Indian Institute of Technology Madras is today one among the foremost institutes of national importance in higher technological education, basic and applied research.

Within its lush green premises, the Entrepreneurship Cell was set up in the year 1998, with its former name being Centre for Technological Innovation, Development and Entrepreneurship Support (C-TIDES).

Harbouring a population of over 10,000 people including students, faculty and general staff, it is reputed internationally for its quality of teaching and outstanding calibre of the students from its graduate and post graduate programs. Not only is the Institute pioneering with blossoming innovations and cutting-edge technology , but also the swarm of ventures and the impact that it has created and will be creating in the innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem as a whole.

Over the years, Entrepreneurship Cell is known to have nurture some of the best startups in the entrepreneurship arena like Detect Technologies (Forbes 30 Under 30 – Asia), Hyperverge and many more among others and had privilege to work under the leaders like Mr. Tarun Mehta (Co-Founder, Ather Energy) being the Head of the organization during his Institute Days and are.

E-Cell IIT Madras

Entrepreneurship Cell at IIT Madras believes that entrepreneurship is not just about starting companies, but a pathway towards India’s socio-economic development .
Our vision is to make students and faculty ‘entrepreneurial’ in every work that they do. We hope to enable them to solve global challenges as we see students as the greatest capital and intend to nurture them, provide them with opportunities for excellence.

Vision

We strive continuously towards nurturing individuals with creative minds, innovative ideas and potential for substantial business opportunities . We seek to enable smooth and efficient interaction between its principal components spanning students, faculty, working professionals, aspiring and existing entrepreneurs, mentors, angel investors and venture capitalists , thus consolidating the entire pipeline of entrepreneurship ecosystem and serving our vision to Empower Entrepreneurship at IIT Madras.

Mission

We, at The Entrepreneurship Cell, are missioned with a common goal to inculcate the spirit of entrepreneurship among young minds and become a pathway towards India’s socio-economic development , for India to emerge as the supernation in the coming years. In its glorious 20 years of existence, E-Cell now created its unique brand value on a pan-India scale with a plethora of initiatives taken up and conducted along the line of our vision to empower entrepreneurship.

What we do?

Entrepreneurship Cell IIT Madras makes the entrepreneurial world accessible to all group of people part of the IIT Madras ecosystem, cater the audience from startup enthusiast to hardcore entrepreneurs, with plethora of yearlong events like Conclaves, Keynotes, Industry-defined Problems, B-Planning Competitions and Workshops, through both personal and collaboration-based approach.

Some of our satellite activities includes Startup Series Sessions, and our annual entrepreneurship fest, E-Summit - largest in the region and from this year is going to be the first student-run ISO Certified Entrepreneurship Event. E-Summit is now revamped to make it more focused and helpful for all the stakeholders, thus making our initiatives and support system accessible to not only our campus, but the community outside as well, through several dedicated programmes like Campus Director Programme and Entrepreneurship Cell Development Drive. We have now even started and are now the first in the domain to promote entrepreneurship in school students through initiatives like Education-21 (E-21) and nurture entrepreneurial mindset in them.

Vision

To Empower Entrepreneurship at IIT Madras.

Mission

To inculcate the spirit of entrepreneurship among young minds.

What We Do?

We make the entrepreneurial world accessible to all group of people part of the IIT Madras ecosystem, cater the audience from startup enthusiast to hardcore entrepreneurs, with plethora of yearlong events and workshops through both personal and collaboration-based approach.

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Every year, we play host to our flagship event, E-Summit which looks at innovation and entrepreneurship as a process driven by a gamut of disciplines with prime focus towards the new engineering challenges, and plethora of market opportunities lying alongside them.

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E-Cell IIT Madras

Vision

To Empower Entrepreneurship at IIT Madras.

Mission

To inculcate the spirit of entrepreneurship among young minds.

What We Do?

We make the entrepreneurial world accessible to all group of people part of the IIT Madras ecosystem, cater the audience from startup enthusiast to hardcore entrepreneurs, with plethora of yearlong events and workshops through both personal and collaboration-based approach.

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LinkedIn Followers

Instagram Followers

Campus Ambassadors

Play The Odds!

Every year, we play host to our flagship event, E-Summit which looks at innovation and entrepreneurship as a process driven by a gamut of disciplines with prime focus towards the new engineering challenges, and plethora of market opportunities lying alongside them.

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