Realizing the need to encourage and emphasize sustainability in a world with rapidly
outgrowing interests, E-Cell IIT Madras has set out with its latest campaign:
SUSPIRE
An effort to educate and empower the next generation of entrepreneurs, shaping the
fate of our planet through sustainability!
Vision
Sustainable Development Goals
Impacting selected domains within UN's SDGs and promoting the practical essence of sustainability by engaging participants in exclusive contents and dedicated events throughout the campaign
Sustainable Entrepreneurship
Enabling growth and uplifting startups thriving within the sustainability domain and empowering businesses by providing sustainable solutions to optimize their industrial processes making them more feasible and economic.
Spreading Awareness
Spreading awareness and encouraging the use of sustainable alternatives, reforming the contemporary outlook towards consumption and its consequences.
Campaign's association
with UN SDGs
The Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs are a set of shared blueprints fostering peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future. At its core are 17 SDGs, which are an urgent call for action by all countries - developed and developing - in a global partnership.
This term, we are indeed privileged to have our vision and goals to be aligned with that of the UN's sustainable development goals, empowering entrepreneurs within the domain and uplifting awareness among all the stakeholders of our society.
We present here, the selected SDGs which we expect to impact due course of this campaign.
Initiatives and Events
Case study events
Releasing problem statements in regard to industries, regulating them to work sustainably
Awareness sessions
Conducting sessions so as to make people aware of the various sustainable options currently available which can easily be adopted into their lifestyle
Policy competitions
Policy making competitions on how to leverage currently available technologies and execution strategies.
Problem solving competitions
Resolving the problems stopping current advances in sustainable development.
Panel discussions
Industry experts gather to address the importance of sustainability considering future consequences.
Suspire Electraro
Make an impact by being a part of Suspire!
Amid rising concerns about climate change and sustainability, the electric vehicle industry is
booming. Want to play your part? Suspire in collaboration with Ola Electric presents:
Suspire Electraro: A Sustainable mobility problem-solving competition..
Register here
Past Campaigns
E-21 (Education-21)
2018
E-Cell IIT Madras launched E-21 in 2018 in association with NITI Aayog with the vision to impart 21st-century skills in school students. We were able to influence more than 4000 students all over the country. Towards the end of intense mentoring and brainstorming sessions, selected students developed their products and some of them got investments to scale up their ideas. Later, Tamil Nadu government associated to take this further ahead under the program of Tamil Nadu Ilam Innovators’ Challenge (TNIIC)
D-Well (Digital Wellbeing)
2019
D-Well was launched in 2019 aimed at making effective use of digital media and digital technology to enhance the lives of small-scale businesses and support them in developing their revenue and business models. We were able to reach out to 150+ small-scale businesses around Chennai.
Pankh
2020
E-Cell IIT Madras launched Pankh in 2020. The vision of PANKH was to build a sustainable and efficient MSME ecosystem in the country. We were able to create awareness among 1000+ students while reaching out to 5+ sectors and 15+ MSMEs. The campaign attempted to highlight and resolve sector-specific challenges while engaging the Indian youth by conducting various sessions and competitions.