1. Technology Entrepreneurship on Campus
A model for any Tier 2 City
KLE- Centre for Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship
KLE-CTIE
Nitin Kulkarni
KLE Technological University,
(Formerly, BVB college of Engineering and Technology)
Hubli, Karnataka, INDIA
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2. Historical Outlook
• India was an entrepreneurial country for ‘generations.’ At the micro
level, - The farmers cultivated the soil and tended cattle. Similarly,
there existed weavers, goldsmiths, carpenters, potters, oil pressers,
washermen, cobblers, barber-surgeons, etc.
• Then came the British Raj and our spirit of entrepreneurship got
corrupted and ‘jobs’ became a palatable word!
• But, this is changing… India is looking at a new wave of
entrepreneurship to strengthen its economic outlook and enhance
the standard of living of its people.
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3. Indian Context - What can be done?
• Our strengths are to our help!
• Over 50% of youth population
• Increasing number of technology graduates
• Well connected community of youth
• Product and Service focus alike
And, if not for entrepreneurs, who else can create jobs for
over 10 lakh graduates coming out of our schools every
year!!!
The question is, how can we engage the youth of India to
build value and create jobs!
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4. Global Context - Examples of
Entrepreneurship in Curriculum
•Western models
• MIT
• Stanford
•In house Research feeds enterprises
•Established Tech transfer practices
• well known Success Stories
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5. Indian Context - Entrepreneurship in
Curriculum
• India is waking up to this
• Limited successes in premier Tech institutions
• Large no. of Tier-2/3 cities are unaware as to how to
go about it
• Limited or no in-house research
• Technology integration is the solution in the short
run?
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6. Building Business Eco-system on campus
Incubating start-ups need nurturing ecosystem.
• Focus on local needs
• Engage external entrepreneurs to kick start the eco system
• Support deserving enterprises to showcase early winners
• Connect the start-up success to develop a culture of
entrepreneurship on campus
• Nurture and strengthen Entrepreneurial culture through
curriculum interventions
• Go global and benchmark
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7. CompetitivenessFurther Loss of
Industrially backward Tier II / Tier III City
Lack of
Employment
Opportunities
Migration of
Graduates
Further Decline in
Competitiveness
Industrially
Backward Tier II,
Tier-III City
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8. 2012 Formation of
Centre for Technology Innovation & Entrepreneurship
(CTIE)
With a Vision
To be a Pioneer,
To Foster, Enable and Grow the Innovation and
Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Tier-II Cities
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9. • Attract
• Support
External Entrepreneurs
• Attract
• Support
External Entrepreneurs
• Inspire
• Educate & Enable
Student startups
• Inspire
• Educate & Enable
Student startups
Help to Build
Entrepreneurial
Ecosystem
EXPERIENTIAL
LEARNING
Two Pronged Approach
BVB-CTiE’s
Centre for Technology Innovation & Entrepreneurship (CTiE)
Our Unique Model
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11. Pupa – An
Accelerated
Entrepreneurship
Experience
Butterfly – A
Technology
B-plan contest
Product
Design – A hands
on experience in product
building
Tech Innovation &
Entrepreneurship
Business Idea
Capstone
First to Final Year Educational experience
CTIE
Incubation
IDEATION
WORKSHOP – From
Idea to Pitching
Global Immersion in
Innovation and
Entrepreneurship
(BVB-UML)
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Formal and Informal Interventions with the student Community….
12. PUPA
• Accelerated
Entrepreneurial
Experience
• Connects Ideas to
products
• Funding support
• Build, Market and
realize profits
• 10 X Growth in last 3
years
Ideation
Camp
• Intel Youth Enterprise
program
• Ideation, Validation,
development and
pitching
• Multi disciplinary
teams
• Results driven
Butterfly
• Technology B-Plan
contest
• Judged by Industry
partners
• Conduit to CTIE
capstone project track
Informal Interventions
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14. • Across all the
disciplines
• Ends with a
Design project
Engineering
Design
Engineering
Design
• Multi disciplinary
• Product realization
Focus
• Hands on projects
Product Design
and Realization
Product Design
and Realization
• 3 credit summer term
course
• Focus on Business 101
• Blend of MOOC and
field work
Principles of
Innovation
&Entrepreneurship
Principles of
Innovation
&Entrepreneurship
• Final year project track
• Supports
commercializable ideas
• Opportunity to incubate
after degree
• Success Stories
emerging !
Capstone
Project track
Capstone
Project track
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Formal curriculum Interventions
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15. • Multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural experience
• Students from BVB, Univ. of Massachusetts -USA, Nanjing
Univ. of Posts and Telecommunications- China, ABITAS- Japan
• Students from engineering, business, health sciences,
economics majors
• Over 230 alumni
• 6th Such program just concluded
• Co-taught by BVB and UMass faculty
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Formal Curriculum Interventions
Global Immersion in Innovation and Entrepreneurship
In collaboration with Univ. of Massachusetts, USA:-
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17. Impact of CTIE
• A professionally run, non equity based, business ecosystem
• CTIE Current occupancy - 37 tech ventures
• Out of the 37 ventures, 25% of them are from students and recent graduates
(2014-16)
• Created over 260 jobs in the region
• Superior student experience on campus
• Ventures from Bio-materials, IT/ITeS, Consumer Electronics, Bio-Tech, Mobility
solutions, IOT , Medical devices
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Building entrepreneurial ecosystem in the region since 2012
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SL. NoCompany Description
Start
date Student Name Status Enabling Programs Reasons to chose CTIE
1 VinSible Tech Labs
Software Product to
connect people Nov 15 Vinayaka SP
3rd. yr BE
student PUPA/Ideation camp Entr opportunity
2 Bio Cleanser
House hold Biotech
solutions TBD Soumya H
BVB Alumni
2015 PUPA Entr Opportunity
1 Sanu Biotech Bio-pesticide Aug-15 Ritesh Sanu
BVB Alumni
2015
Student
Exchange/Capstone
Capstone project to Start-
up
2 Evolve
Intelligent Trash
Management Aug-15 Dhaval Singala
BVB Alumni
2015 Student Exchange
Opportunity to build IP
using lab facilities
1
Kooki Consumer
Electronics Consumer Electronics Sep 15 Shashank Revnakar
BVB Alumni
2012
Scaling up and engaging
students
2 RIG Solutions
Architecture Software
product Jun-15
Altaf Ganihar, Rahul
G BVB Student Student Exchange Entr Opportunity
3 Float Design IOT Platform development Aug-15 Rakesh Hirur
BVB 2015
Alumni Student Exchange
Access to students and
labs
4 LinkStock Software App Aug-15 Anvita Kamath 2 yr BE student Ideation Camp Entr Opportunity
1 Campus Cloud
Campus information
System Aug-14 Nilay Desai
BVB Alum as
Investor Student exch/Capstone
Capstone project to Start-
up
2 Novel Store
Unique Novel / book
sharing Aug-14 Vivekanand K Student Exch Entr opportunity
3 The Half and Full Hospitality Jan-15 Sagar Patil Scholar House Entr opportunity
Latest Ventures
19. Centre for Technology Innovation & Entrepreneurship (CTiE)
• Navya Biologicals – Identified as one of the 35 start-ups to represent India to
showcase at the PM Sri. Narendra Modi’s US visit in 2015 held by NASSCOM
• Biosyl Tech. won ‘Tata NEN FIRST’ award - 2013
• LabInApp – Recipient of Unitus Seed Fund recognition to win US$100,000 as
funding- 2015
• Biosyl Tech is recognized as one of the ‘Top 40 innovative companies in India’ by
CII
• CTiE recognized as TBI by DST and MSME Govt. of India
Awards and Recognitions
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20. Centre for Technology Innovation & Entrepreneurship (CTiE)
Value created to the student experience?
Frequent Interaction with Senior Technology/Business Personnel From
Industry (Using the Network of Companies in the Campus)
Over 60 Student Teams Working With Companies For Their Projects;
Enhanced Internship Opportunities
Design Project Reviews and Assessment by Industry Experts
Opportunity to See Successes / Failures; Role Models on
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21. Conclusion
CTIE – an entrepreneurial model for any tier 2 city, has,
1. Proved that entrepreneurial ecosystem can be built on campus
2. Witnessed the Changing culture of the campus
3. Enabled students to connect engineering solutions with business
opportunities
4. Provided a level playing field for students from Tier 2 cities to
experience entrepreneurship
5. Empowered students through experiential learning interventions
6. Offered an opportunity to stay with their family without
compromising on their career aspirations!
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Centre for Technology Innovation & Entrepreneurship (CTiE)
22. So far,
Created 400+ Engineering Jobs in Hubli !
To Create 700 Engineering Jobs in Hubli- Dharwad
in Next Three years.
To Create a Pioneering ‘CTiE Model’ for Tier-II / Tier-
III Cities of India.
Our Dream
To further grow by strengthening institutional
innovation ecosystem.
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