Institution’s Innovation Council and Pre Incubation centre

Institution’s Innovation Council

The INSTITUTION’S INNOVATION COUNCIL(IIC) of M.O.P. Vaishnav College is the neuron center of all activities that pertain to creating an entrepreneurial system and culture among the students. It acts as an institutional mechanism for providing various services including:

Guest Lectures, Workshops and Seminars on Entrepreneurship

Training programmes for budding entrepreneurs

Arranging for field visits

Panel discussions and Open Forums

Research work

MOU with Ecosystem Players

B plan competitions

It also generates many opportunities for the students to have hands-on training and experience in business thereby promoting and nurturing the business ventures taken up by the students.

Pre-Incubation and Innovation Centre

The Pre-Incubation and Innovation Centre was launched in the year 2019 to train students to pursue an entrepreneurship initiative. Further,the centre was registered as an Institution’s Innovation Council in the year 2021. The Ministry of Education’s Innovation Cell in collaboration with AICTE, launched the Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC) to foster entrepreneurship thought and action among faculty and students of Higher Education Institutions. The objective of IIC is to ignite student entrepreneurship spirit through intense workshops, ideation sessions, panel discussions, guest lectures, B-Plan competitions, Alumni talks, seminars, and visits to IIC of other esteemed institutions exposing students to the feasibility of starting a business.

Business on-campus practice school

activities are conducted as a part of incubation on campus. Beyond Breads (Bakery), Impressionz (Stationery), and Akriti (Model Joint Stock Company) are businesses that have been incubated and operated on campus

Exhibitions and fairs

are also a part of the activities of the centre. Handloom exhibition, Co-optex products exhibition was held last year which reaped a huge turnover.

Visits to other incubation centre

like IIT Research park,Entrepreneurship Development Institute gives the students an exposure on the feasibility of running a start up.

Alumna speak-“Classroom to Boardroom”

are sessions where in successful alumni entrepreneurs are invited to share the startup journey

Vaishnav Venture Vox

an exclusive podcast channel through Spotify that provides valuable entrepreneurship tips

Patent Filing

Advisory Assistance to students for filing of patents

The registered students of the Incubation Centre will be provided with guidance and business proposal validation. The IIC registered students are also privileged to get a stall opportunity in several college bazaars and other events. This enables them to showcase their business talent and get an experiential learning.

M.O.P Bazaar

The Ministry of Entrepreneurship organizes the annual student-run M.O.P Bazaar. It is a platform for the students to showcase their entrepreneurial skills where the students of the college come together in teams to run their businesses for two days. The Bazaar is open to the public and sees a footfall of over 10,000. An array of performances and stage shows are an added attraction. In order to make the already exhilarating event even more exciting, the Bazaar is structured in the form of streets, each having a unique name, holding around 80 stalls run by around 300 students and alumni. A plethora of products ranging from artefacts, home decor, cosmetics, garments footwear, and food delicacies are sold at the Bazaar.

To inculcate the spirit of healthy competition and as a token of appreciation, the stallholders are given several opportunities to win awards. The following is the list of awards:

Best Stall Name

Best Retail Display

Most Innovative Products

Best Promotion Announcement

Most Eco-Friendly Stall

Most Innovative Packaging

Best Dressed Stall Owners

People’s Choice Award

Crown Magnet Award

Outstanding Audience and Interiors Awards

Best Handcrafted Product

Best Food Stall

Best Mompreneur

Ignite

IGNITE is a biennial event held every two years to promote entrepreneurship among youth. Featuring eminent speakers, including practitioners and thought-leaders on entrepreneurship, it was aimed at inculcating passion for entrepreneurship among student community in Chennai.The summit created a forum for the exchange of ideas and insights, with the goal of inspiring budding entrepreneurs, IGNITE 2017 fostered entrepreneurial passion among students, while IGNITE 2019 equipped faculty to mentor and nurture aspiring entrepreneurs, the format being that of a Faculty Development Programme. IGNITE 2023 celebrated 30 ‘Under 30’ alumni entrepreneurs with awards and also insightful panel discussions. IGNITE 2025 expanded with the Swabhimaan Impact Awards, Expert talks, Fire side chat, Workshops, and competitions aligned with UN Sustainable Development Goals.