Entrepreneurship & Incubation Centre at M.O.P
Incubation and Innovation Centre
The Incubation and Innovation Centre 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.
Incubation Centre
The Incubation and Innovation Centre was launched in the year 2019 to train students to pursue an entrepreneurship initiative.Further,the center 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.
The registered students of the Incubation Centre will be provided with guidance and business proposal validation.IIC has launched “Vaishnav Venture Vox” an exclusive podcast channel through Spotify that provides valuable entrepreneurship tips. Additionally, IIC provides advisory assistance for patent filing.
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 100 stalls run by around 300 students and alumni. A plethora of products ranging from art pieces, handicrafts, cosmetics, garments footwear, and food delicacies and 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 Handmade/Crafted Product
Best Food Stall
Best Mompreneur
Ignite
The Biennial Entrepreneurship Summit aggregates intense modules of workshops,Panel discussions, Fireside chat, and Competitions for students like B-Plan, and Business mimes which kindle the entrepreneurial spirit. In the year 2022, 30 alumni entrepreneurs who had launched their businesses before attaining 30 years of age, were honoured with the 30 under 30 awards.
Contact: Entrepreneurship & Incubation Centre
M.O.P. Vaishnav College for Women (Autonomous)
Chennai – 600 034.
E-Mail : mopincubation@gmail.com
