Kandivali Education Society’s Shroff College signs MoU as an Academic Partner with Atal Incubation Centre - Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini (AIC- RMP)

Kandivali Education Society’s Shroff College signs MoU as an Academic Partner with Atal Incubation Centre - Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini (AIC- RMP), Supported by Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog- Govt. of India  

Kandivali Education Society’s Shroff College signed an MoU & organized a unique programme “आरंभ” on December 7^th, 2022 at the Shroff College Auditorium, Annexe Building, Kandivali West, Mumbai. The objective of the programme was to motivate the participants to take up entrepreneurship as a Career & share the roadmap, common goal of the college & AIC-RMP with this formal association. 

The MOU Signing Ceremony started with welcome speech by the Principal of KES’s Shroff College, Dr. Lily Bhushan and the introduction of Chief Guest, Uday Wankawala (CEO, AIC-RMP) .The Hon. Joint Secretary of KES Shri Rajnikant Ghelani also graced the programme with his presence.

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The Chief Guest Uday Wankawala CEO, AIC-RMP spoke about his decade long journey with the startup eco-system, AIC-RMP’s (www.aic-rmp.org) impact since 2018 and required support to be extended to the centre. He motivated the students to take up entrepreneurship and highlighted the importance of creating jobs and contributing towards making the country self-reliant, thus fulfilling the dream of “Aatmnirbhar Bharat”. He ensured that there will be curated Mentoring sessions, workshops conducted for “Budding Entrepreneurs” including Faculty Development Programs in order to ensure capacity building of the Centre so that it becomes a regional Innovation Hub in the next couple of years.   

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The keynote address was followed by brief introduction & session by AIC-RMP mentors namely Pradeep Malu, Founder & Director Inovent Solutions Ltd, Sameer Joshi, Founder Partner SAM & ANDY, Tarun Mapara, Senior Consultant , BSE SAMMAN and Dipesh Mohile. Managing Partner, IIA Ventures. They shared the practical aspects and intricacies to be followed by the startup Founders at the beginning of their journey. During this Ceremony, Keshav Marda Founder of Elemeno Kids LLP & Linel Philipfounder ofPurple CliQ Ventures Pvt Ltd . 2 Incubatees / Startups from AIC-RMP and 3 startups (alumni & students) Darshan Mahajan founder of Artistic Humans, Hardik panchal founder of T-HOOD Clothing LLP, Dhananjay Khade founder of MyKamdhenu from KES's Shroff College also showcased their startup solutions & their entrepreneurial journey to a gathering of more than 100 students, alumni, faculty members of the college.

The Ceremony concluded with a formal vote of thanks by Dr. Ranjana Yavagal, Member- CIIE as the Signing of this MoU will prove to be a step towards the new era of creating, supporting & incubating entrepreneurs at the CIIE facility.

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About Atal Incubation Centre (AIC) – Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini (RMP)

Atal Incubation Centre (AIC) – Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini (RMP) Foundation has been set up in alignment with Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog to nurture, handhold and support New Age Entrepreneurs for New Age India. The focus is on job creation through entrepreneurship in the domains of Agriculture, Education & ICT. It also aims to create & support sustainable business models at grassroots level including social enterprises.

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