Center for Entrepreneurship Development (CED) Annual Activity Report 2022-23 By Prof. Anita Tripathy Lal (Prof-in-Charge, CED FORE)
The Center for Entrepreneurship Development has organized twelve activities in the year 2022-23. All these activities were conducted for Participants within and from outside FORE. The activities have been listed below:
| Sl. No | Category of Activity & Duration | Speakers/ Jury Members ( External & Internal) |
Date/s | Activities Conducted Online/FORE |
| 1 | Half Day Webinar-VC’s Pitch for Start-ups | 1 External & 1 Internal Mr. Sandeep Dalal (AVP Strategic Business Relationship, VVDN Technologies, California & FORE Alumnus) Prof. Anita Lal (Prof. In-charge, CED FORE ) |
April 06, 2022 | Online |
| 2 | 4 Half Day Seminar on Start-up Stories |
4 External & 1 Internal Mr. Vivek Srivastava ( Jt. Managing Director, Innocean, India) Mr. Pramit J. Nathan (Director, Creative Inc. & FOREpreneur) Ms. Neha Bharti (Founder, Swadha Agri Pvt. Ltd Mr. Tarun Bansal ( Marketing Lead, mFiltrIt & FOREpreneur) |
Aug 24, 2022 | @FORE |
| 3 | Four Half Day Workshops on” Idea Generation to Business Plan” 3. Idea Generation 4. Opportunity Evaluation 5. Business Model 6. Business Plan |
Internal -Prof. In Charge, CED & 3 Other In- house Faculty 1.Idea Generation (Prof. Anita Lal) 2.Opportunity Evaluation (Prof. Anita Lal) 3.Business Model (Prof. Anita Lal) 4.Business Plan -Operational Plan by Prof. Veepan Kumar (Operations Area, FORE) -Marketing Plan by Prof. Pramod Chandra (Marketing Area, FORE) -Financial Plan by Prof. Tarun Soni (Finance Area, FORE) -How to Write a Business Plan by Prof. Anita Lal (Prof-in-Charge, CED FORE) |
Sept 07, 08 & 09 2022 | @FORE |
| 7 | Half Day Live Entrepreneurship Case Workshop | 3 & 1 Internal Mr. Ritesh Gandecha (Head – Sales and Business Development & FOREpreneur) Mr. Aditya Joshi (Head – Marketing & FOREpreneur) Mr. Deepak Agrawal (Head – Research and Consulting) Prof. Anita Lal (Prof-in-Charge, CED FORE) |
Sept 13, 2022 | Hybrid |
| 8 | IDEATHON ‘22 | 7 External & 1 Internal Mr. Jai Bhardwaj (Edupreneur; Regional Manager, D2L Asia Pte Ltd.) Er. Dolly Bhasin (Founder, SmartEdge – A platform for Innovators & MD, SPH Consultancy and Eservices Pvt. Ltd.) Dr. Vikas Rajput Rajput (Educator & Digital Marketer, Director - Parallel Living Research and Consulting Pvt. Ltd.) Prof. Neera Pal (Assistant Professor – BMS Department, Ram Lal Anand College, University of Delhi) Mr. Gourav Aggarwal (Start-up Mentor & Doctoral Scholar, IIT Delhi) Ms. Shalini Hasija (Sales Effectiveness Lead - MEA, TBO.com & FORE Alumna) Mr. Amartya Chakraborty (Key Account Manager, Signify & FORE Alumnus) Prof. Anita Lal (Prof-in-Charge, CED FORE) |
Sept 17, 2022 | Online |
| 9 | Half Day Seminar on Funding Start-ups | 5 External & 1 Internal Mr. Sandro Stephen (Vice President, Indian Angel Network) Mr. Arif Amirani (Chief Technical Officer at Cashflo) Mr. Sanjay Sarma (Founder at SSARMA Consults & FOREpreneur) Mr. Vinay Raizada (Co-Founder at Carafewerk) Mr. Dheeraj Vasishth (Co-Founder at Carafewerk) Prof. Anita Lal (Prof-in-Charge, CED FORE) |
Sept 23, 2022 | Hybrid |
| 10 | Intra Institute Business Plan Pitch –FOREMost ‘22 | 3 External & 1 Internal 1.Prof. (Dr.) Neelam Saxena (Professor & Head - Amity Centre for Entrepreneurship Development) 2.Prof. Dr. Deepak Pandit (Chair Professor - Innovation & Entrepreneurship, BML Munjal University) 3.Mr. Rajesh Mehta (International Business Leader, Renowned Columnist & FORE Alumnus) Prof. Anita Lal (Prof-in-Charge, CED FORE) |
Sept 30, 2022 | Online |
| 11 | Baczar - Selling Activity - GENESIS (12 Hours) | 3 Internal Prof. Rakhi Tripathi (IT Area, FORE) Prof. Mukul Joshi (Strategy Area, FORE) Prof. Roopesh Kaushik (Economics Area, FORE) |
Nov 18 & 19, 2022 | Physical |
| 12 | CONCOT -Inter Institute Business Plan Competition- GENESIS (6 Hours) | 2 External & 1 Internal Mr. Vidya Bhushan (Co-Founder, Daalchini Technologies), Mr. Kavindra Taliyan (CEO, Atal Incubation Centre, Steering Committee, Ministry of Communication, Govt. of India) Prof. Rajesh Sikka (Operations Area, FORE) |
Nov 19, 2022 | Hybrid |
Professional Services & Activities Undertaken by CED Prof-in-Charge –Prof. Anita Tripathy Lal
1. April 30, 2022- Felicited by WEE Foundation @FIIT, IIT Delhi with the prestigious Award “Woman of Wonder” for outstanding contribution towards Mentoring the WEE Women Entrepreneurs since their inception in 2016. The Award was presented to her by the Ambassador of Israel in India, His Excellency Mr. Naor Gilon during WEE Foundation’s flagship Entrepreneurship Event in partnership with the Embassy of Israel.
2. In April 2022, the Reviewed Course Book on Managing New Ventures for IMT CDL got published (ISBN: 978-81-954637-7-0)
3. May 18-19, 2022, Conducted a FDP on Entrepreneurship Development for Faculty from other Management Institutes.
4. May 29, 2022- Mentored the “6th Batch of 24 WEE Entrepreneurs” of WEE Foundation@ IIT Delhi.
5. June-11, 2022-Felicitated by UPAY-NGO for Mentoring Social Entrepreneurs on Presentation Skills
6. July 19, 2022- Expert Jury in the Elevator Pitch of WEE Entrepreneurs for DST Funding” at IIT Delhi.
7. August 19, 2022- Second CED Advisory Committee Meeting conducted and have circulated the Minutes of the Meeting.
8. November 07, 2022-Integrated Command and Control Centers (ICCC) Mentor in Smart Cities Mission, a flagship initiative under Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), Government of India, with a purpose to drive economic growth and improve quality of life of people by enabling local area development and harnessing technology, especially smart solutions that leads to smart outcomes.
9. December 14, 2022- Mentored a group of Smart City Officials to develop Standard Operating Procedures and Business Model to optimise the use of ICCCs for ensuring sustainable excellence in the “Workshop on Sustainability of ICCCs” for all 100 smart cities Officials.
10. January 2023-April 2023- “Technical Advisory Committee Member” of the Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Society Conference at BMU on April 27-28,2023.
11. Since August 2021-Empanelled as Start-up Advisor with National Entrepreneurship Network Wadhwani Programs
12. Since January 2022-Advisory Board Member in SWADHA Agri Pvt Ltd
13. Have 4 Citations for my Research Paper –Women Entrepreneurs in India –Over the years! (Source Research Gate March 2023)
14. Connected two Start-ups with Investors and Incubation facility
15. Have Identified Organization & Entrepreneurs and initiated preliminary discussions for Professional Collaboration to strengthen the Entrepreneurial ecosystem at FORE
16. Coached 10 Students in preparing Business Plans for Inter Institute Competitions
17. Coached 2 Alumni in preparing Business Plans for Starting their Enterprises
18. Forwarded Companies looking for Summer Internship and recruitments to Placement Office
Center for Entrepreneurship Development (CED) Activities Calendar 2021-22
The Center for Entrepreneurship Development has organized Nine activities till date in the year 2021-22 for participants from FORE & outside the FORE ecosystem and plans to conduct Four more Activities. The activities have been cited below:
| Sl. No | Category of Activity & Duration | Speakers/ Jury Members ( External & Internal) |
Date | Activities Conducted/ Proposed | Venue- Online/ At FORE |
| Webinar on Success of Start-ups ( 3 Hours) | 3-5 External & 1 Internal | Oct 08, 2021 | Conducted | Online | |
| 4 Half Day Workshops on Idea Generation to Business Plan ( 12 Hours) 2. Idea Generation 3. Opportunity Evaluation 4. Business Model 5. Business Plan |
Internal -Prof. In Charge, CED & Other In house Faculty | Oct 27, 28 & 29 2021 | Conducted | Online | |
| Live Entrepreneurship Case Discussion | 2 & 1 Internal | Nov 09, 2021 | Conducted | Online | |
| Ideathon ( 6 Hours) | 3 External & 1 Internal | Nov 13, 2021 | Conducted | Online | |
| Webinar on Funding Start-ups (3 Hours) | 3 External & 1 Internal | Nov 18, 2021 | Conducted | Online | |
| Intra Institute Business Plan* Competition (6 Hours) | 3 External & 1 Internal | Nov 25, 2021 | Conducted | Online | |
| Round Table of FOREpreneurs (2-3 Hours) | 4 External & 1 Internal | Feb 26, 2022 | Conducted | Online | |
| Baczar - Selling Activity/ Escape Rooms - GENESIS (3-6 Hours) | 3-5 External & 1 Internal | March, 2022 | Proposed | Online/At FORE | |
| Inter Institute Business Plan** Competition- GENESIS ( 3-6 Hours) | 3-5 External & 1 Internal | March, 2022 | Proposed | Online/At FORE | |
| Hackathon- 3/ 5 Full days (Entrepreneurship Week ) | 5-7 External & 1 Internal | March, 2022 | Proposed | Online/At FORE |
Center for Entrepreneurship Development (CED) Activities Report 2020-21
The Center for Entrepreneurship Development has organized twelve activities in the year 2020-21. Ten of them are Intra Institute and two are Inter Institute Activities. The activities have been cited below:
