JCE BUSINESS INCUBATOR COUNCIL (JCEBIC)

Established by Jerusalem College of Engineering as a Section 8 company to implement and realise the objectives of creating startup eco system in college campus. The main focus of JCEBIC will focus on imparting entrepreneurship knowledge, provide technology solutions, addressing social relevant problems and enabling eco-system for entrepreneurship.

JCEBIC is established under the ambit of Jerusalem College of Engineering (JCE), an autonomous institution, accredited by NBA with NAAC with A grade. JCEBIC has 10000 sq. ft state-of-art facility to facilitate startup’s and entrepreneurial & innovative ecosystem.

Objective:

The overall purpose of setting up an incubation council is to promote a culture of innovation and encourage, nurture creativity of our budding engineers and prospective entrepreneurs towards launching commercially viable startup companies. In addition, this proposed incubation council would help the people around Chennai who seek working space, technical support and market analysis for establishing their startup venture.

Vision:

To establish state of the art incubation council to cater start up guidance, technological support, and nurture young firms to grow eventually to succeed through industry connect and mentoring.

Mission:

Provide physical infrastructure such as co-working space, uninterruptable power, interdisciplinary lab facility, and computing & internet facility to motivate the young entrepreneur.
Motivate students, alumni, faculty& staff members of parent institution and people around the college to plan for startup through entrepreneurial talks and awareness.
Aid the young entrepreneurs in providing technical support, financial support, legal services, equip them with training & workshops and guide them for suitable market.
Associate academic institutions, partner contract with research institutions and industries, motivate technology patent and Intrapreneurship support.

Incubation Council facilities:

JCEBIC has the following infrastructures and shall be used for various requirements of incubation council.

Two seminar halls with dimension of 32’x30’size furnished with 60 chairs, chalk board, white board etc.
Nine halls of size 30’x16’ for the purpose a classroom, office and sub centres.
Board room/meeting hall
Wash room facility for staff and students

Consultancy / Advisory/Activities

Building Innovation ecosystem in the campus through
- creative/design thinking
- workshop & Seminars
- Idea Festival
- Prototype Exhibition

Setting up and managing the Innovation Cell
- Required area identification
- Infrastructure requirement
- Man power requirement
- Technology requirement

Business Pre-Incubation startup
- management
- creating 3 student startups (by alumni, III & IV year students and faculty members)
  - Analysis
  - Reports
  - Documents
  - Training
  - Startup awards

Patent filing for the innovative products or prototypes
MoU & tie-ups with other incubation centers
Co-incubation creation and support
Monthly training program – to motivate startup culture
Aligning faculty research works towards innovation and startup creation
Initiating startup proposal to the funding agency
- ATAL Innovation Mission
- MSME

Sub Centres of JCEBIC

Entrepreneurship Development cell (EDC)
Innovation Centre/Fabrication Lab
Space for funded projects/sponsored projects
Centre for Innovation in teaching & learning
Lecture Capturing Unit
Media Laboratory
Lab space

INSTITUTION INNOVATION COUNCIL (IIC)

Activities

Poster making competition on Innovation
Regular Workshop on “Entrepreneurship and Innovation as Career Opportunity”
Skill Development Workshop
Entrepreneur skill Development program

ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT CELL (EDC)

Conducting Entrepreneurship Awareness Camps, Guest lectures, My Success Story- Experience sharing programs from renowned entrepreneurs
Industrial visits to start-ups, Incubation centers, and facilitation centers for students.
signed MoUs with leading associations and industries for conducting entrepreneurship enhancements programs.
Initiated Young Indians Yuva club for promoting entrepreneurial skills through various programs.

MSME INCUBATION CENTER

open to MSMEs, Indian startups, Indian Companies, Students/ Developers/ Professionals/ Community members
Students of 3rd & 4th year of undergraduate, graduate, post graduates of professional courses as well as Researchers of are allowed.
The Selected start-up company / Incubatee will be hosted and seeded in the incubator for a period of 1 year, for which a part of the grant will be utilized.