Entrepreneurship Development Program

Hand in Hand Academy designed the Entrepreneurship Challenge Program to motivate the students to develop Entrepreneurship

Grand Entrepreneurship Challenge Program

Hand in Hand Academy designed the Grand Entrepreneurship Challenge Program to motivate the students to develop Entrepreneurship Mindset with an opportunity to win Cash Rewards of up to Rs.6 Lakhs.

The students were given classroom inputs on Entrepreneurship for Five Days. Post the classroom training inputs, the students had to start their Enterprise by registering a company and run the business for THREE months. Cash Rewards were given to the Student Teams based on diﬀerent Performance Criteria such as Firm Registration, Turnovers, Profits Generated, Business Execution etc.

Impact:

55+ Student Entrepreneurs,
30 Technologies Developed through Grand Entrepreneurship Challenge
1.5 with 5 Technologies rewarded with Rs.1 Lakh

Makeathon and Hackathon Programs

Hackathons Conducted at 6 Cities – Bangalore, Chennai, Coimbatore, Erode Madurai and Trichy.
24 Colleges and 600 Students Participated.
In the Presence of 15 Corporates and 1 Angel Investment Firm
Problem Statements given on SDG goals and Waste to Wealth concepts
Cash Rewards of Rs.85,000 given to Winning Students

Impact:

10 plus prototypes developed under Makeathon Events conducted on Waste to Wealth Concepts",
"5 Hackathons Conducted based on IT/ITES Problem Statements and SDG Goals,
Cash Rewards of Rs.1 Lakh given to 15 best ideas

Skill Based Entrepreneurship Training in Jute Products

Hand in Hand Academy integrated the concepts of Micro Enterprise Development and Climate Mitigation by conducting Micro Enterprise Training programs in Green tech – LED Bulbs and Lights assembly, Solar Tech, Biogas, Vertical Farming, Jute bag production.

Impact:

40 Rural Women trained in making Jute Based Value Added Products and Mentored to start their own Enterprises

Entrepreneurship Programs for Retiring Officers of Indian Army

Hand in Hand Academy for Social Entrepreneurship in collaboration with Atal Incubation Centre – Jyothy Institute of Technology Foundation (AIC-JITF) has conducted a Five Days Entrepreneurship Development Program for the To-Be retired Indian Army Personnel at MEG Regiment, Bangalore.
The uniqueness of this program is the seed funding support of Rs.2 Lakhs given as zero interest loans to the participants if they come up with viable business plans. The seed funding is provided by Atal Incubation Centre-Jyothy Institute of Technology Foundation (AIC-JITF), the collaborating partner of Hand in Hand Academy for Social Entrepreneurship.
The EDP was custom designed for retiring military personnel and curated under guidance of Maj Gen M Indrabalan (retd).

Impact:

300 Plus Officers have been trained in Entrepreneurship.
50+ Officers have been guided and mentored to start their own Enterprises

Credit Based Course on Entrepreneurship

Hand in Hand Academy for Social Entrepreneurship is conducting a 4 Points Credit Course on Entrepreneurship at Saveetha Engineering College. The course offers inputs on Entrepreneur Competency Development, Business Opportunity Guidance, Generating Innovative Business Ideas, Idea to Market, Compliance Aspects, Pre-Feasibility Studies, Market Research, Business Plan Preparation, Small Business Management, Digital Marketing

Impact:

90 Students have undergone Credit Course on Entrepreneurship.
28 Ideas have been shortlisted for Mentoring Support to develop them to Beta Stage / MVP Stage with Seed Funding Support

Micro Entrepreneurship Training in LED Bulbs Assembly, Manufacturing and Sales

The President of Minnal Village Panchayat, Arakkonam Taluk, Ranipet District took a special initiative to promote Group Enterprise for assembly of LED lights engaging differently abled persons. The Panchayat President contacted Hand in Hand Academy for Social Entrepreneurship to support this initiative.

Accordingly a tailor made program was designed and the budget was approved by the Panchayat administration.

In this background a 5 days technical and entrepreneurship training was conducted by Hand in Hand Academy during 22nd to 26th October 2024.

Detailed Inputs and Hands on Training was given on:

Assembly of 9W and 18W bulbs
Defective, Non-working Board problem rectification - replacing the components
Final LED Lights Product testing- quality assurance
Errors and Defects in the LED PCB - rectification, Problem and Solving on the Printed Circuit Board
Labelling & Packing, how to minimize the cost factor, increase the production
Assembling Training and practice as per Industrial method
Updating to New Trends and Technologies in LED lights - Sensor Based

In the last leg of the program, Mrs.Chandrakala, IAS, District Collector, Ranipet District visited the training centre and inaugurated the group enterprise.

Impact:

Group Enterprise was started at Minnal Panchayat engaging trained Differently Abled Persons,
inaugurated by Mrs.Chandrakala, IAS, District Collector, Ranipet District

Rural Entrepreneurship Programs

Rural Entrepreneurship Programs have been successfully conducted at Arts and Science Colleges. The idea behind these programs is to prevent migration of Graduate Youth from Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities to Chennai and other Metro cities in search of jobs and Develop their capacities to become Job Creators.

The program offered inputs on Business Opportunity Identification, New Idea Generation, Steps in Starting an Enterprise, Compliance and Statutory aspects, 220 students have been trained in the captioned program. Accessing various Enterprise related Government Schemes, Business Plan Preparation etc.

Faculty Development Programs in Entrepreneurship and Startup Incubation

Hand in Hand Academy for Social Entrepreneurship has expertise in conducting Faculty Development Programs at Higher Education Institutions to guide them to start Business Incubation Centres. These are well structured programs consisting of inputs related to:

Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship and Intrapreneurship
Idea Generation, Idea Validation, Steps in converting an idea into a commercial product
Simulation game-based learning techniques
Funding opportunities for startups and incubators
Writing a Business plan
New technologies developed in food processing and agro-processing
Interactions with CEO's of Business Incubators

Impact:

150+ Faculty Members trained under these FDP programs.
2 Engineering Colleges mentored to successfully start Business Incubators with access to Government Grants worth Rs.4.5 Crores