OVERVIEW
The concept of ERDC aims to find a solution to the alarming situation of unemployment by creating a path for Rural Entrepreneurship. Focusing entirely on mapping all the stakeholders of Rural Entrepreneurship be it schools, colleges, villages, research institutes, state and central government departments, we intend to form Centres for Entrepreneurship & Rural Development at the partnering institutes for proper execution after the successful conduct of Conclave.
This time we are organizing the Entrepreneurship and Rural Development Conclave at 10 different cities which include, Indore, Lucknow, Ropar, Guwahati, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Bangalore, Bhubaneshwar, and Chennai divided into four days on different agendas.
CONFERENCES
JOURNEY
NITTTR-PU Chandigarh
(31 January - 3 February)
DAVV, Indore (5 March)
IIT Gandhinagar
IIM Mumbai (11- 12 February)
IIT Guwahati (2 - 5 January)
NITTTR Kolkata
IIT Madras (16 - 19 January)
IIT Bhubaneswar (11 - 12 March)
IIM Bangalore
AKTU Lucknow (7 -8 February)
GLIMPSES
IIT Guwahati
IIT Madras
NITTTR Chandigarh
AKTU Lucknow
IIM Mumbai
DAVV Indore
IIT Bhubaneswar
NATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD OF ERD CONCLAVE 2024
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Prof. Rajiv Ahuja Ji
Director
Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar, Punjab
Prof. Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar Ji
Chairman UGC
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Prof. T. G. Sitharam Ji
Chairman AICTE
Prof. V. Kamakoti Ji
Director
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Tamil Nadu
Prof. Rishikesha T Krishnan Ji
Director
Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
Prof. Himanshu Rai Ji
Director
Indian Institute of Management, Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Prof. Shreepad Karmalkar Ji
Director
Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar
Prof Rajat Moona Ji
Director
Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar
Prof. J. P. Pandey Ji
Vice Chancellor, AKTU,
Uttar Pradesh
Prof. (Dr.) Debi Prasad Mishra Ji
Director,
NITTTR, Kolkata
Prof. Kiran Hazarika Ji
Commission Member,
UGC, GOI
Prof. G. C. Tripathi Ji
Former Chairman, Higher Education Council,
Uttar Pradesh
Prof. Parameshwar Iyer Ji
Officiating Director
Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam
Prof. Nidhi Gautam Ji
Fellow Senate, Panjab University, Chandigarh
Prof. S.S. Pattnaik Ji
Professor, NITTTR Chandigarh
Sh. Amit Shukla Ji
Founder and MD, EasyGov
Sh. Dayanidhi Urmilla Ji
Organisation Secretary Pradhyapak Parishak
Sh. Chetan Sahore Ji
Head & Convenor, ERDC
Entrepreneurship & Rural Development Conclave 2019
Keeping pace with the vision of the Hon’ble Prime Minister on Startup India, Make in India, Unnat Bharat Abhiyan, etc., National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research (NITTTR) Chandigarh joined hands in 2019 with Panjab University, Chandigarh; Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh; and Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar to work specifically on the Entrepreneurship & Rural Development and for the same organized Entrepreneurship and Rural Development Conclave.
Entrepreneurship & Rural Development Conclave was organized on 17-20 December 2019 to enhance support and boost Rural Development by establishing new projects. The aim is to spread awareness about various stakeholders' roles and responsibilities in establishing rural entrepreneurship projects.
Timeline
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Day 1: One-Day Conference on Need of Entrepreneurship Development
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Day 2: One-Day Conference on Innovative Rural Development Projects
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Day3: One day conference on Need of Entrepreneurship Development in Colleges
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Day 4: Concluding Ceremony
Theme
The broad theme of the conclave is to create a platform to collaborate with different stakeholders of rural entrepreneurship to initiate various projects. It will help in describing the role of Colleges and Universities in association with Gram Panchayat in starting various Rural Entrepreneurship Projects.
This Conclave was designed for the Head of Schools & Gram Panchayats of Punjab & Chandigarh, M.P, Vice Chancellors/ Directors of Universities/ National Institutes & Selected Teams of colleges of North India along with other representatives, policymakers, academic professionals, researchers, curriculum developers, entrepreneurs, industry representatives, government officials and officials from entrepreneurial support agencies