KL Deemed to be University Partners with Wadhwani Foundation to promote Innovative Entrepreneurship
Our world is changing rapidly, and many visionary students aspire to run their businesses but lack the necessary guidance and skills that prepare them to lead, innovate, negotiate and associate.
In order to promote entrepreneurship education, KL Deemed to be University and the Wadhwani Foundation have exchanged Letters of Understanding to nurture Entrepreneurship at the grassroots level for all the students on campus through different courses designed by Wadhwani Foundation under NEN-Wadhwani Entrepreneur’s (WE) NextGen Program. These programs will be customized learning programs to equip students with an entrepreneurial mindset and business skills, support aspiring entrepreneurs with validated ideas to launch worthwhile ventures, and build institutional capacity to deliver world-class entrepreneur education at both fundamental and advanced levels.
The collaboration was signed in the presence of Mr. Rajeev Warrier, Executive Vice President of Wadhwani Foundation, Dr. Sujatha, Principal of the Entrepreneurship Education wing, Wadhwani Foundation, Dr. GPS Varma, Vice Chancellor, KL Deemed to be University, Dr. A.Srinath Dean-Skilling & Progression, Dr. M Kishore Babu, Dean (MSH), Mr. Hari Kiran Vege, HOD, CSE (Hons), Ms. Veena Hanamsagar, CEO TBI, Dr. K. Raja Sekhar, Addl. Director, CIIE, Dr. K. Narasimha Raju, HOD, DTI, Dr. T. Divya, Associate Dean Academics, Dr. Sunny Agarwal, Innovation Manager, Mr. Alok Govil, CEO, ACIC and other University officials.
Since 2015, KL Deemed to be University has successfully created a startup ecosystem on the campus through the Center for Innovation, Incubation, and Entrepreneurship (CIIE). CIIE takes an active role to frequently inhibit and encourage studentpreneurship in the early stages and encourage participation in external competitions on Ideations, Product Development, Startup events at the national level and international levels.
The University also executes the DST-funded Technology Business Incubator (TBI) and the NITI Aayog-funded Atal Community Innovation Center (ACIC), as well as funding projects through the MSME Seed Fund and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). The university has a separate department called Design Thinking & Innovation (DTI), which offers courses like DTI to help students develop entrepreneurial abilities from their first year of study.
The Wadhwani Foundation was established in 2000 and has its presence in multiple countries across Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the US. This is a not-for-profit organization aims to accelerate economic development by fostering the creation of jobs through extensive programs in entrepreneurship, small business expansion, innovation, and skill development.
