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ENTPRENEURSHIP & RURAL DEVELOPMENT CONCLAVE 2024

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

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One Day Conference on Need for Entrepreneurship Development

For Schools Heads

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One Day Conference on Innovative Rural Development Projects

For Panchayat Heads

e3

One Day Conference on Need for Entrepreneurship Development 

For Principals and Directors

e4

Concluding Ceremony:

Pledge taking Ceremony

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

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IIT Guwahati

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IIT Madras

NITTTR Chandigarh

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AKTU Lucknow

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IIM Mumbai

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DAVV Indore

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IIT Bhubaneswar

NATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD OF ERD CONCLAVE 2024 

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Prof. Rajiv Ahuja Ji

Director 
Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar, Punjab

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Prof. Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar Ji

Chairman UGC

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Prof. T. G. Sitharam Ji

Chairman AICTE

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Prof. V. Kamakoti Ji

Director 
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Tamil Nadu

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Prof. Rishikesha T Krishnan Ji

Director 
Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore

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Prof. Himanshu Rai Ji

Director

Indian Institute of Management, Indore, Madhya Pradesh

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Director 
Indian Institute of Management, Mumbai

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Prof. Shreepad Karmalkar Ji

Director 
Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar

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Prof Rajat Moona Ji

Director 
Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar

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Prof. J. P. Pandey Ji

Vice Chancellor, AKTU,

Uttar Pradesh

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Prof. (Dr.) Debi Prasad Mishra Ji

Director,

NITTTR, Kolkata

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Prof. Kiran Hazarika Ji

Commission Member,

UGC, GOI

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Prof. G. C. Tripathi Ji

Former Chairman, Higher Education Council, 

Uttar Pradesh

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Prof. Parameshwar Iyer Ji

Officiating Director 
Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam

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Prof. Nidhi Gautam Ji

Fellow Senate, Panjab University, Chandigarh

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Prof. S.S. Pattnaik Ji

Professor, NITTTR Chandigarh

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Sh. Amit Shukla Ji

Founder and MD, EasyGov

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Sh. Dayanidhi Urmilla Ji

Organisation Secretary Pradhyapak Parishak

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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

  • Day 1: One-Day Conference on Need of Entrepreneurship Development

  • Day 2: One-Day Conference on Innovative Rural Development Projects

  • Day3: One day conference on Need of Entrepreneurship Development in Colleges

  • 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

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