<p class="title">The student entrepreneurship cell—the E-Cell of Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT)—has supported over 10 student startups and provided internships to over 50 students at the institute despite the constraints of the Covid-19 pandemic.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Founded by senior engineering students at the institute, Dhwanit Shah, Ankit Jajoo and Armaan Charania, under the guidance of faculty advisor Dr Sriram K V, the E-Cell aims to inculcate an entrepreneurial mindset among students and to establish a strong startup ecosystem for budding entrepreneurs, said the cell's chairperson Saish Shetty.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The struggles faced by startups at the initial level due to a lack of sufficient early-stage mentorship and guidance led to the launch of E-Cell seven months ago.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The E-Cell’s objective is to provide effective mentorship to students with raw ideas using support from experienced faculty and experts in the industry. The E-Cell was inaugurated by MIT Director Dr Anil Rana.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Dr Anil encouraged students to think creatively in this age of entrepreneurship and to utilise the college’s Innovation Centre to implement their ideas.</p>.<p class="bodytext">During the inauguration, the new office-bearers, including, chairperson Saish Shetty, deputy chairpersons Shroat Mehta and Ujjwal Somani for the year 2021-22 were announced.</p>
<p class="title">The student entrepreneurship cell—the E-Cell of Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT)—has supported over 10 student startups and provided internships to over 50 students at the institute despite the constraints of the Covid-19 pandemic.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Founded by senior engineering students at the institute, Dhwanit Shah, Ankit Jajoo and Armaan Charania, under the guidance of faculty advisor Dr Sriram K V, the E-Cell aims to inculcate an entrepreneurial mindset among students and to establish a strong startup ecosystem for budding entrepreneurs, said the cell's chairperson Saish Shetty.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The struggles faced by startups at the initial level due to a lack of sufficient early-stage mentorship and guidance led to the launch of E-Cell seven months ago.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The E-Cell’s objective is to provide effective mentorship to students with raw ideas using support from experienced faculty and experts in the industry. The E-Cell was inaugurated by MIT Director Dr Anil Rana.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Dr Anil encouraged students to think creatively in this age of entrepreneurship and to utilise the college’s Innovation Centre to implement their ideas.</p>.<p class="bodytext">During the inauguration, the new office-bearers, including, chairperson Saish Shetty, deputy chairpersons Shroat Mehta and Ujjwal Somani for the year 2021-22 were announced.</p>