Media Release
Mangaluru, Aug 22: A workshop on entrepreneurship- 'E-Step boot camp' was conducted by Karnataka Innovation & Technology Society in association with startup Karnataka, NAIN and Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management.
The programme was inaugurated by Karnataka startup cell representative Abrar Ahmed and Vishnu Nagaraj in the presence of Dr R Srinivasa Rao Kunte, principal, Dr Manjappa Sarathi, director R&D.
Abrar Ahmed, in his speech, gave an insight on the boot camp and a brief about startup Karnataka, its policies and schemes. Dr Manjappa Sarathi graced the occasion by sharing the importance of having more number of startups in the present competitive world. Dr R Srinivasa Rao Kunte encouraged the participants and highlighted the importance of design thinking as well as innovative thinking.
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The boot camp consisted of different sessions on Ideation, product design, marketing and development, customer engagement, business model making and creating a pitch deck. Also, Raghav Shetty from RDL Technologies delivered a mentor talk about his start up journey and success story. The programme was presided over by Vidya Shankar Bollava, Incubation Center manager for K-Tech Nain Center, Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management, Mangaluru.
Around 200 students from various branches including first year has actively participated in the boot camp.