Entrepreneurship and Innovation Cell (E-Cell)

About

The Entrepreneurship and Innovation Cell (E-Cell) at Shah & Anchor Kutchhi Engineering College (SAKEC) was established in 2017 with a visionary aim of fostering entrepreneurial spirit and innovative thinking among students. Guided by the inspiring tagline “उद्यमशीलता समृद्धि आनयति” – which translates to “Entrepreneurship leads to prosperity”, the cell is dedicated to creating a vibrant startup ecosystem within the college.
E-Cell, SAKEC, acts as a dynamic platform where aspiring entrepreneurs, innovators, and changemakers come together to ideate, collaborate, and execute their vision into reality. It serves as a launchpad for students to transform their ideas into scalable and impactful ventures by equipping them with the necessary resources, mentorship, and industry exposure.
Through a series of workshops, speaker sessions, innovation challenges, hackathons, bootcamps, and startup mentorship programs, E-Cell nurtures the next generation of entrepreneurs who can drive socio-economic progress. The cell bridges the gap between academia and industry by cultivating leadership qualities, strategic thinking, and a problem-solving mindset among students.
In collaboration with incubators, industry experts, and successful alumni entrepreneurs, E-Cell continues to fuel the entrepreneurial journey of many budding innovators and tech enthusiasts at SAKEC.

Objective

To Foster Entrepreneurial Mindset: Cultivate a culture of entrepreneurship by encouraging students to think independently, take risks, and explore new ideas with confidence.
To Promote Innovation and Creativity: Provide a nurturing environment where innovation is encouraged, and students are empowered to develop out-of-the-box solutions for real-world problems.
To Facilitate Skill Development: Organize hands-on workshops, training programs, and startup bootcamps to develop entrepreneurial, managerial, and technical skills among students.
To Provide Mentorship and Networking Opportunities: Connect students with successful entrepreneurs, startup founders, venture capitalists, and industry professionals for mentorship, collaboration, and guidance.
To Support Startup Incubation and Acceleration: Assist in the incubation of innovative ideas by providing access to prototyping resources, funding opportunities, and legal or strategic support.
To Encourage Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Create an inclusive platform that brings together students from various departments and disciplines to work on common entrepreneurial goals.
To Bridge the Gap Between Academia and Industry: Facilitate industry interactions, internships, and live projects to enhance students’ understanding of market dynamics and business practices.
To Contribute to Economic and Social Growth: Inspire students to develop ventures that are not only commercially viable but also socially impactful, contributing to inclusive growth and national development.

Committee Members

Sr No.	Name	Position in E-Cell	Class	Branch	PRN
1	Krishi Prasad	Entrepreneurship Wing Head	TY-9	COMPS	22UF17099CM169
2	Siddhesh Kadam	Innovation Wing Head	TY-4	COMPS	22UF17338CM088
3	Yash Sawant	Events Head	TY-2	ECS	22UF17348EC111
4	Atharva Dongre	Events Co-head	TY-2	ECS	22UF17526EC074
5	Ashaaf Khan	Events Coordinator	TY-3	COMPS	22UF17029CM153
6	Janvi Gulati	Treasurer	TY-6	IT	22UF17656IT078
7	Abhinav Jaiswal	Technical Head	TY-3	COMPS	22UF17211CM023
8	Kewal Dawada	Logistics Head	TY-6	IT	22UF17002IT071
9	Bhagya Nagda	Discipline Head	TY-4	COMPS	22UF17171CM097
10	Manaswi Bhoir	Photography Head	SY-5	IT	23UF18408IT008
11	Harsh Vaishnav	Public Relations Head	TY-4	COMPS	22UF17649CM121
12	Punit Jain	Sponsorship Head	TY-4	COMPS	22UF17519CM085
13	Parth Darji	GFX Head	TY-6	IT	22UF17003IT008
14	Siddharth Pal	VFX Head	TY-4	COMPS	22UF17179CM099
15	Dnyaneshwari Katkar	SM Head	TY-2	ECS	22UF17501EC082
16	Saiprasad Jamdar	Website Head	TY-4	COMPS	22UF17561CM086
17	Dhanashree Chilla	Content Head	TY-6	IT	22UF17110IT069
18	Aditi Pandya	Documentation Head	SY-5	IT	23UF18432CM115
19	Shashank Joshi	Discipline Co-head	SY-5	IT	23UF18378IT091
20	Shreeya Hinge	Public Relations Co-head	SY-3	COMPS	23UF18373CM021
21	Ninad Dakwale	GFX Co-head	TY-2	ECS	22UF17357EC073
22	Pranav Ghuge	Website Co-head	TY-4	COMPS	22UF17451CM080
23	Rushabh Jain	Social Media Co-head	SY-4	COMPS	23UF18229CM086
24	Awani Kulkarni	Content Co-head	SY-5	IT	23UF18159IT096
25	Vaidehi Pachurkar	Website Coordinator	TY-2	ECS	22UF17285EC097
26	Garv Thapa	Sponsorship Member	SY-4	COMPS	23UF18483CM119
27	Aryan Parab	Sponsorship Member	SY-4	COMPS	23UF18344CM102
28	Sourav Patil	Sponsorship Member	SY-4	COMPS	23UF18116CM106
29	Ipsita Mahanti	Sponsorship Member	SY-19	ACT	23UF18315AC020
30	Atharva Sonavane	Sponsorship Member	SY-17	VLSI	124BTVL2004
31	Manav Visaria	Sponsorship Member	FYCM3	COMPS	124BTCM1006
32	Aishwarya Thorat	Sponsorship Member	FYCM3	COMPS	124BTCM1116
33	Arya Gogri	Sponsorship Member	FYIT2	IT	124BTIT1005
34	Jinil Dhandhukia	Sponsorship Member	FYIT2	IT	124BTIT1087
35	Parth Avhad	Public Relations Member	SY-5	IT	23UF18436IT065
36	Krishna Bhanushali	Public Relations Member	SY-2	ECS	23UF18341EC068
37	Manav Kothari	Public Relations Member	SY-19	ACT	23UF18402AC019
38	Dhruv Jain	Public Relations Member	TY-4	COMPS	22UF17345CM084
39	Shrawani Jadhav	Public Relations Member	SY-5	IT	23UF17932IT086
40	Khyatee Patne	Public Relations Member	FY-ACT	ACT	124BTAC1057
41	Sneha Roy	Social Media Member	SY-2	ECS	22UF17464EC106
42	Dhriti Shetty	Social Media Member	SY-6	IT	23UF18395IT056
43	Parth Bhatt	Social Media Member	SY-5	IT	23UF18354IT007
44	Varshit Jain	Social Media Member	SY-5	IT	23UF18043IT026
45	Smit Solaskar	Social Media Member	FY-VLSI	VLSI	124BTVL1055
46	Riddhi Khatri	GFX Member	SY-5	IT	23UF18165IT032
47	Dhruv Gherwada	GFX Member	SY-5	IT	23UF17712IT020
48	Shaikh Saniya Parveez Ahmed	GFX Member	SY-2	ECS	22UF16955EC113
49	Aliza Shaikh	VFX Member	TY-2	ECS	22UF17259EC112
50	Vikas Pandit	VFX Member	TY-9	COMPS	22UF17554CM163
51	Rajnish Rao	Website Member	SY-2	ECS	23UF18310EC109
52	Srushti Kadam	Website Member	TY-1	ECS	22UF17032EC018
53	Jay Tripathi	Website Member	SY-4	COMPS	23UF18495CM120
54	Sahil Rane	Website Member	SY-6	IT	23UF17922IT111
55	Riteshraj Panda	Content Member	SY-13	AIDS	23UF18000AI037
56	Sheetal Redekar	Content Member	TY-6	IT	23US18548IT004
57	Paras Shinkar	Documentation Member	SY-4	COMPS	23UF18432CM115

Events

Sr No.	Date	Event Title	Guest	Audience	Event Link
1.	17th February 2020	Food Fiesta 2020	Mr. Yatish Bhatt (@huungry_engineer) – Content Creator & Judge Ms. Trupti Marolia (@trupti.marolia) – Content Creator & Judge	Over 900 attendees, including students and faculty members	FF20_Report.pdf
2.	5th, 6th, 7th March 2020	Retrospect Shark Tank	Day 1: Mr. Awab Fakih – Assistant Professor & Start-up Mentor, AIKTC Day 2 (Panel): Mr. Vansh Pandya – Co-Founder & Managing Director, Dismantle Media Mr. Kushal Shah – Founder, 32 Pixels \| Co-Founder, Polyplus \| Managing Partner, Apptroid Mr. Anil Ahir – Professor, BGIT Day 3 (Panel): Mrs. Neha Fakih – Educationist Director, Student Alliance LLP Mr. Ajit Parab – Principal, BGIT Mr. Manoj Kavedia – Professor, Thadomal Shahani Engineering College Mr. A.K. Punawala – Incharge, EDC/IIC MHSSP Mr. Vivek Yadav – Founder, Stringsway Tech Mr. Ali Mustafa Shaikh – Leader, Google Crowdsource in India	10 start-up founding teams	Retrospect_SharTank_Report.docx.pdf
3.	25th March 2022	Food Fiesta 2022	Suraksha Shetty – Co-founder of Flavours101 & judge Yash Mehta – Co-founder of Flavours101 & judge Ms. Shikha Shetty – Renowned Culinary & Lifestyle Celebrity	Over 700 attendees, including students and faculty members	FF22_Report.docx.pdf
4.	23rd and 30th June	Podcast Series	Mr. Sumersingh Rajpurohit, Founder LastMomentTuitions Mr. Shridhar Mankar, Founder 5-Minutes Engineering	The series was held online and uploaded on E-Cell SAKEC’s Social media.	Report on Podcast Series.docx.pdf
5.	16th August 2022	TBI Inauguration	Dr. Bhavesh Patel, Principal, SAKEC Mr. Milind Khairnar, Faculty Coordinator, E-Cell SAKEC	94 student and faculty participants	TBI Inauguration_Report .pdf
6.	28th and 29th September 2022	Project Pillar	Mr. Jaisal Jetsey Dr. Padmakar Nandekar Dr. Dipti Joshi Dr. Chintan Vora Mr. Vinayak Sastri Mr. Jayanand Potdar Mr. Poojit Jain	13 start-up founding teams	Report on Project Pillar.docx.pdf
7.	13th October 2022	Meet The Entrepreneur	Mr. Sanket Kankade (Founder, Inkwale)	The event had 104 active student participants.	Report on Meet the Entrepreneur 2022.docx.pdf
8.	10th March 2023`	Food Fiesta 2023	Ms. Lataa Saberwal – Actress & Motivational Speaker Mr. Rohit Mavle (@foodie_actor_engineer) – Content Creator & Judge Mr. Abhay Sharma (@bombayfoodie_tales) – Content Creator & Judge	The event attracted nearly 1000 attendees, comprising both students and faculty staff.	FF23_Report.pdf
9.	4th March 2024	Food Fiesta 2024	Mr. Amol Khese – (@amolkhese2.0) Popular Street Food Blogger Mr. Aavi Vadekar – (@ wakeup_aavi) Adventurous Explorer Ms. Chaitra Poojary – (@chtrbox)Social Media Influencer Ms. Sneha Naidu – (@blisscochocolate)Explorer of Authentic & Hidden Street Food Gems	More than 1000 participants and More than 1000 transactions	FF24_Report.docx.pdf
10.	3rd April 2024	Meet The Entrepreneur: The Exceptional One	Ms. Deepika Singh (Founder, Deepcytes)	The event had 116 active student participants.	Report on Meet the Entrepreneur_ The Exceptional One.docx.pdf
11.	21st August 2024	Crowdstage 2.0	Mr. Kailash Gajra (Founder of Atulsia Technologies & Megastores.com) Ms. Shreya Parekh (Founder of Insightgyan) Mr. Nirav Panchal (Founder at Techsphere.co.in)	The event had 158 active student participants.	Report on Crowdstage 2.0.pdf
12.	5th September 2024	SIH: Roadmap to Hackathon	Mr. Sarthak Bhan		Report on Roadmap to Hackathon..pdf
13.	6th September 2024	Smart India Hackathon Internal Round	Mr. Jaisal Jetsey Mr. Ritesh Bansode Mr. Kushal Shah Mr. Yati Gharat Mr. Santosh Kamble Dr. Pinki V. Dr. Manimala Mahato Dr. Bhakti Sonawane Dr. Sonali Bhutad Ms. Shazia Sayyad Ms. Jalpa Mehta Dr. Kalpana Chaudhari Mr. Shubham Bakal Mr. Rohan Borgalli Mr. Manish Bhelande Dr. Nandkishor Narkhede Dr. Rashmi Malvankar Mr. Amol Dhumal Mr. Lukesh Kadu Dr. Shwetambari Borade Dr. Asha Durafe Dr. Pramod Bhavarthe Dr. Smita Bansod Mr. Tejas Hirave Dr. Amol Yadav Mr. Shridhar Sahu Ms. Neelam Jagtap	The event had 456 active student participants	Ecell Report Internal Hackathon 2024.docx.pdf
14.	1st October 2024	The Career Compass	Mr. Vyan Gandhi (CEO,Augemtables) Mr. Ayush Mange (CTO,Augemtables) Mr. Vrishi Shah (Placement Secretary) Mr. Ruchit Doshi (Upcoming Intern , Baker Hughes) Mr. Tanish Nandu (Gate Enthusiast) Mr. Dhanish Gogri(Abroad Studies Enthusiast)	146 active student participants	The Career Compass.docx.pdf
15.	10th October 2024	Meet The Entrepreneur 2024	Mr. Manoj Shinde (Founder, Orbo.ai) Mr. Rounit Gambhir (Founder, Chefling) Mr. Adhip Wali (Co-Founder, Chefling)	The event had 126 active student participants	MTE2024_Report.pdf
16.	7th February 2025	Food Fiesta 2025	Ms. Devashree Sanghvi (@thecrazyindianfoodie) – Content Creator & Judge Ms. Aalisha (@hungry.backpackers) – Content Creator & Judge Ms. Shikha Shetty – Renowned Culinary & Lifestyle Celebrity Ms. Ananya Sharma – Singer & Special Guest Performer	Over 1500 attendees, including students and faculty members	FF25_Report.pdf

Entrepreneurship and Innovation Cell (E-Cell)

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation Cell (E-Cell)

About

Objective

Committee Members

Events

E-Cell Reports

COMMUNICATION

DEPARTMENTS

COMMITTEES

PEOPLE

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