Entrepreneurship Cell
Rishikesh Borpuzari Ideathon competition 2023
The Rishikesh Borpuzari Ideathon Competition 2023 was held to motivate students of Jorhat Engineering College for entrepreneurship and start-up. The competition was conducted by Entrepreneurship Cell, JEC in association with Rishikesh Borpuzari Memorial Trust and JEC Alumni Association. This year’s competition covers the following areas:
1. Climate Change Issues 2. Renewable Energy 3. Green Hydrogen Economy 4. Tea garden 5. Bamboo-based products 6. Precast technologies
7. Edutech 8. Agriculture 9. Future Technologies 10. Cyber security
The total prize money for this competition is 1 lakh out of which JEC Alumni Association contribution is Rs. 85 thousand. The selected groups will be groomed and mentored by experts/entrepreneurs from the JEC Alumni Association.
The first round was a paper presentation round in which 20 groups participated. In the first round, 13 groups were selected for the final round.
The ideation competition was judged by our distinguished JEC Alumni who were also reputed entrepreneurs or persons involved in entrepreneurship activity.
On 30th September 2023 final round was held at Jorhat Engineering College, where five groups were selected as Winners of the Rishikesh Borpuzari Ideathon Competition 2023.
DOORBEEN
AKASH JYOTI NATH, MCA
Independent music distribution platform
TREEMATE
NIBID SWAPNAM NILOTPAL, CE
Plant enthusiasts and gardeners aim to redefine the way individuals connect with greenery.
AGRONEXA
MOUSUM GOGOI, ME, ANKUR KAMAN, ME
Integrated Smart Agricultural Network System (ISANS)
AGASTYA
ABISHEK GHOSE, ME , ANGKUSH SOHU, ME, DEBRAJ SARMAH, ME, ISSHITA BOROH , ME
Fabrication of a cost-sensitive, portable machine for post-harvest cleaning of Ginger
GRADIENT AXOM
RAJDEEP BARUAH, ME , ANKIT PHUKAN, EE, OMKAR HAZARIKA, ME, JYOTIRMOY DEKA, ME
Mission to revolutionize education in Assam.
31-03-2023 : Entrepreneurship Cell of Jorhat Engineering College successfully organised the second edition of the B Plan Pitching Competition, Plandeavour 2.0 under Adamya Project. The event saw the participation of teams coming from various educational Institutions all over Assam.
The event was judged by Mr. Pankaj Baruah, Mentor in residence, Assam Startup and Mr. Dhanjit Das, Senior Scientist, CSIR – NEIST, Jorhat. The competition was followed by a presentation by Mr. Dhanjit Das and a knowledge session by Mr. Pankaj Baruah.
The Winner of Plandeavour 2.0 was WalkTopia, a team from Tezpur University and Runner Up was MakeAMe from Assam Engineering College. The prize pool was worth 50,000 rupees.
The event was powered by Oil India Limited and was held in collaboration with Assam Startup – the Nest with IIM Calcutta Innovation Park as the knowledge partner and in association with G Plus. Automovill were the Event Partners. E Cell, JEC is really grateful to their event partners, without whom the event would not have been a success.
01-04-2023 : Google Developer Student Clubs – Jorhat Engineering College would proudly like to announce the successful commencement of “HackVita 2023”, organised in collaboration with E-Cell, Jorhat Engineering College during the annual techno-cultural event of the college. The hackathon amassed young tinkering minds and their spree of thoughts and these ideas were allowed to flow into innovation within the 12 hours of ceaseless coding and debugging. The 40+ participants who were present in-person were provided with their own workspace and other necessary amenities. The organizing committee made sure that the entire process was efficient and smooth even when the Gods were pouring on them.
It was an honour for the organizers as well as participants to have had Ms. Monita Wahengbam, Scientist-D & Centre In-charge, NIELIT Jorhat and Mr. Neelam Das, Programming Analyst at TechVariable, as judges for the competition. The trophies were bagged by 1st – Alphabets (Jorhat Engineering College) and 2nd – Data Crew (Assam Engineering College). Both the teams were awarded with goodies and prize money of Rs. 20,000 and Rs. 10,000 respectively.
The event was powered by Oil India Limited and was held in association with G Plus. Automovill were the Event Partners. GDSC JEC is really grateful to their sponsors, without whom the event would not have been a success.
NORTHEAST ENTREPRENEURSHIP DRIVE( NEED) COHORT
The E-Cell of Jorhat Engineering College took part in the three-week cohort of the North-East Entrepreneurship Drive (NEED) organized in the month of December.
Workshop on Innovative Ecosystem in Academic Institutions
A workshop cum competition of innovative idea presentation and demonstration related to rural economy in the Northeast, was held on 3rd and 4th JUNE 2022, at Jorhat Engineering College, Jorhat-785007. This was jointly organised by TECHNOLOGY ENABLING CENTRE, TEZPUR UNIVERSITY (TEC-TU) & ISTITUTE INNOVATIVE CELL, JORHAT ENGINEERING COLLEGE (JEC), JORHAT.
The workshop was held on 3rd June, 2022 on the topic: “Innovative Ecosystem in Academic Institutions”. It included talks on: “Technology Enabling Centre: Innovation ambience in academic institutions”,“Facilities idea validation, Pre-incubation and Start-up development” and“Technology Commercialization in Present Context / IP right and Technology transfers.
07-11-2022 : Founders Talk (My Story – Motivational Session by Successful Entrepreneur) : Mridu Mahendra Das, CEO & CO-Founder of Automovil
27-03-2022 : Developing leadership quality, skill and entrepreneurship in changing global scenario”: Interactive session with Industry Expert : Mr. Hemant Malik, Divisional Chief Executive ITC Food (Online Mode).
Start-up Activities
| Title | Organiser | Date | Participants |
| AgriHacks : e-IDEATHON challenge 2020 | Jorhat Engineering College | 20-05-2020 to 20-06-2020 | 1st- Team AISMV, NIT Silchar 2nd- Team Delta, JEC Jorhat 3rd- Team Sailesh, IIIT Bangalore |
| Assam Startup – The Nest UNDO CORONA IDEATION CHALLENGE | CSIR – North East Institute Of Science And Technology | 08-07-2020 | 1st – Madhusmita Deka & Mathura Prasad Gogoi 2nd – Mathura Prasad Gogoi & Amit Das |
| HACKATHON | Jorhat Engineering College | 02-10-2021 | 1st- Jorhat Engineering College 2nd- NIT Silchar 3rd- Assam Engineering College |
| Smart India Hackathon 2022 : DISASTER MANAGEMENT | Ministry of Jal Shakti, Govt of India at the AICTE nodal center Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Srivilluputtur, Tamilnadu | 25-08-2022 to 29-08-2022 | Prize Winner : Jorhat Engineering College
Team Leader:- Manoranjan Sah Team members:- Raja Raman baruah, Siddhartha Sonowal, Lepharam Ramchiary, Jyoti chettry, Ruchika paul |