Welcome to AIC, Pondicherry Engineering College Foundation.

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Atal Incubation Centre - Pondicherry Engineering College Foundation (AIC-PECF) is fully supported and funded by Atal Innovation Mission(AIM), Niti Aayog, Government of India. AIC-PECF was initiated to provide a platform to assist and enable young entrepreneurs to initiate startups for the  commercial exploitation of technologies developed by them. AIC-PECF also enables the budding entrepreneurs to showcase and test their abilities to run a start up business in the areas of Electronics design and Manufacturing (EDM), Internet of Things(IoT) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). The incubation centre provides a wide range of resources that enables it to: Empower innovators to pursue their entrepreneurial golas that improve people’s lives, generate employment and drive the economy - Connect start-ups with mentor community for guidance and support - Provide technology support and fab lab facilities for innovators to pursue their own ideas and converting it into a successful venture - Support, simplify and clarify intellectual property transfer processes for innovators and the broader community -Develop and maintain a standard pre-incubation process so that start-ups can leverage upon the entrepreneurial process.

Activities of the Incubation Centre

Entrepreneurship and innovation are critical for the growth of any economy, in an increasingly competitive world. They become even more critical for India as its demographic dividend can only be realized with rapid creation of employment and income generation opportunities.Global experience shows that, apart from creating wealth and boosting the economy, new businesses also create disproportionately more jobs than established ones. AIC-PECF actively creates an environment for the young innovators to test their business ideas with minimal risks. The centre facilitates the following events for the young first generation entrepreneurs.
  • To arrange series of Entrepreneurship development programs and interactive sessions to promote Entrepreneurship in the union territory of Puducherry. 
  • To arrange skill development sessions in Entrepreneurship for the budding Entrepreneurs to increase their confidence level.
  • To arrange webinars and online training sessions for students to get used to the technicals of Entrepreneurship   
  • To facilitate the start-up teams to showcase their business ideas to funding agencies.
  • To facilitate minimal seed funding for the young Entrepreneurs to test their business ideas with minimal risks through government schemes.
  • To incubate start ups within the centre by providing co-working space.
  • To provide fab labs and support hardware for rapid prototyping and testing.
  • To help the first generation Entrepreneurs in the registration process of the firm , marketing, accounting and taxation process.
  • To help the successful Entrepreneurs to scale up their business.
  • To inculcate the culture of "innovation and start-ups" in the union territory of Puducherry. 

Recent Activities

Startup Ignite on 28-01-2020

Name of the Event : Startup Ignite
Detail : Interactive session with startup India Team regarding how to register a startup.
Takeaways : How to register a Pvt Ltd Company, How to register in Startup India and DPIIT portals, what are the benefits , how to avail seed funding.
Event Timing: January 28th, 2020
Venue : Chemical Seminar Hall - Pondicherry Engineering College.   

Upcoming Events 

ProtoFest is Rescheduled on 27-02-2020 
Last Date for Registration - 25-02-2020, 5.00 PM

Name of the Event : Protofest-2020
Event Chair : Dr.B.Hemakumar, Executive Member-AIC-PECF.
Eligibility : Open to All early stage entrepreneurs with Prototype / POC / MVP.
Do you have a potential product / service in  proof of concept stage, Are you a student looking for for options to convert your PoC to commercial grade product ?
Reach out to Us.  
Scope : To identify potential products & Services in proof of concept stage ,to convert them to commercial grade product product  and to commercialize the same.
Event Date: Rescheduled to February 27th, 2020
Venue : Atal Incubation Centre - Pondicherry Engineering College Foundation,
Prize : Cash Prize + Company Registration + Technology & Incubation Support 

Makeathon for Schools of Puducherry on 13,14,15th March 2020.

Name of the Event : Makeathon for School Students of Puducherry.
Eligibility : Open to all School Students of Puducherry.
Scope : To promote innovation and product design among school students inculcating the habit of making product at their early age. 
Event Date: March-13,14,15 - March-2020
Venue : Auditorium - Pondicherry Engineering College 
Event Coordinator : Dr.R.Sridar, Dr. A.Kalaisselvane - AIC-PECF
                                   Mr.N.Dinakar-SPD,DSE.
Resource Person :   Mr.Kumar Ramajeyam, Make India Foundation.
Contact : Dr.R.Sridar @ 9894757209 , CEO, AIC-PECF @ 8903467223