National

Entrepreneurship
Challenge
We rise by lifting others Since 2004
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Recognitions
Recognized as a
Leading Entrepreneurship body at TieCON

Received patronages from

Startup India, Digital India, Make in India and UNESCO

Provided patronages to
More than 225 E-Cells across the country

Received
NEN Achievement Award by Wadhwani Foundation

Our Vision
Created with the idea of developing entrepreneurship from the grass-
roots, we plan to promote entrepreneurship among the nation's younger
generation and to ensure that youngsters don’t feel that starting up a
company is rocket science. National Entrepreneurship Challenge plans
to develop entrepreneurship developing bodies in each student campus
in India. It is the first of its kind pan India challenge
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What is
NEC?
NEC is the platform that helps colleges to build an actively function-
ing E-Cell. It’s a 6 month-long competition where we guide students
by giving them tasks that are essential for any Entrepreneurship cell
to work smoothly. Entrepreneurship Cell is essential for any college
because it develops students’ entrepreneurial spirit, which we be-
lieve is instrumental for our country to develop
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Tracks in
NEC

Basic Track Advanced Track

Sowing the seeds Run your E-Cell
of entrepreneurship as a Startup

jr.
Junior Track Mentor Track
Start being a Leader Shine by Sharing
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Basic Track
~ Sowing the seeds of entrepreneurship

The Basic track is for colleges that don't have an active

Entrepreneurship Cell functioning. Teams who want to
form an Entrepreneurship Cell from scratch in their
college are invited to participate in this track. Minimum 5
team members are required for participation.

Advanced Track
~ Run your E-Cell as a Startup

The NEC Advance track is for colleges which has an E-Cell,

which can conduct events, workshops, and interactive
sessions effectively that feed the entrepreneurial hunger
in your institution. In that case, Advanced is the right track
“McClintock, Latin
for you. It will help you in scaling up the level and creating
professor
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community both
inside and outside of yourpden campus.
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Junior Track
~ Start being a Leader

NEC Junior is a 6-month-long competition where

schools establish an Entrepreneurship Cell in their
college to promote entrepreneurship, build leadership
skills and show entrepreneurship as a career path. The
NEC Junior team of a school consists of Teacher (mostly
2) who will be the representative and 5 club members
who will be the school students.

Mentor Track
~ Shine by sharing

The Mentor track is for those individuals whose college

have a actively running entrepreneurship cell and he/she
is associated with the E-Cell core team. Mentors are
supposed to mentor the participants of Basic and
Advance Track participants to resolve their problems and
to set up sustainable E-Cells in their college. The mentor is
supposed to register individually and not in groups.
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What is in it for the participants?

Amazing Prizes Mentorship Revolutionize

Winners will get prizes Receive mentorship from Revolutionize the

worth 6 lakhs E-Cell, IIT Bombay startup ecosystem

Networking Free Passes Certification

Build your network of startup Get Free passes for the Certification from
enthusiasts, investors, etc. Entrepreneurship Summit Asia’s largest student-run
Entrepreneurship cell

Documentation Resume Point

Build your network of startup Being a part of a pan-India competition

enthusiasts, investors & leaders will definitely add stars to your resume
 Why establishing an E-Cell is important?
Developing Entrepreneurship Cells in every college helps these
leaders of tomorrow to grow into innovators of today. It helps to
create an atmosphere of innovation and opportunities.
Building an ecosystem of like-minded people will boost their
learning and opens up opportunities to achieve their goals.

Achievements

250+ 350+
E-Cell established Basic Track teams

300+ 90+
Advance Track teams Cities Reached

CONTACT US
Bhuvan Gowda Jatin Rawat Bhavit Gupta
bhuvan@ecell.in jatin@ecell.in bhavit@ecell.in
+91 98447 93423 +91 76784 51307 +91 77230 57913