- NMIMS Shirpur Campus indicators MoU with Sobus Ventures Studio (SVS) to determine Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship
- SVS will set up a multi-disciplinary Centre of Excellence to provide an impetus to Sustainable Agriculture, Textile, Health Innovations & Technology
MUMBAI, India, Oct. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Taking its imaginative and prescient of changing into a hub of analysis, innovation, and entrepreneurship, SVKM’s NMIMS has signed an MoU with Sobus Ventures Studio to create a Center of Excellence (CoE) on its Shirpur campus.
The CoE shall be centered on giving college students an expertise of entrepreneurship with the fitting framework to create startups and get a jumpstart into their careers.
“NMIMS has taken various initiatives in terms of global linkages, programs, curriculum development, and student development,” says Dr. Sharad Mhaiskar, Pro Vice Chancellor, NMIMS. “This initiative has transformed NMIMS into a globalised centre of learning and provided students with exposure to research, academics, and practical aspects. This MOU with Sobus will help us in developing and delivering curriculum, workshops, and training programs and activities. We are positive that this collaboration with Sobus will help in achieving our objectives to build a powerful innovation and entrepreneurial campus ecosystem.”
Servicing the native community and entrepreneurs within the area will even be one other focus Incubation and acceleration applications in addition to different services would discover their incomes capabilities.
“In India today, we are seeing immense economic growth. It is the third largest startup ecosystem globally. We are also a young nation with 50 percent of the population under 25 years of age,” shares Digvijay Choudhari, Director, Sobus Ventures Studio. “As a young nation, we have huge aspirations but fewer opportunities and options. To truly emerge as a strong country, every citizen needs to become a part of the India Story. This partnership aims to support NMIMS in setting up a region-specific start-up ecosystem with a focus on social enterprises. Our goal is to strengthen the local economy by creating an end-to-end business ecosystem for NMIMS.”
Sobus goals to create a 10x enhance in grassroots social startups on campus by growing a strong innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem for the establishment and the native community. The CoE shall be working intently with the completely different faculties related to the campus, particularly engineering, pharmacy, agriculture, and textile.
The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between Dr. Sharad Mhaiskar, Pro Vice-Chancellor, NMIMS University, and Digvijay Choudhari, Director, Sobus Ventures. The
NMIMS Mukesh Patel Technology Park in Shirpur is SVKM’s off-campus constituent of NMIMS a Deemed-to-be University.
About Sobus Ventures Studio Pvt Ltd
The Sobus is a platform for accelerating social business based and operated by IITians with a observe document of utilizing business as a power for social good. It permits impactpreneurs and promising social startups to innovate, set up and scale via an end-to-end ecosystem.
About NMIMS Shirpur Campus
SVKM’s NMIMS, Mukesh Patel Technology Park, Shirpur Campus is an built-in campus accepted by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi. SVKM’S NMIMS Shirpur Campus is off-campus of NMIMS (Deemed-to-be-University), NMIMS has been granted Category-I University standing vide Graded Autonomy Regulations 2018 by MHRD/UGC, (MOE)/ whereas NMIMS Mumbai Campus is NAAC accredited with A+ (CGPA of three.59.). The picturesque riverside campus of NMIMS, Shirpur, has a wealthy custom of pursuing tutorial excellence and presents industry-oriented tutorial applications and wonderful analysis infrastructure to equip college students with the ability units required to achieve the {industry}. It presents applications in Engineering, Pharmacy, Agriculture and Textiles. The multi-disciplinary nature of applications provided on campus permits it to impart an interdisciplinary schooling to all its college students. Faculty members have been fastidiously chosen in order to offer the fitting publicity and expertise from {industry} and academia to the scholars. Regular interactions with consultants from {industry} in addition to the {industry} internship program ensures that college students are well-equipped to grasp the calls for and expectations from {industry}. In addition, the University has additionally tied up with {industry} main IBM & main worldwide studying platforms like Coursera, to make sure that its college students have entry to the newest cutting-edge curriculum. The campus endeavors to offer a holistic schooling to all its college students, laying emphasis on all spherical improvement of a person. NMIMS Shirpur is a residential campus, which ensures that there are many alternatives for college students to study even past the lecture rooms. The philosophy of the campus is to offer sufficient alternatives and assets to its college students in order to encourage them to change into self-directed life-long learners. The Campus’ success in all these endeavours is mirrored by the superb efficiency and achievements of its alumni, whether or not it’s in {industry}, greater schooling or entrepreneurship.
