A post graduate in Industrial Microbiology from University of Madras having professional experience in enzyme technology and business development. He had also been marketing and senior executive for 2 years. Ajmal is passionate about bio-technology and currently pursuing wok in area of “Effluent Treatment by Enzymes”.

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Production of enzymes to treat the effluent of industries like leather, textile, food, drug, beverages & etc. The technology involved is enzyme technology. His team consists of 4 members with good exposure in areas like product development, marketing and business development. Ajmal would require preliminary infrastructure support like fermentors, autoclave, hot air oven, incubator, centrifuge and lyophilizer to carry out his product development activities. The project would cost approximately 6.5 Lakhs.

Why be an Entrepreneur?
“To build an empire that would strive to build a committed brand in providing good quality product and services”

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Ajmal says “His stay in VITTBI for three months had given him lot of information and exposure on marketing, business strategies & its implementation. Ajmal thanks VITTBI team for the kind support rendered to him.”
 

A Mechanical Engineer from University of Madras and worked as tool room engineer for 2 years. He has a vast exposure in design and manufacturing sector for 10 years. Presently, owning a construction company which builds residential houses. His passion lies in non-renewable energy sources and aspires to launch solar energy products for the benefit of the mankind.

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The product is team generation unit using solar energy. The product deploys combination of technologies FPC (Flat Plate Collector), EVB (Evacuated Vacuum Box) and CSP (Concentrated Solar Power) to bring down the cost of the existing appliances by 50%. The spin of the technology would result in appliance like water heaters, solar cookers & others. Thanigai has been in the business for more than 5 years in construction industry. He has team which has strong hands on experience in product design, production and business development. The estimated project cost around 22.25 lakhs.

Why be an Entrepreneur?
“Entrepreneurship is a challenge and rarity, hence taking up the challenge and becoming successful is a great recognition. An opportunity to earn unlimited money and independence”

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Thanigai feels that “The interactions with various entrepreneurs, industry experts helped him to get new business ideas, to get know basic difficulties a start-ups face, and moreover their inspiring motivational spirit was worth a million.”
 

She is doctorate in Botany specializing in Floristic research and her deep passion lies in sustaining a cleaner and green environment. Her current area of work is in Bio-Remediation to remedy the polluted land and water.

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Bioremediation is process to remediate pollute land or water using living organisms. Microbes developed are introduced in the soil for cleaning up the toxic substances present in the soil. Remediation is done specific to effluent, site, and ecosystem. The project would require a capital expense of 11.22 lakhs.

Why be an Entrepreneur?
“To help the needy and the under privileged and create more jobs”

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Sharmila expresses “It is the kind of program she was looking forward to start her venture as she had been toiling over the idea for 3 years and now she feels that she is all set to start to chase her aspirations.”
 

A commerce graduate having strong inclination in areas like web development and E-commerce. He also has rich retail experience of owning and running a retail shop at his place of residence. His latest venture is in mobile application which aims to provide a technology platform to user to upload and download content from web to mobile and vice versa.

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Mobile Veda- A simplified web based SMS gateway solution for online transfer of SMS messages to cater to the needs of the individual as well as business users for regular text communication and also data capturing/manipulation/ reporting requirements. Ganesh backbone is his team member with varied industrial functional exposure in system security, networking, web development, web applications and management exposure ins areas like project management, marketing and sales. The project would require a capital of 1.05 lakhs (for first six months).

Why be an Entrepreneur?
“Gives him an opportunity to be a creator than a follower”

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Ganesh is overwhelmed with the environment provided for learning and feels that “such organization would enable entrepreneurs a concurrent learning and as well as lead them to implementation”
 

Srikanth holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from University of Madras and worked as assistant to chartered accountants for two & half years. However his passion for business from his schooling days made him to alter his career path and he went to enrich himself for sound sales knowledge. Today he stands to have not only sales but also a business experience of 6 years in education industry.

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The business envisages development of interactive tools and software packages of language learning (English & Other Foreign Languages) & Business Communication products /services through information and communication technology. The initial fund estimated is around 9 lakhs. He would require supporting software’s to build his product, access to computers and manpower.

Why be an Entrepreneur?
“To achieve fame, wealth and provide learning opportunities at minimal cost”

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Srikanth feel that “The program had lead him to the right direction be it in terms of scaling up his existing business, bringing in fresh perspectives to his business and even to the extent implementing innovative concepts in his product” and also adds a remark stating “the program is not only worth the efforts in fact its more than that”.
 

Rajakumar by profession is a junior technical assistant in the Department of Handlooms (Tamil Nadu, Government of India). He has around 27 years of manufacturing experience in textile industry. His interest lies in designing & making garments. He had also been one the key member who was responsible of development of ancient Indian fabric named “Kutni”.

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Manufacture as special handloom fabric called KUTNI fabric made out of natural vegetable dyed, vegetarian silk and cotton yarns. The product has extensive usage in dress materials and home furnishings with huge market potential in national and international markets. The project would require a funding of Rs 10 lakhs.

Why be an Entrepreneur?
“Provides him an opportunity to utilize his knowledge”

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Rajakumar expresses that “The program helped him to gain more confidence and made him think big as he initially was thinking of just marketing his fabric but today he is planning to manufacture it too. He has also come to know that there are agencies like VITTBI and others to support budding entrepreneurs and extremely happy to associate with VITTBI”
 

Rakesh is final year B.Tech Bio-Technology student of VIT University whose passion has been business and has passion into a business “Energy & Health Drinks for Diabetics”. Rakesh had also been a part of Technology Entrepreneurship Training Program conducted by VITTBI which sow the seeds of entrepreneurship as they are students

Krishna Reddy is final year B.Tech Bio-Technology student of VIT University whose has been a technocrat from his early years a co partner in the business “Energy & Health Drinks for Diabetics”. Krishna to had been a part of Technology Entrepreneurship Training Program conducted by VITTBI which paved the way to carry out their product development activities and pilot testing activities.

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The product is targeted at diabetic people as most of the fruit based drinks have sugar levels that makes them unfit for consumption. The idea is to develop an effervescent formulation that yields fruit juice enriched with vitamins and minerals adding zero calories. The product tends to serve a niche customer segment as there is no unique product catering their needs.

Why be an entrepreneur?
“We wish to use our knowledge and skill for the best of the mankind and society”

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Rakesh’s close association with VITTBI he feels that “program structure was excellent as he had some great learning experience and opportunity to network with eminent resource person”

Krishna says, “Program helped him realize certain business opportunities and the business approach required for a start–up”.
 

Selvarajan has a diversified business and industrial exposure. Selvarajan for the past 15 years had been in the publishing line and now plans to expand his business form traditional publishing to emerging E-Publishing.

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Digital age publishing intends to have a state of the art facility where in they intend to produce high quality digital conversion of existing /new books . the project serves to cater, libraries , universities, research institutions, museums, and other archival libraries. The project costs, approximately Rs. 108.00 lakhs

Why be an Entrepreneur?
“To give more meaning to his life”

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Selvarajan is “is happy and satisfied with program”
 

Hari Rastogi with his avid interest in business pursued various activities in organization like Green peace, Indiainfoline, Jivan Jyothi & CRY to acquire field experience about various dimension of business and entrepreneurship even before he completed his graduation. Hari Rastogi is an Electronics & Communication Engineer from VTU University, Bangalore and currently running a financial consultancy firm “Star Shine Consultancy “with offices in Bangalore & Varanasi. Hari with his mission to serve the society at large is on his next venture “Aarohan Consultanv & Services” which provides educational service to student community.

Naman is pursuing his engineering in Computers Science & Technology under VTU University, Bangalore. Naman has a relentless drive to serve the society and it is with zeal he set out his start his entrepreneurial journey at VITTBI. He is venturing into a services business “Aarohan Consultancy & Services” which would provides education related information service to students

Rajneesh Pandey a information science & technology graduate from VTU University, Bangalore. He plans to start “Aarohan Consultancy& Services” with his friends Naman& Hari and the support of VITTBI


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Aarohan Consultancy Services offer complete career guidance from class X to XII and to graduates from every field. The product is highly customized and interactive to suit the need of the students and graduates. The services would deploy latest technologies ( data mining, SMS Gateway & Others ) as well involve individual interaction with experts and professional form their career path.

Why be an Entrepreneur?
“Entrepreneurship is their passion” and with this passion “We would like to provide opportunities to the deserving and needy thereby helping them realize their dream’s”

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Naman remarks saying that “The program had opened his eyes, broke many of his assumptions about entrepreneurship and feels that it has given him a firm–footing knowledge and experience to build upon. He is happy that he had great exposure in such a less time and would remain indebted to VITTBI for the same.”

Hari feels that “He has learnt a lot from the program and would go on to implement them through out this life”

According to Rajneesh opinion “the program had helped him generate new business ideas, forming alliances, partnerships, & attract potential clients”.
 

Sounthar has a strong liking for high tech products. It his strong inclination, today he has 4 patents under his belt though not holding any professional qualification. He is very much eager to solve the energy problem and it this pursuit he has once again designed a new concept called “Solar High Electric Energy Converter” which he plans to design and build for the world as a solution to world energy needs.

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Solar High Electric Energy Converter has a convex lens antenna to converge the sunlight into fibre optic light guides thereby making them incident on UTC photodiodes which in turn coverts the light energy into electrical energy.

Why be an Entrepreneur?
“To realize his innovative ideas into practical utility products”

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Sounthar feels “program of such sort is what would help inventors like him to scale their invention into product and also admits that had he not been undergoing this program he would have taken at least 12 months or more to start his venture”.
 

Prabhu is a post graduate in Bio-technology has project experience at IISS, Bangalore and off late he had been a project trainee at Geo-Marine Bio technologies Private limited, Chennai. He is currently working on a business idea of producing “Detergent Resistance Enzymes”

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Production of detergent resistant protease enzymes from microbes there by helping the allied industries both technologically and economically. The application of the product would provide functional benefits like stain removal, bleaching and others. The estimated project cost amounts to be Rs. 8.5 lakhs.

Why be an Entrepreneur?
“Provide opportunities to the present and the future generations”

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Prabhu comments that “the program sessions were good and very useful to him”