2016-2017

Annual Report

www.cuceed.org

40 +

Successful

StartUps

2

Incubators 50 +

Events

1200 +

Students

Sensitized

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PRESENTED TO

Dr. Ashok Chitkara

Chancellor, Chitkara University

Dr. Madhu Chitkara

Pro Chancellor, Chitkara University

Mr. Mohit Chitkara

Vice President, Chitkara Educational Trust

Prepared by:

Team CEED

(Sumeer Walia, Dr. Neha Kishore, Jugneet Bajwa)

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Contents >>

From Director’s Desk 4 Our Team @ glance 5 About CEED 6 Our Brochure 14

Entrepreneurship @ CII 15 Entrepreneurship @ CUHP 47 Our Entrepreneurs in News 75 MOUs Signed 80

We all want to Transform India, but the first step towards doing it is Transforming the People.

We have the world’s largest youth absorption, so we desperately need to create more jobs.

"India needs entrepreneurs."

Centre for Entrepreneurship

Education and Development

Chitkara Innovation Incubator

Chitkara University, HP

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From Director’s Desk >>

"Robust mentoring programs are needed. That means looking for

ideas as per market needs. Seed funding comes next. This is essential

for innovative engineering startups ready with prototypes for industry

linkage on a perpetual basis."

Dear Patron,

Greetings from CEED!

Chitkara University Centre for Entrepreneurship and Education Development was formed on

15th May 2016. We came active with our events in May end 2016 with our first major event

Startup Weekend. This three day event conducted at our sprawling campus at Chitkara

University marked the beginning of entrepreneurship development and awareness at Chitkara

University. Over 100 students from various streams participated in this Internationally

acclaimed business plan competition. In a short span of 11 months we have been able to

conduct over 40 events and sensitize over 2000 students on Entrepreneurship as an alternative

career. With constant mentoring programs and visits of noted Industry Mentors, we have been

able to set a base on entrepreneurship development at our Campus and at our Startup

Incubator in Chandigarh, where we host over 35 Startups.

I thank each and every one who has helped us to build CEED. We specially thank the Chitkara

University Management for having faith in our abilities. I and my team thank team CURIN to

associate with us and support us.

Looking forward to a great next year, 2017-2018.

Best Wishes,

Sumeer Walia

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Our Team @ Glance >>

Dr. Neha Kishore Ms. Jugneet Bajwa Associate Director, CEED Community Manager

Mr. Paramveer Singh Mr. Surendra Sharma Video Editor Accounts Manager

Ms. Ritika Kalra Student Intern

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26 Innovations & Patents

Filed

10 Student Startups

5k Student Alumni

Network

50 Entrepreurs

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>> ABOUT CEED

We all want to witness India- as a Renewed Nation. Our country has three factors going for it:

the world’s largest youth absorption, the hyper-aspirations of its youth, and their edginess with

comprehending their goals. India needs to create more jobs, India needs more entrepreneurs.

We need to remove barriers for entrepreneurs. AirBnB as an example of a company reduces

barriers for potential hosts and guests to contact each other and rate one another, thus

building a virtuous cycle for business – this model offers a lot of learning for the Indian business

ecosystem. Chitkara University Centre for Entrepreneurship Education & Development

(CUCEED) has indeed imbibed this rhythm of igniting young minds to nurture the Nation’s vision

of STARTUP INDIA-STAND UP INDIA. The journey has just begun with firm footholds to conquer

the plethora of opportunities wherein students, faculty, alumni and community entrepreneurs

get the belongingness of a company.

>> OUR VISION

CEED is enthusiastic to evolving vibrant, viable, principled and socially accountable

entrepreneurs through an all-inclusive slant of global entrepreneurship platform including

entrepreneurial way of discerning, training and constructing confidence for the future members

of our society.

The members through a real-world and hands-on approach to wisdom cultivate amongst

themselves critical entrepreneurial performances and attitudes, advance essential knowledge

and skills, and are able to discourse everyday problems faced by the community.

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>> CEED AIMS TO FOSTER A WHOLESOME ECOSYSTEM

FOR STARTUPS

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>> CEED CREATES VALUE: THIS IS HOW CEED OPERATES

STRUCTURED MENTORING PROGRAM

Mentoring increases companies odds of success. We understand the journey and advise

accordingly

FOCUS ON STUDENT STARTUPS

The idea is to encourage innovation and creativity there is no time and age to build an idea, so

you can start early

FOCUS ON INDUSTRY NETWORK

The notion is to foster continuous and sustained engagement between large corporates and

innovative technology ventures. We connect the startup to industry leaders for better exposure

and knowledge to build their business.

PROVISION OF CEED FUND

Each year, CEED considers and screens the student startup for early stage and SEED money to

motivate the startup and its idea.

PROVISION OF SUBSIDIZED INCUBATION SPACE

We help your startup to create, develop and design by providing an office space, where you and

your team can brainstorm and work together as one unit. We have a physical co-working space

for start-ups near Chandigarh-IT Park

FOCUSED ACCELERATION PROGRAM

We help the growth and development of entrepreneurial talent in youth. Acceleration program

equips young startups with the tools and skills required to start and grow their successful

business.

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>> OUR MENTORS

Sameer Sharma Vice President, Little

Aman Chugh Financial Expert (CA)

Kunal Nandwani Co- Founder CAN

Suhas Misra CEO Tardigrade HealthTech

Private Ltd.

Manish Chopra CEO/Co-Founder Little

Internet Private Ltd.

Sofi Zahoor HR Director Quark Inc.

Munish Johar CEO/Founder of GrayCell

Aanan Khurma Innovation Strategist

Vineet Khurana Head Operations, CAN

Harpreet Singh Bhatia Business Strategist

Abhiraj Malhotra CEO & Founder, Schoolpad

Sachin Sharma Tech Expert

Robust

Mentoring

Team

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>> OUR PARTNERS

TECHNICAL PARTNER BRANDING PARTNER

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>> OUR SIGNATURE EVENTS

Start Up OPD: A clinic designed and crafted by Chitkara University and its department of

Entrepreneurship Development - CEED, this program is conducted every week at both

our campuses, addressing the mentoring and hand holding needs of student Startups.

Start Up Day: A unique “Business Idea Challenge” with hundreds of students

participating, this event is aimed at promoting young entrepreneurs at Chitkara, and is a

brainchild of Centre for Entrepreneurship Education and Development (CEED).

Start Up Weekend: Spread over 2-3 days, these events bring innovative ideas to life in a

lean way, and are aimed at maximum learning in minimum time, and is crafted by CEED.

Just Candid Talk-Series: An in-house initiative by Chitkara University to foster

entrepreneurship culture and accelerate entrepreneurship knowledge in our ecosystem.

ProtoHack Chandigarh: This 12-hour long 'Business Idea Hackathon' brings a mix of

people with very diverse skill sets together to collaborate their ideas with experienced

mentors refining their pitches and prototypes throughout the day, before finally

pitching to our distinguished jury.

My Story Session: An informal engagement event that involves candid conversations,

ideas, community betterment initiatives and opportunities in business, with over 25

CEO's and Co-founders getting together over coffee and snacks.

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CEED BROCHURE >>

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Entrepreneurship Development@ CII >>

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>> CHITKARA INNOVATION INCUBATOR

Chitkara Innovation Incubator aims to foster innovation and entrepreneurship.

State-of-the-Art Incubation Space of over 16,000 sq. ft. located at just 1 km distance

from Rajiv Gandhi IT Park, Chandigarh.

A Startup Family of 35 dynamic tech startups who actively engage with each other to

share success stories, failure lessons and sometimes, long-lasting friendships.

Regular events that enhance the entrepreneurial skills of our startup community.

Government recognized TBI (Tech Based Incubator).

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32 + Startups

>> CEED SUPPORTED INCUBATED STARTUPS

Chitkara Innovation Incubator aims to foster innovation and

entrepreneurship. We have incubated many startups the details of

them are mentioned below. We are a Government recognized TBI

(Tech Based Incubator). This

itself is a milestone to help &

motivate over existing and

aspiring startups.

The incubation houses 32

early stage Startups, these

are diverse in nature. From

IT, Engineering, innovation,

travel, Ed-tech, Media,

Content, Branding, Design,

Animation, one can find a

wonderful work culture at

this design savvy, vibrant,

informal, creative

ecosystem.

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40%

60%

Startups @ CII

Chitkara Students/ Alumni

Others

6% 11%

34%

3% 11%

3%

3%

3%

3%

3% 3%

17%

Diversified Startups @ CII

E-Commerce

Education

Information Technology

Health

Animation/Design and Branding

Art Work

Tourism

Sports

Digital Media

Industrial Automation

Investors

Services

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>> OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS

>> Incube8er, Ludhiana

Regional Entrepreneurs often meet at Incube8er, a new-found space for budding startups in

Ludhiana, a city which is gaining momentum in the startup circle steadily. The purpose behind

this Meet is to Explore Future Opportunities within the Ecosystem.

>> T-Hub, Hyderabad

One of the largest incubators

funded by the Government of

India has recently joined hands

with Chitkara University to foster

entrepreneurship across North

India. The startup ecosystem at

Chitkara has also gladly opened

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arms to welcome this move by the

incubation giant of India. More than 40

aspiring entrepreneurs and senior

faculty from University attended the

introductory session to Yes-Fintech

accelerator program (an initiative by

Yes Bank and T-Hub).

The accelerator program offers in

abundance technology expertise,

resources and opportunities for

startups in the initial phase, and we thank Mr Phani Marupaka from T-Hub for sharing his

knowledge and quality mentorship that this program offers to emerging startups.

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Events @ CII >>

>> InHouse Events Happy Friday

Entrepreneurship Knowledge series

Just Candid Entrepreneurship Knowledge Talk Series

My Story Session

Startup weekend Music Edition

Table Tennis tournament

Expert Talk on Startup India Standup India

>> External Events THE NEXT BIG IDEA

Startup Weekend Ludhiana

Inventors on a Hilltop

PROTOHACK

Incube8er Launch

Yes- Fintech, Accelerator Program

‘CONNECT 2 EFFECT’ HACKATHON 2017

>> CEEDs Global Existence TECHSTARS APAC SUMMIT 2016- PHILIPPINES Social Entrepreneurship with

Startups, Innovation and Opportunities with UK

Visit of International delegates

Visit of Mr. Fred Walti from US Embassy

ENACTUS

Visit of students of Aurobindo School

TiE Global Summit 2016

TIECON CHANDIGARH 2017

Table Tennis Tournament 2017 (2nd Edition)

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>> Happy Friday’s (29th July, 2016)

‘Happy Friday’ is a fortnightly informal engagement

event that involves fun events, breakthroughs, with

over 30 CEO's and Co-founders from our vibrant

ecosystem getting together over coffee and snacks.

Chitkara Innovation Incubator welcomed 9 new

startups in its first Happy Friday event on 29th July, 2016

at the buzzing hub of Chitkara Innovation Incubator and

our Budding Startup "The Friends Bench Cafe" (student

startup) had volunteered and hosted a Live Cuisine

along with Live Music at the Incubator.

On March 3, 2017 in the Happy Friday event our Health

expert Mr. Manuj Nagpal shared the secret of his fitness by

giving health tips and healthy bites to the Incubates at the

Chitkara Innovation Incubator.

He worked in a live kitchen and cooked 2 delicious yet

healthy recipes for the incubates which were quick and

easy to make with health as its main quotient.

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>> Entrepreneurship Knowledge Series (Sep 3-4, 2016)

A two day Entrepreneurship Knowledge Series program started on 3rd September , 2016 at the

Chitkara Innovation Incubator in which more than 35 members from variant domains came

together to share their experiences and knowledge with each other for impactful results. The

program had a great start with the knowledge sharing session on how to create a real product

and startup addressed by Kunal Nandwani, ‎Founder & CEO, uTrade Solutions.

The programme had a wonderful ending on its second day on September 4, with the rise of

possibilities in tie ups amongst the group mates, partnerships, knowledge transfer, discussions,

team building solutions, patent ownership and transfer opportunities, new friendships and a lot

more.

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>> Just Candid: Entrepreneurship Knowledge Talk series

(28th Sep, 2016)

Just Candid is an exclusive in-house initiative by Chitkara University to foster entrepreneurship

culture and accelerate an entrepreneurship knowledge in our ecosystem. Interview is done in

an informal setting over a cup of coffee at The

Hyatt Regency (Hospitality partner) where young

entrepreneurs come and share their journey,

knowledge and advise the youth and emerging

entrepreneurs.

The First episode was Inaugurated on 28th September, 2016 at The Hyatt Regency by the Dr. Madhu Chitkara, Pro Chancellor, Chitkara University and also an inspirational women entrepreneur of the region.

Other Entrepreneurs who shared the screen were

Mr. Ankit Bhateja, Founder of Xovian Research and Technologies

Mr. Salman Ansari, Co-Founder of Itmatic

Mr. Dan Sandhu, Chairman & CEO, Digital Assess

Mr. Oliver Grand Homm, France

Mr. Anil Chhikara, CEO Marco Polo ventures

Mr. Suhas Misra, Co-Founder Paper Boat Drinks

Mr. Sameer Sharma, Vice President, Littleapps.in

Mr. Kunal Nandwani, Founder & CEO at u-Trade solutions

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>> My Story Session (7th Nov, 2016)

'My Story Session' is a monthly informal engagement event that involves candid

conversations, ideas, community betterment initiatives and opportunities in business, with

over 30 CEO's and Co-Founders from our vibrant ecosystem getting together over coffee

and snacks.

Over 29 Startups, which are housed

at the vibrant Chitkara Innovation

Incubator got together on 7th

November, 2016 for a newly started

CEO networking program "My story

session". The inaugural edition's

speaker was Abhiraj Malhotra- CEO

Schoolpad, who was also the

convener of this program.

The second volume of My Story Session concluded on December7, 2016 with valuable

inputs coming from more than 20 CEOs who have their Startups @ Chitkara Innovation

Incubator. The second edition was facilitated by Mr. Ajay Deep - CEO Chandigarh Metro,

and managed by Jugneet Bajwa - Community Manager CEED.

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>> Startup Weekend Music

Edition (11th Nov, 2016)

Startup Weekend Chandigarh on Nov 11, 2016 powered

by Google a platform for the upcoming talent, a place

where your dreams take shape and also get every

participant 4 weeks of free space in Startup Hub

powered by Chitkara Innovation Incubator.

>> Table Tennis Tournament -

2016 (23rd Dec, 2016)

Dec 23, 2016 was the day of Finale of the Table Tennis

Tournament (singles) which took place at the Chitkara

Innovation Incubator with more than 20 participants,

and head on matches in knock out rounds. Sabhya

singal (Scribble monk) won the title.

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>> Expert Talk on ‘Startup India Standup India’ (4th Feb,

2017)

Major Benefits of Prime Minister Mr. Narendera Modi's 'Startup India Standup India' discussed

over coffee with Mr. S M Mustafa.

Over 30 diverse startups from all over

Punjab attended the 3-hour session at

Chitkara Innovation Incubator on 4th

Feb, 2017, and surprisingly, the

audience admitted that they were

earlier not aware about many of the

facts about the policy that were

discussed. Mr. Mustafa explained the

rules and regulations of Startup India

Policy and also discussed the hassels

that a Startup face while registering in

the policy. Many other compliance rules and mandates were discussed with the enthusiast

startups.

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35 Startups

Under One

Roof

>>THE NEXT BIG IDEA (13th July, 2016)

CEED successfully

conducted an

entrepreneurial event

THE NEXT BIG IDEA at

Hyatt Regency Chandigarh

on 13th July 2016 where over 35 Startups attended

the orientation which further leads to their

participation at a mega event. The session was

conducted by Mr. Ankur Khera from NEXT BIG IDEA,

Mumbai. More than 20 Startups from Punjab and other parts of North India applied in the

competition. The winners got the chance to go to Toronto and work there for 2 weeks which

further opened the doors to the entrepreneurial ecosystem both in India and Canada. Noted

Investors from Jaarvis and other independent Investors were also present in the event. This

event was collaboratively supported by Hyatt Regency Chandigarh, Chitkara University and

HDFC Bank.

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>> Startup Weekend Ludhiana (29th July, 2016)

Chitkara University Centre for Entrepreneurship and Education Development supported

"Startup Weekend Ludhiana" which took place on 29th-31st July 2016 at the Sri Aurobindo

College of Commerce & Management Ludhiana. Mr. Nitin Jain Organised the event.

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75 Innovators

Together in

Nature’s Lap

>> Inventors on a Hilltop (5th Sep, 2016)

On 5Th September, 2016 Innovators from Chitkara

University were invited by CURIN and CEED in the

Nature’s lap at Forest resort- Thapli for an meet

named as “Inventors on a hill top” where more than

10 selected innovators got a chance to pitch their

business ideas/ Innovations to a Jury Pannel and

Patents were

awarded to these

Innovators of Chitkara University.

Innovators were motivated by Mr. Arpit Dhupar (IIGP Award

winner), Mr. ArunDhir (Pharmacy), Mr. Ankit Bhateja (Xovian

Technologies), Dr Parikshit Bansal “Interdisciplinary aspects of Innovations”

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CIS Teams

wins the

Hackathon

>> PROTOHACK Chandigarh (25th Nov, 2016)

On Nov 25, 2016 the code free Hackathon took off with 45 young and vibrant entrepreneurs

participating in the 12-hour long 'Business Idea Hackathon'. A mix of people with very diverse

skill sets were seen collaborating their ideas with experienced mentors refining their pitches

and prototypes throughout the day at the Chitkara Innovation Incubator.

Inevitably, not all of the final pitches were winners, but ironically,

the team that bagged the 1st prize at ProtoHack Chandigarh

comprised of 14-year-old Aashish Raizada and 12-year-old

Jeevesh Attri, both students of Chitkara International School,

Chandigarh. Their idea was based on promoting 'Organic Polycs:

Bioplastics' as a substitute to plastic. Even the 2nd position was bagged

by a student of the same school, 12-year-old

Kawin Sharma, whose idea was called 'Active

Sharing Adolescent Portal', an app to enable

students in sharing their problems with

Counselors while maintaining anonymity.

The jury comprised of serial entrepreneurs like:

Mr. Kunal Nandwani - Founder & CEO, uTrade

Solutions

Mr. Sameer Jain - CEO, Net Solutions India

Mr. Manvir Randhawa - Founder, MRSG

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Eco-system

Partner With

Incube8er

>> Incube8er Launch @ Ludhiana (26th Dec, 2016)

In an effort to expand the Startup ecosystem within Punjab, on 26th

December, 2016 Chitkara Innovation Incubator joined hands as the

ecosystem partner with Ludhiana's first ever Incubator, located in

the heart of the city Ludhiana. The spacious facility, headed by

Mr. Nitin Jain and Mr. Pushpinder Singh has a total space of 40,000

sq. ft. Their plans are to promote co-working culture among

tech startups operating within the region.

The launch witnessed some serial

entrepreneurs from within Punjab gathering

together to grace the occasion with their

presence and suggestions to improve the

current startup scenario in the city

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T-HUB Joins

Hands With

CEED

>> Yes- Fintech, Accelerator Program (2nd Feb, 2017)

On Feb 2,

2017 the

startup

ecosystem

at Chitkara

Innovation

Incubator gladly opened arms to

welcome Mr. Phani Marupaka, Market

Intelligence Officer at T-Hub

(Hyderabad). More than 40 aspiring

entrepreneurs and senior faculty from

Chitkara University attended this introductory session to Yes-Fintech accelerator program (an

initiative by Yes Bank and T-Hub).

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>> ‘connect2effect’ Global Hackathon (Mar 10-12, 2017)

Chitkara University in association with Adrepreneurs and connect2effect campaign hosted

World’s biggest ever Hackathon where nine countries connected & collaborated simultaneously

from March 10-12, 2017 to crowd fund their next big world-changing Startup! Winning team

will get a Chance to give demo @ UN Headquarters, NYC with 1 Year of Incubation Space for a

Team of 5 and access to Mentorship from Industry Leaders and many other exclusive benefits.

It was a non-stop action with more than 18 Hack hours, an impressive lineup of World-class

inspiring Entrepreneurs learning through design and pitch development.

Over 29 teams pitched their ideas in one of the most amazing Startup battles witnessed in India

in 2017, hosted at Chitkara International School, sector 25, Chandigarh.

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29 Startups

100+

Participants

The First position went to Paperless erasable Braille slate by Mr. Kadyian and Dr. Amandeep

Oberoi from Rajpura, Punjab. Second and third position was held by Peyjal Purifier from

Ludhiana & DogsMart from New Delhi respectively.

The master Jury interacted over a panel hosted by Mentor Mr.

Sumeer Walia before the finals. The Jury Comprised of Mr. Anil

Chikkara, former Judge at Haywards 5000 Startup TV show, and

Mr. Deepak Goel, Mentor at 500 Startups. The panelists included

Entrepreneurs in Space & Aerospace engineering, Paul Sprinz-Trustee at

Influx, UK, Deepak Goel and Anil Chikkara.

The Chandigarh winning team has also now competed in crowd funding and will finally pitch at

the New York City.

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>> TECHSTARS APAC SUMMIT 2016- PHILIPPINES (22nd

Aug, 2016) CEED represented

Chitkara University and

India on a panel

discussing the efforts of

Asian countries on

promoting Startup

Culture at TECHSTARS

APAC SUMMIT 2016. On

panel were delegates

from Taiwan, Malaysia,

Thailand, Philippines and

India. Was happy to

share our governments

efforts on ATL and

Startup India Stand Up India. The panel was hosted by DTI (Govt. Department of Trade and

Industry, Philippines) and its Top Officials.

GLOBAL APAC (Asia Pacific) Techstars Summit and GOAB 2016- Geeks on a Beach Summit- 22nd

August to 26th August 2016, was attended by: Mr. Sumeer Walia (Director for Entrepreneurship

& Education Development- Chitkara University) from Bohol- Philippines.

The recent conferences (TECHSTARS APAC SUMMIT AND GOAB 2016), which saw

Entrepreneurs, Geeks, Tech folks, Investors, Community leaders, decision makers and

facilitators from over 25 countries have been able to achieve and propel successfully, a United

Startup revolution in the mystical, cultural and enterprising Asia.

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>> Startups, Innovation and Opportunities with UK (25th

May, 2016)

On 25th May, 2016 Mr. David Lelliot, Deputy High Commissioner, British High Commission along

with Major Charanjit Bachhar, Deputy Head of Mission, British Deputy High Commission,

Chandigarh visited Chitkara University for ‘Startsups, Innovation and opportunities with UK’.

The program was joined by Mr. Sumeer Walia, Director-CEED, Dr. Madhuri, Associate Director,

CEED and Ms. Sangeet Jaura, AVP International Programs/Affairs and Mr. Sanjeev, Director-

International Programs, Chitkara University.

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36 International

Delegates Visiting

CII

>> Visit of International Delegates (18th Oct, 2016)

Chitkara Innovation Incubator was visited by 36

International Professors on 18th October, 2016 to

see the vibrant ecosystem and meet the budding

startups. The Professors were here to conduct a

one week course under the Global Engineering

Week (GEW) program at

Chitkara University HP.

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>> Visit of Mr. Fred Walti from US Embassy (18th Oct,

2016)

Chitkara University and US Embassy in collaboration held an event on 18th October, 2016 at

Chitkara Innovation Incubator to discuss the importance of University based Incubators in

supporting startups. Mr. Fred Walti, President and CEO of Los Angeles Clean Tech (LACI)

Incubator lead the event who was also named to the Techweek100 as one of the most

impactful technology leaders in 2014.

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Social

Entrepreneurship

in Action

>> Social Entrepreneurship with ENACTUS (26th Oct,

2016)

Chitkara University joined hands with Enactus to foster Social

Entrepreneurship in its entrepreneurial ecosystem. In regard to this

Mr. Farhan Pettiwala, Head Enactus India visited the Chitkara

Innovation Incubator to see its buzzing startup ecosystem along

with Mr. V. Ravichandran on 26th October 2016.

An FDP on “Social Entrepreneurship With ENACTUS” was also attended by Dr. Neha Kishore,

Ms. Abha Sharma and Mr. Gaurav Kalra from the department of CEED on 25th and 26th October,

2016 at Infosys, Chandigarh. The recourse person of the workshop was Mr. V. Ravichandran in

which the participants were sensitized on the vital topics of; why do we need

Entrepreneurship? What is needed for entrepreneurs? Need of social entrepreneurs; Recent

trends followed in social entrepreneurship; Trends in Social Entrepreneurship; How do we get

more students employed? How do we get our students in right job? Impact Assessment; How

do we identify true entrepreneurs etc.

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>> Visit of students of Aurobindo School (8th Dec, 2016)

On Dec 8, 2016 students of Sri Aurobindo School, Sec -27, Chandigarh, visited Chitkara

Innovation Incubator Foundation to take the tour of our happening Startup Hub. The students

were amazed to see the buzzing co-working culture right in their city. Accompanied by Ms.

Manjeet and the school's Principal Ms. Anjali, the visit was aimed at showing the functionality

of Startup Incubators, and the collaborative aspect of co-working.

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>> TiE Global Summit 2016 (16th Dec, 2016)

CEED team lead by Director -Mr. Sumeer Walia, Associate

Director - Dr. Neha Kishore & Mr Gaurav Kalra along with

few Startups from the Chitkara Innovation Incubator

represented at TIE GLOBAL SUMMIT, New Delhi which

took place on 16-17 Dec, 2016 at Hotel Taj Palace.

Team interacted with various Industry mentors from India

and abroad including Mr. Kanwal Rekhi - Co -Founder TIE

Global and a serial Investor, Mr.Ramesh Raskar from MIT

media lab USA.

Many other startups, mentors and ace Industrialist were

the part of this 2 day Summit.

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>> TiECON Chandigarh 2017 (17th Feb, 2017)

The 'Chitkara Entrepreneurship Ecosystem' showcased with

Passion at TiECON Chandigarh on Feb 17-18, 2017 among

Top Entrepreneurs, Business Leaders & University

Researchers.

Team Chitkara displayed its pulsating ecosystem in style at

TiECON Chandigarh being held at Hyatt Regency

Chandigarh. Many top bureaucrats and industry experts

were explained in detail about the entrepreneurial activities

and academic

opportunities to

meet & learn

from inspiring entrepreneurs at “The Chitkara

Entrepreneurship Ecosystem”.

CEED Director, Mr. Sumeer Walia was one of the

panelists in different sessions. The event was

concluded with Awards Ceremony, wherein KittyBee

from Chitkara Innovation Incubator & HumHain from

Ludhiana received recognition from TIE Chandigarh.

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>> Table Tennis Tournament 2017 (2nd Edition) (21st

Apr, 2017)

Chitkara Incubator Startups battled at the Table Tennis

Tournament 2017 which started with great enthusiasm,

zeal & sportsmanship spirit on 21st April at the

Incubator. Also joined in two Women players Sushma

and Gurjeet kaur who gave a tough fight to their

opponents. Out of 20 participants, 4 groups and 40

matches, 8 quarter finalists played the matches.

The two finalists were Salman and Sabhya (Champion -

1st Edition) after a tough fight Salman won the title by

2-1.

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Entrepreneurship Development@ CUHP >>

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>> Events @ CUHP

Entrepreneurship Sensitization Sessions

Startup OPD

Startup Day 2016 Bootcamp

Startup Day 2016 Semi Finals

STARTUP DAY 2016

CUHP Faculty Visit to Chitkara Innovation Incubator

UN Influx Boot Camp at Chitkara University

Digital Transformation Workshop by Mr. Raghav Husnagi

Expert Talk by Mr. Ravi Mantha

CUHP Students Visit to Chitkara Innovation Incubator

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1200+

Students

sensitized

>> Entrepreneurship Sensitization Sessions

Student sensitization sessions on entrepreneurship are conducted every Friday from 9:00 AM to

11:00 AM at Chitkara University HP. The sessions are conducted by renowned industry experts

and mentors.

Total number of Students Sensitized: 1258

BE Batch 2016: 420 (CSE), 18 (ECE), 73 (CE)

BE Batch 2015: 315 (CSE), 23 (ECE), 109 (CE)

BE Batch 2014: 120 (CSE), 50 (ECE), 60 (CE)

BE Batch 2013: 60 (CSE), 40 (ECE), 40(CE)

Total number of Startups idea came to floor: 34

CSE 80%

ECE 11%

CE 9%

Student Participation Percentage

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I II III IV

Student Participation from BE CSE

No. of Students

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4

5

6

III IV

Student Participation from BE CE

No. of Students

0

1

2

3

4

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II III IV

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No. of Students

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17 Startup

OPDs

Conducted

>> Startup OPD

Taking a step forward and to provide dedicated mentoring to its

student startups, fostering an on Campus entrepreneurial

ecosystem, CEED launched an impacting mentoring program

"Startup OPD" on 29th July 2016 at Chitkara University, HP.

Startup OPD is an informal and an internal mentoring program to

motivate Student Startups, a two hour mentoring clinic every Friday for early and Idea Stage

Startups. The university has been swift in grooming its students on developing effective pitch

decks and understanding the scope of innovative prototyping.

No. of Startup OPDs conducted: 17

Facilitators:

Mr. Sumeer Walia: 8

Dr. Neha Kishore: 7

Mr. Gaurav Kalra: 2

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Sr. No.

Level of Monitoring

Name Stream Year Idea Sector Session

1 Level-0

Deepak Sharma BE CSE III

Parking solution Service

16/9/16, Mentor

alloted- Mr. Hardeep

Singh Nischit BE CSE III

2 Level-0 Rukul Raina BE CSE II

Online T-shirt printing

Product/

service Rishabh Chauhan BE CSE II

3 Level-0

Vivek Khanna BE ECE IV

Cycle Stops in Shimla

Service, Innovati

on

Mentor allotted Mr.

Sumeer Walia

Akshay Thakur BE ECE IV

Shubham Himta BE ECE IV

Kartik Saluja BE ECE IV

4 Level-0 Divam BE CSE III

Swach Chai Service

1/3/2017, mentor

alloted- Mr. Salman, Dr.

Neha

Deepak Sharma BE CSE III

Vedant BE CSE III

5 Level-1

Rishabh Kharbanda BE CSE IV

Nxtgen Gaming e-sports startup

service, Product

05/9/16 CUPB,

Mentor alloted

Aenaa Bhatnagar BE CSE IV

Sukhwinder BE CSE IV

6 Level-0

Gurdeep Chawla BE CSE III TechVission

App developers-

Pparking Product

16/9/16, Mentor

alloted- Mr. Hardeep

Singh Dixit Tandon BE CSE III

7

Level-0

Gurdeep Chawla BE CSE III

Designing

Service

16/9/16, Mentor

alloted- Mr. Hardeep

Singh, Mr. Sumeer Walia

Basant BE CSE III

Harman Kaur BE CSE III

Parul Chandla BE CSE II

8 Level-0 Aditya Mahajan BE CSE III App

develpoment Service Mentored by

Dr. Neha Akshay Thakur BE CSE III

9 Level-0 Aditya Mahajan BE CSE III

Gyming Device Product Mentored by

Dr. Neha Akshay Thakur BE CSE III

10 Level-0

Gagandeep Singh BE CSE III

Fashion accessories- site-inspired Product

7/10/2016, Mentor

alloted- Mr. Vineet Saini, Mr. Satyam Harnoor Singh BE CE III

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Malhotra

11 Level-0 Yash Mittal BE CSE III

Multi-function fan Product

mentored by Dr. Neha

12 Level-0 Pratyaksh BE ECE III

Morse Code Pen for blind Product

mentored by Dr. Neha

13

Level-1

Aniket BE ECE IV

Smart Inverter Product

7/10/2016, Mentor

alloted- Mr. Guneet Singh

Hitesh BE ECE II

Arjun BE CSE II

Abhijeet BE ECE IV

14

Level-0

Aniket BE ECE IV

CarbonMonoxide filter

Product

7/10/2016, Mentor

alloted- Mr. Guneet Singh

Hitesh BE ECE II

Arjun BE CSE II

Abhijeet BE ECE IV

15 Level-0 Ashish Vadhan BE CSE III

Virtual Piggy Bank

Service 13.2.17,

mentored by Dr. Neha Atul Rana BE CSE III

16 Level-0 Abhinav Sidana BE CSE I

Wireless Charger Product

13.2.17, mentored by Dr. Neha

17 Level-1

Divam BE CSE III

ePortal for local grocery Service

30/1/2017, mentor

alloted- Mr. Salman,

build app

Deepak Sharma BE CSE III

Vedant BE CSE III

18 Level-0

Aman Mahajan BE CSE I

Auto maker Product / service

Mentored by Dr. Neha ,

Mr. Sumeer walia

Swapnil BE CSE I

Kartik Chopra BE CSE I

19 Leve-0

Vinay Chadha BE CE IV

Construction Design

Consultancy Service

13.2.17, mentored by

Dr. Neha

Nikhil Thakur BE CE IV

Jaspreet Singh BE CE IV

Dheeraj Sharma BE CE IV

20 Leve-1

Manik Sharma BE CSE I

E-STATIONARY Service

30/1/2017, mentor

alloted- Mr. Sumeer, perform survey

Mohanish Kumar BE CSE I

Rohan Dhaload BE ECE I

Kavish Bindal BE CSE I

21 Level-0 Shaantam Anand BE CSE III Tutorial

Connect Service

3.3.17, mentored by

Dr. Neha Suryadeep Singh BE CSE III

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Outcome:

Five of the 21 ideas have moved from idea stage to the prototype development stage and

are busy working on their prototype. One of the idea of the Startup INNOV8 India, Smart

Inverter got patented and is now provided space at the incubator along with mentoring.

They have also won second prize at Startup Day 2016. Another startup Swachh Chai was

provided with a live experience at UNInflux Global Hackathon Connect2Effect.

Service 29%

Pure Business/ Service/ IT

18% Product/ Service 12%

Product 20%

Innovation 21%

Student Startup Interests

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200+

Students

Participated

>> Events Organized @CUHP

>> Startup Day 2016 Bootcamp (27th Sep, 2016)

The University has been effectively running mentoring program

with its much mature business idea development program

named STARTUP DAY, crafted and designed by University in 2016,

which offers a winning prize upto 1000 USD for the best business

pitch and 1 year of free Incubation space.

The first ever Startup day was conducted at Chitkara

University, H.P. in the month of October. The journey of

the Startup Day began with a boot camp on 27th Sep’16

where students randomly pitched their ideas, interactive

session with the guests and the audience followed by

question and answer session. The ideas were scrutinized by

a carefully selected panel of speakers. Boot Camp of a

single Startup Day witness over 200+ students being

sensitized towards entrepreneurship, and these students

actively interacted with the guests to refine both their

products as well as pitches. Ace Mentor and Innovator

Kunal Nandwani, Founder uTrade Solutions and Mr. Ashish

Grover, Co-Founder uTrade Solutions were the guests of

the day. Students loved the candid session with the guests, and interacted with them actively.

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20 Teams

Competing

>> Startup Day 2016 Semi Finals (17th Oct, 2016)

On October 17 the Semi-finals of the Startup Day was conducted with

20 diverse student startups pitching their business in a closed room,

bidding for a place at the Grand Finale on the 21st October 2016.

With each entrepreneur having 5 minutes to pitch for attention

and further exposure in the Finale. The jury had a tough time

choosing the best of the amazingly presented ideas and shortlisted 10

best out of them. The ideas were judged by Mr. Sumeer Walia, Dr. Neha Kishore

and Ms. Abha Sharma.

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10 Teams, 45

Students

Pitching

>> ‘STARTUP DAY 2016!’ sets the stage for future

entrepreneurs at Chitkara University (21st Oct, 2016)

Startup Day is the perfect platform to help encourage excellence and innovation among student

startups at Chitkara, and also provides some amazing role models and inspiration for the

entrepreneurs of the future.

On October 21, Start Up Day 2016 culminated into a grand success at the Chitkara University

HP. With over a hundred students of the University participating in this “Business Idea

Challenge”, the event surpassed all limits of grandeur. Aimed at promoting young

entrepreneurs, Start Up Day is a brainchild of Centre for Entrepreneurship Education and

Development (CEED).

To give you a quick recap, 20 Teams participated this year in Start Up Day and out of them 10

Teams were shortlisted for today’s Grand Finale. Each team gave a 3-minute presentation on

their idea, which was followed by further questions from the jury to test their research and

preparation. Everyone was amazed to see the level of dedication that students displayed while

presenting their unique ideas. The event was graced by the presence of our Pro Chancellor Dr.

Madhu Chitkara, and our panel of jury comprised of distinguished entrepreneurs.

Jury:

James McCartney (BCIT-Vancouver)

Munish Jauhar (Co-founder, Chandigarh Angels Network)

Gaurav Mehta (Co-founder , Quiddich- MUMBAI)

Dr. Silvana, University of Macedonia Other guests were:

Ms. Claudia from USIL, Peru.

Ms. Alejandro-USIL-, Miami, FL.

Manuj Nagpal (Lakme Fashion Week 2015 Model)

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Also, we are proud to share the winning teams of Start Up Day 2016!

1st Prize: Rs. 50,000/- and 12 months working space

Team: CU Researchers

(BE ECE third year students) Concept: Making a heat seeker portable mobile charger of 20,000 mah

2nd Prize: Rs. 30,000/- and 6 months working space

Team: Change Sphere

(BE ECE fourth year students)

Concept: Smart Inverters

3rd Prize: Rs. 20,000/- and 6 months working space

Team: Let’s Change The World

(BE CSE second year students)

Concept: Anti-collision, ultrasonic sensors for railways

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This is just the start of their journey into entrepreneurship. The winners of Start Up Day are

exclusively mentored and helped to kick start their concept in the market. Also, they are being

provided with working space at the Incubator and University to fulfill their aspirations.

StartUp Day 2016!

CUHP Gets its First Three Startups!!

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20

Innovators &

Heads @ CII

>> Faculty Visit to Chitkara Innovation Incubator (14th

Dec, 2016)

All Thanks to an initiative by our Chancellor Dr. Ashok Chitkara, a delegation of 20 Innovators

and Heads of Departments from Chitkara University's Himachal Pradesh

visited the buzzing Start Up Incubator on 14th December 2016 to join

hands in the mission to build more entrepreneurs from within the

University.

On this occasion, a tour of the vibrant facility was given to the

delegates, and some of the startups interacted with the guests and gave

a brief of their work profiles. Later, an orientation session was organized by CEED Team, where

CEED Director Mr Sumeer Walia presented the Keynote, followed by brief introduction of CEED

and Mr Gaurav Kalra, Manager - Entrepreneurship Development at CEED delivered an

informative presentation centered around CEED's initiatives and processes. Post orientation,

guests engaged in a Q&A round to clarify their doubts and also gave suggestions to maintain

swift communication between the Faculty and CEED.

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200+ Budding

Entrepreneurs

>> UNInflux Boot Camp at Chitkara University, HP Kicks-

off with a Full House (13th Feb, 2017)

On February 13 Team CEED organized an Entrepreneurship mentoring session and a Boot Camp

on UN Influx 'India Regional Hackathon' - Chandigarh Connect2Effect in Chitkara University, HP.

The session kicked off in style, with 200+ budding entrepreneurs engaging in various activities

aimed at strengthening their entrepreneurial mindset. The session was conducted to gather

registrations from within the Campus to sensitize the students for participating in this

prestigious event. The session was conducted by Mr. Gaurav Kalra and Dr. Neha Kishore.

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70+

Participants

>> Digital Transformation Workshop by Mr. Raghav

Husnagi (April 6-10, 2017)

Mr. Raghav Hunasgi, Chief Advisor – UN –Digital and social Media

(South East Asian Countries), a speaker, an author and also a

Startup mentor conducted a 5 day workshop on Digital

Transformation, which was attended by 50 BE CSE 3rd year students

along with faculty and staff at Chitkara University HP.

Workshop was an initiative taken and organized by CEED to make

the students aware of the latest tools & techniques and importance

& requirement of digital transformation.

Mr. Hunasgi educated the students on topics like Social Media Threat

Management, Social Outreach Tools, Hype cycle, stages of

transformation, SEO, SEM, keyword research, Google trends,

Google analytics, email marketing, Product management plan,

approaches to online community development, marketing

through public relations, define the audience and growth strategy.

Along with this he also emphasized on taking part in activities which helped

the students in learning better coordination, communication being in a team which he titled as

the most important skill for working in a corporate sector. He also suggested the students to

must go through books like Zero to One, 80-20, elephants can’t dance, Here will not get you

there etc.

Workshop was a big success with all its participants enriched by the knowledge of digital world.

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Serial Investor

@ CUHP

>> Expert Talk by Mr. Ravi Mantha (11th Apr, 2017)

Chitkara University, hosted a very amazing personality

Mr. RAVI MANTHA, a Serial Investor and fondly a

Wellness Coach on 11th April’17. Over 150 aspiring

students attended the engaging talk and learn the tips

to be an entrepreneur and how they can setup their

own Startup.

It was an inspiring session where Mr. Mantha shared

with our students - his journey, the challenges he

faced, his biggest achievements, the lessons he learnt

and to top it all, his fitness secrets. He ended the

session by singing a beautiful old song in his melodious

voice which made the environment full of vigour &

celebrations.

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50+ Students

@ CII

>> CUHP Students Visit to Chitkara Innovation Incubator

(17th Apr, 2017)

On 17th of April 2017, the

students of first year BE

CSE were taken for an

Industrial Visit to the

Chitkara Innovation

Incubator accompanied by

Dr. Shefali Batra. After reaching the destination

students were given a tour of the Incubator. The

visit was mainly to emphasis on the exposure of

students to the entrepreneurial culture and

difference between corporate sector jobs and non-

conventional areas.

The students visited office of different startups at the Incubator. While interacting to Mr.

Kshitijj Sachdeva, Co-founder Logolize, students came to know about the various pros and cons

of starting own venture and how to survive in the competition against your contenders. Mr.

Sachdeva told the struggle of finding the appropriate team for his company in the marathon to

success. Also he stressed upon how nice it is to work at Chitkara Incubator Centre.

It was a great experience for students to get vast exposure regarding the competitive world and

co-operate system. Students came to know about the benefits of Start-ups over any Corporate

Job. All the students were encouraged to think something new and innovate.

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>> OUTCOME

o Details of Extension activities

Sr.

No.

Event/Theme

/Activity Date Place

No. of

Participa

nts from

CUHP

No. of

Participa

nts from

Outside

CUHP

Prizes/Awards/

Achievements

1 Startup Day 21 Oct’16 Chitkara University,

Himachal Pradesh

80 Nil 1st Prize: Rs. 50,000/-

and 12 months working

space

Team: CU Researchers

Concept: Making a heat

seeker portable mobile

charger of 20,000 mah

2nd Prize: Rs. 30,000/-

and 6 months working

space

Team: Change Sphere

Concept: Smart Inverters

3rd Prize: Rs. 20,000/-

and 6 months working

space

Team: Let’s Change The

World Concept: Anti-

collision, ultrasonic

sensors for railways This

is just the start of their

journey into

entrepreneurship.

2 PROTOHACK 25 Nov’16 Chitkara Innovation

Incubator

10 35 -

3

UNInflux

Global

Hackathon

Connect2Effect

10-12

Mar’17

Chitkara International

School

78 15 -

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o Total Startups Working

Sr. No.

Student Founder Name Startup Name Course Year of Passing

1. Saurabh Thukral

Code Street13

B.E. 2011

Arun Jain MCA 2013

2. Naveen Kalra Satshri Technologies B.E. 2013

3. Akshay Ahuja RoboChamps B.E. 2015

4. Sharad Dabra

SD Fine Arts

B.E. 2015

Ankita Verma B.E. 2017

5.

Shaurrya Munjal

Logolize

B.E. 2016

Kshitijj Sachdeva B.E. 2017

Mukul Gupta B.E. 2017

Mokash Mohindra B.E. 2017

Jatin Sachdeva B.E. 2017

6.

Aniket Bhardwaj

INNOV8 INDIA

B.E. 2017

Sandeep Sekha B.E. 2017

Shubham Goyal B.E. 2017

7.

Vivek Khanna

OnTheGo

B.E. 2017

Akshay Thakur B.E. 2017

Shubham Himta B.E. 2017

Kartik Saluja B.E. 2017

8.

Divam

Swachh Chai

B.E. 2018

Deepak Sharma B.E. 2018

Vedant B.E. 2018

9. Shubham Malhotra

Heat Based Dining Table charger

B.E. 2018

Jaskunwar Singh Bhamra B.E. 2018

10.

Manik Sharma

Studenary Shop

B.E. 2020

Mohanish Kumar B.E. 2020

Rohan Dhaload B.E. 2020

Kavish Bindal B.E. 2020

Startups @ CUHP

10+ Startups from CUHP in ACTION

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o Funds allocated to Startups:

Sr. No.

Event Position Team Student Name Stream Awarded Money

Funds Allocated

1.

Startup Day

I

Cu-Researchers

Shubham Malhotra

BE ECE III INR 50,000 INR 25,000

2. Jaskunwar Singh Bhamra

BE ECE III

3.

II

Change Sphere

Aniket Bhardwaj BE ECE IV INR 30,000 INR 15,000 4. Hitesh Sharma BE ECE II

5. Arjun Sharma BE CSE II

6. Rajneesh Gulati BE ECE II

7.

III

Let's Change The World

Yash Mittal BE CSE II INR 20,000 NIL

8. Ishant Kamal BE CSE II

9. Shivam Sharma BE CSE II

10. Reya Jain BE CSE II

14%

7%

17%

41%

21%

Student Startups in Action

I II III IV Alumni

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Top 6 Startups of CUHP >>

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INNOVATION

INNOV8 INDIA

INNOV8 INDIA is a student startup formed by a team of three BE ECE final year students; Aniket

Bhardwaj, Sandeep Sekha and Shubham Goyal. The startup designs new products that are required to

solve day to day problems that everybody faces. They are working for a better future and better world

to live in. They are focused to provide solution to any problem that can be technically solved or made

simpler. Few of the projects they are working on are:

i. Smart Inverter: An inverter that maximize your battery backup by automatically turning off the

appliances that are consuming lot of load and increase the time of the appliance that are

needed like lights and fan. The idea was pitched at Startup Day 2016 and won 2nd prize of Rs

30,000 with six months free co-working space at Chitkara Innovation Incubator.

ii. Combinational Sim Tray Lock System: A smart locking system that lock the sim tray of your

mobile so that when you lose it no one can turn off your mobile and you can recover your smart

phone and data. A patent has already been filed for the idea (Patent no. 3523 /DEL/2015).

iii. Helmet Lock for 2 Wheelers: A smart inbuilt helmet lock for two wheelers where one can also

lock their carry bags while driving.

iv. Car Side View Cleaning System and Side Window System for Rainy Seasons: A special case has

been designed that cleans the side view mirror of the car in rainy season without any power of

external gadget and a wiper system to clean the fog of the side window so that mirror and traffic

are visible. Patent application no. 142 and 143 will be filed by next month

The idea has been pitched in the Startup Day 2016 and

has won IInd prize worth Rs 30,000 and six months

free co-working space by competing 100+ students

pitching their idea. The startup has been already

granted a seed fund of Rs 15000 with working space at

the Chitkara Innovation Incubator. The startup is really

doing well under the mentorship of Mr. Sumeer Walia.

The team has also pitched their idea in UNInflux

Global Hackathon “Connect2Effect” Chandigarh

Chapter in March 2017 and had reached the finals

round.

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SERVICE/

PRODUCT

Swachh Chai

Swachh Chai is a student startup formed by a team of three BE CSE third year students; Divam Wadhwa,

Vedant Singh and Deepak Sharma. Their business idea revolves around the neglected yet most

important section of the society, i.e. local Chaiwala. They feel more potential in their idea as tea is the

STAPLE food of whole India.

You feel like having a cup of tea ..but don't want machine tea... can't locate a

tea stall around... and finally u succeed in finding one but do they

guarantee quality, hygiene?? They wanted to convert our favorite tea stall

to one stop destination of clean, hygienic and tasty tea. In other words,

swatch chai for all.

30% of the total world's tea is consumed in India only. We have tea vendors at every nook and corner,

so they realized that now it's time to digitalize these vendors by connecting them in our chain thereby

uplifting their standard of living and making tea

hygienic for the customers. They are going to

provide them with a particular dress, caps,

gloves, glasses, canopy etc by which they can

improve the way they represent.

Revenue will be generated in three major ways:-

1. By buying bulk tea from new manufacturers

and selling them to tea vendors at price

lesser than MRP.

2. Will build an app through which these

vendors can be located easily. All these tea

vendors can be located through the app.

3. Since these people will be painted and

coloured in brand colours so they would be

able build a franchise in future.

They are ready with a promising profit

generating business model which will have a significant impact in uplifting the potential chaiwala

community of India.

The team has also pitched their idea in UNInflux Global Hackathon Connect2Effect Chandigarh Chapter

in March 2017. They had undergone a live experience by getting an opportunity to serve tea as per their

startup to all the participants for three consecutive days. The opportunity provided by the University has

given them more enthusiasm and clear facts about their startup idea.

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SERVICE/

PRODUCT

STUDENARY SHOP

Studenary Shop is a student startup formed by a team of four BE CSE first year students; Manik Sharma,

Kavish Bindal, Mohanish Kumar and Rohan Dhaload. Their startup is a service that involves all goods and

commodities distribution and bringing all the stationary items under one roof.

Business idea:

Act as an intermediate between the shopkeepers and the customers.

Delivery boys appointed for the required purpose.

Provide the customers with stationary items at their doorstep.

Items provided in less than 24 hours.

A tie up with schools and will supply them the required items as per their need.

Will create a website which will receive orders form the customers and will be managed by the servers.

Progress so far:

Had conducted a survey on this idea and got a overwhelming response from both shopkeepers and customers.

Had been to tricity to talk to the shopkeepers about the idea and requested for their support.

Link to the website : www.dhaloadrohan.wix.com/studenaryshop

The idea has also been pitched in the Startup Day 2016. From then the strtup has been continuously mentored by Mr. Sumeer Walia, Director CEED and Dr. Neha Kishore.

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INNOVATION

Heat Based Dining Table Charger

Heat Based Dining Table charger is a student

startup formed by a team of two BE ECE third

year students; Jaskunwar Singh and Shubham

Malhotra. The team is working on a heat based

charger. It uses a Peltier device that converts the

heat from the surrounding into voltage. MSP 430

controller by Texas Instruments is being used in

the project. It’s the main component of the

project which is driven from the battery and

drives the LCD display. Furthermore, it gives the

output to the phone via USB port. Indian Patent

has also been filled for the innovation done.

The application areas of the device developed is:

Cars where large amount of heat is emitted.

Restaurants where food on the table can be the source of heat.

Industries where the heat of huge machines can be used to light up

the industry.

The idea has been pitched in the Startup Day 2016

and has won Ist prize worth Rs 50,000 and one year

free co-working space by competing 100+ students

pitching their idea. The startup has been already

granted a seed fund of Rs 25000 with working space

at the University.

The team has also participated in the contest

organized by DST and Texas Instruments India

Innovation Challenge Design Contest 2016 anchored

by IIM Bangalore, which is also being supported by

Make in India Department. The team has reached till

quarterfinals and further results are yet to be declared. They have also recently participated in NOVATE

2017 organized by Chitkara University to showcase their innovation.

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SERVICE/

PRODUCT

ZEROx

ZEROx is a student startup marketing idea formed by a team of

three BE CSE second year students; Arun Goyal, Rajneesh Gulati

and Paawan Deep Singh. ZEROx aims at providing printouts and

photocopies for free or ZERO cost to the user. It provides an

advertising platform better than any other print media that creates a huge impact. Since, the

traditional photocopy shops have a guaranteed footfall everyday, moreover they provide a

literate audience, they are the ideal spots for any kind of advertising. The idea is to print ads on

some portion of the page and the required material by the user on the remaining portion. This

platform can be used by anyone from Gyms, salons, restaurants to youth brands like Classmate.

This idea has a great scope in areas like university tuck shops where the crowd is mostly

students who want to get notes photocopied. These students won’t be bothered much by any

ads on the page their notes are photocopied on as long as they get it for free.

Business plan statistics:

Cost Price

Paper (per sheet, 500 sheets) Rs. 0.40

Ad Printing (per page) Rs. 0.60

Shopkeeper (RIM, Ink, Logistics) Rs. 1.10

Total Rs. 2.10

Side Ad

Area Ad Cost

Profit Per Ad (Ad Cost - Cost Price)

Graphic Designing

Front 20% Rs. 3 Rs. 0.90 Rs.1000

15% Rs. 1.75 Rs. 1.40 Rs.750

Back 100% Rs. 2.5 Rs. 0.40 Rs.2500

50% Rs. 1.5 Rs. 0.90 Rs.1500

25% Rs. 0.90 Rs. 1.5 Rs.1000

12.50% Rs. 0.60 Rs. 2.70 Rs.500

The team has also pitched their idea in the Startup Day 2016.

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SERVICE/

PRODUCT

OnTheGo

OnTheGo is a student startup formed by a team of three BE ECE final year students; Vivek Khanna, Shubham Singh Himta and Akshay Thakur. Their venture is to provide automated cycle spots around the city for the fitness, body strength. They are providing with the cycle spots where a person could rent a cycle and roam around the city in just few minutes. It is an automatically run cycle where a person has just to roll the feet over the pedal and then cycle moves on its own using its magnetic motion of tyres. The plan of the venture is to issue an RFID card to the customers with the information embedded on it and on behalf of which the cycle can be issued. There would be various spots setup around the city and the cycle could be traced using GPS tracking system. For saving the person from heat and rain above cycles would be manufactured. All this manufacturing would be done in India in collaboration with various industries under Make in India project. The idea is at the implementation stage and the team has already finalized the terms with Hero Cycles and Shimla Government to put the things into action.

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Arts

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Chitkara University Lad Akshay Ahuja, CEO, RoboChamps shines with his

innovation! BIG DAY!

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Mr. Naveen Jain, CEO, UNSEEN ERA on winning the Gold medal at 13th National

Choi Kwang Do Championship 2016-17

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Successful Exit -Little Acquires Trideal

New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- Deals discovery app Little has

acquired Chandigarh-based curated deals

marketplace Trideal for an undisclosed amount, the

company said in a statement on Tuesday. As part of

the acquisition, Trideal's co-founders and its core

team will join Little.

Incubated in Chitkara University, Trideal offers

deals across food and beverage, and entertainment

with over 1,000 merchants. Operating in Chandigarh, Mohali and Punjab, Trideal claims it gets

7,000-plus unique visitors every month.

Little Internet Pvt. Ltd, which operates Little, raised $50 million from mobile recharge firm

Paytm, SAIF Partners and Tiger Global Management in June 2015. The company provides real-

time hyperlocal deals to customers across services like restaurants, movies, hotels, salons, gyms

and spas. (As reported in mint ePaper)

Chitkara Incubate Kitty Bee won an award

at TIECON Chandigarh (17th Feb, 2017)

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MOUs Signed >>

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>> MOU with COWORKING, Delhi (14th May, 2016)

Chitkara University Centre for Entrepreneurship Education and Development on 14th May, 2016

Inks MOU with Co-working at Chitkara University to promote entrepreneurship and innovation

amongst its Student Startup Network.

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>> MOU with Jaarvis, Hong Kong (13th July, 2016)

Chitkara Innovation Incubator Foundation Inks MOU with Jaarvis, a Hong Kong based business

and tech savvy Incubator on 13th July 2016 at the Chitkara Incubator.

With a determined goal to help and fuel innovative tech startups, Chitkara University and

Jaarvis, signed an MOU to help accelerate the Startup's in the region and Chitkara University

Ecosystem. The MOU was signed at the Chitkara Innovation Incubator. A public announcement

of the MOU was announced later at a Startup event at Hotel Hyatt Regency, Chandigarh in the

evening, amidst a galaxy of Young entrepreneurs.

The MOU was signed by Mr. Anil Chikkara (Sr. VP Jaarvis) and Mr. Sumeer Walia (Director

Chitkara University Centre for Entrepreneurship and Development). Present at the occasion

were Mrs. Madhuri, Joint Director-CEED and Scientist- Mr. Ankit Bhateja, Entrepreneur Prithvi

Chauhan and a Young entrepreneur Mr. Dharmesh Mehta.

Jaarvis aims to help accelerate Startups @ Chitkara University's entrepreneurial ecosystem,

Chitkara University aims to showcase its budding entrepreneurial talent.

CEED had also signed MOU’s with TIE Chandigarh, EduRev, Itmatic, satshri Technologies,

IndianWeb 2 etc.

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Thanks for your support

www.cuceed.org

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Chitkara University Centre for Entrepreneurship Education & Development (CUCEED) has

indeed imbibed this rhythm of igniting young minds to nurture the Nation’s vision of STARTUP

INDIA-STAND UP INDIA. The journey has just begun with firm footholds to conquer the plethora

of opportunities wherein students, faculty, alumni and community entrepreneurs get the

belongingness of a company.

Contact Us

Chitkara Innovation Incubator Foundation MDC Sector 4 Panchkula, 134109, Haryana Phone: +918968590688

Email: events@cuceed.org

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