IPM Entrepreneurship & Industry Connect Cell

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Junior Core Selections 2023-24

I. Brief on E &IC Cell:

IPM E & IC Cell (herein after referred as E- Cell) works to leverage the essence of the unique business school
experience for IPM community. The E – Cell through its broad mandate and discretionary initiatives provides
for activities and initiatives that cultivates a culture of entrepreneurship and prepares students for industry
exposure. In toto, E-Cell works for building the ultimate experience through the resources that a B-School
sustains.

IPM SAC Constitution (2019) defined the IPM Entrepreneurship and Industry Connect Cell as “The Club has
been formed keeping in mind the growing need and desire in the society for promoting entrepreneurship. The
Club also deals with bringing IPM closer to the industry through live projects and internships.” It also defined
its domain as follows:

Domain:

1. Organizing Guests Lectures/Panel Discussions by Entrepreneurs

2. Promote and support entrepreneurial projects of the IPM students and help them to connect with Venture
capitalists and to form a strong Incubation Cell, in the longer run

3. Work and coordinate with the PGP E-Cell for their initiatives

4. Screening of any B-Plan/entrepreneurship-based competitions around the globe and acting as facilitators
for participation in the same

5. Conducting B-Plan competitions for IPM students

6. Arranging live projects and internship opportunities for IPM students

7. Managing the IPM Seed Fund by screening IPM startups and disbursing funds

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Structure:

1. Coordinator (1 student): IPM third year student selected at the start of the year, equivalent to President
of the club

2. Senior Core (1 student): IPM third year student selected at the start of the year, equivalent to Vice
President of the club

3. Junior Core:

a. IPM second year students (5 students) selected by the coordinator and senior core post their
selection

b. IPM first year students (2 students) selected by the coordinator and senior core post their
selection

4. PoC (variable): System introduced the previous year. It is first year students who wish to work with
IPM E-Cell for LoA (Letter of Association)

Interactions

1. Other IPM entities: Collaboration for conducting events

2. PGP entities: Collaboration for conducting events

3. Other outside entities: Internships and Live Projects, expert talks, workshops, sponsorships etc.

The above description provides a broad idea about our mandate and structure. E - Cell tries to deliver a learning
experience associated with a B-School to IPM community. We through our initiatives strive to provide best
and an exhaustive set of opportunities, revolving around business world, to our stakeholders.

II. Working of the E- Cell

This section details the initiatives that E - Cell currently undertakes to fulfil its mandate. This will provide the
aspirants required exposure about the activities & working of the committee. Subsequently, new initiatives
for this year are also outlined.

1. Industry Connect: Leveraging the biggest resource of B-School – alumni connections. Under this, E-
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Cell tries to utilize alumni & industry professionals to orient and prepare current IPM students for
upcoming career choices.

a. Internships

b. Live Projects

c. Talks

i. Industry Experts

ii. Deep Dive: IPM seniors who have returned from summer internships d. d. Workshops
i. Preparation Workshop (Interview, etc.)

ii. Domain specific skill workshop (How to use Power BI) [Usually done with SIGs]

e. Assisting third year students with preparation for summer internships (IPM – 4)***

2. Entrepreneurship

a) Hosting a B-plan competition for screening IPM startups and disbursing funds from the IPM Seed
Fund. Escalon - IPM flagship B-plan event which culminates with disbursement of Seed Fund.
Herein students pitch their start up ideas with rewards in cash prices, pre-incubation mentoring,
and incubators. It also includes - mentorship by Industry Leaders and Serial Entrepreneurs & Seed
Funding further supplemented with workshops and Course on Venture Creation
b) Entrepreneurship workshops and talk sessions
c) Helping incubate startups by helping them find mentors among professors and alumni, and any
other help we can provide via institutional medium
d) Conducting forums and frequent events to foster discussion on startup world.
e) Events – national, inter IPM and initiatives in collaboration with external entities

3. Content & Branding

i. LinkedIn

ii. Instagram

b. Website
c. Newsletter

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Duties and responsibilities of the junior core are defined each year differently usually includes ideation,
execution of activities on ground, and logistical support. A broad delineation is as follows-

1. Industry Connect: The junior core will be engaged with making outreaches, establishing communication
with the industry professionals and coordinating the sessions. The members are involved in scouting for
internships and live projects, establishing agreements with recruiters and managing the screening
processes. It is expected of members to have structured ideas for each component of industry connect. The
junior core is expected to have ideas to streamline the processes, make structured approaches and add on
to current channels.

2. Entrepreneurship: Herein, the junior core will be engaged in coordinating events that E-Cell conducts
throughout the year. It entails negotiations with sponsors, networking with college societies pan India,
event coverage and overall management of national level events. The junior core is also involved in
outreach with other E-Cells, VC funds, Accelerators for collaborations in competitions, bootcamps,
sessions, workshops, mentoring etc.

3. Social Media: The junior core is expected to manage the social media channels and communiques from E
– Cell. The importance of branding of the work done by E- Cell is underlined by the engagements with
external organizations by great extent. The junior core will closely monitor the social media handles,
contribute towards streamlining E-Cell approaches through working on brochures and website handles.
Curating content, editing skills, ideation on new channels and communication strategies of the junior core
are leveraged.

III. So, what are we evaluating for a perfect junior core?

Simply stating, we want the E - Cell, the Everything Cell: Providing the B-School experience.

Become the CEO of your own company, with only a few regulatory conditions. Fulfill these small
duties, and be able to do whatever you want in the club. Use your ideas for work, come up with
streamlined processes, ideate new plan of actions, propound new events – AND we will make sure
that we deliver on these. We are looking for individuals who have the drive and passion to bring their
ideas into reality. With a lot of opportunity and autonomy, you will have the opportunity to manifest
your thoughts and work on your own projects, after fulfilling E-Cell’s basic work. Almost all of the
work done by E-Cell builds upon the skills that you need to have at a B-School. Just ask yourself what
you want to have at a B-School and we will deliver that.

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We want a team that can execute the work assigned, a team that comes with new initiatives (should
they be feasible? – definitely), a team that completes the umpteen work that we already have!
All the best!

Feel free to contact the undersigned for any queries or clarifications. For evaluation and other details
– you will receive a separate mail from our side.

Maanav Rathore | B Vishal Reddy