Annual Report BloomBox - Entrepreneurship Cell KJSCE (2018

K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering, Mumbai-77 (Autonomous College Affiliated to University of Mumbai)

Annual Report (2018-2019) BloomBox Entrepreneurship Cell, KJSCE

Annual Report

BloomBox - Entrepreneurship Cell KJSCE

(2018 - 2019)

Name of the organization/ chapter/ project: BloomBox Entrepreneurship Cell, KJSCE



List of Members/ Details of Committee: 2018 - 2019

Sr. No. Name of the Faculty advisor/

in-charge

Department Portfolio

1. Hetal Mundra -- Faculty advisor/ Mentor

2. Sagar Korde IT Faculty coordinator

3. Inderjit Singh Dhanjal ETRX Faculty coordinator

Sr. No. Name of Student Department Portfolio

1. Adarsh Totla IT Chairperson

2. Alisha Routray EXTC Vice Chairperson

3. Vatsal Sachde EXTC Vice Chairperson

4. Rajat Bucha IT Financial Secretary

5. Janhavi Ambre ETRX Literary and Social Media Secretary

6 Harshita Agrawal IT Technical Head

7. Rashmi Bharambe IT Social Media & Content Wing

8. Akshita Biyani IT Social Media & Content Wing

9. Deepa Tharwani IT Social Media & Content Wing

10. Shail Modi COMP Campus Company Wing

11. Hitansh Mehta MECH Campus Company Wing

12. Baiju Dodhia IT Corporate Wing

13. Heeral Dedhia COMP Corporate Wing

14. Vaishnavi Utekar COMP Corporate Wing

15. Charmi Savla IT Events and Public Relation Wing

16. Divya Rawat ETRX Events and Public Relation Wing



Photo of members/ committee: 2018 – 2019

BloomBox Entrepreneurship Cell, KJSCE 2018 - 19

Details of events/activities held during academic year 2018 - 2019

Sr. No.

of

Event/

Activity

Day/

Date

Year Month Time Venue Description of Activity

1. 10th 2018 August 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm B-113 Seminar

Hall

Speaker Session on ‘Ways to

become a successful

Entrepreneur’

2.

23rd 2018 August 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm KJSCE

Auditorium

Panel Session on

‘Entrepreneurship - The Long

March of an Entrepreneur’

3.

13th 2018 October 10:00 am to 1:00

pm

303, Chanakya

Building, KJ

SIMSR

B-Plan Workshop

4. 17th 2018 October 3:30 pm to 6:00 pm B-507 Seminar

Hall

Blockchain Technology

Seminar

5. 3rd –

5th

2018 November 12:30 pm (3rd) to

6:30 pm (4th)

B-520, riidl

HQ

Hack-IoT

6. 19th 2018 December 3:15 pm onwards Seminar Hall Panel Session on Blockchain

Technology

7. 21st –

22nd

2018 December 10:00 am (21st) to

6:00 pm (22nd)

Seminar Hall Global Blockchain Hackathon

8. 29th 2019 January 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm B-507,

Seminar Hall

Speaker Session on ‘Women

in Entrepreneurship’

9. 2nd-9th 2019 February 10 am onwards KJSCE Cricket

Ground

Chefpreneur ’19

10. 5th 2019 April 4pm onwards B-311, B-305,

B-310

Ennovate’19



Reports of event/ activity

Sr. No. of

Event /

Activity

Day/

Date


1. 10th 2018 August 5:30 pm to

7:00 pm

B-113

Seminar Hall

Speaker Session on ‘Ways to

become a successful Entrepreneur’

Details of participation in the event/ activity

(Fill wherever is applicable or information is available. At least total need to fill)

No. of students/ faculty COMP ETRX EXTC IT MECH Total no of participants

FY

110 SY

TY

Report of event/ activity

Event: Speaker Session on ‘Ways to become a successful Entrepreneur’

BloomBox, E-Cell KJSCE conducted an interactive session in association with Chatur Ideas on 'Ways to

become a successful entrepreneur'. Mr. Devesh Chawla, founder of Chatur Ideas delivered the speaker

session and this session was conducted for people who aspire to be an entrepreneur. As the session was

interactive, students asked various intriguing questions to Mr. Devesh. He cleared queries from the

audience and explained all the important aspects that should be considered to start any entrepreneurial

venture. Right from coming up with an idea to actually implementing it, from developing a prototype to

making a workable business model, he discussed it all. The audience was very lively with a keen interest

in Entrepreneurship. He took a case study of Mr. Jignesh Shah sharing some of the aspects of his life. He

also mentioned about the book entitled 'The Target' written by Shantanu Guja Ray which was based on

Mr. Jignesh's life story.

Sample Photographs of the Event/Activity



Sr. No. of

Event /

Activity

Day/

Date


2. 23th 2018 August 5:30 pm to

7:30 pm

KJSCE

Auditorium

Panel Session on ‘Entrepreneurship -

The Long March of an Entrepreneur’




FY

145 SY

TY

LY

Report of event/activity

Event: Panel Session on Entrepreneurship - The Long March of an Entrepreneur

A panel session entitled "Entrepreneurship - The Long March of an Entrepreneur" was organized to

know more about the challenges faced by entrepreneurs in the growth stage of their company. The

proficient panelists for the session were Dr. Dhaval Shah (Co-Founder, Pharmeasy), Mr. Tushar Saxena

(Co-Founder and CTO, Flyrobe), Mr. Gaurang Shetty (Chief Innovation Catalyst, riidl), Mr. Puru Gupta

(Co-Founder and CEO, True Elements) & Mr. Nisarg Bavishi (Leads Operations and Client Solutions at

vPhrase Analytics Solution Pvt. Ltd.). The moderator for the panel session was Mrs. Hetal Mundra,

(Founder, BloomBox and Community Architect, riidl). We had a crowd of 145 students who attended

this session.




Sr. No. of

Event/

Activity

Day/

Date Year Month Time Venue

Description of

Activity

3. 13th 2018 October 10:00 am to 1:00 pm 303, Chanakya

Building, KJ SIMSR B-Plan Workshop




FY

60 SY

TY

LY


Event: B-Plan Workshop

An interactive session “B-Plan Workshop” was conducted in association with RedBull Basement

University and Pathfinder (Entrepreneurship Cell, KJ SIMSR). The orators for the session were Mr.

Romil Shah (Business Analyst and Headstarter) and Mr. Abhishek Barari (Head of Operations and

Finance, MyCuteOffice). In this session students came to innovate, collaborate, and drive change on

campus through DIY-based technological solutions. Concept of Lean Canvas was learned with practical

example. The three ways of Entrepreneurs was also explained by the orators.




Sr. No. of

Event/

Activity

Day/ Date Year Month Time Venue Description of

Activity

4. 17th 2018 October 3:30 pm to 6:00 pm B-507 Seminar

Hall

Blockchain

Technology Seminar




FY

75 SY

TY

LY


Event: Blockchain Technology Seminar

Department of Information Technology and BloomBox, E-Cell KJSCE had organized an exclusive

seminar on Blockchain Technology which was open to students of all years and was delivered by Mr.

Vineet Parekh (Co-founder, tradescrypt.com) and Mr. Nishant Mitra (Developer, Xinfin). The seminar

was an interactive session which covered the topics like Elementary knowledge of Blockchain

Technology, Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency and few applications of Blockchain Technology such as

decentralized transactions and networking.




Sr. No. of

Event /

Activity

Day/Date Year Month Time Venue Description

of Activity

5. 3rd - 4th 2018 November 12:30 pm (3rd) to

6:30 pm (4th) B-520, riidl HQ Hack-IoT




FY

50 SY

TY

LY


Event: Hack-IoT

BloomBox in association with riidl conducted Hack-IoT (30 hours Hackathon based on Internet

of Things). The motive to conduct the hackathon was to introduce students to the social problems in the

world and how they can help to resolve these issues with the prime use of technology with their technical

skills and convert their solution into a business model. There were three speaker sessions conducted

before the hackathon, to acquaint the participants with the knowledge of IoT, Business Model, and

Hands-On workshop on IoT . The speakers were Mr. Neil Savant (CEO & Founder, NOUS Home

Automation), Mr. Irfan Siddavatam (Assistant Professor, Information Technology Department of

KJSCE) and Mr. Gaurang Shetty (Chief Innovation Catalyst, riidl). The team “Raspberrians 4.0” was

declared the winner.

Details of prizes (wherever applicable fill all the entries)

Sr. No. Name of the student Department Details of prize won Remarks

1. Moinuddin Batliwala IT 1st --

2. Mehul Chudasama IT 1st --




Sr. No.

of Event/

Activity

Day/

Date Year Month Time Venue Description of Activity

6. 19th 2018 December 3:15 pm

onwards

Seminar

Hall

Panel Session on ‘Blockchain: The

Future of Money, Governance and Law’




FY

75 SY

TY

LY

No of Faculty


Event: Panel Session on Blockchain Technology

A panel session on ‘Blockchain: The Future of Money, Governance and Law’ was organized to cover

Blockchain Technology advertising implications to potential regulation to security concerns, its

applications in the start-up world and its pitfall as well. The panel session was open for all. In the panel

we had Mr. Saurabh Ambwani (Blockchain Head, Larsen & Toubro Infotech Ltd.), Mr. Ritesh Kakkad

(Co-founder, XinFin), Mr. Amol Dethe (Editor, FinBizness) & Mr. Prasanna Lohar (Head Innovation &

Architecture, DCB Bank Ltd.). The moderator for the panel session was Ms. Nehha Wadhwa, Founder

(The Pink Table).




Sr. No. of

Event /

Activity

Day/Date Year Month Time Venue Description of

Activity

7. 21st – 22nd 2018 December 10:00 am onwards Seminar Hall Global Blockchain

Hackathon




FY

123 SY

TY

LY

No of Faculty


Event: Global Blockchain Hackathon

Department of Information Technology and BloomBox, Entrepreneurship Cell KJSCE organized 24

hours Hackathon based on Blockchain Technology which witnessed participants from all over India. The

motive to conduct the hackathon was to introduce students to the technology of Blockchain and how it

can be implemented to solve real world problems. The judging panel for the Hackathon consisted of Mr.

Rohit Kilam (CIO/CTO, Aditya Birla Finance Ltd), Mr. Prasham Rambhia (Assistant Vice President,

Nomura), Mr. Irfan Siddavatam (Assistant Professor, Information Technology Department of KJSCE).


Sr. No. Institution/Organization Position Problem Statement/ Domain team worked on

1 Walchand College of

Engineering, Sangli

1st Secure and Transparent Decentralized Voting

System

2 K.J Somaiya College of

Engineering

3rd Social media platform using BlockChain

Technology

3 VJTI 3rd Decentralized supercomputing of map-reduce

jobs using Ethereum Blockchain.

4 Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues

College of Engineering ,

SRM

3rd India witnesses 500 cr+ funds for CSR activities,

these funds are enough to solve some major

socio- economic problems in our country. Apart

from that, there are over 20 lac organisations

working towards eradicating these problems, but

they lack the monetary and non-monetary

resources. Hence, there is no transparency, no

trust among donors, no proper flow of the funds

towards the primary cause and its efficiency is

stagnant.






Sr. No. of

Event /

Activity

Day/

Date Year Month Time Venue Description of Activity

8. 29th 2019 March 5:30 pm to

7:00 pm B-507, Seminar Hall

Speaker Session on ‘Women

in Entrepreneurship’




FY

40 SY

TY

LY

No of Faculty


Event: Speaker Session on ‘Women in Entrepreneurship’

BloomBox, in association with Wopreneur had organized a speaker session on ‘Women in

Entrepreneurship’ which was conducted by Neha Chatterjee (Founder of Wopreneur) who is currently

driving a community of 6000+ women entrepreneurs. She shared her inspirational life journey with the

audience. The limitations faced by women start-ups and why entrepreneurship is necessary for women

were discussed with the students during the session.




Sr. No. of

Event/

Activity

Day

/Date Year Month Time Venue

Description of

Activity

9. 2nd - 9th 2019 February 10:00 am onwards KJSCE Cricket

Ground Chefpreneur ’19




FY

32 SY

TY

LY


Event: Chefpreneur ’19

In association with KJSCE Symphony, we conducted our flagship culinary event called Chefpreneur

which was held in two rounds - Elimination Round (Round 1) and Final Round (Round 2). There was a

panel of popular food bloggers as judges for the Elimination round. The final round was during the last

day of KJSCE Symphony, the Annual Cultural Festival of K.J. Somaiya College of Engineering. Chef

Meghna Kamdar, Ms. Rachna Desai and Chef Geeta Shridhar were invited as judges for the final round

of Chefpreneur. The motive of this event was to acquaint the students with sales and marketing skills.


Sr. No. Name of the team Details of prize won

1. The Incredibles 1st

2. Tastefully Yours 2nd

3. Spice it up 2nd

4. Must have! 3rd






Sr. No. of

Event/

Activity

Day

/Date Year Month Time Venue

Description of

Activity

10. 5th 2019 April 4pm onwards B-311, B-305, B-

310

Ennovate’19




FY

60/18 teams SY

TY

LY


Event: Ennovate ’19

BloomBox, Entrepreneurship-Cell KJSCE conducted Ennovate '19 a Techno - Business event with the

tagline ‘Make your work know it's worth’ giving all the technology enthusiasts a platform to showcase

their business ideas. Participants were asked to build a prototype of website/ web application

demonstrating the use of any technology and provide innovative solutions for real-world problems

through their prototype. Along with the prototype, the teams were also asked to provide a business plan

for their prototype. They were free to choose any problem statement of their choice. The event was

organized in two rounds - Elimination Round (Round 1) and Final Round (Round 2) both held on the

same day. Total 18 teams participated in the competition from colleges all over Mumbai with major

participation from K.J. Somaiya College of Engineering.


Sr. No. Name of the

Institution/ Name of

the Winners

Details of prize won Problem Statement/ Domain the

team worked on

1. KJSCE

1) Chirag Shetty

2) Neel Shah

3) Shivam Pawase

4) Nishchith Shetty

1st News provided in inshorts is provided

summarized and edited manually

which can be tedious.

It is inshorts who decide what

side of a controversy they want

to belong to and give a take on

it. They choose the source.

The news provided by inshorts

are mostly national news and

don’t provide local news

covered by local channels.

Apart from that news provided

is only specific to India so

there is no international reach.

2. NCRD’s SIMS

1) Sarang Bora

2nd Drowning is serious and neglected

public health threat and there are no

broad prevention efforts that target

drowning. To overcome this problem



a solution was developed B using a

floatation & tracking device which is

comfortable and easy to use.

3. KJSCE

1) Akshat Kacheria

3rd Brain Controlled Wheelchair

4. KJSCE

1) Batliwaala

Moinuddin

Usman

2) Shubham

Chavan

3) Abdul Kadir

Ansari

4) Sohail Lohar

3rd Travelling through school buses, there

is a general concern of parents to get

informed when their child has boarded

and get off the bus.




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Annual Report BloomBox - Entrepreneurship Cell KJSCE (2018