"More students pursuing arts and science courses are venturing into entrepreneurship" ❤️

Arts and science colleges enter the arena of entrepreneurism

Today’s The Hindu

21st April 2025

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The MCC-MRF Innovation Park at Madras Christian College. MRF has contributed ₹30 crore from the MRF Foundation to  the establishment of the park.

With the spread of start-up culture, colleges are improving their incubation cells and forging partnerships with the key players in the entrepreneurial ecosystem. As a result, more students pursuing arts and science courses are venturing into entrepreneurship.

Apart from engineering colleges, arts and science colleges in Tamil Nadu are becoming hotbeds for entrepreneurial activity. With innovation and start-up culture spreading, colleges are improving their incubation cells and forging partnerships with the key players in the entrepreneurial ecosystem.

As a result, an increasing number of students pursuing arts and science courses are stepping beyond the traditional careers and venturing into the world of entrepreneurship, bringing fresh ideas and energy to the start-up scene.

At the Madras Christian College (MCC), the seeds for an incubation cell were sown in 2020. In 2022, the start-up support programmes were launched. The incubation cell has been helping students with funding of up to ₹1 lakh. Professors are also given research and development grants.

Becoming big ventures

A handful of start-ups incubated at the MCC have become big ventures. For example, a company, called Vividobots, raised up to ₹2.5 crore and has set up a separate research and development unit at Ambattur. Another start-up, called Allytriz Technologies, has been recognised as one among the top 100 promising start-ups of 2024-25.

PS: You may want to read our past post on how The Week had come out with a prophetic feature (future) in their June 2013 Issue, 12 years ago, HERE.

Interestingly this issue of The Week features MCC among the TOP TEN in the Nation, and the article foregrounds Innovation Parks and Experiential Learning as the Way forward for academia.