Creating founders on campus
The Entrepreneurship Cell of PSGIM has, since 2019, helped students take an idea from a classroom conversation to a working venture — through speaker sessions, build weekends, mentorship and the National Entrepreneurship Challenge.
Entrepreneurship starts before the startup.
You don’t need a company name, a pitch deck or a million-dollar idea to think like an entrepreneur. Sometimes, it starts with a question.
- Why is this done this way?
- What if we tried something different?
- Could this problem become an opportunity?
E-Cell PSGIM exists to create a space for those questions. Through experiences, conversations, collaborations and challenges, we encourage students to explore ideas, develop perspectives and turn curiosity into action.
Build. Connect. Experiment. Collaborate. Share.
Build
Turn an idea into something people can actually see, use or question.
Connect
Meet founders, alumni, industry voices, students and people who think differently.
Experiment
Workshops, challenges, competitions and projects that take entrepreneurship outside the classroom.
Collaborate
Because good ideas don’t care which department, college or country you come from.
Share
Stories, conversations, lessons and the things we learn along the way.
From a half-formed idea to a national stage
Spark
Hear how it actually happens, and say the idea out loud.
Test
Put it in front of a mentor and five real users.
Build
A weekend to turn the idea into something you can demo.
Back
Take it to a national stage, with the Cell behind it.
Seven ways in
Founders on Campus
A monthly evening with a founder or operator — 40 minutes of story, 20 of questions.
02Build weekend48-Hour Bootcamp
Teams take a real problem to a tested prototype and a two-minute pitch in one weekend.
03CompetitionIdeathon
An open annual idea contest with a cash prize and a mentoring block for the top three teams.
04NationalNEC Campus Drive
Our structured push for the National Entrepreneurship Challenge — activities, outreach and reporting.
05NetworkCampus Ambassadors
Students across departments who carry E-Cell into their classes and bring ideas back.
06MentoringIdea Clinic
One-on-one feedback sessions where a team leaves with a mentor and a concrete next step.
07PodcastUNPITCHED
Conversations beyond the pitch — the doubts, failures and questions behind the ideas.
Upcoming events
48-Hour Bootcamp — problem statements from local industry
A full build weekend. Problem statements from local manufacturers and D2C brands. Mentors on site throughout.
From the field
Building our public track record
Reels, founder stories and event recaps; collaborations with other college E-Cells.
The priority channel for NEC — every activity documented and tagged.
Each with date, footfall, photos and outcome, published on this site.
Self-reported working figures · baseline recorded September 2026 · targets end of October
How we try to work
Curious > Comfortable
Ask better questions.
Action > Intention
Ideas are nice. Execution is nicer.
People > Titles
The best idea doesn’t always come from the person with the biggest title.
Failure > Pretending
If something doesn’t work, we learn why.
Collaboration > Competition
Build together whenever you can.
Ideas today. Impact tomorrow.
Don’t wait until it’s perfect. Bring the rough version, the ridiculous version, the version you haven’t figured out yet. We’ll start there.