VDC | GITAM

Turn your innovative ideas into reality with the Venture Development Centre

Our Ecosystem's Impact

800+

Active Teams

2500+

Active Students

40+

National and International Competitions

15+

Registered Startups

30+

Business Modeling Stage

4

IIC Star Ratings out of 5

50+

Prototyping Grants Raised

5+

Grants Raised from External Sources

330+

Total number of events

35000+

Total Number of Students Trained

Our Services

One-to-One Coaching

We believe that to nurture young, aspiring student entrepreneurs, handholding is crucial for them to build meaningful & impactful products and services. So, we provide a dedicated startup coach to every registered startup venture to help them from problem identification to a successful launch of their businesses.

Entrepreneurship Courses in Curriculum

GITAM has launched a foundational 2-credit course in Entrepreneurship & Innovation and made it mandatory for all the first-year students agnostic of their field of study. This initiative helps students achieve much-needed market-demanding skills to its students.

Makerspace & Prototyping Grant

A fully loaded maker space and a prototyping grant have been set up exclusively for experiential learning of the students, faculty & alumni and to help them build their dream products housing different technologies.

GITAM Gap Fund

Early-stage financial support is very vital & critical for the survival of young startup ventures; GITAM believes it strongly, too. Hence, we have created a Gap fund to support and invest in all the promising ventures at the university.

Venture Mentor Network

While holistic coaching is essential, our Venture Mentor Network will provide aspiring entrepreneurs access to an accomplished network of mentors, professionals, entrepreneurs, innovators, and subject matter experts. These mentors come with experiences & skills across a variety of industries and functional areas of businesses.

Workshops

Getting educated & upskilling is the primary key to building transformative & innovative products or services. So, we organize regular workshops (Virtual and Physical) to gain hands-on experience, further enhancing one’s skills & thinking ability to build sustainable solutions.

Prototyping Grants

Idea Pitching Sessions

Fortnightly Idea pitching sessions are in place, where students, faculty & alumni of GITAM get an opportunity to pitch their BIG IDEA to solve problems. These sessions help them gain well-rounded feedback from expert coaches & fellow aspiring entrepreneurs.

Demo Days

Whenever a startup is ready for the next league, we conduct stage-gate sessions & Demo Days to review the venture’s work by experts to measure their readiness to move forward in the journey.

Community Connect

We encourage our students to explore social entrepreneurship initiatives, address social issues and challenges in the surrounding community(s), and develop solutions to help society.

Future Leaders Program

Making the next generations ready for future challenges is crucial for us. Through this initiative, our undergraduate & graduate students reach out to local schools to promote entrepreneurship and share their learnings & knowledge to empower school students to build a curious mindset & develop a problem-solving attitude.

World Class Infrastructure

We can’t achieve our unflinching goals if there is no matching futuristic infrastructure. So, our VDC facility comes with state-of-the-art elements.

Collaborations

Promising Ventures

Guests who visited us

Chairman, Bajaj Capital Ltd.

Mr. Rajiv Bajaj

Co-founder and CEO,PerspectAI

Mr. Jignesh Talasila

CEO, Fopple Drones

Mr. Gopi Raja

Head- Intellectual Property Facilitation Centre (IPFC) & WIPO
Technology Innovation Support Centre (TISC)
NRDC, Govt. of India

Mr. Bijay Kumar Sahu

Minister of Higher Edu IT, BioTechnology, Sciece & Technology and Skill Development
Entrepreneurship and Livelihood
Former Dy CM, Government of Karnataka

Dr. Ashwath Narayan C N

Co-Founder, Rapido

Mr. Pavan Guntupalli

CEO and Co-Founder,
Ossus Biorenewables|Renewable Energy Scientist

Dr. Suruchi Rao

Chief Innovation Coach,
Institute of Inspiring Innovation

Mr. Naveen Lakkur

CoFounder- Seed2Sapling Education

Dr. Tarun Choubisa

Chair- TiE India Angels
Chairman & CoFounder
Rajasthan Angel Innovators Network

Mr. Mahavir Pratap Sharma

Head- Press and Communications
British Deputy High Commission

Ms. Padmaja Konisetti

Partner- McKinsey & Company
Leader- McKinsey Global Financial Services

Mr. Karthi Purushothaman

University Distinguished Professor of International Business and Director,
Centre for Emerging Markets
Northeastern University, Boston

Dr. Ravi Ramamurti

Director- Kankatala Textiles

Mr. Anirudh Kankatala

Founder & CEO- AbhiBus

Mr. Sudhakar Reddy

CEO- Doosra

Mr. Aditya Vuchi

Director of International Programs NUCEE
Professor of Practice
DMSB E&I Group- Northeastern University, Boston

Prof. Greg Collier

Professor- Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Prof. Chetan Singh Solanki

Director of International Studies
University of Nebraska, Omaha

Dr. Patrick McNamara

CMO- Innominds
External Advisor- Bain & Co

Mr. Sairam Vedam

CoFounder- The Sports Gurukul

Mr. Jay Shah

CEO- Yo! Vizag

Ms. Shlipa Dantu

Director of Product & Partnerships- Kolossus Digital
Mentor- The University of Queensland

Mr. Srikar Maddi

CMD- Zeon Lifesciences

Mr. Suresh Garg

Regional Business Director- Abbott

Mr. Sameer Desai

CoFounder- SocioHub

Mr. Praven Dorna

Founder- Manush Labs

Mr. Piyush Verma

Chief Alliances and Ventures- Tata Steel

Mr. Subrat Baral

Vice President & Country Head- Pitney Bowes

Mr. Venkat Rao

Advisor- Kalaari Capital
Advisor- Multiple Startups

Mr. Ajeet Khurana

CoFounder- Sahasra (Harvard University Acclaimed Startup)
Changemaker; Consultant- Deloitte
Guiness World Record Holder- First Asian with disability to set foot on the Antarctic Continent