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1. Title of the Practice: Government Scholarships (GS) and Institutional Scholarships (IS)

2. Objective of the practice

• Our goal is to help deserving and needy students availing benefits and overcome financial obstacles

3. Context

Higher Education is essentially viewed as a luxury for girls and sometimes un-afforatable.Considering financial hardships and societal hurdles, the majority of girls unable to pursue their higher education. The government made a significant amount of scholarships under various category to reasonable number of students. However, those who are becoming in- eligible for the GS are advised to apply IS based on various criteria and parameters detailed under the Scholarship policy.

4. Practice

In view of the philanthropic attitude of the high net worth individuals along with institutional concessions and alumni provides good amount of scholarship and concession over and above what is being received through Government Schemes.

• In the year 2018-2019, a total of Rs 7,14,300 as GS out of which Rs 94,300 is under SC/ST Scholarship and Rs 6,20,000 is under Post Matric Scholarship. Rs 11,76,698 given through IS, which is 61% more than GS.
• In the year 2019-2020, a total of Rs 83,300 as GS out of which Rs 83,300 is under SC/ST Scholarship and Rs 9,64,000 is under Post Matric Scholarship. Rs 10,47,300 given through IS, which is 44% more than GS.
• In the year 2020-2021, a total of Rs 7,24,636 as GS out of which Rs 1,27,002 is under SC/ST Scholarship and Rs 10,49,100 is under Post Matric Scholarship . Rs 7,24,636 given through Philanthropists which is less than the GS in spite of Corona lockdown.
• In the year 2021-2022, a total of Rs 8,49,060 as GS out of which Rs 1,51,860 is under SC/ST Scholarship, Rs 6,61,200 under Post Matric Scholarship and Rs 36,000 is under Puthumai Penn Scholarship . Rs 4, 61, 879 given through IS which is less than GS due to inability of people movement and personal meeting restrictions during Corona 19.
• In the year 2022-2023, a total of Rs 5,99,280 as GS out of which Rs 92,880 is under SC/ST Scholarship, Rs 4,81,400 under Post Matric Scholarship and Rs 25,000 is under Puthumai Penn Scholarship. Rs 9,96,520 given through IS, which is 60% more than GS due to improvement in collection Post Corona period.

5. Evidence of Success

6. Problems encountered and resources required

Students who receives scholarships are not pursuing PG for reasons such as marriage, family constraints for payment course fee(s), curriculum interest changes across student studies, social restriction given the teen age issues in getting desired level of interest at post-graduation level.

1. Title of the Practice: FOSTERING ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS, INNOVATION AND INCUBATION

2. Objectives of the Practices

Economic empowerment plays significant role in the lives of women, offering them with opportunities for personal growth and community advancement. Economic empowerment acquired through entrepreneurial development and opportunities to explore their innovative ideas.

AIMAN College assists students to overcome these challenges to fully harness their potential in entrepreneurship and innovation by providing the necessary resources and opportunities. Programs are in place to support the development of concepts that can be on campus, off campus, work-from-home and freelancing.

The objectives are categorized as follows:

• Curriculum Integration
• Establishment of ED Cell
• Initiation of Institution Innovation Council
• Start up support through AIMAN Incubation Cell
• Involvement/participation and Marketing Opportunities for Entrepreneurship
• Opportunities on and off the campus

3. Context

Bharathidasn University has imbibed entrepreneurship into its curriculum in order to equip students with the necessary skills and knowledge by offering courses, introducing workshops, hosting mentorship programs and providing opportunities to conduct small-scale in-house businesses setting up stalls at events on campus.

An Entrepreneurial Development Cell established in 2019 under the supervision and guidance of the principal and staffs in-charges. The ED cell identifies students from different departments under different categories.

AIMAN Institution Innovation Council established in 2020. AIIC encourages the aspiring students through providing motivations by successful Entrepreneurs, exploring opportunities through workshops conducted on campus prescribed by MHRD, encouraging them to come up with new strategies for business which made them to end up with effective start-ups and IIC scored for the past two years.

AIMAN led the students towards their passion to become an entrepreneur from the pre-incubation stage to a successful start-up. Students gain high level of knowledge and practical exposure through various events held on college campuses, stalls are set up to demonstrate their entrepreneurial abilities and innovative skills on a variety of platforms.

4.Practice:

International Workshop on “Problem Solving and Ideation”, National level workshops on topics like “Design Thinking, Critical Thinking and Innovation Design” and Online Workshops on “Entrepreneurship Development Phases” etc., nearly 350 benefitted from the workshops. Success stories of Entrepreneurs in general and Women Student Entrepreneurs in particular gave an insight to the students for the initiation of start-ups and nearly 243 benefitted from the workshops. Awareness about Legal and Ethical Steps like Intellectual Property Right, Intellectual Property Management, and Prototype provided necessary steps to be taken for the execution of the start-ups safely, nearly 900 benefitted from the workshops.

5. Evidence of Success:

More than 100 ongoing entrepreneurs are in the campus engaged in Production and Marketing, Resale Marketing and Service Marketing. More than 20 Alumnae Entrepreneurs are engaged in various Resale Marketing and Service Marketing.

6. Problems encountered and resources required

Patents provide legal protection for inventions. However, its lengthy procedure becoming time consuming process. The economic costs involved in applying for patent exceed the rewards of doing so.