:: Welcome to St Francis College for Women, Begumpet, Hyderabad ::

Innovation Hub

St. Francis College aims to build an effective and a vibrant entrepreneurship ecosystem on campus to develop and support entrepreneurs.

St. Francis College For Women joined the National Entrepreneurship Network of 470 top-tier academic institutes across the country, in August 2009. This network is a non-profit initiative supported by the Wadhwani Foundation, and was established in the year 2003 with a mission to create and support entrepreneurs, thereby driving job creation and fuelling economic growth in India.

It partners with academic institutes to help them build an effective and a vibrant entrepreneurship ecosystem on campus to develop and support entrepreneurs. Two faculty members – Ms. Mallika Shetty, Dept. of BMS, and Ms. Mary Anthony, Dept. of Botany – have qualified to be the NEN Campus Advisors after successful completion of a 5-day FDP during October 2009 held in Aurora Business School, Hyderabad.

Ongoing NEN Support for member academic institutes includes the following

Faculty Development programme (FDP): This is designed and delivered by leading Indian and international faculty in Entrepreneurship.
E-Leader Programme: This targets students heading campus based E-Cells (Entrepreneurship Cells). The E-Cell of our college aims to expand its membership base in order to spread the entrepreneurial spirit across the various departments in the college.
NEN Resources: Member institutes have access to teaching materials, including case studies, exercises and videos, on entrepreneurship education.
NEN 360-Newsletter: This is a compilation of news, stories, expert guidance, events and competitions from around the NEN community. It is shipped free of cost to member institutes.
NEN Members (Faculty) Hyderabad Chapter: This association intends to be a via media between NEN Faculty as well as E-Cell student members across member institutes of the twin cities.

St. Francis College for Women will strive to leverage the partnership with NEN to the maximum advantage of its enthusiastic students.