CEGAIN - AACEG

Welcome to CEG Alumni Incubation Network (CEGAIN), an Incubator, sponsored by the Alumni Association of the College of Engineering Guindy (AACEG). CEGAIN provide start-up incubation support services to CEG Alumni and Students.

About Cegain

The incubator is located at the CEG Campus of Anna University, Chennai in the space provided by the University. It was started on March 17, 2016 with initial infra assistance from AACEG. A Non Profit Section 8 company called CEG Alumni Foundation for Entrepreneurship Excellence (CEGAFEE) was formed in November 2019 to formalise the operations and get registered with Govt. Institutions like DST / EDII / MSME to enhance support services to Incubatees.

Interested to participate?

If you are an alumni, from the industry, or from the start up ecosystem and would like to take an active support from CEGAIN, kindly fill out the form (https://forms.gle/QJzRcx6bynaLqrtg6) so we can reach out.

You can also write to us at cegain2016@gmail.com or call us at 044 2235 8625

Our team

CEGAFEE formed with two Directors from the Excutive Committee of AACEG

Professor, Centre for Water Resources, Anna University

Director, Centre for Entrepreneurship Development at Anna University

President, Alumni Association College of Engineering Guindy and

Board of Directors at Small Industries Development Corporation Limited

Experienced senior Management resource and Entrepreneur with a
demonstrated track record of successful performance in the financial
services industry. Domain strength include Investment Banking,
Capital Markets, Equity Research, Portfolio management, Securities
trading, Client Relationship Management. General management
professional with multi functional skills having successfully performed SBU head roles. Strong passion towards social / humanity impact volunteering services.

Incubatees

ü 14 Startups under incubation – over 70% are alumni ventures. Four are in early revenue stage

ü Incubatee Artro Energy raised Seed Grant from EDII- TN under IVP (Innovation Voucher Program)

Founder : Mrs. Archana Stalin (CEG Alumni 2009)

Supply of fresh and healthy, chemical free , tasty food that you can trust

Founder : Mr. Ashok Kumar (CEG Alumni 2015)

Asset management for solar power generation systems (Predictive Control)

Founder : Mr. Arul Siva Murugan (CEG Alumni 2001)

Founder : Mr. Vijay Anand (CEG Alumni 1994)

Founder : Mr. Gokul

Founder : Ms. Agalya (CEG PG Student )

Founder : Mr. Vijayaraghavan (CEG Alumni 2013)

Founder : Dr. P. A. Manoharan (CEG Alumni 1999)

Apply for Incubation

Start-ups can apply to the incubator through the link here Application Form.

The process is as follows:

Steps

Start-ups submit a formal application with business plan and relevant details.
Expert review of application and if found to be interesting and viable, an in-person presentation to the screening committee. If not, feedback will be provided on the plan
Presenting to the screening committee
Screening committee’s decision will be communicated
Selected Incubatees would be invited for an induction discussion
Agreement would be signed with the terms and conditions of incubation

DEMO DAY 2019

The first Demo Day of CEG Alumni Incubator (CEGAIN), on December 7, 2019 Saturday 5-9pm was like a musical performance for CEG Innovators.

Like music, there is a history that one needs to understand to put things in context. Dr.G.Ravikumar, President, AACEG, set the context about the Incubator and the formation of a new Section 8 entity to take things forward. Er.Vish Viswanathan, CEGAIN Panel member shared the journey of the Incubator since 2016 and the composers of the idea to promote and support innovation.

Then it was the great rendition – 7 start-ups presented their pitches on what problem they are solving, their innovative solution and what is the way forward. The alumni joined as orchestra by giving suggestions and asking pertinent questions.