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Ashoka Entrepreneurship Club

A space for the next big idea.

Build the thing you keep talking about.

For Ashoka students with an idea to explore, a skill to put to work, or the curiosity to get started.

Scroll to find your spark Student-led. Built together.

Curiosity is a good
place to start.

Good ideas need
good company.

A few moments.
A world of possibility.
Shantanu Deshpande speaking to Ashoka students at the club’s Campus Day session.Campus Day / Shantanu Deshpande
Think.

The conversations that stay with you.

E-Club members together for a group photograph at Ashoka University.E-Club community
Try.

The people who get your idea.

Students wearing Shatranj shirts stand with guests for a group photograph at the 2025 festival.Shatranj 2025 / Festival moments
Build.

The things you build together.

More than a club. A place to begin.Step inside

A place to try.
A community
to build with.

Different disciplines.
Shared curiosity.
Extraordinary possibilities.

Meet our six verticals
Rows of Ashoka students listening at the Shantanu Deshpande speaker session
Shantanu Deshpande speaking to Ashoka students at the club's Campus Day session
A full room and a shared curiosity · Shantanu Deshpande session.

Entrepreneurship is a team sport.

E-Club is Ashoka University's student-led community for learning entrepreneurship by doing. Backed by the InfoEdge Centre for Entrepreneurship, we bring students across disciplines together to explore ideas, work with organisations and take the first steps towards building a venture.

A workshop can become a first prototype. A conversation with a founder can become a new direction. Through events, live projects, venture research and pre-incubation, students get to work on ideas alongside people who bring different perspectives.

Our six verticals connect that work across campus, from Events and Workshops to AI and DeepTech. The aim is to make entrepreneurship accessible through practical experience, mentorship and a community that learns together.

A year of showing up.
2025–26 at a glance.

From the club magazine
Participants across campus events
1,000+
Students in projects and internships
100+
Brands and vendors brought to campus
25+

The annual record / 2025–26

A year of
learning by doing.

Founder conversations, student ventures and work beyond the classroom. Explore the people and ideas behind E-Club in our 2025–26 magazine.

Read the magazinePDF · 53 MB
E-Club Magazine 2025–26 cover

A little less theory.
A lot more doing.

Have an idea, a question,
or a skill you want to put to work?

Find your place at E-Club

Our verticals

Each vertical runs its own programmes and is led by its own team. Together they cover the path from an idea to a funded company.

  • Events and WorkshopsSample

    Events and Workshops runs E-Club's public programming. We bring founders, investors and operators to campus, design hands-on workshops that teach practical skills, and organise competitions that give students a reason to build something under real constraints.

    View events
  • Venture CapitalSample

    The Venture Capital vertical studies how investors evaluate companies. Members research sectors, analyse startups the way a fund would, and publish their work so the wider student body can learn how capital moves in the Indian ecosystem.

    Read reports
  • Pre-IncubationSample

    Pre-Incubation works with student founders before they are ready for a formal incubator. We help teams sharpen the problem they are solving, test early assumptions, find mentors and prepare to pitch.

    See the programme
  • Live Projects and Startup HiringSample

    Live Projects connects Ashoka students with organisations that have a real problem to solve. Teams work against a brief, a deadline and a client, and the best work leads to internships and roles at the startups we partner with.

    Browse projects
  • MarketingSample

    Marketing shapes how E-Club is seen on campus and beyond. The team runs our social channels, designs our visual identity and makes sure the work happening across every vertical reaches the people it should.

    Get in touch
  • AI and DeepTech

    The AI and DeepTech vertical is Ashoka's first dedicated space for building with artificial intelligence. We build tools for campus, take on AI consulting work for organisations, run hands-on workshops and publish a regular newsletter on what is happening in AI.

    See workshops

Events & experiences

Ashoka Entrepreneurship Club

Make your
next move.

A place to test an idea, learn from a founder and build alongside people who are just as curious.

Read the 2025–26 magazine

4 events announced

  • Events and Finance

    CHAKRAVYUH Haat

    Approx. 10 AM–7 PM (to be confirmed)Mess Lawns

    A collection of food and games, organised by the Events and Finance vertical.

  • Events and Finance

    Chakravyuh 2026

    Time to be confirmedAshoka University

    An upcoming E-Club event organised by Events and Finance. Further details and registration will be announced.

  • Events and Finance

    Halloween-themed Mess Stall

    Date and time to be confirmed

    A Halloween-themed mess stall organised by the Events and Finance vertical.

  • Events and Finance

    7 Up 7 Down Mess Stall

    Date and time to be confirmed

    A 7 Up 7 Down mess stall organised by the Events and Finance vertical.

Good ideas deserve company.Meet the club

Live projects

Real briefs from real organisations. Apply as an individual and we will place you in a team.

Applicants
1000+
Projects launched
20+
Students engaged
100+
Startups and companies worked with
30+
Stipends facilitated
₹2 lakh+
  • Partner organisationSample

    Closes 25 October 2026

    Map where AI can remove manual work from internal operations

    Research & ContentGrowth & Operations
  • Partner organisationSample

    Closes 30 October 2026

    Go-to-market plan for a consumer product launch

    Marketing & Creatives
  • Partner organisationSample

    Closed

    Market sizing and a first financial model

    Finance & Outreach
    Applications closed

Past projects

  • Bombay Shaving CompanySample

    Problem
    What the partner needed solved, in one or two sentences.
    Deliverable
    What the student team produced.

    Outcome

    The measurable result, for example a cost saved or a decision made.

  • The Souled StoreSample

    Problem
    What the partner needed solved, in one or two sentences.
    Deliverable
    What the student team produced.

    Outcome

    The measurable result, for example a cost saved or a decision made.

  • DaburSample

    Problem
    What the partner needed solved, in one or two sentences.
    Deliverable
    What the student team produced.

    Outcome

    The measurable result, for example a cost saved or a decision made.

Past partners

  • Bombay Shaving Company
  • The Souled Store
  • Dabur
  • Reliance Fashion World
  • Noise
  • Zostel
  • Anicut
  • Away
  • Hashmint
  • Metalok
  • Nimaya
  • Uniiq
  • Orly

Pre-Incubation

For students with an idea and the intent to build it. We help you test the problem, find mentors and prepare to pitch.

Apply to Pre-Incubation
  1. 1

    Apply

    Tell us about the problem, your team and what you need from us.

  2. 2

    Screening

    The Pre-Incubation team reviews every application and shortlists founders.

  3. 3

    Pitch

    Shortlisted teams present to a panel of mentors and E-Club leads.

  4. 4

    Cohort

    Selected teams join the cohort for mentorship, workshops and demo day.

Startup showcase

  • Cospire

    Education. A student-centric mentoring and counselling service focused on trust, honesty and intentional guidance, with personalised profile building and admissions guidance for students.

  • Mirable

    FemTech / Women's Health. A cycle-intelligent health platform designed to help women understand their physiology through the lens of their menstrual cycle.

  • Kaze Matcha

    Food & Beverage. A matcha venture making high-quality ceremonial matcha more accessible through community, education, recipes, tastings, pop-ups and workshops.

Mentors

  • [Mentor name]Sample

    Area of expertise

  • [Mentor name]Sample

    Area of expertise

  • [Mentor name]Sample

    Area of expertise

Resources

Sector reports, startup analyses, workshop materials and newsletters from across E-Club.

  • AI and DeepTech newsletter, issue 1Sample

    What happened in AI this month and why it matters to students.

    Newsletter, AI and DeepTech1 October 2026

    Download PDF
  • Sector report templateSample

    A placeholder PDF showing how reports will appear in the library.

    Sector report, Venture Capital15 September 2026

    Download PDF
  • Startup analysisSample

    A deal-style breakdown of an early-stage company.

    Startup analysis, Venture Capital10 September 2026

    Download PDF
  • Build with AI workshop materialsSample

    The AI toolkit, the live build walkthrough and the prompting loop from our first workshop.

    Workshop material, AI and DeepTech1 September 2026

    Download PDF

Leadership

  • [Name]Sample

    President

  • [Name]Sample

    Vice President

Vertical directors

  • [Name]Sample

    DirectorEvents and Workshops

  • [Name]Sample

    DirectorVenture Capital

  • [Name]Sample

    DirectorPre-Incubation

  • [Name]Sample

    DirectorLive Projects and Startup Hiring

  • [Name]Sample

    DirectorMarketing

  • Jai Kulshrestha

    Co-DirectorAI and DeepTech

  • Gunika

    Co-DirectorAI and DeepTech

  • Vivaan Mathur

    Deputy DirectorAI and DeepTech

Get involved

Whether you are a student looking to join, a founder looking for support, or an organisation with a problem worth solving, write to us.

Or email us directly at

eclub@ashoka.edu.in