Innovation And Incubation Cell (IIC)

Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC)

Ministry of Education (MoE), Govt. of India has established ‘MoE’s Innovation Cell (MIC)’ to systematically foster the culture of Innovation amongst all Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). The primary mandate of MIC is to encourage, inspire and nurture young students by supporting them to work with new ideas and transform them into prototypes while they are informative years. MIC has envisioned encouraging creation of ‘Institution’s Innovation Council (IICs)’ across selected HEIs. A network of these IICs will be established to promote innovation in the Institution through multitudinous modes leading to an innovation promotion eco-system in the campuses.

• To create a vibrant local innovation ecosystem and start-up supporting mechanism in the institute
• Prepare institute for Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements Framework.
• Establish Function Ecosystem for Scouting Ideas and Pre-incubation of Ideas.
• Develop better Cognitive Ability for Technology Students.

• To conduct various innovation and entrepreneurship-related activities prescribed by Central MIC in time bound fashion.
• Identify and reward innovations and share success stories.
• Organize periodic workshops/ seminars/ interactions with entrepreneurs, investors, professionals and create a mentor pool for student innovators.
• Network with peers and national entrepreneurship development organizations.
• Create an Institution’s Innovation portal to highlight innovative projects carried out by institution’s faculty and students.
• Organize Hackathons, idea competition, mini-challenges etc. with the involvement of industries.

• To foster innovation and an entrepreneurial culture, by providing opportunities to the Students, Alumni and Faculty to transform their innovative ideas to reality.

• To create an ecosystem for supporting innovative ideas.
• To create entrepreneurship opportunities for students.
• To nurture the start-up’s by providing necessary support.
• To support innovative & sustainable ideas.

Innovation and Incubation Cell will focus on creating complete ecosystem which will foster the culture of Innovation in the institution from ideas generation from incubation and graduating as successful start-ups. The Cell will work on preparing the institution to participate in ranking frameworks in the forefront of innovation. The cell encourages creative energy of student to work on new ideas and innovation and promote them to create start-ups and entrepreneurial ventures.

1. Create an innovation ecosystem for entrepreneurial start-ups/internships/projects.
2. Strive for success by achieving for better ranks in ARIIA, NIRF and other agencies.
3. Develop better cognitive ability for innovation and entrepreneurship activities.
4. Organize periodic ideation-day/ workshops/ seminars/ interactions with entrepreneurs, investors, professionals and create a mentor pool for student innovators.
5. Organize Hackathons, idea competition, mini-challenges etc, with the involvement of industries.
6. Facilitate start-up ecosystem to identify the areas of focus and market relevance, build investor relations, business partnerships, leverage government programmes and accelerate initiatives.