About IIC
In the year 2018, the Ministry of Education (MoE) through MoE’s Innovation Cell (MIC) launched the Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC) program in collaboration with AICTE for Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) to systematically foster the culture of innovation and start-up ecosystem in education institutions. Primarily, IIC’s role is to engage large number of faculty, students and staff in various innovation and entrepreneurship related activities such as ideation, Problem solving, Proof of Concept development, Design Thinking, IPR, project handling and management at Pre-incubation/Incubation stage, etc., so that innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem gets established and stabilized in HEIs.
Major Role of IIC
- To create a vibrant local innovation ecosystem
- Start-up/ entrepreneurship supporting Mechanism in HEIs
- Establish Function Ecosystem for Scouting Ideas and Pre-incubation of Ideas
- Develop better Cognitive Ability amongst Technology Students
Functions of IIC
- Promote innovation in the Institution through multitudinous modes leading to an innovation promotion eco-system in the campus
- To conduct various innovation and entrepreneurship-related activities prescribed by Central MIC in time bounded 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.
IIC Council Members
| Sr. No. | Name of Member |
Member Type (Teaching/Non-Teaching/External Expert) | Key Role/ Position assigned in IIC |
| 1 | Dr. Puran Gour | Teaching | President |
| 2 | Dr. Vandana Khare | Teaching | Vice President |
| 3 | Prof. S.N. Varshi | Teaching | Convener, IPR Activity Coordinator |
| 4 | Dr. Mukesh Chandel | Teaching | ARIIA Coordinator |
| 5 | Dr. Rajeev Thakur | Teaching | Innovation Activity coordinator |
| 6 | Prof. Anurag Shrivastava | Teaching | NIRF Coordinator |
| 7 | Dr. Shekhar Nigam | Teaching | Start up Activity coordinator |
| 8 | Dr. Shilpa Mishra | Teaching | Member |
| 9 | Dr. Shweta Raj | Teaching | Member |
| 10 | Prof. Sajitha V. Nair | Teaching | Internship Activity coordinator |
| 11 | Mr. Sameer Kumar Gaurav | Non-Teaching | Social Media |