MoE's Innovation Cell

Ministry of Education, Govt. of India has established an ‘Innovation cell’ with the purpose of systematically fostering the culture of Innovation in all Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) across the country.

MIC will focus on creating complete ecosystem which will foster the culture of Innovation across all educational institutions from ideas generation to pre-incubation, incubation and graduating from the incubator as successful start-ups. MIC will also work on designing ranking system to identify institutions in the forefront of innovation.

Ministry of Education has established ‘MoE’s Innovation Cell’ with the mandate to work closely with our Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to encourage the creative energy of our student population to work on new ideas and innovation and promote them to create start-ups and entrepreneurial ventures.

The major focus of IIC

• To create a vibrant local innovation ecosystem. Start-up supporting Mechanism in HEIs. 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.

Functions of IICs

• 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 the institution’s faculty and students.
• Organize Hackathons, idea competitions, mini-challenges etc. with the involvement of industries.

IIC Council Members

Sl No.	PHOTO	NAME	ROLE
1		Dr. Shaiju David Alfi	President
2		Dr. Shiji Kumar P S	Vice President
3		Dr. Deena Das C S	Convenor
4		Mrs. Meenu Sreekumar	Innovation Co-ordinator
5		Ms. Smitharaj R S	IPR Co-ordinator
6		Ms. Reshma K J	Start-Up Activity Co-ordinator
7		Ms. Neema K Ramesh	NIRF Coordinator
8		Dr. Aneeta Toms	Internship Activity Co-ordinator
9		Ms. Praveena A T	Member
10		Ms. Shinoja	Member
11		Ms. Sruthy S A	Member
12		Ms. Sruthykrishna G S	ARIIA Co-ordinator
13		Ms. Meenu Sreekumar	Member
14		Mr. Sarath R P	Social Media, Member

IIC Reports

Year 2022-23

    1.  Quarter I

    2.  Quarter II

    3.  Quarter III

    4.  Quarter IV

IIC 5.0 Calendar Activities for the Academic year 2022-23

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