About Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC)
Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Govt. of India has established ‘MHRD’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.
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 institution’s faculty and students.
- Organize Hackathons, idea competition, mini-challenges etc. with the involvement of industries.
IIC Council Members
S. No |
Faculty Name |
Department |
Role |
1 |
Dr. Devdutt |
Mechanical Engineering |
President |
2 |
Dr. Poonam Rani |
Applied Sciences |
Vice-President |
3 |
Dr. Shital Prasad |
Humanities and Applied Sciences |
Convenor |
4 |
Dr. Sindhu Kumar |
Mechanical Engineering |
Innovation Activity Coordinator |
5 |
Mr. Mohit Kapil |
Management Studies |
Start-up Activity Coordinator |
6 |
Mr. Priyadarshi Ravi Raj |
Administration |
Social Media Coordinator |
7 |
Dr. Kavita SIngh |
Electronics & Communication Engineering |
IPR Activity Coordinator |
8 |
Ms. Raj Kumari |
Placement |
Internship Activity Coordinator |
9 |
Ms. Shefali Madan |
Computer Science and Engineering |
ARIIA Coordinator |
10 |
Mr. Mohammad Danish |
Computer Science and Engineering |
NIRF Coordinator |
Roles and Responsibilities of President
- He/ She will lead the IIC Council.
- The President will constitute the IIC council and appoint its members.
- He/She is responsible for ensuring that Quarterly Council Meeting is planned effectively.
- He/ She will have the IIC portal Login ID and will be the custodian of IIC portal login and data/ reports uploaded therein.
- He/ She will call the meetings, set meeting agenda and will monitor the deliverable.
- He/ She will be the main point of contact with MHRD Innovation Cell.
- He/ She will respond to all communication from IIC National Coordination team (MHRD Innovation Cell) and will be responsible to ensure decent performance of IIC.
- He/ She will coordinate with MHRD innovation cell and responsible for all the IIC activities in the institute.
- He/ She will ensure Institution’s participation in IIC calendar activity and take lead in the institution driven activities (own initiatives).
- He/ She will ensure the effective implementation of IIC activities with the help of Convenor.
- He/ She could change the council members as per the decision taken in council meetings and update the information on portal.
- He/ She will be responsible for submitting the progress/activity reports on the IIC portal.
Roles and Responsibilities of Vice-President
- To build and strengthen the inhouse mentor pool and human resource capacity to drive campus Innovation & Entrepreneurship activities.
- Identifying, handholding and guiding potential/early-stageentrepreneurs,studentinnovators at the Institute on regular basis.
- To Develop a critical mass of motivated students & faculties with creative potential, and Entrepreneurial orientation & skill set.
- Commercialization of innovations through technology transfer, technology licensing and Startups, etc.
- To build infrastructure support and facilities to promote innovationand enabling environment of easy access to resources within and outside the institute.
- To strengthen the intra and interinstitutional partnership and collaboration with ecosystem at different level and cocreation of new program interventions
Roles and Responsibilities of Convener
- The Convenor will work in close coordination with IIC president and will provide help wherever required for smooth conduct of activities.
- He/ She will ensure the participation in the meeting and will prepare the meeting agenda at least 10 days prior to meeting with the inputs from all valuable council members and President.
- Maintain documentation of the proceedings like meeting photos, Minutes of Meetings, Meeting Video has to uploaded to Institution YouTube Channel and the link has to be shared with competent authorities and any other proof.
- He/ She will ensure that the internal examination dates would not interfere with the IIC activities and coordinate with all departments to ensure the same.
- He/ She will collect the inputs from all the members of the council at regular interval, especially external members for better planning of IIC activities and effective delivery of results.
Roles and Responsibilities of Social Media Coordinator
- Will create and manage IIC page/account on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube and other relevant social media platforms.
- He / She will be responsible for posting all the relevant information about council meeting resolution and action plan, IIC activities and follow/tag MIC/IIC page and posts on these platforms.
- He/ She will also ensure that all students follow MIC/IIC page/account on social media to get first-hand information.
Roles and Responsibilities of Members
- Ensure the Institution’s Innovation Council’s logo and the words “in association with Institution’s Innovation Council, Ministry of Education (MoE), Govt. of India”, is included in the brochure compulsorily for all the academic activities of their respective departments like webinars, seminars and workshops related to Industry Interaction, Startup, Entrepreneurship, Research and Innovation / Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs).
- Establish Innovation Clubs for students with facilities and equipment needed for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I & E) activities in their respective departments.
- Developing an Innovative and Entrepreneurial mindset through a series of activities like workshops, awareness, market outreach events, orientation, advocacy meetings, campus hackathons, networking events (Intra and Interinstitutional, enablers, stakeholders).
- Encourage faculty and students to pursue research studies related to Entrepreneurship.
- Develop short term certificate courses on Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
- Convince departments to offer Major or Minor Specializations or credit courses related to Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I & E) and IPR
- Organize Employment Generation skill development programs of minimum 30 contact hours of duration.
- Organize entrepreneurial skill development / employment generating programmes for external participants (local residents, community members, alumni etc.)
- Coordinate with IPR Cell to generate revenue from patents, copyrights, trade secrets and others.
- Obtain grants from Government, Non-Govt, CSR Bodies towards promoting and supporting innovations.