IIC

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About IIC

Ministry of Education (MoE), Govt. of India has established ‘MoE’s Innovation Cell (MIC)’ to systematically foster the culture of Innovation among 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 IICs are established to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in the Institution through multitudinous modes leading to an innovation promotion ecosystem in the campuses. MIC has established Institution's Innovation Council in more than 2200 Instiutions till November 2020.

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 among students.

Function of IIC

  • To conduct various Innovation, IPR and entrepreneurship-related activities prescribed by 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.

Innovation activity coordinator

Coordinator will work to promote innovation related activities on campus or as mandated in IIC council meeting.

Start-up activity coordinator

Coordinator will work to boost startup generation among students and related activities or as mandated in IIC council meeting.

IPR activity coordinator

To promote awareness about IPRs and conduct related activities on campus or as mandated in IIC council meeting.

Internship coordinator

Coordinator will work to arrange student internships in startups, so to expose them with startup ecosystem in India, real-life challenges in startup and their success stories or as mandated in IIC council meeting.

Social Media Coordinator

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.

Composition of IIC 8.0

INSTITUTION’S INNOVATION COUNCIL 8.0

Faculty Council

S.No Name of Member Member Type (Teaching / Non-Teaching / External Expert) Key Role / Position assigned in IIC
1 Dr. Joseph M Professor President
2 Dr. M. Vinothkumar Assistant Professor Vice-President/R&D cell Coordinator
3 Mrs. K. Renuka Assistant Professor Convener
4 Mrs. K. Keerthana Assistant Professor Innovation Activity Coordinator
5 A. Hemamalini Assistant Professor Startup Activity Coordinator
6 Mrs. A. Suganthi Assistant Professor ARIIA Coordinator
7 Mr. K. Sivakumar Assistant Professor NIRF Coordinator
8 Mr. P. Sankarganesh Professor IPR Activity Coordinator
9 Mrs. B. Priyadharsini Assistant Professor Internship Activity Coordinator
10 Mrs. A. Suhasini Assistant Professor Social Media Coordinator
11 Mr. S. Ganapathy Assistant Professor Member
12 Ms. P. Suba Assistant Professor Member
13 Ms. R. Porchelvi Assistant Professor Member
14 Mrs. S. Aarthee Assistant Professor Member
15 Mrs. D. Suganya Assistant Professor Member
16 Mr. C. Ravi Assistant Professor Member
17 Mr. N. Arunkumar Assistant Professor Member
18 Ms. R. Archana Assistant Professor Member
19 Mr. S. Nirmalkumar Assistant Professor Member
20 Mr. P. Sahayapraveen Assistant Professor Member
21 Mrs. T. Abinaya Assistant Professor Member
22 Mrs. R. Elakkiya Assistant Professor Member
23 Dr. Alexander Associate Professor Member
24 Mrs. P. Nandhinisri Assistant Professor Member

External Members

S.No Name of Member Member Type (Teaching / Non-Teaching / External Expert) Key Role / Position assigned in IIC
1 K. K. Sarathkumar External Expert Expert from nearby Industry
2 Dr. V. Alagesan External Expert Bank/Investor

Student Council

S.No Name of Member Member Type Key Role / Position assigned in IIC
1 P. Anandakumar Student Innovation Coordinator
2 S. Cholaraja Student Social Media Coordinator
3 S. Muthaiya Student Startup Coordinator
4 R. Sanmathi Student IPR Coordinator
5 V. Bharathiraja Student Internship Coordinator
6 K. Revathi Student Member
7 P. Sivamani Student Member
8 A. Amala Student Member
9 R. Parkavi Student Member
10 V. Hema Student Member
11 P. Keerthika Student Member
12 Roshini S. R. Student Member
13 Sugan S. Student Member
14 V. Suganya Student Member
15 B. Boobalan Student Member
16 B. Balamurugan Student Member
17 D. Sivaguru Student Member
18 S. Gokul Student Member
19 H. Ramasivamurugan Student Member
20 P. Priyadharshini Student Member
21 A. Anburaja Student Member
22 R. Hariharan Student Member
23 Sowmiya K. Student Member
24 R. Meera Student Member
25 Ramya R. Student Member
26 Kowsalya M. Student Member
27 Priyadharshini U. Student Member