ABOUT 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 a 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 competitions, mini-challenges, etc. with the involvement of industries
ACTIVITIES OF IIC
(12.09.23) Session on Basics of Entrepreneurship for 1st year students in association with Centre for Creative Learning & EntrepreneurshipView Link
(06.10.23) 4th Global Conference for Advancement in Technology – 2023, organised by the ECE, ISE and CSE Departments.View Link
(15.10.23) Institution’s Innovation Day (Dr APJ Abdul Kalam’s birth Anniversary. Resource Person: Mr. Kishor Jagirdar, Chairman & Managing Director- Infopace Management Pvt Ltd and President-Vision Karnataka FoundationView Link
(15.10.23) IIC 6.0 First Council Meeting. Mr. Kishor Jagirdar, Chairman & Managing Director- Infopace Management Pvt Ltd and President-Vision Karnataka FoundationView Link
(16.10.23) Workshop on “Entrepreneurship and Innovation” as Career Opportunity by Mr. Anand Kannan, National Director (India Chapter), International Federation of Inventors Association (IFIA).View Link
(18.10.23) Mr. Akshay Mashelkar- Head, Centre for Creative Learning & Entrepreneurship along with the students A Siva Sankar Raju and S. Venkatesh from first year AIML participated in the DIDAC India Edtech EventView Link
(19.10.23 20.10.23) Mentoring Event: Boot-camp session for Project Code Unnati at RL Jalappa Institute of Technology organised by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), SAP Labs India, the Government of Karnataka, Karnataka Skill Development Corporation (KSDC), and Seventh Sense Talent SolutionsView Link
(20.10.23) International Conference on “Ubiquitous Technology in Communication and Artificial Intelligence”- 2023 (UTCA-2023) organised by ECE Department of NCETView Link
(31.10.23) Under the UNDP Sponsored Project Code Unnati, the members of IIC – NCET visited and mentored the students of various colleges in Entrepreneurship Bootcamp Session at RL Jalappa Institute of Technology on 19th & 20th October 2023.View Link
(8.11.2023 & 9.11.23) Session on Problem Solving and Ideation Workshop – Robotic Challenge 2023 is association with Centre for Creative Learning & Entrepreneurship.View Link
(09.11.23) National Entrepreneurship Day. Resource Person Mr. Yashodhara Nagaraju, Founder Hanken Health Care Pharma Mfg VentureView Link
(10.11.23) Dr. Geethanjali and Prof. Sriram S. of NCET – Institution Innovation Council participated as Jury Members for the Event -Start-up Challenge at Project Code Unnati, organised by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), SAP Labs India, the Government of Karnataka, Karnataka Skill Development Corporation (KSDC), and Seventh Sense Talent SolutionsView Link
(25.11.2023) My Story – Motivational Session by Successful Entrepreneur/Start-up founder by Dr. Salil Choudhary Dentist, Docpreneur Managing Director-Hosconn Consulting Services, Bengaluru.View Link
(28.11.23) National Education Day. Resource Person: Dr. Karunakara Rai, Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering NMIT, Member of the Executive Council, VTU, Governing Council Member-NCETView Link
(29.11.23 to 2.12.23) Three days Hands-on Session on ‘Developing and Deploying Internet of Things’ organised by ECE Department in association with EdGate Technologies View Link
(2.12.23) Celebration of National Pollution Control Day. Organised by IIC and Department of Civil Engineering in association with Indian Concrete Institute and IQAC, NCET on 2nd December 2023. The Chief Guest Mr. D. R. Kumaraswami ,Director-Prakruthi Institute of Environmental Studies spoke about various pollutants and the challenges towards Sustainable development for a clean and healthy planet. View Link
(5.12.23 to 7.12.23) Three days Technical workshop on ‘Applications of Embedded Systems using MSP430 TI Microcontroller’ organised by Department of ECE in association with Edgate Technologies.View Link
(9.12.23) NCET IIC Members – Dr. Geethanjali G, Dr. Gopinath A R, Prof. Balaji Y S and Prof. Sriram S, participated in the event held at REVA University, Bengaluru on 9th December 2023.View Link
(11.12.23) Students and Staff of NCET actively participated in the Live Telecast of the Launch of ‘Viksit Bharat @ 2047: Voice of Youth’ by PM Shri Narendra Modi on 11th December 2023 at 10:30 A.M. via video conferencing.View Link
(26.12.23) Hosted Amrit Kaal Vimarsh Vikasit Bharat @ 2047, a ground breaking initiative by the Ministry of Education, Government of India, and AICTE. Guided by the visionary leadership of Honourable Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi. The event featured a distinguished speaker, Shri Keshava Kumar, Retired CEO L&T Construction and Equipment Ltd, Chief Consultant, J K Consultancy Services sharing his insights on the Road Map for Viksit Bharath @2047, and it was a tremendous success with the active participation of nearly 300+ students.View Link
(16.01.24) Mr. Navratan Katariya, Director- Startup Engagement, Innovation Enterprise & Int’l Partnership Cleantech, MeitY- K Tech CoE IoT & AI addressed Students and Staff on Innovation & Industry 5.0 on account of National Start-up Day organised by IIC, NISP, ED Cell and IQAC. View Link
(17.01.24) Expert Talk on Process of Innovation Development, Technology Readiness Level & Patent Commercialization by Dr. Sarasija Padmanabhan, DL Tutor- World Intellectual Property Organisation.View Link
(17.01.24) Field Visit on Problem Identification in Precast Concrete Yard at K2K Infrastructure Ltd ( Prestige Group) by students of Civil Engineering in association with Indian Concrete Institute organised View Link
(7.02.24) Members of Institution’s Innovation Council Dr. Geethanjali G, Mr.Akshay Mashelkar and Prof. Sriram along with Students of MBA addressed students and staff on Entrepreneurship Outreach Program at Government PU College, MandikalView Link
(9.02.24) Workshop on Ethical AI/Data Science and Overview of Infosys Springboard by Ms. Pruthvi Adisesha, Senior Associate and Mr. Vinayaka Suresh Purushan, Senior Analyst, Infosys ETA Learning, organised by Department of Information Science & Engineering in association with IQAC, ICC And IEEE.View Link
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