Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC)

Ministry of Education (MoE), Govt. of India has established ‘MoE’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’(IIC) 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.

Roles of Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC) Established in HEIs

Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC) established in Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) will play an instrumental role in the whole process of innovation repository creation at each institute level by identifying, scouting ideas, innovations, and start-ups from students, alumni / recent graduates, faculty members, staff, entrepreneurs incubated at the institute. Moreover, IIC institutions will keep scouting innovations and start-ups throughout the year for building the repository, verification of received submissions on a regular basis, and taking necessary actions to provide hand-holding supports such as mentoring, grant assistance, nomination for national innovation challenges, referral & linkage with incubation units, accelerators, and connections with Angel / Venture Capital (VC) networks, facilitating technology transfer, etc., towards sustainable generation and production of innovations and start-ups from HEIs.

Vision

To achieve recognition as an institution of excellence in the innovation ecosystem, technology transfer, and establishing the culture of entrepreneurship on campus.

Mission

Functions of IIC

To conduct various innovation and entrepreneurship activities prescribed by Central MIC in time bond 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.
Support technology transfer and facilitate staff and students to undertake project/product-based learning.