Innovation in educational institutions encourages teachers and students to explore, research, and use all the tools to uncover something new.
The Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India has established MHRD’s Innovation Cell (MIC) at AICTE with a purpose to systematically foster the culture of innovation in all Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). In the year 2018, the Ministry of Education (MoE) through MoE’s Innovation Cell (MIC) launched the Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC) program in collaboration with AICTE for Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) to systematically foster the culture of innovation and start-up ecosystem in education institutions. Primarily, IIC’s role is to engage large number of faculty, students and staff in various innovation and entrepreneurship related activities such as ideation, Problem solving, Proof of Concept development, Design Thinking, IPR, project handling and management at Pre-incubation/Incubation stage, etc., so that innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem gets established and stabilized in HEIs. The primary mandate of MIC is to encourage, inspire and nurture young students by supporting them to work with new ideas while they are in formative years.
Bundelkhand University, Jhansi established it’s IIC on 19th August 2021 to promote innovation among its students by encouraging, inspiring, and nurturing them through periodic activities. (IIC ID: IC 20215905)
Vision
- To encourage, inspire and nurture young students, to develop and entrepreneurship ecosystem in the University amongst Students and Faculties alike, providing support to work with new ideas and transform them into prototypes
Mission
- To create a conducive entrepreneurship culture and encourage innovation by providing mentoring support.
Objectives
- Students/Faculty associated with IIC will have exclusive opportunity to participate in various Innovation related initiatives and competitions organized from institution level to international level.
- Win prizes/Certificates for various events
- Meet/Interact with renowned Business Leaders and top-notch academicians.
- Opportunity to nurture and prototype new ideas.
- Mentoring by industry Professionals.
- Experiment with new technologies.
- Visit new places and see new culture.
Major Focus of IIC
- To create a vibrant local innovation ecosystem
- Start-up/ entrepreneurship supporting Mechanism in HEIs
- Establish Functional Ecosystem for Scouting Ideas and Pre- incubation of Ideas
- Develop better Cognitive Ability amongst Technology Students
Functions of IIC
- Promote innovation in the Institution through multitudinous modes leading to an innovation promotion eco-system in the campus
- To conduct various innovation and entrepreneurship-related activities prescribed by Central MIC in time bounded 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.
Benefits
- No major capital investment required for establishing IIC as it will make use of existing local ecosystem.
- Students/Faculty associated with IIC will get exclusive opportunity to participate in various Innovation related initiatives and competitions organized by MoE
- Win exciting Prizes/Certificates every month.
- Meet/Interact with renowned Business Leaders and top-notch academicians.
- Opportunity to nurture and prototype new ideas.
- Mentoring by Industry Professionals.
- Experimentation with new/latest technologies.
- Visit new places and learn a new culture.
MY COUNCIL
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Dr. Aparna Raj
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President
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Dr. M.M.Singh
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Convener
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Dr. Saurabh Shrivastava
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Innovation Activity Coordinator
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Er Awadhesh Gaur
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Start-up Activity Coordinator
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Dr.Mahendra Singh
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Member
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Dr.Ritu Singh
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IPR Activity Coordinator
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Dr.Era Tiwari
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Social Media Coordinator
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Dr. Yashodhara Sharma
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NIRF Coordinator
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Dr. Sandeep Agarwal
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ARIIA Coordinator
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Dr.D.K.Bhatt
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Member
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Dr. Munna Tiwari
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Member
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Mr. Pranav Bhargava
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Member
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Ms. Anjali Jha
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Member
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Er. Rahul Shukla
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Internship Coordinator
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Er. Anurag Kumar
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Member
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Dr. Shilpa Mishra
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Member
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Dr.Vinit Dhaka
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Member
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Mr. Harpal Singh
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Member
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Er. Priyanka Pandey
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Member
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Dr. Neha Mishra
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Member
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Dr. Kavya Dubey
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Member
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Medha Jaiswal
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Member
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Mr. Dheeraj Khullar
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External Expert from Nearby Industry/Industry Association/Ecosystem Enablers
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Mr. Tejinder Singh
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External FI/Bank/Investor/Angel Investor/ Venture Capitalist
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Prof Shahnaz Ayub
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External Expert Incubation Centre
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Rajeshwari Hariharan
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External Patent Expert
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Various Student Representatives
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Activities of IIC
The activities of IIC are of three major types as follows:
- IIC Calendar Activities: MoE’s Innovation Cell (MIC) prescribes an annual activity calendar for IICs. In each quarter a minimum 3 activities out of scheduled activities are to be completed by an IIC to receive full score.
- MIC Driven Activities: MIC schedules various activities from time to time on its own or in collaboration with partner organization and government departments. All MIC Driven Activities are mandatory.
- Self-Driven Activities: IICs are encouraged to plan their own activities apart from IIC calendar for promoting entrepreneurship and innovation in their campuses.
Activities Carried Out Between September 2021 and December 2021
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Activity
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Date
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Atma Nirbhar Bharat – Panel Discussion on Vocal for Local
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2 September 2021
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My Story : Motivational Session by successful innovators
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9 September 2021
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Online Streaming – Intellectual Property (IP) Management – At Early Stage of Innovation and Start up
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6 September 2021
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4
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Interactive Session/Mentoring Session with successful Start Up
Founders (Entrepreneurs in Campus)
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7 September 2021
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Online Video Streaming – Legal and Ethical Steps – Productive Entrepreneurship and Startup
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6 September 2021
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Workshop on Prototype/Process Design and Development –Prototyping
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3 September 2021
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Mentorship Session for Innovators (or) Student Entrepreneurs through experts and (or) Innovation Ambassadors/Innovation Agent (“Why Entrepreneurship”- Entrepreneurship as career opportunity)
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10 September 2021
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Field/Exposure Visit to Incubation Unit/Patent Facilitation Center – (in
Collaboration with STRIDE Project of UGC)
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27 August 2021
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Workshop on Entrepreneurship and Innovation as Career Opportunity
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29 Nov, 2021
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My Story – Motivational session by Successful Innovators
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26 Nov, 2021
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My Story – Motivational Session by Successful Entrepreneurs/StartUp Founder
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25 Nov, 2021
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Session on Problem solving and Ideation Workshop
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29 Nov, 2021
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Exposure and field visit for problem identification
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27 Nov, 2021
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Exposure and field visit for problem identification
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27 Nov, 2021
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Webinar on World Tourism Day, ‘ The need of innovative approach to revive tourism for inclusive growth’
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26 Sep 2021
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National Education Day
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23 Nov, 2021
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India Start Up Day
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29 Nov, 2021
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National Innovation Day
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29 Nov, 2021
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National Pollution Control Day
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December 2, 2021
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National Energy Conservation day
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December 14, 2021
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Idea Competition
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December 14, 2021
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A Guidance Programme on Career Opportunities after B.Tech
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December 16, 2021
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Output of the activities
The various activities of the IIC have already, in this short duration, inculcated a spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation. Students participation in all activities have been increasing and we hope that more and more students and faculty will participate in IIC activities and we are able to generate ideas, innovations and start ups from amongst the students and faculty members.
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