Institution’s Innovation Council

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.

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