Institution’s Innovation Council

 

About IIC

Ministry of Education has established Innovation Cell (MIC) to foster innovation at Higher Educational Institutes. In the year 2018, MIC launched the Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC) program in collaboration with AICTE for Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) to promote innovation. In this, each of the participating institutes were asked to set up IIC and carry out the prescribed activities.

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 in their formative years. We are proud to announce that IIC-NCP was established in July 2021.

 

     Objective

  • Engage faculty members and students in various innovation and entrepreneurship related activities such as Ideation, Problem Solving, Proof of Concept Development, Design Thinking, IPR, Project Handling and Management.
  • Organize periodic workshops or seminars or interactions with entrepreneurs, investors, professionals and create a mentor pool for student innovators.

 

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 IIC

  • To conduct various innovation and entrepreneurship-related activities prescribed by Central 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.

 

Benefits of IIC

  • 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 MHRD.
  • 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.

 

IIC Staff and Student Members

Sr.

No.

Name of Member

Member Type (Teaching/

Non- teaching / External

Expert)

Key Role/ Position

assigned in IIC

Staff Members

1

Dr.Badmanaban R

Teaching

Chairman

2

Dr.Karthikeyan M

Teaching

President

3

Dr.Deepa Jose

Teaching

Vice President

4

Dr.Christapher P Varghese

Teaching

Convener

5

Dr.Prasanth Francis

Teaching

Innovation activity coordinator,

ARIIA coordinator

6

Dr.Fels Saju

Teaching

Start-up activity coordinator

7

Dr.Prasanth B

Teaching

Internship coordinator

8

Mr.Dhanish Joseph

Teaching

IPR activity coordinator

9

Mr.Manu Jose

Teaching

Social Media Coordinator

10

Dr.Preeja  G Pillai

Teaching

NIRF coordinator

Student Members

11

Amal Thomas

Student

Startup  Coordinator

12

Aneeta Vinobi

Student

Innovation  Coordinator

13

Ms.Sulaikha Abdul Kareem

Student

Internship Coordinator

14

Crins  Thomas Jojo

Student

Startup Coordinator

15

Abitha N Jabbar

Student

Social Media Coordinator

16

Ajwin Joseph Martin

Student

Startup Coordinator

17

Martin baby john

Student

IPR Coordinator

 

IIC Activities

Sl.No

Program Title

Date(s) of program

Resource person/Field Visit location

Program Report link

1

FDP program

Innovative idea, strategies for writing successful grant proposal and importance of IPR

24th to 31st August 2021

Dr. Bikash Medhi

Mr. Mr.Sachin Gangadhar Lokapure, Dr.Vandana Patravale, , Dr. Yogesh A. Kulkarni

IIC 1

2

Entrepreneurship : Need of the Hour

9th November 2021

Dr.Fels Saju, Nirmala College of Pharmacy, Muvvatupuzha 

IIC  2

3

The Art of the Entrepreneurship

10th November 2021

Dr.Fels Saju , Nirmala College of Pharmacy, Muvvatupuzha 

IIC  3

4

Start-up Awareness Program

11th November 2021

Dr.Fels Saju ,Nirmala College of Pharmacy, Muvvatupuzha 

 

5

National Education Day 2021

11th November 2021

Dr.Preeja G Pillai , Nirmala College of Pharmacy, Muvvatupuzha 

IIC  4

6

National Innovation Day 2021

25th November 2021

Mr.K. Muddu Krishnaiah

PhD research Scholar

ICAR-CIBA,Anna University,Chennai

IIC  6

7

My story: Hear it from who did it

Leap of faith

26th November 2021

Mr.Nibu John

Creative director and Partner ,Mindmine Brand Communications

IIC  7

8

Workshop on Problem solving and ideation

27th November 2021

Mr.Babu Philip

Director Incus Pharmaceuticals
Kerala

IIC  9

9

My story: Hear it from who did it

29th November 2021

Mr.Aghil M Joy

Managing Director and partner

Clans Lifecare, Kochi

IIC  8

10

Webinar on

“Role of Molecular Docking and ADME in Drug Discovery using SeeSAR and StarDROP”

30th November 2021

Ms.Devika Benoy,

Technical Consultants, Zastra Innovation, Bengaluru

IIC  14

10

National Pollution Control Day

2nd Dec 2021

Mr. M A Baiju
Chief Enviroment Engineer ,
Regional Office,KSPCB,

Ernakulam

IIC  11

11

Natural Product as potential anticancer lead Molecule: from idea to market

3rd  Dec 2021

Dr.Ruby John Anto, PhD, FNASc

Scientist G

Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology

Kerala

IIC  16

12

Startup in Pharma : opportunities  and  challenges

12th Dec 2021

M. R. Pradeep Deputy Drugs Controller (Rtd) & CEO, Pharmafirst

IIC  13

13

National Energy Conservation Day(India)

14th  Dec 2021

Dr.Sony Kurian

Associate professor and Viswajyothi College of  Engineering and Technology, Muvattupuzha

IIC  10

14

Workshop on confidence Building and Success Strategies

21th  Jan 2022

Dr.Ruble Raj

Former Principal, Marian College ,Kuttikkanam

IIC  17

15

Awareness program on IPR

17th Feb 2022

Mr. Anumod
IPR Office Chennai

IIC  15

16

National Science Day

28th Feb 2022

Exhibition  in the theme of Drug discovery and formulation development process

IIC  12

17

National webinar on Data integrity –a new challenge

 

5th  March 2022

 

Dr Muddukrishna BS Associate ProfessorDepartment of Pharmaceutical Quality Assurance, Manipal Academy of Higher Education,Manipal

 

18

World Earth Day

22nd April 2022

Dr.Gigi K Joseph

Assistant  Professor

Dept. of Zoology

Nirmala College Muvattupuzha

 

19

World Intellectual Property Day

(Associated with Nirmala College of Pharmacy,  Andhra Pradesh)

26th April 2022

Dr. Abdul Rahaman

Principal & Professor

Nirmala College of Pharmacy

, Andhra Pradesh.

 

20

Filed visit to  patent facilitation center

12th May 2022

Inter University Centre for IPR Studies (IUCIPRS)

Cochin University of Science and Technology

Cochin

 

21

Workshop on 'Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) & IP Management for Startup

31st May 2022

Mr. Krishna prasad

Project scientist

Intellectual property rights information centre,Kerala

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For more information of IIC and current calendar activities, visit https://iic.mic.gov.in/