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Institutions Innovation Council

Functionality of The Cell

Key Functions:
The Institutions’ Innovation Council (IIC) under the Ministry of Education’s Innovation Cell (MIC) primarily functions to foster a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship within higher education institutions (HEIs).
• Promoting Innovation: IICs actively encourage students and faculty to explore new ideas and develop them into prototypes.
• Organizing Activities: They conduct various innovation and entrepreneurship-related events, such as hackathons, idea competitions, and workshops, often involving external experts like investors and mentors.
• Identifying and Rewarding Innovation: IICs recognize and celebrate outstanding innovations and share success stories to inspire others.
• Building Networks: They connect with other IICs, entrepreneurship development organizations, and potential investors to create a strong support system.
• Creating an Innovation Portal: IICs maintain an online platform to showcase innovative projects developed by their institution’s students and faculty.
• Mentoring and Incubation Support: They provide guidance and support to student innovators, including mentorship and access to incubation centers.
• Obtaining Funding: IICs may seek grants and funding from government and non-government sources to support their activities.

Facilities of the Cell

1. Pre-Incubation Support

Guidance for converting ideas into Proof of Concept (PoC).
Access to mentors, domain experts, and innovation ambassadors.

2. Pre-Incubation & Startup Support

Support for prototype development and business model creation.

3. Access to Laboratories & Equipment

Permission to use institution labs for project development.

4. Mentorship & Expert Interaction

Regular sessions with industry experts, entrepreneurs, innovators, and alumni.
One-to-one mentoring for project refinement and startup creation.

5. Training & Capacity Building

Workshops on design thinking, idea validation, innovation management.
Hands-on training in emerging technologies (AI, IoT, Robotics, EV, etc.).
Entrepreneurship development programs and bootcamps.

6. Funding & Grant Support

Guidance for applying to national & institutional funding schemes.
Support for:
- Prototype funding
- Startup seed funding
- MIC–IIC innovation contests
- State/National innovation challenges

7. IPR (Intellectual Property Rights) Support

Facilities for patent awareness.
Sessions with IPR experts, legal advisors.

8. Startup Ecosystem Linkages

Collaboration with incubators, accelerators, industry partners, government agencies.
Support for projects.

9. Networking & Collaboration Opportunities

Participation in Smart India Hackathon, National Innovation Contest, Toycathon, YUKTI, etc.
Opportunities to collaborate with startups and innovators.

10. Showcasing Opportunities

Project exhibitions, innovation fairs, demo days, and startup showcases.
Support to present ideas at regional and national competitions.

11. Documentation & Guidance Support

Assistance with preparing pitch decks, business plans, project reports.

Role and Responsibilities

President: Prof. (Dr.) Sujit K. Biswas, Dean (Academics)

Responsibility:

Conduct Council Meeting in accordance with prescribed rules.
He will call the meetings, set meeting agenda and will monitor the deliverable.
He will coordinate with MIC and responsible for all the IIC activities in the institute.
He will ensure Institution’s participation in IIC calendar activity and take lead in the institution driven activities (own initiatives).
He will ensure the effective implementation of IIC activities with the help of Convenor.
He could change the council members as per the decision taken in council meetings and update the information on portal.
He/ She will be responsible for submitting the monthly progress/activity reports on the IIC portal.

Vice President: Prof. (Dr.) Shila Ghosh, Principal

Responsibility: Give advice to council regarding activities and help President.

Convenor: Mr. Arup Das, Assistant Professor, EE

Responsibility:

The Convenor will work in close coordination with IIC president and will provide help wherever required for smooth conduction of activities.
He will ensure the participation in the meeting and will prepare the meeting agenda at least 10 days prior to meeting with the inputs from all valuable council members and President.
He will ensure that the internal examination dates would not interfere with the IIC activities and coordinate with all departments to ensure the same.
He will collect the inputs from all the members of the council at regular interval, especially external members for better planning of IIC activities and effective delivery of results.
As assigned by President.

Composition

Sl. No.	Name of Member	Member Type	Key Role/ Position assigned in IIC
1	Prof. (Dr.) Sujit Kumar Biswas	Faculty	President
2	Prof. (Dr.) Shila Ghosh	Faculty	Vice President
3	Mr. Arup Das	Faculty	Convener
4	Mrs. Sayani Bose	Faculty	Innovation activity Coordinator
5	Mr. Kalyan Das	Faculty	NIRF coordinator
6	Ms. Sanghamitra De	Faculty	Internship Coordinator
7	Dr. Jaideep Dutta	Faculty	IPR activity Coordinator
8	Mrs. Sumani Mukherjee	Faculty	Social Media Coordinator
9	Dr. Arijit Ghosal	Faculty	Start-up activity Coordinator
10	Mr. Ritesh Prasad	Faculty	Member
11	Mrs. Mahuya Roy	Faculty	Member
12	Mr. Prashnatit Pal	Faculty	Member
13	Dr. Aruna Chakraborty	Faculty	Member
14	Mr. Amit Kumar Siromoni		ARIIA Coordinator
15	Mr. Vikas Gupta	External Expert	Alumni entrepreneur
16	Mr. Mainak Das	External Expert	Expert from nearby Industry
17	Dr. Jnui Deb Mallick Datta	External Expert	Expert Member from the Nearby Incubation Center
18	Prof. (Dr.) Malay Kumar Banerjee	External Expert	Special Invitee
19	Aratrika Das	Student	Startup coordinator
20	Anwesha Chakraborty	Student	IPR coordinator
21	Rishabh Chakraborty	Student	General Members
22	Santanu Nandi	Student	General Members
23	Himanshu Mishra	Student	General Members
24	Ushasi Giri	Student	General Members
25	Prachi Bhosale	Student	General Members
26	Rahul Singh	Student	General Members
27	Akash Das	Student	General Members
28	Shweta Lenka	Student	General Members
29	Rajdeep Das	Student	General Members
30	Diotima Saha	Student	General Members
31	Priyangshu Pal	Student	General Members
32	Meghamala Dutta	Student	General Members
33	Sakshi Agnihotri	Student	General Members
34	Chitrita Dasgupta	Student	General Members
35	Subhajit Samanta	Student	General Members
36	Anuska Mitra	Student	General Members
37	Supratim Banerjee	Student	Innovation coordinator
38	Arjun Mitra	Student	General Members
39	Aashi Jaiswal	Student	General Members
40	Arijit Das	Student	General Members
41	Serja Chakraborty	Student	General Members
42	Subhradip Nag	Student	Innovation coordinator
43	Akash Mondal	Student	General Members
44	Jannatun Khusbu	Student	General Members
45	Asad Mazhar Khan	Student	General Members
46	Ranjanna Samanta	Student	General Members
47	Rajdeep Pal	Student	Social Media coordinator
48	Ayan Pal	Student	General Members
49	Vedika Datta	Student	General Members
50	Swapnonil Dutta	Student	General Members
51	Tanisha Paul	Student	General Members

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