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.
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.
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.
| 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 |