Institution's Innovation Council (IIC) Fostering a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship at NCET

Institution's Innovation Council

About IIC

Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Govt. of India has established ‘MHRD’s Innovation Cell (MIC)’ to systematically foster the culture of Innovation amongst all Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). 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 informative years. MIC has envisioned encouraging creation of ‘Institution’s Innovation Council (IICs)’ across selected HEIs. A network of these IICs will be established to promote innovation in the Institution through multitudinous modes leading to an innovation promotion eco-system in the campuses.

Major Focus Areas

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
Key Mandates

Functions of IICs

To conduct various innovation and entrepreneurship-related activities prescribed by Central MIC in a 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 competitions, mini-challenges, etc. with the involvement of industries

Engagement

Activities of IIC

Date Activity Description Link
12.09.23 Session on Basics of Entrepreneurship for 1st year students in association with Centre for Creative Learning & Entrepreneurship
06.10.23 4th Global Conference for Advancement in Technology – 2023, organised by the ECE, ISE and CSE Departments.
15.10.23 Institution’s Innovation Day (Dr APJ Abdul Kalam’s birth Anniversary. Resource Person: Mr. Kishor Jagirdar, Chairman & Managing Director- Infopace Management Pvt Ltd and President-Vision Karnataka Foundation
15.10.23 IIC 6.0 First Council Meeting. Mr. Kishor Jagirdar, Chairman & Managing Director- Infopace Management Pvt Ltd and President-Vision Karnataka Foundation
16.10.23 Workshop on “Entrepreneurship and Innovation” as Career Opportunity by Mr. Anand Kannan, National Director (India Chapter), International Federation of Inventors Association (IFIA).
18.10.23 Mr. Akshay Mashelkar- Head, Centre for Creative Learning & Entrepreneurship along with the students A Siva Sankar Raju and S. Venkatesh from first year AIML participated in the DIDAC India Edtech Event
19.10.23 - 20.10.23 Mentoring Event: Boot-camp session for Project Code Unnati at RL Jalappa Institute of Technology organised by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), SAP Labs India, the Government of Karnataka, Karnataka Skill Development Corporation (KSDC), and Seventh Sense Talent Solutions
20.10.23 International Conference on “Ubiquitous Technology in Communication and Artificial Intelligence”- 2023 (UTCA-2023) organised by ECE Department of NCET
31.10.23 Under the UNDP Sponsored Project Code Unnati, the members of IIC – NCET visited and mentored the students of various colleges in Entrepreneurship Bootcamp Session at RL Jalappa Institute of Technology on 19th & 20th October 2023.
8.11.23 - 9.11.23 Session on Problem Solving and Ideation Workshop – Robotic Challenge 2023 is association with Centre for Creative Learning & Entrepreneurship.
09.11.23 National Entrepreneurship Day. Resource Person Mr. Yashodhara Nagaraju, Founder Hanken Health Care Pharma Mfg Venture
10.11.23 Dr. Geethanjali and Prof. Sriram S. of NCET – Institution Innovation Council participated as Jury Members for the Event -Start-up Challenge at Project Code Unnati, organised by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), SAP Labs India, the Government of Karnataka, Karnataka Skill Development Corporation (KSDC), and Seventh Sense Talent Solutions
25.11.23 My Story – Motivational Session by Successful Entrepreneur/Start-up founder by Dr. Salil Choudhary Dentist, Docpreneur Managing Director-Hosconn Consulting Services, Bengaluru.
28.11.23 National Education Day. Resource Person: Dr. Karunakara Rai, Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering NMIT, Member of the Executive Council, VTU, Governing Council Member-NCET
29.11.23 - 2.12.23 Three days Hands-on Session on ‘Developing and Deploying Internet of Things’ organised by ECE Department in association with EdGate Technologies
02.12.23 Celebration of National Pollution Control Day. Organised by IIC and Department of Civil Engineering in association with Indian Concrete Institute and IQAC, NCET on 2nd December 2023. The Chief Guest Mr. D. R. Kumaraswami ,Director-Prakruthi Institute of Environmental Studies spoke about various pollutants and the challenges towards Sustainable development for a clean and healthy planet.
5.12.23 - 7.12.23 Three days Technical workshop on ‘Applications of Embedded Systems using MSP430 TI Microcontroller’ organised by Department of ECE in association with Edgate Technologies.
09.12.23 NCET IIC Members – Dr. Geethanjali G, Dr. Gopinath A R, Prof. Balaji Y S and Prof. Sriram S, participated in the event held at REVA University, Bengaluru on 9th December 2023.
11.12.23 Students and Staff of NCET actively participated in the Live Telecast of the Launch of ‘Viksit Bharat @ 2047: Voice of Youth’ by PM Shri Narendra Modi on 11th December 2023 at 10:30 A.M. via video conferencing.
26.12.23 Hosted Amrit Kaal Vimarsh Vikasit Bharat @ 2047, a ground breaking initiative by the Ministry of Education, Government of India, and AICTE. Guided by the visionary leadership of Honourable Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi. The event featured a distinguished speaker, Shri Keshava Kumar, Retired CEO L&T Construction and Equipment Ltd, Chief Consultant, J K Consultancy Services sharing his insights on the Road Map for Viksit Bharath @2047, and it was a tremendous success with the active participation of nearly 300+ students.
16.01.24 Mr. Navratan Katariya, Director- Startup Engagement, Innovation Enterprise & Int’l Partnership Cleantech, MeitY- K Tech CoE IoT & AI addressed Students and Staff on Innovation & Industry 5.0 on account of National Start-up Day organised by IIC, NISP, ED Cell and IQAC.
17.01.24 Expert Talk on Process of Innovation Development, Technology Readiness Level & Patent Commercialization by Dr. Sarasija Padmanabhan, DL Tutor- World Intellectual Property Organisation.
17.01.24 Field Visit on Problem Identification in Precast Concrete Yard at K2K Infrastructure Ltd ( Prestige Group) by students of Civil Engineering in association with Indian Concrete Institute organised.
07.02.24 Members of Institution’s Innovation Council Dr. Geethanjali G, Mr.Akshay Mashelkar and Prof. Sriram along with Students of MBA addressed students and staff on Entrepreneurship Outreach Program at Government PU College, Mandikal
09.02.24 Workshop on Ethical AI/Data Science and Overview of Infosys Springboard by Ms. Pruthvi Adisesha, Senior Associate and Mr. Vinayaka Suresh Purushan, Senior Analyst, Infosys ETA Learning, organised by Department of Information Science & Engineering in association with IQAC, ICC And IEEE.
Leadership

Members of IIC

Sl. No Name Designation / Department Position
01 Dr. B V Ravishankar Principal, NCET Head of the Institute
02 Dr. Geethanjali G Professor & Head, MBA President
03 Prof. Balaji Y S Assistant Professor, ME Convener
04 Dr. Gopinath A R Associate Professor, CSE YUKTI/ Innovation Activity Coordinator
05 Dr. Murthy M Assistant Professor, ECE NISP/Startup Activity Coordinator
06 Dr. Rohith S Associate Professor, CSE KAPILA/ IPR Coordinator
07 Dr. Mahesh Shastri Assistant Professor, ECE ED Cell Coordinator
08 Dr. Ravikumar M J Associate Dean, R&D Member
09 Prof. Samhitha S B Assistant Professor, CSE Social Media Coordinator
10 Prof. Radhakrishna Assistant Professor, CSE-DS Member
11 Prof. Poornima U K Associate Professor, MBA Member
12 Prof. Mohammed Imtiaz Assistant Professor, ISE Member
13 Prof. Nandakishore C V Assistant Professor, ECE Member
14 Dr. L Pinky Devi Associate Professor, Civil Member
15 Dr. Vivek Singh Associate Professor, ECE Member
16 Prof. Praveen Raj Assistant Professor, CSE Member
17 Dr. Nagaraj V K Associate Professor, Civil Member
18 Prof. Sriram S Assistant Professor, MBA Member
19 Dr. Mahesh K K Associate Professor, Physics Member
20 Dr. Navya Rani M Associate Dean, R&D Member
21 Prof. Rajeshwari G V Assistant Professor, MBA Member
22 Prof. Geetha D L Assistant Professor, Math Member
23 Prof. Mamatha Sr. Assistant Professor, Chemistry Member
24 Dr. Gopalakrishnan K Dean- R&D Advisor
25 Mr. Kishor Jagirdar Strategic Change Management Specialist, Angel Investor, Startup Mentor, Innovator CMD – Infopace Management Pvt Ltd External Expert Member
26 Mr. Akshay Mashelkar Founder- Experimind Labs Pvt Ltd, Mangalore Head-CCL&E External Expert Member
Entrepreneurship Development

ED Cell Section

Nagarjuna Group of Institution is a premier educational institution in India extending Pre-University, Undergraduate, Post Graduate, Doctoral education in the areas of Engineering, Management, Commerce, Information Technology and Science under the aegis of Nagarjuna Education Society which stands as an icon for enriching education, ethics and practical learning for the benefit of the society and the young aspiring students.

Nagarjuna College of Engineering & Technology, established in 2001 is an autonomous college under VTU, Belgaum approved by AICTE & UGC, one among the Top Engineering Colleges in Karnataka which is accredited by NAAC ‘A+’ grade and NBA. The institution is also certified with ISO 14001:2015 EMS, ISO 22000:2018 FSMS and ISO 9001:2015 QMS.

Nagarjuna Group of Institutions serves with an objective to provide a strong conceptual foundation to students with industry relevant curriculum and aims to foster growth of innovation & entrepreneurship and develop entrepreneurship culture among the students. The Entrepreneurship Development Cell of Nagarjuna College of Engineering & Technology constituted in the year 2021 with the basic objective of transforming students from job seekers to job creators.

EDC enables the aspirants with required information knowledge all the resources they need to keep the first baby step towards the long journey which in turn creates a strong atmosphere of innovation and entrepreneurship reducing the uncertainties of all the aspirants with required skill set we are aware that entrepreneurs are the key contributors for employment creation and economic development.

EDC’s vision and mission is to produce dynamic entrepreneurs by creating awareness through seminar activities, workshops, industrial visits, internship mentorship and old required support to become successful.

Our Vision

To develop “ignite” as the hub for the best Entrepreneurial and Professional Talent.

Our Mission

  • To act as an institutional mechanism for providing various services including information to budding entrepreneurs.
  • To create Entrepreneurial culture in the Institution.
  • To prepare the students to face the real world business scenarios.
  • To extend necessary guidance and exposure to the students.
  • To prepare a skilled workforce for taking long/short term assignments of corporate/industry.
Objectives

Organizing Entrepreneurship Awareness Camps, Entrepreneurship Development Programmes.

Organizing expert talks.

Industry Visits to top companies.

Helping students for Ideation and its execution.

Guiding and Assisting students on various aspects such as preparing project reports, obtaining project approvals, loans and facilities from agencies of support systems and information on various technologies.

Conducting skill development training programmes leading to self/wage employment.

Providing testing, calibration, quality assurance, design, tool room, pilot plant and other facilities for Entrepreneurs besides expertise in Intellectual Property rights, Patents search, etc.

Outsourcing trained human resource to companies.

ED Cell Activities

ED Cell Activities