Institute Innovation Cell

About Institution's Innovation Council - IIC

JITS Jayamukhi Institute of Technology and Science

Dr. S. Sandhya Rani

Professor of ECE, Convenor IIC
MIC Code : IC201811843

Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD’s) Innovation Council (MIC) has been established under the MHRD, Govt. of India for creating the culture of Innovation amongst all Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). Mainly, the MIC produces the environment to encourage, inspire and bring up young students to generate innovative ideas and transform them into prototypes while they are informative years. The MIC will provide the HEIs to meet the criteria like Having pre-incubation centers/incubation centers, student idea clubs, Participated in ARIIA Ranking, Participated in NIRF Ranking, NBA/NAAC Accreditation, Recipient of TEQIP –III fund & establishment of Start-up Cell, Government/ Government funded/Deemed University, and HEIs offering non-technical programs can also establish IIC. For more information on IIC and current calendar activities, please visit www.mic.gov.in/iic.html

Jayamukhi Institute of Technological Sciences established Institution's Innovation Council (IIC-JITS) under MHRD's Innovation Cell, an initiative launched in November of 2018. IIC-JITS works towards inculcating the spirit of innovation among students and develop a start-up ecosystem, and also the students participate in mentoring sessions, workshops, and innovative idea competitions.


The major focus of IIC-JITS are as follows

Create an energetic innovation ecosystem at the Institute level

Students Interaction and collaboration with eminent business Leaders, Enterpernuor and researchers Globally

Establish the environment for functioning Ecosystem through Scouting and Pre-incubation of Ideas

Win exciting prizes/Certificates for every activity

Support the Start-up Mechanism of developing the prototype new ideas

Prepare institute for Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements Framework (ARRIA) and NIRF Ranking

Functions of IICs

Execute the various innovation and entrepreneurship-related activities prescribed by Central MIC in a time-bound fashion

Students Centric activities to identify. reward and share successful technical innovation stories

Establish a basic platform for 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 the 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 the 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 about a new culture