About Institution Innovation Council
Our Institution is associated with MHRD’s IIC is an initiative of the Ministry of Education (MOE), Govt. of India, and innovation promotion activities are routed. In the year 2018, the Ministry of Education (MoE) through MoE’s Innovation Cell (MIC) launched the Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC) program in collaboration with AICTE for Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) to systematically foster the culture of innovation and start-up ecosystem in education institutions. Activities are instructed by MIC (MHRD Innovation Council) to promote Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Start-up and IPR are being held with wider coverage to include participation from every department and most of the students in the campus. K.M.G IIC focuses on IIC activities, MIC activities, Self-driven activities promoting Innovation and Entrepreneurship as directed by MIC.
Objectives of IIC
- To explore innovative and creative ideas in various domains from faculty members and students.
- To create a platform for the creative aspirants, where their innovative ideas and concepts will be incubated and realized.
- To identify the budding entrepreneurs, groom them and help them to become successful businessmen.
- To inculcate generation of IPR’s among the faculty members, students and Innovators.
- To strengthen the partnerships with various stakeholders from industry, R & D, financial institutions and academia enabling a complete offshoot of collaboration
Major Focus Area
- To create a vibrant local innovation ecosystem.
- Start-up/ entrepreneurship supporting Mechanism in HEIs.
- Establish Function Ecosystem for Scouting Ideas and Pre-incubation of Ideas.
- Develop better Cognitive Ability amongst Technology Students.
Functions
- 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.
- Organize Hackathons, idea competition, mini-challenges etc. with the involvement of industries.
VISION
- To cater the needs of students as well as faculty entrepreneurs with innovative ideas of social relevance and there by disseminating a culture of entrepreneurship in campus which will boost our education system and there by growing the national economic and social development.
MISSION
- To develop a system with required infrastructure that can enable students and faculty to innovate and prototype their ideas with industrial standards and support from Government, industry and reputed academic institutions around the world and help them to realize their potentials.
CONSTITUTION OF IIC COUNCIL AND ITS MEMBERS:-
PRESIDENT : Prof. M Megharajan
Vice principal
VICE PRESIDENT : Dr. Manikandan
HOD of Microbiology
CONVENOR : Dr. K Gomathy
HOD of Commerce
INNOVATION ACTIVITY : Dr. J Thirumagal
CO-ORDINATOR HOD of Bio-chemistry
Start-up Activity coordinator : Dr. C Venkatesan
Asst. Prof. of Bio-chemistry
Internship coordinator : Dr. C Arunachalam
HOD of B.B.A
IPR Activity Coordinator : Dr. D Saravanan
Asst Prof. of Commerce
Social Media Coordinator : Prof. P Anjugam
HOD of B.C.A.