Introduction
Ministry of Education (MoE), Govt. of India has established ‘MoE’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 of IIC
- 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.
Functions of IICs
- 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.
- Create an Institution’s Innovation portal to highlight innovative projects carried out
- by institution’s faculty and students.
- Organize Hackathons, idea competition, mini-challenges etc. with the
- involvement of industries.
Calendar of Events
|
S.NO. |
NAME OF ACTIVITY |
DATE |
TYPE |
CAMPUS |
|
1 |
Session on Problem Solving and Ideation Workshop |
Sept. 14, 2023 |
Calendar |
PILANI |
|
2 |
Mentoring Event: Demo Day/Exhibition/Poster Presentation of Ideas/PoC & linkage with Innovation Ambassadors/Experts for Mentorship Support |
Sept., 2023 |
Calendar |
PILANI |
|
3 |
Organize an Inter/Intra Institutional Idea Idea Competition/Challenge/Hackathon and Reward Best Ideas. |
Oct. 03, 2023 |
Self-driven |
PILANI |
|
4 |
Workshop on “Entrepreneurship and Innovation” as Career Opportunity |
Oct. 26, 2023 |
Calendar |
PILANI |
|
5 |
National Entrepreneurship Day |
Nov. 09, 2023 |
Celebration |
PILANI |
|
6 |
MSME Engagement Series: |
4-Nov-23 |
Self-driven |
PILANI |
|
7 |
ASME workshop |
19-Sep-23 |
Self-driven |
PILANI |
|
Expert Talk: Innovating Education, Entrepreneurship, and Skills for the Global Digital Economy |
18-Sep-23 |
Self-driven |
PILANI |
|
|
8 |
Workshop on “Navigating the Intellectual Property Minefield |
31August 2023-01 Sept 2023 |
Self-driven |
PILANI |
|
9 |
Smart India Hackathon (SIH) 2023 |
Oct-23 |
MIC* activity |
|
|
10 |
My Story - Motivational Session by Successful Entrepreneur/Start-up founder |
4th week of October |
Self-Driven activity |
GOA |
|
11 |
Session on problem solving and ideation workshop |
3rd week of November |
Self-Driven activity |
GOA |
|
12 |
National Entrepreneurship Day |
9th November |
Celebration activity |
GOA |
|
13 |
Coalescence 2023 |
15th – 17th September |
Self-Driven activity |
GOA |
|
14 |
Awareness session on the IIC activities for the college/school students of Goa |
15th September |
Self-Driven activity |
GOA |
|
14 |
Organize an Inter/Intra Institutional Idea Competition/Challenge/Hackathon and Reward Best Ideas. |
4/11/2023 |
Calendar |
HYDERABAD |
|
15 |
My Story - Motivational Session by Successful Entrepreneur/Startup Founder (Talk Session by Mr. Sabeer Bhatia, co-founder of Hotmail) |
4/11/2023 |
Self - Driven Activity |
HYDERABAD |
|
16 |
My Story - Motivational Session by Successful Innovator (Talk session by Mr. Er. Suresh Susurla, MIE, Founder of Startoon Labs) |
10/11/2023 |
Calendar |
HYDERABAD |
|
17 |
Institution's Innovation Day |
15-10-2023 |
Celebration Day |
HYDERABAD |
|
18 |
Student Entrepreneurs Encouragement Program (SEEP) |
15-09-2023 |
Self - Driven Activity |
HYDERABAD |
|
19 |
BITS-H Toastmasters meeting |
29-09-2023 |
Self - Driven Activity |
HYDERABAD |
|
20 |
Toastmasters club Contest |
30-09-2023 |
Self - Driven Activity |
HYDERABAD |
|
21 |
Micro controller 101, Workshop ,Hardware Hackathon by ICELL |
28-10-2023 |
Self - Driven Activity |
HYDERABAD |
|
22 |
Aerospace Communication Workshop |
3/11/2023 |
Self - Driven Activity |
HYDERABAD |
|
23 |
Circuit Fabrication Workshop |
04-11-2023 & 05-11-2023 |
Self - Driven Activity |
HYDERABAD |
|
24 |
Finance Awareness Talk by CEO of Paytm Money |
16-11-2023 |
Self - Driven Activity |
HYDERABAD |
|
25 |
Industrial Talk on Optimizing VLSI Chip Design through Hardware-Software Co-Design: Approaches and Best Practices by Mr. Er. Satyam Shukla |
23-11-2023 |
Self - Driven Activity |
HYDERABAD |
|
26 |
Start-up Journey with founder |
7-Sep |
Calendar |
DUBAI |
|
27 |
My Story - Motivational Session by Successful Entrepreneur/Start-up founder |
13-Sep |
Calendar |
DUBAI |
|
28 |
Talk on Innovating Education, Entrepreneurship, and Skills for a Global Economy |
18-Sep |
Self-Driven |
DUBAI |
|
29 |
University Innovation Programme (UIP) Session |
19-Sep |
Self-Driven |
DUBAI |
|
S.No. |
CALENDER ACTIVITIES |
Tentative schedule |
|
1 |
Workshop on Design Thinking, Critical thinking and Innovation Design |
Dec 2023 |
|
2 |
Organizing Innovation & Entrepreneurship Outreach Program in Schools/Community |
Dec 2023 |
|
3 |
Organize an Expert talk on Process of Innovation Development, Technology Readiness Level (TRL); Commercialization of Lab Technologies & Tech-Transfer |
Jan 2024 |
|
4 |
Workshop on Entrepreneurship Skill, Attitude and Behavior Development |
Jan 2024 |
|
5 |
Conduct a Session on Achieving Problem-Solution Fit and Product-Market Fit |
Jan 2024 |
|
6 |
Field/Exposure Visit to Pre-incubation units such as Ideas Lab, Fab lab, Makers Space, Design Centers, City MSME clusters, workshops etc. |
Feb 2024 |
|
7 |
Organize an Inter/Intra Institutional Innovation Competition/Challenge/Hackathon and Reward Best Innovations. |
Feb 2024 |
|
8 |
Mentoring Event: Demo Day/Exhibition/Poster Presentation of Innovations/Prototypes & linkage with Innovation Ambassadors/Experts for Mentorship Support. |
Feb 204 |
|
CELEBRATION DAY ACTIVITIES |
||
|
1 |
National Startup Day |
16th January |
|
2 |
National Science Day |
28th February |
|
|
SELF-DRIVEN ACTIVITIES |
|
|
1 |
Start-up investor day |
Jan 2024 |
|
|
MIC ACTIVITIES |
Regional meetings (as per schedule given by MIC) |
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Council Members
| # | Representative Type / Role | Mandated / Recommended Person(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |||
| 1.1 | President | Prof. V. Ramgopal Rao, Vice Chancellor, BITS Pilani | |
| 1.2 | Vice President |
Prof. Sanket Goel, Dean (Research & Innovation) |
|
| 1.3 | Convenor |
Prof. Anupama Mittal, Dept. of Pharmacy, Pilani Campus |
|
| 1.4 | Innovation activity coordinator |
Prof. Srinivas Appari (Pilani campus) Prof. Saroj S Baral (Goa campus) Prof Parikshit Sahatiya (Hyderabad campus) Dr. Gulshan Kumar (Dubai campus) |
|
| 1.5 | Start-up activity coordinator |
Prof. Srinivas Appari (Pilani campus) Prof. Saroj S Baral (Goa campus) Prof Parikshit Sahatiya (Hyderabad campus) Dr. Gulshan Kumar (Dubai campus) |
|
| 1.6 | Internship coordinator |
Prof. Srinivas Appari (Pilani campus) Prof. Saroj S Baral (Goa campus) Prof Parikshit Sahatiya (Hyderabad campus) Dr. Gulshan Kumar (Dubai campus) |
|
| 1.7 | IPR activity coordinator |
Prof. Srinivas Appari (Pilani campus) Prof. Saroj S Baral (Goa campus) Prof Parikshit Sahatiya (Hyderabad campus) Dr. Gulshan Kumar (Dubai campus) |
|
| 1.8 | Social Media coordinator | Mr. Atul Runthala, Webmaster, Pilani Campus | |
| 1.9 | Data for Ranking & Accreditation coordinator | Mr. Akhil Pruthi, Head, Ranking & Accreditation | |
| 1.10 | Members (Additional members may be co-opted) |
Pilani: Dr Gautam Singhvi, Pharmacy Dr Meetha Shenoy, EEE Dr. Saket Verma, Mech. Engg. Goa: Dr. Kiran D.Mali, Mech. Engg. Prof. Malabika Biswas, Bio. sc. Dr. Arfat Ahmad Sofi, Economics & Finance Hyderabad: Dr. Amrita Priyadarshini, Mech. Engg Dr. Barsha Mitra, CSIS Dr. Pardha Saradhi G V, Mech Engg. Dubai: Dr. Faisal, Humanities & Social Sciences Dr. Siddhaling Urolagin, CSIS Dr. Vilas Gaidhane (Co-Convenor), EEE |
|
| 2 | |||
| 2.1 | IP Expert/ Patent Expert |
Mr. Rajneesh Kumar, Head, Technology Transfer Office |
|
| 2.2 | Start-up / Alumni entrepreneur | Mr. Kunal Arora, Angel Investor & Strategic Advisor (Alumni 2011 Batch) | |
| 2.3 | Liaison with other Incubation Centres | Mr. Sachin Arya, Head, CEO, Incubation & Entrepreneurship | |
Student Representation
Dubai
Aryan Satwani
Innovation Coordinator
Sreeram Raghamm udi
Start-up Coordinator
Kritika Rathi
Internship Coordinator
Vaibhav Shrestha
IPR Coordinator
Rahul Mahesh
Social Media Coordinator
Pilani
Deepankar Bansal
Innovation coordinator
Abir Abhyankar
Innovation coordinator
Kahaan Vyas
Start-up coordinator
Avni Tongia
Internship Coordinator
Aryan Jain
Internship Coordinator
Devansh Aamal
Internship Coordinator
Janak Matharu
IPR Coordinator
Shrey Anish G
Social Media Coordinator
Navya Aggarwal
Social Media Coordinator
Sarthak Aggarwal
Start-up coordinator
Vrinda Mittal
IPR Coordinator
Goa
Harsh Singla
Innovation Coordinator
Saakshi Adia S
Innovation Coordinator
Aastha
Start-up Coordinator
Kanha Mishra
Start-up Coordinator
Sathvik Nama
Internship Coordinator
Utkarsh Bharadwa
Internship Coordinator
Archit Arya
IPR Coordinator
Rohan Fulwani
IPR Coordinator
Simran Ahluwalia
Social Media Coordinator
Sai Harshan Vardhan Battu
Social Media Coordinator
Hyderabad
Shyamganesh Ravi
Innovation Coordinator
Dhruv Arora
Innovation Coordinator
Shivender Abrol
Start-up Coordinator
Divyansh Saxena
Start-up Coordinator
Harsh Jawajiwar
Internship Coordinator
Hardik Mittal
Internship Coordinator
Gautham Nair
IPR Coordinator
Ravi Koundilya
Social Media Coordinator
Shreya Pandey
Social Media Coordinator
Pilani Campus
Hyderabad Campus
Contact
Convenor, IIC- BITS Pilani
BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus
Email: iic.convenor@bits-pilani.ac.in
Co- Convenor, Pilani campus: Prof. Srinivas Appari
Co- Convenor, Goa campus: Prof. Saroj S Baral
Co- Convenor, Hyderabad campus: Prof. Parikshit Sahatiya
Co- Convenor, Dubai campus: Prof. Vilas Haridas Gaidhane
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