About MIC & IIC
Ministry of Education (MoE), Govt. of India has established ‘MoE’s Innovation Cell (MIC)’ to systematically foster the culture of Innovation among 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 in formative years. MIC has envisioned encouraging creation of ‘Institution’s Innovation Council (IICs) across selected HEIs. A network of IICs are established to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in the Institution through multitudinous modes leading to an innovation promotion ecosystem 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 among students.
Function of IIC
•To conduct various Innovation, IPR and entrepreneurship-related activities prescribed by 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.
TCC-IIC council members
•Chairperson – Ms Mrudula V Menon
•President –Dr Vineeth Kumar T V
•Vice President & ARIIA Coordinator- Dr Nayana Jose
• Convenor – Dr Manjusha M V
• Innovation activity coordinator- Dr Suprabha G Nair
•Start-up activity coordinator- Dr Paulbert Thomas
• Internship coordinator- Dr Rekha P G
•IPR activity coordinator- Ms Veena R Nair
•Social Media Coordinator- Ms. Reethi P
•NIRF coordinator- Dr Sindhu K
External Experts
- IP Expert/ Patent Expert- Dr Asha R, Inter University Centre for IPR studies, CUSAT
- Startup / Alumni entrepreneur- Lakshmi Sreekanth, Herbal Suthra LLP, Cochin
Expert from nearby Industry/ Industry association/ Ecosystem Enablers-
- Lt Cdr Sajith Kumar E V (Retd) , Group Head (Senior Management Position) , KITCO Ltd, Kochi (Kerala)
- K.G. GIREENDRABABU, Managing Director, JN FREIGHT FORWARDERS PVT. LTD