Institution’s Innovation Council (IICs)

ABOUT IIC MHRD

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 are established to promote innovation in the Institution through multitudinous modes leading to an innovation promotion eco-system in the campuses. It’s our proud privilege to announce that IPER, Bhopal is selected as a member of IIC.

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 (ARIIA) Framework.
• Establish Function Ecosystem for Scouting Ideas and Pre-incubation of Ideas.
• Develop better Cognitive Ability for Technology Students.

Objective
• Engage faculty members and students in various innovation and entrepreneurship related activities such as Ideation, Problem Solving, Proof of Concept Development, Design Thinking, IPR, Project Handling and Management.
• Organize periodic workshops or seminars or interactions with entrepreneurs, investors, professionals and create a mentor pool for student innovators.

Functions of Institution’s Innovation Council
• Promote innovation in the Institution through multitudinous modes leading to an innovation promotion eco-system in the campus.
• To conduct various innovation and entrepreneurship-related activities prescribed by Central MIC in time bounded 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 industry.

Benefits of IIC
• No major capital investment required for establishing IIC as it will make use of 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 a new culture.

Benefits to Institute, Faculty and Students
• No major capital investment required for establishing IIC as it will make use of 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.

IPER Initiatives

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.
The IIC model is designed to address the existing challenges/issues in HEIs such as less numbers, occasional and unplanned Innovation & Entrepreneurship (I&E) activities organised in HEIs with low involvement of top leadership, lack of coherence and absence of synergy in resource mobilization, deployment and underutilization of creative potential of youths as major barrier for vibrant I&E ecosystem to emerge from HEIs.

IPER IIC Committee

IPER’s Incubation Centre under the aegis of IIC, on 7th February 2023 was organised an awareness program on “Intellectual Property Rights” by Mr. Harsh Dubey Examiner of Patents & Designs and NIPAM Officer, Patent Office, DPIT, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Govt. of India

IPER’s Incubation Centre under the aegis of IIC, on 7th February 2023 was organised an awareness program on “Intellectual Property Rights” by Mr. Harsh Dubey Examiner of Patents & Designs and NIPAM Officer, Patent Office, DPIT, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Govt. of India	Session on “Start-up talk on innovation – opportunities for students” on 2nd February, 2023. The Founder and CEO of Nakhrali.com Mr. Yogesh Dang, was invited to share his invaluable experiences and strategies. Inspiration for young minds to explore & harness potential  & opportunities.

Field Visit

REPORT ON NEP WORKSHOP 2020

Date: 4th of August 2023 Time: 10 AM

Total Participants: 180

Mode: Offline.

One Day workshop on National Education Policy (NEP) 2021 was organized by IPER Group of Institution. The workshop was conducted in 2 sessions where in the first session, Dr. Harish S. Kulkarni, focused on the “Prospect and challenges for Teacher”

Innovation Ambassador Training Program-