IIC

About IIC

Ministry of Education has established Innovation Cell (MIC) to foster innovation at Higher Educational Institutes. In the year 2018, MIC launched the Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC) program in collaboration with AICTE for Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) to promote innovation. In this, each of the participating institutes were asked to set up IIC and carry out the prescribed activities.

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 their formative years. We are proud to announce that IIC-NCP was established in July 2021.

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.

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 IIC

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.

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.

IIC Staff and Student Members

Sr. No.	Name of Member	Member Type (Teaching/ Non- teaching / External Expert)	Key Role/ Position assigned in IIC
Staff Members
1	Dr. Badmanaban R	Principal	Convener
2	Dr. Fels Saju	Teaching	President
3	Dr.Deepa Jose	Teaching	Vice President
4	Dr. Suja Abraham	Teaching	Innovation activity coordinator, ARIIA coordinator
5	Dr. Gifty M Jojo	Teaching	Start-up activity coordinator
6	Jithin K Mathew	Teaching	Internship coordinator
7	Mr.Dhanish Joseph	Teaching	IPR activity coordinator
8	Ms. Athira James	Teaching	Social Media Coordinator
9	Saranya T S	Teaching	NIRF coordinator
10	Dr. Manu Jose	Teaching	Memeber
11	Dr. Elizabeth Abraham P	Teaching	Member
Student Members
11	Freddy Alappattu	Student	Startup Coordinator
12	Airose Maria Kurian	Student	Innovation Coordinator
13	Godwin Thomas	Student	Internship Coordinator
14	Abiya Baby	Student	Startup Coordinator
15	Jobin Johnson	Student	Social Media Coordinator
16	Anjana Antony	Student	IPR Coordinator
16	Nadheem Muhammed Shajeef	Student	Member

IIC Activities

Sl.No	Program Title	Date(s) of program	Resource person/Field Visit location	Program Report link
1	FDP program Innovative idea, strategies for writing successful grant proposal and importance of IPR	24^th to 31^st August 2021	Dr. Bikash Medhi Mr. Mr.Sachin Gangadhar Lokapure, Dr.Vandana Patravale, , Dr. Yogesh A. Kulkarni	IIC 1
2	Entrepreneurship : Need of the Hour	9^th November 2021	Dr.Fels Saju, Nirmala College of Pharmacy, Muvvatupuzha	IIC 2
3	The Art of the Entrepreneurship	10^th November 2021	Dr.Fels Saju , Nirmala College of Pharmacy, Muvvatupuzha	IIC 3
4	Start-up Awareness Program	11^th November 2021	Dr.Fels Saju ,Nirmala College of Pharmacy, Muvvatupuzha
5	National Education Day 2021	11^th November 2021	Dr.Preeja G Pillai , Nirmala College of Pharmacy, Muvvatupuzha	IIC 4
6	National Innovation Day 2021	25th November 2021	Mr.K. Muddu Krishnaiah PhD research Scholar ICAR-CIBA,Anna University,Chennai	IIC 6
7	My story: Hear it from who did it Leap of faith	26^th November 2021	Mr.Nibu John Creative director and Partner ,Mindmine Brand Communications	IIC 7
8	Workshop on Problem solving and ideation	27^th November 2021	Mr.Babu Philip Director Incus Pharmaceuticals Kerala	IIC 9
9	My story: Hear it from who did it	29^th November 2021	Mr.Aghil M Joy Managing Director and partner Clans Lifecare, Kochi	IIC 8
10	Webinar on “Role of Molecular Docking and ADME in Drug Discovery using SeeSAR and StarDROP”	30^th November 2021	Ms.Devika Benoy, Technical Consultants, Zastra Innovation, Bengaluru	IIC 14
10	National Pollution Control Day	2^nd Dec 2021	Mr. M A Baiju Chief Enviroment Engineer , Regional Office,KSPCB, Ernakulam	IIC 11
11	Natural Product as potential anticancer lead Molecule: from idea to market	3^rd Dec 2021	Dr.Ruby John Anto, PhD, FNASc Scientist G Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology Kerala	IIC 16
12	Startup in Pharma : opportunities and challenges	12^th Dec 2021	M. R. Pradeep Deputy Drugs Controller (Rtd) & CEO, Pharmafirst	IIC 13
13	National Energy Conservation Day(India)	14^th Dec 2021	Dr.Sony Kurian Associate professor and Viswajyothi College of Engineering and Technology, Muvattupuzha	IIC 10
14	Workshop on confidence Building and Success Strategies	21th Jan 2022	Dr.Ruble Raj Former Principal, Marian College ,Kuttikkanam	IIC 17
15	Awareness program on IPR	17^th Feb 2022	Mr. Anumod IPR Office Chennai	IIC 15
16	National Science Day	28^th Feb 2022	Exhibition in the theme of Drug discovery and formulation development process	IIC 12
17	National webinar on Data integrity –a new challenge	5^th March 2022	Dr Muddukrishna BS Associate ProfessorDepartment of Pharmaceutical Quality Assurance, Manipal Academy of Higher Education,Manipal
18	World Earth Day	22^nd April 2022	Dr.Gigi K Joseph Assistant Professor Dept. of Zoology Nirmala College Muvattupuzha
19	World Intellectual Property Day (Associated with Nirmala College of Pharmacy, Andhra Pradesh)	26^th April 2022	Dr. Abdul Rahaman Principal & Professor Nirmala College of Pharmacy , Andhra Pradesh.
20	Filed visit to patent facilitation center	12^th May 2022	Inter University Centre for IPR Studies (IUCIPRS) Cochin University of Science and Technology Cochin
21	Workshop on 'Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) & IP Management for Startup	31^st May 2022	Mr. Krishna prasad Project scientist Intellectual property rights information centre,Kerala