Title of the Session: IIC Regional Meet Southern Zone
Organizer (Department / Club / Cell/ Committee / Association) Institution’s Innovation Council
Date : 08.08.2022 (Monday) Time: 09.30 am to 05.30 pm
Mode of the Session : Offline Venue: PSNA College of Engineering and Technology, Dindigul
Theme (If Applicable) : Regional Meet
Expert / Speaker Details:
Guest Name 1: Smt. Mamta Rani Agarwal Advisor
Organisation : All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi
Guest Name 2: Dr. R. Srinivasan Member Secretary
Organisation : Tamilnadu State Council for Science and Technology, Chennai
Guest Name 3: Mr. Dipan Kumar Sahu Assistant Innovation Director
Organisation : MOE Innovation Cell and All India Council for Technical Education. New Delhi
Objectives of the activity: 

v To highlight IIC – institution’s achievement and impact through poster display

v To demonstrate innovation and start ups from the host institute and other IIC institutions.

v To create policy awareness on YUKTI – National Innovation Repository (NIR), participatory approach, achievement and performance maximization through quality participation in HEIs’

v To engage in regional ecosystem for an effective collaboration and knowledge sharing.

Key Highlights:

The expert speakers elaborated the following major points to the participants,

v The meeting started with registration and a formal inaugural session followed by Poster Display and visit to Innovation and Startup model display.

v Smt. Mamta Rani Agarwal, Advisor – AICTE, presented the importance of Multicultural Reliability, Innovation in Technology, Industrial /Academic set up and understanding the society.

v Dr. R. Srinivasan, Member Secretary, TNSCST, explained the importance of Inter-disciplinary approach in establishing the quality education through innovation and entrepreneurship.

v Mr. Dipan Kumar Sahu, Assistant Innovation Director, explained about the Atmanirbhar Bharat (Self Reliance India) and also informed that India is emerging as a Startup Nation.

v In the afternoon, the session was subdivided into four sub-sessions as follows

1.      Creation and sustaining I & E ecosystems in HEIs.

2.      Visualizing and developing action plan for I & E Ecosystem Development in HEIs.

3.      Benchmark Measuring I & E ecosystem in HEIs and Impact Creation.

4.      IP and Technology Transfer.

Outcome of the activity:

The participants were able to,

v Understand how HEI is able to create an impact towards institution’s achievement by analyzing and observing the display of posters.

v Observe various innovative models and start ups done by various institutions through IIC.

v Get awareness on YUKTI – National Innovative Repository (NIR) achievement and performance maximization through quality participation of HEIs,

v Gain knowledge on the importance of creation and sustaining innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem, knowledge on visualizing and developing action plan for I & E ecosystem, benchmark measuring I & E Ecosystem in HEIs through knowledge sharing.

Participants Details:

v Total No. of Teaching Staff participated: 3

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