The Ministry of Education organized an Orientation Session of the Institutions’ Innovation Council (IIC 5.0) for the academic year 2022-23 on 11.01.2023.  The program was organized in our college by SLCS– Institution’s Innovation Council as a live stream through YouTube platform. Mr. Dipan Sahu, Assistant Innovation Director, MOE’s Cell, was the speaker. He discussed the current statistics regarding the Indian Innovation Ecosystem, National Education Policy 2020 and methods of institutionalizing innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems in Higher Educational Institutions. He also explained the objectives, roles, and responsibilities of the state-level forum for IICs. In total, 79 students and 31 faculty members from various departments eagerly participated in the program.