Institute Innovation Cell (IIC)
MHRD’s Innovation Cell (MIC) is an initiative of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, established to cultivate a strong culture of innovation across Higher Engineering Institutions (HEIs) and to motivate young students to pursue creative and novel ideas.
Under the MIC framework, a nationwide network of Institute Innovation Cells (IICs) has been set up in selected HEIs to encourage innovation-driven activities and to develop an institutional ecosystem that is conducive to innovation and entrepreneurship.
Goals of IIC
- Promote Innovation and Creativity
- Develop a Structured Institutional Innovation Ecosystem
- Encourage Entrepreneurship and Start-up Development
- Strengthen Industry Linkages and Societal Impact
Functions of IIC
- Organize Innovation and Entrepreneurship Activities
- Facilitate Ideation, Prototyping, and Start-up Support
- Promote IPR Awareness and Technology Commercialization
- Coordinate Industry, Incubation, and Innovation Networks
Departments in IIC
- Innovation & Ideation – Design thinking, problem identification, hackathons, and innovation challenges.
- Entrepreneurship & Start-up Development – Start-up mentoring, business models, incubation support, and venture creation.
- Industry Interaction – Industry collaboration, MoUs.
- Training, Outreach & Compliance – Capacity building, events, student engagement, documentation, and MIC/IIC reporting.
Team
- Dr. Mohita Mathur,Vice President
- Prof. (Dr.) Geetali Banerji, Convener
- Dr. Chander Mohan, NIRF Coordinator
- Ms. Upasana, Social Media Coordinator
- Dr. Priyanka Indoria, Startup Activity Coordinator
- Dr. Nitya Khurana, Innovative Activity Coordinator
- Ms. Akella Subhadra, Member
- Dr. Akriti Chugh, Member
- Ms. Soni Rai, Member
- Ms. Shruti, Member
- Dr. Neha Gupta, RD Cell Coordinator
- Daksh Marwah, Student, Innovation Coordinator
- Harshit Ranjan, Student, Internship Coordinator
- Shivansh Kaushik, Student, IPR Coordinator
- Manvi Rana, Student, Startup Coordinator
- Tamanna Bansal, Student, Member
- Ridhima Bansal, Student, Member
- Deevanshu Kapoor, Student, Member
- Twinkle Sharma, Student, Convener
- Jasleen Kaur, Student, Social Media Coordinator
- Kervi Sharma, Student, Startup Coordinator
NDLI Club
About NDLI
National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club) is an enabler of career progression for students, job seekers, researchers and learners. NDLI Clubs are set up in institutes and nodal bodies, and these Clubs conduct events to facilitate students to develop knowledge, skill and traits beyond regular curriculum which are essential for their progression in respective professional domain. The events may be either physical or virtual. Virtual events are web-based and are conducted through the NDLI Club portal. The events are organized at respective institute level or city/district/state/regional level or all-India level.
Development of knowledge, skill and traits needs access to varieties of learning resources. NDLI Club members can access a huge repository of free and open access learning resources, from anywhere and at any time, either through desktop PC or laptop or tablet or mobile, from National Digital Library of India (NDLI) (https://www.ndl.gov.in or https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in). NDLI and NDLI Club are initiatives of Ministry of Education (MOE), Government of India, through its National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT). These are National Mission projects and part of Digital India Mission of the country. NDLI provides contents for all academic levels including lifetime learners, all disciplines and in most of the widely used Indian languages, to enable people to learn and prepare from best practices from all over the world.
NDLI and NDLI Club are services that are not just for some, but for all of India to learn, share, grow and democratize education in the country.
- Patron- Dr. Chandra Mohan
- President- Dr. Geetali Banerji
- Secretary- Mr. Nagender Singh
- Executive Member- Ms. Poonam
- Total Registered member till Date- 183
Member Registration
URL: https://club.ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/sign-up
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