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 while they are in formative
years. MIC has envisioned creation of Institution's Innovation Council (IICs) across selected HEIs. A network of these IICs will be established to promote innovation in the Institution through multitudinous modes leading to an innovation promotion eco-system in these campuses.
On 2018, the Institution's Innovation Council was established in our K.Ramakrishnan College of Engineering accordance with the MHRD-IIC initiative, with the mission of promoting a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship among faculties and students.
The council's activities are carried out according to a set of programme intended to increase students to think widely in the growing innovation environment . IIC of our college conducting numerous number of activities throughout the year and it enrich our students knowledge and transform students as entrepreneurs.
Our college was awarded with 3.5 Star Rating by Institution's Innovation Council(IIC) in the previous year
Sl.No |
Name of Member |
Member Type (Teaching/Non-teaching/ExternalExpert) |
Key Role / Position assigned in IIC |
1 |
Dr.D.Srinivasan |
Principal |
President |
2 |
Dr.S.Titus |
Professor/EEE |
Convener, Innovation Activity Coordinator, ARIIA |
3 |
Dr.R.Ilango |
Professor/EEE |
Internship Activity coordinator |
4 |
Dr.M.Maheshwari |
Professor & Head /ECE |
NISP Coordinator |
5 |
Dr.K.Priyadharshini |
Professor/ECE |
IQAC Coordinator |
6 |
Mr.Krishnan |
Manager / NITT-CEDI |
Representative from nearby Incubation centre |
7 |
Mr.A.Albert Francis |
IPR Coordinator/MECH |
IPR Activity Coordinator |
8 |
Dr.B.KiranBala |
Assistant Professor& Head /AIDS |
NIRF Coordinator |
9 |
Mr.G.GabrielSanthosh Kumar |
Assistant Professor& Head /EEE |
Stat up Activity Coordinator |
10 |
Dr.M.Venkatachalapathy |
Professor/Maths |
Member |
11 |
Dr. R. Samson Daniel |
Associate Professor/ECE |
Member |
12 |
Dr.A.Sirajunnisa |
Assoc. Professor/CHEM |
Member |
13 |
Dr.H.Sudarsan |
Assistant Professor/ECE |
IIC Coordinator |
14 |
Ms.S.Rajapriya |
Assistant Professor/ECE |
Member |
15 |
Mr.U.Ramani |
Assistant Professor/EEE |
Member |
16 |
Ms.D.Swathi |
Assistant Professor/CSE |
Member |
17 |
Mr.R.Naveenkumar |
Assistant Professor/MECH |
Tinkering Lab |
18 |
Ms J. Priyadharshini |
Assistant Professor/IT |
Member |
19 |
Ms .R.Dhaarani |
Assistant Professor/AIDS |
Member |
20 |
Mrs.P.Janet Mary Portia |
Assistant Professor/MBA |
Member |
21 |
Mrs.R.Manimegalai |
Assistant Professor/Physics |
Member |
22 |
Dr. Kevin Ark Kumar |
Senior Manager/BHEL |
Experts |
23 |
Axis Bank |
Branch Manager |
Experts |
24 |
Er.V.Ramachandran |
General Manager Technical (Kothari Sugars) |
Experts |
25 |
Er.S.V.Sreeraj |
Director/EMCOG Solutions, Chennai |
Experts |
Sl.No |
Type of Activity |
IIC/MIC/Self driven |
Quarter |
Dept |
1 |
Engineer's Day |
Celebration Activity |
I |
All |
2 |
5G Launch |
MIC Driven Activity |
I |
All |
3 |
India Startup Day |
Celebration Activity |
I |
All |
4 |
National Innovation Day |
Celebration Activity |
I |
All |
5 |
Exposure and Field Visit for Problem Identification |
IIC Driven |
I |
MECH |
6 |
WEBINAR ON EFFECTIVE BUSINESS THINKING TOWARDS INNOVATION |
IIC Driven |
I |
AIDS |
7 |
My Story - Motivational Session by Successful Entrepreneur/Start-up founder - ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS |
IIC Driven |
I |
ECE |
8 |
INTRA ISTITUTIONAL IDEA COMPETITION” |
IIC Driven |
I |
IT |
9 |
SESSION ON PROBLEM SOLVING AND IDEATION WORKSHOP |
IIC Driven |
I |
EEE |
10 |
Empowering the Next Generation of Entrepreneurs |
Self Driven |
I |
ECE |
11 |
Guest Lecture on ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND START-UPS |
Self Driven |
I |
IT |
12 |
Report of Webinar on “Innovation on IT” |
Self Driven |
I |
IT |
13 |
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS |
Self Driven |
I |
EEE |
14 |
IP AWARENESS PROGRAM AND PATENT RESEARCH |
Self Driven |
I |
ECE |
15 |
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Outreach Program In Schools/ Community |
IIC Driven |
II |
CSE |
16 |
ACHIEVING PROBLEM-SOLUTION FIT AND PRODUCT MARKET FIT |
IIC Driven |
II |
CSE |
17 |
INTELLIGENT MOBILE EDGE COMPUTING FOR IOT BIG DATA |
IIC Driven |
II |
ECE |
18 |
Field Visit-SOLAR PLANT VIST |
IIC Driven |
II |
EEE |
19 |
Workshop on Entrepreneurship Skill, Attitude and Behaviour Development “THE ART OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP |
IIC Driven |
II |
EEE & MBA |
20 |
Intra Institutional Best Innovative Idea Competition |
IIC Driven |
II |
MECH |
21 |
Hand’s on Training for AR/VR Module |
Self Driven |
II |
MECH |
22 |
Career Opportunities in Japan |
Self Driven |
II |
MECH |
23 |
National Energy Conservation Day(India) |
Celebration day |
II |
ALL |
24 |
National Pollution Control Day |
Celebration day |
II |
ALL |
25 |
INNOVATION IN ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT |
Self Driven |
II |
EEE |
26 |
INNOVATION-THE NEED OF THE HOUR |
Self Driven |
II |
EEE |
27 |
Webinar on IPR |
Self Driven |
II |
IT |
28 |
AWARENESS PROGRAM ON STOCK MARKET, TRADING AND INVESTMENT |
Self Driven |
II |
ECE |
29 |
WEBINAR ON INNOVATION |
Self Driven |
II |
AI&DS |
30 |
IPR Awareness Program under NIPAM 2.0 |
IIC Driven |
III |
ECE |
31 |
EXPOSURE VISIT TO INCUBATION UNIT |
IIC Driven |
III |
AI&DS |
32 |
National Technology day –Prime minister Event |
MIC Driven |
III |
ALL |
33 |
How to Plan for Startup and Legal Ethical Steps |
IIC Driven |
III |
MECH |
34 |
International Women’s Day |
Celebration Activity |
III |
ALL |
35 |
World Creativity and Innovation Day |
Celebration Activity |
III |
ALL |
36 |
World Earth Day |
Celebration Activity |
III |
ALL |
37 |
World Intellectual Property Day |
Celebration Activity |
III |
ALL |
38 |
World Earth Day |
Celebration Activity |
III |
ALL |
39 |
IDEA PRESENTATION |
Self Driven |
III |
ECE |
40 |
WEBINAR ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS |
Self Driven |
III |
AI&DS |
41 |
EINSTACTOMIA-2K23 Inter intra institutions Project Competition |
Self Driven |
III |
ECE |
42 |
Entrepreneurships and Startups – Guest Lecture |
Self Driven |
III |
MECH |
43 |
Intra Institutional Best Innovative Idea Competition |
Self Driven |
III |
MECH |
44 |
ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND STARTUPS |
Self Driven |
III |
EEE |
45 |
IDEA PLAN COMPETITION |
Self Driven |
III |
EEE |
46 |
PRESENTATION OF BUSSINESS PLANS&LINKAGE WITH IINOVATION EXPERTS FOR MENTORSHIP SUPPORT |
IIC Driven |
III |
ECE |
47 |
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS-Guest Lecture |
Self Driven |
III |
ECE |
48 |
WORKSHOP ON BUSNESS MODEL CANVAS |
IIC Driven |
III |
MBA |
49 |
Mentoring Event: Demo Day/Exhibition/Poster Presentation of Business Plans & linkage with Innovation Ambassadors/Experts for Mentorship Support -Manage through YUKTI-NIR |
IIC Driven |
III |
IT |
50 |
How to Plan for Startup and Legal Ethical Steps |
Self Driven |
IV |
ECE |