MIC will focus on creating complete ecosystem which will foster the culture of Innovation across all educational institutions from ideas generation to pre-incubation, incubation and graduating from the incubator as successful start-ups. MIC will also work on designing ranking system to identify institutions in the forefront of innovation.
MIC will actively engage various central and state agencies to ensure that dedicated budget is allocated for innovation related activities.
Ministry of HRD has established ‘MRHD’s Innovation Cell’ with the mandate to work closely with our Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to encourage the creative energy of our student population to work on new ideas and innovation and promote them to create start-ups and entrepreneurial ventures.
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 and transform them into prototypes while they are informative years.
MIC has envisioned encouraging 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 the campuses.
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.
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
President |
Dr. R. D. Patidar, Vice Chancellor, OPJU |
Vice President |
Dr. Siddharth S Chakrabarti, ME |
Convener |
Dr. Saket Jeswani, SoM |
Co-Convener |
Dr Deepayan Priyadarshi, CE |
Innovation Activity Coordinator |
Dr. I.A. Qadri, EE |
Start-up Activity Coordinator |
Dr Vikas Kumar, SoM |
Internship Coordinator |
Dr. Swapnasarit Kar, CE |
IPR Coordinator |
Dr Satish Kanhed, ME / Dr. Sandeep Biswal, EE |
Social Media Coordinator |
Prof Umashankar Pandey, CSE |
ARIIA (Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements) Coordinator |
Prof Akash Pandey, ME/Dr. R.S. Singh, SoS |
NIRF Coordinator |
Dr Deepak Singh, EE /Dr Ajit Singh, ME |
Patent Expert/IP Expert |
Adv. Swapnil Gawande, Director: BLI Consultancy Pvt. Ltd. |
MIC Activity Coordinator & Member |
Dr Trinath Talapaneni, MME |
Innovation Ambassador & Member |
Dr Sanjay Singh, Humanaties |
Innovation Ambassador & Member |
Mr Bhupendra Tripathi, SoM |
Innovation Ambassador & Member |
Dr Himanshu Vaishnaw, SoM |
Innovation Ambassador & Member |
Dr Rekha Sharma, SoM |
Start-up Alumni Entrepreneur |
Amit Patel, CEO Chalbo India Private Limited |
Expert from nearby Industry/Industry association/Ecosystem Enables |
Mr Ramdas Katre, EVP, JPL Tamnar |
President |
Dr. R. D. Patidar, Vice Chancellor, OPJU |
Vice President |
Dr. P.S. Bokare |
Convener |
Dr S. S. Chakrabarti |
Co-Convener |
Mr. Pradeep Singh Chauhan |
Innovation Activity Coordinator |
Dr. I.A. Qadri/Dr.Trinath |
Start-up Activity Coordinator |
Prof.P.S.Chauhan/Dr. S. Jeswani |
Internship Coordinator |
Dr. Deepak Singh/Dr. D. Priyadarshi |
IPR Coordinator |
Prof.Aakash Pandey/Dr. Sandeep Biswal |
Social Media Coordinator |
Dr. Sanjay Singh/Mr. Vivek Srivastava |
ARHA (Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements) Coordinator |
Ms. Vijeta Verma/Dr. R.S. Singh |
NIRF Coordinator |
Dr.Mahasakti/Dr.Rekha Sharma |
Patent Expert/IP Expert |
Adv. Swapnil Gawande, Director: BLI consultancy Pvt. Ltd. |
Start-up Alumni Entrepreneur |
Amit Patel, CEO Chalbo India Private Limited |
Expert from nearby Industry/Industry association/Ecosystem Enables |
Prof.Aakash Pandey/Dr. Sandeep Biswal |
Aditi Thakur |
Innovation Activity coordinator |
Suraj Naik |
Innovation Activity members |
Abhishek Dey |
Innovation Activity members |
Deepika Behra |
IPR Coordinator |
Soumit Kumar Mondal |
IPR member |
Prerna Kumari |
Internship Coordinator |
Sajid Khan |
Member |
Ritisha Agrawal |
Member |
Abhishek Dey |
Innovation Activity members |
Ashutosh Singh |
Innovation Activity members |
Tejesh Kumar Sahu |
Innovation Activity members |
Vedaj Patel |
Innovation Activity members |
Soubhik Chakrabarti |
Startup Coordinator |
Debprakash Barik |
Startup member |
Soumit Kumar mondal |
Startup member |
Nikhil NivedanVatsa |
Social Media Coordinator |
AdarshPatidar |
Social Media member |
Abdul Ahad |
Social Media member |
S.NO. | EVENT NAME | DATE OF EVENT | NO. OF ATTENDEES | |
1 | Quarter II |
Webinar on "Process of Innovation Development" | 25/11/2020 | 185 |
2 | Idea/ PoC pitching cvalidation and Institute level PoC competition. Submission of Idea/PoC on IIC Portal | 03/12/2020 TO 11/12 /2020 | 8 GROUPS | |
3 | Workshop on Entrepreneurship Development Phases | 19/12/2020 | 42 | |
4 | Orientation Session on National Innovation and Startup Policy (NISP) | 01/07/2021 | 75 | |
5 | Quarter-III |
Workshop on Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and IP management for start up | 31 | 83 |
6 | Session on identifying Intellectual Property component at the early stage of Innovation | 31/07/2020 | 86 | |
7 | National Innovation Fest 202 | 26/01/2021 TO04/04/2021 | 6646 | |
8 | Challenges and opportunities for startups and innovators in the Renewable Energy sector | 5/03/2021 | 240 | |
9 | An Invited talk on "Industrialization and Innovation" | 12/04/2021 | 225 | |
10 | Quarter-IV |
Role of Simulation in Electromobility Innovation | 10/06/21 | 344 |
11 | Webinar on “Introduction to IPR and its Scope” | 29/05/21 | 177 | |
12 | Innovative Project Competition | 16/07/21 | 136 |
S. No |
Project Name |
Team Members/Photo |
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1 | Electric Solar Vehicle in 2019 (25 members from different discipline of B Tech) | ![]() |
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2 | Electric Solar Vehicle in 2020 | ![]() |
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3 | Design and development of Efficycle | Mr Arnav Mankar & Team (15 members) | ![]() |
4 | Pipe Bending Machine | Mr Shreeyas Upadhyay & team (5 members) | ![]() |
5 | Solar Bicycle | Mr Akash Pandey and team (5 members) | ![]() |
6 | Development and fabrication of exhaust gas analyser | Mr Rahul Singh & Team (4 members) | ![]() |
7 | Hand gesture Robotic arm | Mr Nikhil Prasad, Fanishwar Prasad, Sohel Kumar, Vikash Malik | ![]() |