Institution's Innovation Council

Ministry of Education (MoE), Govt. of India has established ‘MoE’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.

Major focus of IIC

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.

MoE's Policy Approach & Action Plan for I&E Development in HEIs

Functions of IICs

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.

IIC@DAV College, Jalandhar.

S.No.	Name of the member	Member Type (Teaching/ Non Teaching/ Student/ External Expert)	Key Role/Position assigned in IIC
1	Dr. Dinesh Arora	Teaching	Vice-President
2	Dr. Rajeev Puri	Teaching	Convenor
3	Prof. Vishal Sharma	Teaching	ARIIA Coordinator
4	Prof. Punit Puri	Teaching	Innovation activity Coordinator
5	Dr. Vinod Kumar	Teaching	Social -Media Coordinator
6	Dr. Naveen Sood	Teaching	IPR activity Coordinator
7	Prof. Manish Khanna	Teaching	Start-up Coordinator
8	Dr. Manav. Aggarwal	Teaching	Internship Coordinator
9	Dr. Sanjeev Dhawan	Teaching	NIRF Coordinator
10	Dr. Isha Bahl	Teaching	Member
11	Ms. Reena Devi	Teaching	Member
12	Ms. Namarta Kapoor	Teaching	Member
13	Sh. Deepak Kumar	Non-Teaching	Member
14	Mr. Gaurav Rattna	External Expert	Bank
15	Mr. Sameer Mehta	External Expert	Alumni Entrepreneur
16	Mr. Ashutosh	External Expert	Alumni Entrepreneur
17	Mehak Khera	Student Member	Innovation Coordinator
18	Komalpreet Kaur	Student Member	Internship Coordinator
19	Divya Thakur	Student Member	IPR Coordinator
20	Geetika	Student Member	Social Media Coordinator
21	Aditi	Student Member	Startup Coordinator
22	Priyanka Bajaj	Student Member	Member
23	Shruti Chadha	Student Member	Member
24	Yogesh	Student Member	Member
25	Rishav	Student Member	Member
26	Parshant kumar	Student Member	Member

2022-23

IIC Activities

Workshops/Seminars/Conferences/Field Visits

Mar

Major focus of IIC

MoE's Policy Approach & Action Plan for I&E Development in HEIs

Functions of IICs

IIC@DAV College, Jalandhar.

IIC Activities

Workshops/Seminars/Conferences/Field Visits

𝐆𝐍𝐀 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 & 𝐆𝐍𝐀 𝐆𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩

W𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧

Invited Talk: Innovative Thinking and Design