Institute Innovation Council – MITS

MIC and IIC

The “MHRD’s own Innovation Cell (MIC)” has been formed by MHRD. The main goal of MIC is to support young students in their formative years by helping them work with fresh ideas and develop those ideas into prototypes. This serves to inspire, motivate, and nurture them.

MIC intends to accomplish this by establishing unique “Institution’s Innovation Councils (IICs)” and methodically promoting an innovative culture throughout all Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). To encourage creativity within the institution through a variety of means and create an innovation promotion ecosystem on campus, a network of these IICs will be formed.

The Innovation Cell (MIC) of the MHRD includes Muthoot Institute of Science & Technology as a member aims to help students develop the skill set that facilitates critical thinking, design thinking, innovative thought processes, and an entrepreneurial mindset, the institution’s Innovation Council (IIC MITS) seeks to strengthen and streamline the campus innovation and start-up ecosystem.

IIC – MITS got established in the academic year 2018 – 2019 and is being coordinating the Innovation and Entrepreneurship related activities in the institute since then. 

Principal Aims of IIC

• To establish a thriving ecosystem for local innovation Mechanisms in HEIs that support startups and entrepreneurship.
• Get the institute ready for the Innovation Achievements Framework (ARIIA) Atal Ranking of Institutions.
• Create a functional ecosystem for idea scouting and idea pre-incubation
• Improve the Cognitive Capabilities of Students studying Technology
  

The Institution’s Innovation Council’s duties

• To encourage creativity within the organization using a variety of strategies that will create a campus-wide ecosystem for innovation promotion.
• To carry out in a time-bound manner the different innovation and entrepreneurship-related initiatives as directed by Central MIC.
• To recognize, honor, and disseminate innovations and success stories.
• To establish a mentorship program for student innovators and plan recurring workshops, seminars, and meetings with experts, investors, and entrepreneurs.
• To establish a network with colleagues and national organizations that support entrepreneurship.
• To establish a unique gateway for the college that will showcase creative initiatives that its staff and students have completed.
• To arrange industry-sponsored hackathons, idea competitions, mini-challenges, etc.

IIC Members