MoE’s Innovation Cell
Overview
Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Govt. of India has established MHRD’s Innovation Cell (MIC) to systematically promote the culture of Innovation amongst all Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) from ideas generation to pre-incubation, incubation and graduating from the incubator as successful start-ups.
The primary consent 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 will actively engage various central and state agencies to ensure that a dedicated budget is allocated for innovation related activities.
Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC)
MIC has envisioned the creation of Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC) across selected HEIs. A network of these IICs will be established to promote innovation in the Institution through infinite modes leading to an innovation promotion eco-system in these campuses. For more information of IIC and current calendar activities, please visit https://iic.mic.gov.in/login
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 (ARIIA).
- Smart India Hackathon (SIH).
- National Innovation and Start-up Policy for Students and Faculties.
- Establish Function Ecosystem for Scouting Ideas and Pre-incubation
Functions of IIC
- To conduct various innovation and entrepreneurship-related activities prescribed by Central MIC in time bound fashion.
- Opportunity to nurture and prototype new ideas.
- Mentoring by industry Professionals.
- 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.
Internal (Teaching/Non teaching) Committee Members of IIC
Name of Staff | Designation | Assigned Roles |
Dr. E. Sai baba Reddy |
Principal |
Head of Institute |
Dr. A. Padmaja |
Dean |
President |
Dr. A. Srujana |
Professor & HOD |
Vice President |
Dr.M.Vadivel | Associate Professor | IIC Convener & ARIIA Coordinator |
Dr N Anusha |
Professor |
Innovation Activities |
Prof. B. Srinivasulu |
Professor & HOD |
NIRF Coordinator |
Dr.M.Nagabhushana Rao |
Professor | IPR Activity Coordinator |
Dr.Y. Praveen Kumar | Associate Professor | Internship Activity Coordinator |
Dr. KVR. Satya Kumar | Professor | Start up Activity Coordinator |
Mr.Y.Prabhu Kumar | Associate Professor | Social Media |
Mrs. G. Srilatha |
Academic Coordinator | Member |
Mr. R. Venkata Chalam | Sr. Admin.Officer | Member |
Dr. D. Aruna Kumari |
Professor & HOD |
Member |
Dr.M. Rajendra Prasad |
Professor & HOD |
Member |
Dr. Sreeram Reddy |
Professor & HOD |
Member |
Prof. Srinivasulu |
Professor & HOD |
Member |
Dr. Pallavi Badry |
Professor & HOD |
Member |
Dr. A. Srujana |
Professor & HOD |
Member |
Dr. A. Obulesh |
Professor & HOD |
Member |
Dr. N. Anusha | Professor & HOD | Member |
Dr. KSRK Sarma | Professor & HOD | Member |
Dr. MD. Anushan Azeer | Professor & HOD | Member |
Dr. P Chakradhar |
Professor & HOD |
Member |
Dr C. N. Ravi | Professor | Member |
Mr. K. Srinivasa Rao | Associate Professor | Member |
Mrs. V. Vijayalaxmi | Associate Professor | Member |
Dr. Masarat Jahan | Associate Professor | Member |
Ms. Sree Devi Jasti | Associate Professor | Member |
Mr. D. Srinivas | Associate Professor | Member |
Mr. Subhanvali | Assistant Professor | Member |
Mr S Prasad Kumar | Assistant Professor | Member |
Mrs. T. Deepika | Assistant Professor | Member |
Ms Dasari Anusha | Assistant Professor | Member |
External Committee Members of IIC
Name of Staff |
Organization |
Assigned Roles |
Mr.Santhosh |
Canara Bank |
Bank/Investor |
Mr.Emmanuel Gosula |
EPAM Software Engineering & Product Development Services |
Expert from nearby Industry |
Dr.Shanta Thoutam |
Government of Telangana |
Expert from nearby Industry/Industry association/ Ecosystem Enablers |
Dr.M.Anil Ramesh |
Siva Sivani Institute of management |
Start up/ Alumni Entrepreneur |
Dr. Nandita Sethi |
The Entrepreneur Zone |
Start up/ Alumni Entrepreneur |
Mr.Sri Charan Lakkaraju |
stuMagz |
Start up/ Alumni Entrepreneur |
Dr.Prakriti Bhattacharya |
IPexcel |
Patent expert |
Er. Prof. G. Surender Reddy |
Butterfly Edufields Pvt. Ltd. |
Expert from nearby Industry/Industry association |
Funding received towards Innovative Ideas
- Ms K Shailaja and team under the guidance of Ms K.Shireesha received Rs.15 Lakhs from MSME, Govt. of India, in February 2024 for innovative idea presentation.
- Raju Nayak and team under the guidance of Dr. V.G. Sivakumar received Rs.10.72 Lakhs from MSME, Govt. of India, in June 2022 for innovative idea presentation.
- Nithish Reddy and team under guidance of Mr.Y. Praveen Kumar received Rs. 2.15 Lakh from MIC-IIC, AICTE, Govt. of India, in March 2022 for innovative idea presentation.
- Bold and Unique Idea Lead Development (BUILD) Projects granted
Department | Project Title | Team Members |
CSE | Driver Safety System |
Jampala Rishi Krishna G. Karthik G. Roshith Eaaga Rama Krishna |
ECE | Design of CANSAT |
Nabeel Spatika Prasad Soma Kunal raj A.Bharath Kumar B.Bhargav Deep |
Achievements in Innovation Activities
- Student’s participation at 𝐃𝐫. 𝐊𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐦’𝐬 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 T-Works by IEEE Robotics & Automation Society and Incubation Support received for the 1 and 2 projects from 𝐃𝐫. 𝐊𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐦’𝐬 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 T-Works by IEEE Robotics & Automation Society on 12th to 15th October 2023.
- Tablet Vending Machine by our 3rd Year B.Tech CSE team: Ashish Gowtham, Varun Shah, Sai Rohit (MECH), Vishnu Priya, MD Riyyanuddin. They clinched victory and will receive invaluable incubation support from Aleap, Dr. Z Labs, T-Works, and other leading Telangana State incubators.
- Frontline Sewage Inspector, created by our 3rd Year B.Tech ECE team: Varun Reddy, Harshita, Satvika, Bhargav Deep, Nitya. These bright minds earned pre-incubation support from T-Works and ALEAP.
- Student innovators from AI Department Mahesh, G Sravan Reddy, and K Pranay: A student startup Zakopin Innovations Private Limited, a remarkable endeavor initiated by students from the AI department. ZAKOPIN is on a #missionto redefine the future of #software development using the power of AI. Their goal is to make software development accessible, sustainable, and equitable for all.
- 𝐀𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐬𝐮𝐤𝐢 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 Surya Teja, Rrahul – CSE, Soma Kunal Raj – ECE, Jahnavi – CSE has secured the 𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑, event organized by International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIITH) during 28th & 29th October 2023.
- 4 faculty members and 25 students attended on 17th & 18th October 2023 BVR Mohan Reddy School of Innovation & Entrepreneurship (SCIENT) Launch at IIT Hyderabad
- MBA HoD and 5 students from Engineering Departments participated in the Ripple Effect competition at Woxsen University on 18th October 2023. The competition is about recognition of our unwavering dedication to ERS (Education, Research, and Social) initiatives for Community Development.
- Team MD Shafi Uddin, 20911A6736, CSE-DS,G Rohith, 20911A0578, CSE-B
– N Kushmitha, 219115A1211, IT-B – K Nesha, 20911A3533, AI-A – U Ranjith Kumar, 20911A1290, IT-A are winners in 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧’𝐬 𝐀𝐈 𝐇𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧 conducted at Technolution office premises held during 9th and 10th September 2023. - Madhurima Sinha, Lakshya R, Pranith Rajput Developed a CANSAT titled “Nambisat” which monitors the Air quality in earth’s atmosphere and won second prize at FEMPRENUER 2023
- Madhurima Sinha and Lakshya (4thTech ECE) and Srikanth 2nd year team received global jury award for satellite at Serbia for designing “Nambisat” in the world Cansat rocketry competition 2022 during 25th– 27th September 2022.
- V N Kameshwari and team received Best Business Plan Competition award by Ramanujan College, University of Delhi in 2022.
- Arige Tejashwini, Ankalla Sandhya Bhanu, G Prema Shalini and V N Kameshwari department of ECE, are received “Best innovation award” by Indian Institute of Projects Technology (IIPT) during March 2022.
- Mohammad Ghouse, Huzaifa Moinuddin received best presentation award at National-Level-Event Ideathon-2k22, Kalam institute of Youth Excellence.
- Sapan Raj Mathur & CSE Team won Smart India Hackathon-2022 under Student Innovation and awarded with Rs.1lakh cash prize.
- Mr Akshath Dalmia and team of IV B.Tech awarded 1st Prize and won 1 Lakh prize money in the 24 hour Smart India Hackathon-2022 held during 25th-26th August 2022 at Excel Engineering College, Tamilnadu.
- Anirudh Soni, K S Keshav Kumar and EEE Team got 1st place in Smart India Hackathon 2022 organized by AICTE on 26th August, 2022.
- Hemanth Sai, IV year Shortlisted for Smart India Hackathon 2022 finals under Software Edition.
- M T Adarsh Raghavan of CSE secured 1st position in National level Hackathon conducted by Anurag University with CSI Hyderabad chapter during December 2021.
- V N Kameshwari of ECE secured 2nd position in national level ideathon conducted by IEEE Gujrat Section,June 2021
- MT Adarsh Raghavan secured 1st position in national level Hackathon conducted by Anurag University with CSI Hyderabad chapter during December 2021.
- Sai Krithik of CSE, made to the prestigious finals of Neural Hack (Hackathon) conducted by Virtusa.
- YVD Krishna Meghana, S. Tejaswi, Zaib Unnisa Nayeem, Y. Keerthi Chowdary, A. Sai Harshitha, G. Sravan Reddy, M. Barghav of AI Dept. have won 5th and 6th positions in Data Hackathon organized by Anurag University in association with CSI Hyderabad chapter.
- Conducted Hackathons, Workshops under various Technical Clubs (GDSC, Android, AI ML, IoT, Computer Vision and Wiki)
- Ashfaq C Rakshita & CSE team, III B.Tech won 3rd place in 36 Hours Hackathon held in December 2021 at VJIT.
- Akshath Dalmia and IT team of II B.Tech awarded 2nd prize in the 36-hour Hackathon on ‘Smart Machines for Industries 4.0’ organized by JNTUH & J-Hub in December 2020.
- B. Yugandhari and K. Himaja of IT awarded 2nd Prize in Chat Bot Hackathon sponsored by IBM at AGI and were offered internship from Smart Bridge .
- Nisar & IT Team, IV B. Tech were Finalists in Smart India Hackathon, 2020
Activities
One day Session on My Story Motivational Session by Successful Entrepreneur/ Start-up founder
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One day session on Strength and Weakness of young Entrepreneurs
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One day session on Accelerators/Incubation-Opportunities for Students & Faculties – Early Stage Entrepreneurs
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One day session on Angel Investment/VC Funding Opportunity for Early Stage Entrepreneurs
Ministry of Education’s Innovation Cell (MIC) - Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC) 5.0 & Entrepreneurship...
One day session on Lean Start-up & Minimum Viable Product/Business-Mentoring Session
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One day session on Innovation/Prototype Validation – Converting Innovation into a Start-up
Ministry of Education’s Innovation Cell (MIC) - Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC) 5.0 & Entrepreneurship...
One day Workshop on Entrepreneurship Skill, Attitude and Behaviour Development.
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One day Workshop on Start-Up: A Cautious Inspiration
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One day Workshop on Design Thinking, Critical thinking and Innovation Design
Ministry of Education’s Innovation Cell (MIC) - Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC) 5.0 & Entrepreneurship...
One day Session on Social Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Ministry of Education’s Innovation Cell (MIC) - Institution's Innovation Council (IIC) 5.0 & Entrepreneurship...
One day Session on My Story – Motivational Session by Successful Innovators.
Ministry of Education’s Innovation Cell (MIC) - Institution's Innovation Council (IIC) 5.0 & Entrepreneurship...
One day Session on My Story – Motivational Session by Successful Entrepreneur/Start-up founder.
Ministry of Education Innovation Cell (MIC) – Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC) 5.0 & Entrepreneurship...