IIC

The Ministry of Education (MoE), Govt. of India has established ‘MoE’s Innovation Cell (MIC) with the aim to systematically foster the culture of Innovation amongst all Higher Education Institutions. The main directive is to encourage, inspire and nurture young students by supporting them to work with new ideas and transform them into prototypes. It encourages the Higher Education Institutes to create ‘Institution’s Innovation Council (IICs)’. The major focus of IIC is based on ideas like –  to create a vibrant local innovation ecosystem, have a start-up supporting mechanism and develop better cognitive ability for the students.

Our college established the Institution Innovation Council in February 2021. The core team includes an eminent scientist, IPR Expert / Practitioner, senior college faculty members and alumni entrepreneurs along with a team of student members. Since its inception, the cell has organized sessions by renowned personalities in the field of Innovation, IPR, Startups and Entrepreneurship. With the help of the IIC, Cummins College 2 students from the 2020 batch – Ms. Shalmali Kadu and Ms. Medha Moorching started their own LLP- ‘Alvara Solutions’.

IIC Objectives

The functions of IIC as stated by MoE include,
➔ 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 the institution’s faculty and students.
➔ Organize Hackathons, idea competition, mini-challenges etc. with the involvement of industries.
The college IIC team aims at executing the stated functions with a well drafted time plan. It will organize various activities in coordination with eminent personalities from industry, research institutes and higher education institutes.

IIC members

 

 

Sr. No.	Name of Member	Member Type (Teaching/Non teaching/ External Expert)	Key Role/position assigned in IIC
1	Dr. Madhuri Khambete	Teaching	Principal CCEW
2	Dr. Prachi Mukherji	Teaching	President, IIC
3	Dr. Sneha Thombre	Teaching	Convener
4	Dr. Swati Madhe	Teaching	Member
5	Mr. Satish Ranade	External Expert	commercialisation, Start-up
6	Mr. Shrirang Karandikar	External Expert	commercialisation, Start-up
7	Dr. Sunita Jahirabadkar	Teaching	IP Cell
8	Dr. Dipti Patil	Teaching	Patent Expert
9	Dr. Chhaya Gosavi	Teaching	Member
10	Dr. Nitin Palan	Teaching	Member
11	Mr. Raghavendra Ponkshe	External Expert	Patent Expert
12	Dr. Seema Rajput	Teaching	Startup
13	Prof. Amit Rajurkar	Teaching	Internship Coordinator
14	Prof. Nilesh Kolhalkar	Teaching	NIRF
15	Mrs. Vrushali Deshpande	Non-Teaching	Social Media Coordinator
16	Dr. Makarand Velankar	Teaching	Head, Entrepro Pre-Incubation Center (EPIC)
17	Shruti Patil	Student	Member
18	Swarali Mengale	Student	Member

IIC activities

1) IIC Activities AY 2020-21
2) IIC Activities AY 2021-22

IIC certificate