Institution's Innovation Council

1. Secured 4 Star Rating as per the Annual Performance Rating of IIC 2.0
2. Recognised as Mentor IIC for other low performing IICs
3. Conducted 39 approved activities in during 2019-20 combining IIC Calendar Activities, MIC- driven Activities, and Self-driven Activities.

A Quick Glance at Some Prominent Events organised by IIC - 2.0 :

• Innovation Challenge

  Brief: It was a Business Plan competition where a platform was provided to students to showcase their business models along with the innovation they have made to the investors and eminent personalities from the industry.
  Total Participants: 60 ; Date of event : 15th October 2019

• My Story - Innovator’s Life & Crossroad- Motivational Speech

  Brief: IIC IIEST Shibpur hosted Mr. Aaquib Hussain, Creative Head and Director of “I & WE” at the campus. He spoke about his entrepreneurial journey.
  Total Participants: 200 ; Date of event : 24th October, 2019

• Product Design/ Design Thinking Workshop at Campus

  Brief: The major objective of the workshop was to introduce the concept and importance of design thinking and solving new-age problems, developing products, services and business models. Various fun activities were carried out interlinked to critical thinking to extract the idea and concept of the workshop.
  Date of event : 25th October, 2019

• e-Woke’19: ‘Awaken the Entrepreneur Within You’

  Brief: It was a 3-days event which focused on giving an introduction about entrepreneurship, building the foundation of innovative thinking among students and engaging them in critical thinking and problem solving activities. Various competitions, workshops and seminars were organised where the students witnessed the journeys of entrepreneurs and also realized their innovative sides.
  Total Participants: 150 ; Date of event : 24th-26th October, 2019

• Workshop on NISP (National Innovation and Startup Policy)

  Brief: IIC IIEST Shibpur organised a workshop on National Innovation and Startup Policy in collaboration with EDC, IIESTS and BEC94 Foundation. The new National Innovation and Startup Policy were discussed thoroughly in the workshop.
  Total Participants: 120 ; Date of event : 26th December, 2019

• Exposure Visit to School of Mechatronics and Robotics Lab

  Brief: For an engineer, it is essential that they look into solving problems and the School of Mechatronics and Robotics focuses on solving problems with smart technologies. The participants got a chance to view and understand various types of smart prototypes that make people’s lives easier.
  Total Participants: 40; Date of event : 17th January 2020

• Exposure Visit to CEGESS

  Brief: IIC IIEST Shibpur organised an exposure visit to a Technology Transfer Center in which a total of 21 students participated. The place of visit was Centre of Green Energy and Sensor Systems which is a research facility in the campus of IIEST Shibpur and many of its technologies have been commercialized by different companies. In the visit, all participants were taken to the facility and an instructor from CEGESS was also there who showed all the instruments and facilities. The major attraction of the visit was the making of a solar cell. It included all the processes such as heating of Silicon in the furnace, etching, addition of other materials, and so on. Participants were also introduced to some instruments which can do coating of materials with accuracy in nano centimetres. Participants were also introduced to few technologies which were developed at CEGESS and commercialised by different companies.
  Total Participants: 21; Date of event : 27th January 2020

• Exhibition Cum Demo for PoCs & Mentorship Session for Innovators

  Brief: As a major part of Scintillations 2020, IIC IIEST Shibpur organised Exhibition Cum Demo for PoCs & Mentorship Session for Innovators. It included a startup expo where 3 startups came and exhibited what their product and services are. It also included an innovation expo in which the School of Mechatronics and Robotics Lab of IIEST Shibpur had exhibited the innovative work being performed in the laboratories of IIESTS campus.
  Total Participants: 50 ; Date of event : 15th-16th February, 2020

• Awareness/Mentoring Session on IPR & IP Management

  Brief: IIC 2.0 organised an awareness session on IPR & IP management. The major objective of the workshop was to develop a basic knowledge of the Intellectual Property Rights and make participants understand the relevance of filing IP in technology transfer and in the domain of business.
  Total Participants: 70 ; Date of event : 15th February, 2020