• Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Govt. of India has established MHRD 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 while they are in formative years. MIC has envisioned 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 these campuses.

• Students/Faculty associated with IIC will get exclusive opportunity to participate in various Innovation related initiatives .
• Interact with Business Leaders and top-notch academicians.
• Mentoring by Industry Professionals
• Experimentation with new/latest technologies
• Opportunity to nurture and prototype new ideas.
• Win exciting Prizes/Certificates every month.

• To create a vibrant local innovation ecosystem
• Start-up/ entrepreneurship 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 amongst Technology Students

• Conduct various innovation and entrepreneurship-related activities prescribed by Central MIC in time bounded fashion.
• Organize periodic workshops / seminars / interactions with entrepreneurs, investors, professionals and create a mentor pool for student innovators.
• Organize Hackathons, idea competition, mini-challenges, etc.
• Creation of an Institution's Innovation portal to highlight innovative projects carried out by institution s faculty and students.
• Network with peers and national entrepreneurship Development organizations.
• Network with peers and national entrepreneurship Development organizations.