Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC)

About
Ministry of Education's Innovation Cell (MIC) launched the Institution's Innovation Council (IIC) program in collaboration with AICTE to systematically foster the culture of Innovation and start-up ecosystem in higher education institutions. The primary goal of this council is to inspire, encourage and nurture the young students for different activities involved in pre-incubation, incubation and making successful startups.

MIC has envisioned encouraging creation of ‘Institution’s Innovation Council (IICs)’ across selected HEIs. A network of these IICs was established to promote innovation in the Institution through multitudinous modes leading to an innovation promotion eco-system in the campuses.

Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC) of Goalpara College
Our college has established Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC) for promoting different activities related to the innovation, IPR, startup and entrepreneurships. Faculties and students are the members of IIC. The IIC cell conducts quarterly meetings in every quarter to plan the quarterly activities and review quarterly conducted activities. Due to these activities, students get chance to participate in various innovation related initiatives and competition organized by MHRD. Students actively interact with renowned entrepreneurs and academicians. They get opportunities to nurture their ideas. Goalpara College IIC helps students to experiment latest technologies to get some prototype for building their confidence. Overall students get extremely healthy environment right from ideation to startups.

Major Focus Area

1. To create a vibrant local innovation ecosystem.
2. Start-up/ entrepreneurship supporting Mechanism in HEIs.
3. Prepare institute for Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements Framework (ARIIA).
4. Establish Function Ecosystem for Scouting Ideas and Pre-incubation of Ideas.
5. Develop better Cognitive Ability amongst Technology Students.

Functions

1. To conduct various innovation and entrepreneurship-related activities prescribed by Central MIC in time bound fashion.
2. Identify and reward innovations and share success stories.
3. Organize periodic workshops/ seminars/ interactions with entrepreneurs, investors, professionals and create a mentor pool for student innovators.
4. Network with peers and national entrepreneurship development organizations.
5. Organize Webinar, Workshop, Competition, Mini-challenges etc. with the involvement of Experts from different fields.

Activities
Following activities conducted in year 2022-23 under IIC cell of the College.

Sr.No.	Activity	Category	Date
01	MY STORY - MOTIVATIONAL SESSION BY SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEUR/START-UP FOUNDER.	Calendar Activity	07/11/2022
02	MY STORY - MOTIVATIONAL SESSION BY SUCCESSFUL INNOVATORS.	Calendar Activity	25/11/2022
03	NATIONAL SCIENCE DAY.	Celebration Activity	28-02-2023
04	HEALTH CARE CAMP	Self Driven Activity	01-03-2023
05	FINANCIAL EDUCATION WORKSHOP	Self Driven Activity	25-02-2023
06	WORLD CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION DAY	Celebration Activity	21-04-2023
07	WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS DAY	Celebration Activity	26-04-2023
08	SESSION ON ANGEL INVESTMENT AND VC FUNDING OPPORTUNITY FOR EARLY STAGE INVESTORS	Validation and Start-up Development	15-06-2023
09	TWO DAY WORKSHOP ON FINANCIAL EDUCATION FOR YOUNG CITIZEN	Start-up Development	23&24-06-2023
10	WORLD ENTREPRENEURS DAY	Celebration Activity	21-08-2023

Committee

1. Faculty Representation

Sl. No.	Name	Designation	Department	Role
1	Dr. Subhash Barman	Principal	Head of the Institute	President
2	Dr. S. K. Mishra	Associate Professor	English	Vice President
3	Dr. Anjam H. Barbhuiya	Assistant Professor	Zoology	Convener
4	Dr. Manjit Borah	Assistant Professor	Physics	NIRF
5	Dr. Yoshiko Bailung	Assistant Professor	Physics	Startup Activity
6.	Dr. Dhiraj K Borah	Assistant Professor	Zoology	Innovation Activity
7	Rashmi Hazarika	Assistant Professor	Geography	ARIIA
8	Dr. J. K. Brahma	Assistant Professor	Political Science	IPR Activity
9	Trishna Barman	Assistant Professor	Zoology	Social Media
10	Dr. Hemanta Deka	Assistant Professor	Chemistry	Internship Activity
11	Dr. Dulal C. Boruah	Assistant Professor	Botany	Member
12	Dr. Dhananjoy Medhi	Assistant Professor	Geography	Member
13	Rituparna Kalita	Assistant Professor	Economics	Member
14	Dr. Md. Johirul Hoque	Assistant Professor	Assamese	Member
15	Dr. Rody V Faihreim	Assistant Professor	History	Member
16	Manashi Devi	Assistant Professor	English	Member

02	Expert Representation
	Patent Experts	Member	01	Siddhartha Devnath
	Startup/Alumini entrepreneur	Member	01	Shahi Md Karim
	Experts from nearby Industry / Industry association /Ecosystem Enablers	Member	01	Sijou Swrjee
	Bank/Investor	Member	01	Sanjeeb Kumar Nath

03	Student Representation
	Innovation Coordinator	Member	01	Muzaharul Islam
	Startup Coordinator	Member	01	Bobidul Islam
	Startup Coordinator	Member	1	Saheen Firdousi
	Internship Coordinator	Member	01	Chandan Das
	IPR Coordinator	Member	01	Rahul Urang
	Social Media Coordinator	Member	01	Satabdi Chakrabarty
	General Members	Member	02	Salma Yeasmin

Action Plan

Planned Activities

Quarterly Plan: Q1 & Q2 of IIC 5.0



Quarterly Plan: Q3 & Q4 of IIC 5.0

A Certificate was issued to Goalpara College for establishing the MIC – Institution Innovation Council (IIC) on 28.07.2021.


Based on the performance of the Seven months, One golden star was given in 2020-21 and the certificate flashed in IIC web portal.


Based on the performance One golden star was given in 2021-22 and the certificate flashed in IIC web portal.


Contact
1. Prof. (Dr.) Subhash Barman
Principal & President IIC
Goalpara College
Goalpara, Assam, India
Ph:7399002231

2. Dr. Anjam Hussain Barbhuiya
Coordinator,Institution’s Innovation Council,
Goalpara College
Goalpara, Assam, India
PIN: 783101
Ph: 9435379603

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