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 have 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 interacts 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
- 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 (ARIIA).
- Establish Function Ecosystem for Scouting Ideas and Pre-incubation of Ideas.
- Develop better Cognitive Ability amongst Technology Students.
Functions
- 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.
- Organize Webinar, Workshop,Competition, Mini-challenges etc. with the involvement of Experts from different fields.
Committee
Faculty Representation
| Sr. No. |
Experts |
Designation |
No. |
Name |
| 01 |
Faculty Representation |
| President |
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| Convener |
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| S.No. |
Name |
Designation |
Department |
Role |
| 1 |
Dr. Subhash Barman |
Principal |
Head of the Institute |
President |
| 2 |
Dr. S. K. Misra |
Associate Professor |
English |
Vice-President |
| 3 |
Dr. J. K. Brahma |
Asstt. Prof. /Head |
Pol. Science |
IPR Activity Coordinator |
| 4 |
Dr. Dulal C. Boruah |
Asstt. Prof/IQAC Coordinator |
Botany |
Start-up Activity Coordinator |
| 5 |
Dr. D Medhi |
Asstt. Professor |
Geography |
ARIIA Coordinator |
| 6 |
Dr. Manjit Borah |
Asstt. Professor |
Physics |
NIRF Coordinator |
| 7 |
Dr. Johirul Hoque |
Asstt. Professor |
Assamese |
Member |
| 8 |
Dr. Anjam H. Barbhuiya |
Asstt. Professor |
Zoology |
Convener |
| 9 |
Dr. Dhiraj Kr. Borah |
Asstt. Professor |
Zoology |
Innovation Activity Coordinator |
| 10 |
Mr. Khairul Islam |
Asstt. Professor |
Commerce |
Member |
| 11 |
Dr. Rody V Feihreim |
Asstt. Professor |
History |
Member |
| 12 |
Miss. Yoshiko Bilung |
Asstt. Professor |
Physics |
Social Media Coordinator |
| 13 |
Miss. Rashmi Hazarika |
Asstt. Professor |
Geography |
Internship Activity Coordinator |
| 14 |
Miss. Rituparna Kalita |
Asstt. Professor |
Economics |
Member |
| 15 |
Mrs. Sandhya R. Gogoi |
Asstt. Professor |
Chemistry |
Member |
| 16 |
Miss. Manoshi Devi |
Asstt. 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 |
Puspita Kar |
| Startup Coordinator |
Member |
01 |
Bobidul Islam |
| Internship Coordinator |
Member |
01 |
Bikram Shil |
| IPR Coordinatorr |
Member |
01 |
Hirok jyoti nath |
| Social Media Coordinator |
Member |
01 |
Satabdi Chakrabarty |
| General Members |
Member |
02 |
Chandan das Deepshikha Kalita |
| Sl.No. |
Activity |
Mandatory/ Elective |
Area |
Responsibility |
| 1 |
IIC Council Meeting-Review of Q4 progress and planning of Q1 |
Mandatory |
IIC calender activity |
All the Members |
| 2 |
My story-Motivational Session by successful entrepreneur/startup founder |
Elective |
IIC calender activity |
All the Members |
| 3 |
Workshop on "Entrepreneurship and innovation as career opportunity |
Elective |
IIC calender activity |
All the Members |
| 4 |
Innovative model presentation competition |
Elective |
Self driven activity |
All the Members |
| 5 |
Essay competition on innovative practices in teaching learning |
Elective |
Self driven activity |
All the Members |
| 6 |
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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 Sona-IIC in four months, One golden star was given in 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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Participation Link- https://forms.gle/DZbFxMaTYd2yu4Zp9
