Institution’s Innovation Council (IICs) is established to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in the Institution through multitudinous modes leading to an innovation promotion ecosystem in the campuses.

Major Focus

• To create a vibrant local innovation ecosystem.
• Start-up supporting mechanism
• 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 among students.

Function of IIC

• To conduct various Innovation, IPR and entrepreneurship-related activities prescribed by 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 institution’s faculty and students.
• Organize Hackathons, idea competition, mini-challenges etc. with the involvement of industries

IIC Calendar activity

Quarter I completed programs

• Workshop on “Entrepreneurship and Innovation as Career Opportunity”
• My Story - Motivational Session by Successful Innovators
• My Story - Motivational Session by Successful Entrepreneur/Startup founder
• Session on Problem Solving and Ideation Workshop
• Exposure and field visit for problem identification

Quarter II completed programs

• Workshop on Design Thinking, Critical thinking and Innovation Design
• Expert talk on "Process of Innovation Development & Technology Readiness Level

(TRL)" & "Commercilation of Lab Technologies

• Workshop on Entrepreneurship Skill, Attitude and Behaviour Development
• Problem-Solution Fit & Product-Market Fit
• Field/Exposure Visit to Pre-incubation units such as Fab lab, Makers Space, Design Centres, City MSME clusters, workshops etc.

IIC Celebration Activity

Quarter I completed programs

• India Startup Day
• National Innovation Day
• National Education Day

Quarter II completed programs

• National Energy Conservation Day(India)
• National Pollution Control Day
• National Science Day

Self driven activity

• Debate on transgenic organism
• Azolla cultivation
• Herbal oil preparation
• Workshop on database management system
• Recent trends in computer science
• Artificial intelligence paper presentation
• Maths buzzle
• Rebus buzzle
• Techniques on jam and sauce making
• Model making
• Environmental awareness quiz
• National farmers day
• Current scenario on cardiovascular disease

Members of IIC

S.NO	NAME	DESIGNATION	KEY ROLE IN IIC
1	Mrs.I.Parvin	Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry	President
2	Dr.S.Anbumalar	Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology	IPR Activity Co-ordinator
3	Dr.D.Karuna Thara	Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics	Innovation Activity Co-ordinator
4	Mrs.J.Shanbagam	Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science	ARIIA Co-ordinator
5	Mrs.S.Anuradha	Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Application	NIRF Co-ordinator
6	Dr.V.Radha	Assistant Professor, Department of Commerce	Start up Activity Co-ordinator
7	Dr.S.Krishnapriya	Assistant Professor, Department of Business Administration	Internship Activity Co-ordinator
8	Mrs.S.Yuvaneswari	Assistant Professor, Department of Commerce	Social Media,Member
9	Mrs.S.Kalaivani	Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry	Member
10	Miss.A.Kowsalya	Assistant Professor, Department of Physics	Member
11	Mrs.M.Pavithra	Assistant Professor, Department of Textile and Fashion Designing	Member
12	Mrs.S.Ishwaryya	Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science	Member
13	Dr.A.Shanmugapriya	Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics	Member
14	Ms.H.Karthiga	Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry	Member
15	Mrs.V.Umamaheswari	Assistant Professor, Department of Business Administration	Member
16	Ms.C.Poongodi	Assistant Professor, Department of Commerce	Member
17	Mrs.A.Kowsalya	Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics	Member

IIC - Website