BMS Institute of Technology and Management

We are delighted to inform you that the Institution's Innovation Council (IIC) secured 4.5/5.0 star ratings for the academic year 2019-20.

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 and transform them into prototypes while they are informative years.

MIC has envisioned encouraging 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 the campuses.

Major focus of IIC

To create a vibrant local innovation ecosystem
Start-up 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 for Technology Students

Functions of IICs

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
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

BMSIT&M’s Institution Innovation Council has been awarded 3 golden star certificate for the year 2021-2022

BMSIT&M’s Institution Innovation Council has been awarded 3 golden star certificate for the year 2018-2019

BMSIT&M’s IIC has registered under Yukti 2.0 in the month of June 2020
BMSIT&M’s IIC Registered to National Innovation and Startup Policy (NISP) and initiated the activities since July 2020

About Innovation Centre

Innovation Centre at BMSIT&M was formed in December 2015. It promotes innovation by encouraging students to take up innovative, interdisciplinary technical projects. It provides technical support during the phase of ideation and prototyping. It also provides funding for meritorious prototypes.

Since November 2018, Institutional Innovation Council (IIC) has been constituted in our College under Ministry of HRD’s Innovation Cell.

Vision

“To inspire and motivate faculty and students of all disciplines within the organization to nurture, educate and inculcate innovative thinking through systematic approach for a better living”

Mission

“To Influence the rate and direction of ideas without compromising the quality of the outcome to benefit the organization, community, society by fulfilling the societal needs”

Roles and Responsibilities of Innovation Centre

To promote innovation culture in the campus by

Orientating students during Induction program which is held 10 days before the semester begins.
Nurturing students regularly through Institute Innovation Council Coordinators and encourage to participate in various Innovative competitions and awareness programs.
Promoting students’ ideas and prototypes through participation in various national level Innovative Contests across the country.
Facilitating students’ projects with various hardware and software resources.
Mentoring students through Industry interaction, technical support.
Collaborating with students and faculty members to carry out interdisciplinary projects and funding them through institution or external sources like financial institutions, MSME etc.,
Promoting entrepreneurial activities.

Institution Innovation Internal Council Members

Position	Name	Designation
President	Dr. Mohan Babu G N	Principal
Vice President	Dr. Anil G N	Vice Principal
Convener	Dr. Seema Singh	Dean - Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Innovation Centre Coordinators	Mr. Madhu M C	Chief Coordinator
Innovation Centre Coordinators	Dr. Vinay H V	Deputy Coordinator
Incubation Coordinators	Dr. Usha B A	Chief Coordinator
Incubation Coordinators	Dr. Ravichandra K R	Deputy Coordinator
IP Cell Coordinator	Mr. Praveen Kumar T N	Associate Professor & Chief Coordinator, Intellectual Property(IP) Cell
ARIIA Coordinator	Ms. Bharathi R	Associate Professor & Chief Coordinator, Entrepreneurship Centre

Institution Innovation External Council members

SN	Name	Organisation	Member
1	Mr. C.S. Prakash	Pushpak Industries	Expert from nearby Industry/Industry association, Ecosystem Enablers
2	Mr. Shashank R.N	Ekzen Robotics	Start-up/ Alumni Entrepreneur
3	Dr. Ananthapadhmanabha Achar	Justice K.S Hegde Institute of Management, Nitte	Incubation Centre
4	Kishore Jagirdhar	InfopaceIndia	Bank/Investor
5	Dr. Keshav Munegowda	DELL EMC	Expert from nearby Industry
6	Senthil Kumar	Intepat IP, Services Pvt. Ltd.	Patent expert
7	Mrs. Padmaja S	SIDBI	Bank/Investor

Activities

SN	Activity	Date
1	3-day webinar series on “Role of startups and innovators in Atmanirbhar Bharat”	26^th-28^th August 2020
2	Hacking the BMSIT&M Covid-19 challenge	10^th August 2020
3	Chabot competition for BMSIT&M website	11^th August 2020
4	78 Ideas, 7 POC’s, 5 prototypes were submitted to IIC National Innovation Contest	30^th July 2020
5	Competitions promoted by Innovation Centre- KPIT Sparkle 2021, eYantra, eYIC 2019-20	July 2020
6	MHRD’s IIC Q-4 meeting was held with external and internal committee members	19^th June 2020
7	Online hackathon on problem statements ‘Enforcement of Lockdown’ and ‘Rise of the fallen economy’	26^th April 2020
8	Online sessions by MHRD’s Institutional Innovation Cell	28^th April to 22^nd May 2020
9	Idea challenges by Innopreneurs, CIBioD, Samadhan by MIC- 4 teams of students reached final round	April 2020
10	Innovation ambassador training program by MHRD, IIC was attended by IIC Coordinators	26^th-27^th April 2020
11	Anveshana 3.0 - Innovative Idea Contest	January- March 2020
12	Tedx was successfully conducted at BMSIT & M	29^th February 2020
13	Google hachcode-2020 Online hackathon	20^th February 2020
14	Smart India Hackathon 2020, intra-college hackathon	January – February 2020