Welcome to Institution Innovation Council, Tripura University
In Tripura University ‘Institution Innovation Council’ (IIC) started in 2018 in response to the call from MHRD's Innovation council. To foster new idea of young students and researchers and also motivate to for entrepreneurship to the young minds a council is formed according to the direction of ‘MoE’s Innovation Cell (MIC)’. This council will promote the innovation of the area and to ecosystem to sustain and develop with the help of network connection with other higher institutions innovation cells.
Major focus of the council is to involve teachers, students, and staffs and inspire for innovative ideas, problem solving approach, development of proof of concept, handling with intellectual property rights, designing the easy and inexpensive new approach to solve a scientific problems. Tripura University were among the 1st 1000 institutions to be included in the first round. All these three years we have been able to maintain a score of 3.5 out of 5.
We have one Innovation Ambassador in the 1st round and 3 innovation ambassadors in the 3rd round of training to strengthen the Innovation environment further at TU.
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.