Startup / Innovata Club
The 'Start-up India' program is intended to build a robust eco-system for nurturing innovation and start-ups which will in turn drive sustainable economic growth and generate large scale employment opportunities in India.
Start-up& Innovation are an entity that develops a business model based on either product innovation or service innovation and makes it scalable, replicable and self-reliant. Innovations have a strong linkage to the world of start-up. Solutions to unsolved problems form the basis for thinkers to innovate. Start-Up & Innovation are the facility established to nurture young (start-up) firms during their initial period. It usually provides affordable space, shared offices and technical services, hand-on management training, marketing support and access to some form of financing.
Sri Indu College of Engineering and Technology (SICET) formed “Start-up & Innovation Cell” with an aim to create an integrated, college and university-based innovation ecosystem to support innovations and ideas of faculty members and young students and provide a conducive place and environment for optimum output of their thoughts and creative ideas.
The Entrepreneurial vision, defined by discovery and risk-taking, is an indispensable part of a nation’s capacity to succeed in an ever-changing and fiercely competitive global marketplace. A Start-up & Innovation Cell has been established at our institute to support this vital need of the present times.
The Start-up & Innovation Cell aims to provide a platform for the convenient merger of innovative and entrepreneurial efforts. The idea is to foster and facilitate innovation and entrepreneurship among the faculty and students through mentoring, training and financing. The thrust is on innovation and incubation so as to transform a seemingly simple and novel idea into a marketable product and thus help an innovator of today to become an entrepreneur of tomorrow.
The stakeholders include students and faculty members of SICET, mentors from professional bodies, and entrepreneurs from the local community. The philosophy of the centre is that every idea, howsoever insignificant it might appear, deserves to be considered and examined for the promise it holds.
Vision
To provide the students and the faculty with opportunities to innovate, create, interpret and apply the knowledge to create jobs for the nation.
Mission
To produce innovative, entrepreneurial and successful engineers and technologists of high calibre for the nation, to serve as a valuable resource for industry and society.
Objectives
- To develop entrepreneurial skills among students and faculties.
- To inculcate a culture of innovation-driven entrepreneurship.
- To strengthen and motivate students through a supportive environment that helps them to establish their business ideas and develop their concepts into market ready products.
- To promote new technology/ knowledge/ innovation-based start-ups.
- To provide a platform for speedy commercialisation of technology developed by new entrepreneurs.
- To provide requisite wherewithal to prospective entrepreneurs to take their idea/ innovation forward to a logical conclusion.
- To build a vibrant start-up ecosystem, by establishing a network between academia, financial institutions, industries, and other institutes.
Start Up Ecosystem
Sri Indu College of Engineering and Technology has established a dedicated Start Up and Innovation Cell in collaboration with Centre for innovation, incubation and linkages (CIIL) SPPU, Hyderabad for providing required support to all start up activities. Cell has a sound local ecosystem which includes strong infrastructural facilities like dedicated office space, testing facilities in all department laboratories, e-library, and high speed internet.
Start-up and Innovation Cell has many representatives on board from different sectors including technical, marketing, commerce, legal, intellectual property rights, alumni, entrepreneurs etc. Also through collaboration with CIIL, selected feasible ideas will be totally supported by ecosystem developed at University level right from idea phase up to commercialization.
SICET has a separate ED Cell which has a dedicated team of expert faculties from all departments and sections. This team has the potential to provide support for the feasibility analysis, market survey, project planning, and techno-commercial analysis of any innovative idea proposed by students.
Functionality & Strategies
- Formation of Start-up & Innovation club & registration of students in the club.
- Induction workshops for new students.
- Visits of club members to start-up units
- Preparation of action plan for start-up activities.
- Organization of lectures of entrepreneurs.
- Formation of industry interaction cell for getting industry problems and inviting experts.
- Formation of social entrepreneurship cell.
- Formation of group of students and faculty interested in starting a start-up.
- Involvement of alumni in college start-up.
- Market surveys for identified products/processes/systems.
- Encouragement to students to participate in E-summit, hackathons and similar start-up and innovation related exposure programmes at various places.
- Market surveys for identified products/processes/systems
Action Plan
| S. No | Name of the Event | Tentative Period | Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mentoring Sessions by Experts | Once per Month | Encourage the students to involve the product development |
| 2 | Two Day Workshop & Certification Program for Second, Third and Final Year Students | Once per Month | To get the guideline for Start-up Ideas. |
| 3 | Visit of Students to Incubation/ Start-up Industries | Once per Semester | To enhance their interpersonal skills. |
| 4 | Faculty Development program | Second week of April & May | To get the guideline for Start-up Ideas. |
| 5 | Visit of Faculty Members to Incubation/ Start-up Industries | Fourth week of May | To improve their interpersonal skills. |
| 6 | Conduct Prototype design Contest | Once per Semester | To convert prototype design into product. |
| 7 | Organize Start-up Idea Competition within the college. | Once a year | To enhance the opportunities on start-up innovation |
| 8 | Apply IPR & Mentoring in Proposal writing to Funding Agencies | Periodically | To enhance the opportunities on start-up innovation |
Activities 2021-22
| Name of the Workshop/ Seminar | Number of Participants | Date (From - To) |
|---|---|---|
| IIC Regional Meet | 40 | 12.08.22 |
| OUT OF THE BOX THINKING FOR PROBLEM SOLVING | 95 | 28.06.22 |
| IPR Awareness Program | 250 | 28.06.22 |
| Technostav’22 | 700 | 14.05.22 |
| National Technology Day | 75 | 11.05.22 |
| Future Skills by NASCOM | 180 | 20.06.22 |
| Coding Contest | 120 | 09.04.22 |
| MSME Awareness Program | 12 | 23.03.22 |
| National Science Day | 140 | 28.02.2022 |
| PITCHING EVENT FOR POCS DEVELOPED LINKAGE WITH INNOVATION AMBASSADORS FOR MENTORSHIP SUPPORT | 48 | 22.02.22 |
| Workshop on Entrepreneurship Skill, Attitude and Behaviour Developmen | 95 | 26.02.2022 |
| Webinar on Pitching Event For Ideas Scouted & Linkage with Innovation Ambassador For Membership Support | 120 | 12.02.2022 |
| Ideation, Project And Product Development Strategy | 105 | 26.01.22 |
| Project Expo-2021 | 90 | 23.12.2021 to 26.12.2021 |
| Webinar On Innovation Upskilling For Industry AEC 2.0 | 160 | 19.01.2022 |
| Enriching Seminar on opportunities in Data and Analytics | 230 | 16.12.2021 |
| How Write Good Research Paper | 56 | 14.11.2021 |
| Effective Proposal preparation for funding schemes | 73 | 14.11.2021 |
| Roadmap to Women’s Empowerment through Entrepreneurship and Operations | 186 | 19.10.2021 |
| Importance of Patenting your Innovations & Transformation of Business operation | 157 | 19.10.2021 |
| Innovation for Startup and B-Plan | 70 | 05.10.2021 |
| Creative Ideation, Design Thinking and Prototyping for user centered Innovations | 85 | 05.10.2021 |
| How to Become an Good entrepreneur | 280 | 24.08.2021 |
| Essay and Poster Design | 160 | |
| World Entrepreneurship day Celebration | 450 | 21.08.2021 to 24.08.2021 |
| Orientation Session on Ideation and Entrepreneurship Development | 115 | 06.08.2021 |
| Orientation Session on Design Thinking Skill for Innovation | 60 | 14.07.2021 |
| To create an awareness about Angel and VC funding among students | 45 | 05.07.2021 |
| Building an Innovation/Product fit for Market | 80 | 30.06.2021 |
| How to Plan for Start-up and Legal & Ethical Steps | 70 | 29.06.2021 |
| Webinar on UX Design | 160 | 22.06.2021 |
| Workshop on Drone Development | 80 | 21.06.2021 |
| Protecting your Innovations Through Patents | 150 | 22.05.2021 |
| Problem Solving Workshop On 21st Century Skillset | 69 | 18.05.2021 |
Important Links
Contact Us
Club Coordinators
| Name of the Faculty | Designation | Contact Number |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Joseph Prabhakar Williams | Professor/EEE | +91 - 94869 51395 |
| Dr. N. Sadhanasivam | Professor/IT | +91 - 76391 09780 |
| Mr. K. Ram Mohan Rao | Associate Professor/ECE | +91 - 82474 77709 |