Introduction Ministry of Education (MoE), Govt. of India has established ‘MoE’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. Sl.No. Role Name Designation Department 1 President Dr. Rama Vaidynathan Director R&D Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam CoE in Innovation and Entrepreneurship 2 Vice President Dr. Reena Das Research Scientist Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam CoE in Innovation and Entrepreneurship 3 Convener Dr.N.S.Shubhasharee Dean E&S Dr.M.G.R Educational and Research Institute 4 Start-up Coordinator Mr. H Mohamed Rizwan Manager Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam CoE in Innovation and Entrepreneurship 5 IPR Coordinator Ms.B Anandhi Assistant Professor Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering 6 Innovation Coordinator Dr.A.R.Arunachalam Associate Professor Department of Computer Science 7 ARIIA Coordinator Dr. J Arun Kumar Associate Professor Department of Biotechnology 8 External Patent Expert Mr. D Balaji Patent Attorney 9 Training Coordinator Dr. Balakrishnan Associate Professor MGR Institute Industry Partnership
Chairman of the Advisory Board Dr.G. Gopalakrishnan Provost Dr. M.G.R. Educational and Research Institute Representative of NSTEDB, Govt. of India Dr. Naveen Vasishta Director/Scientist ' E' NEB Division, Department of Science and Technology New Delhi 110016 Mobile No: 9810189140, Email : nvasishta[at]nic[dot]in Senior faculty members from Dr. MGR Educational and Research Institute Dr. Venil N Sumantran Scientific Advisor, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Center of Excellence in Innovation and Excellence, Dr. MGR Educational and Research Institute Representative of a nearby Incubator Mr.Parvez Alam CEO – Cresent Innovation and Incubation Center (CIIC) B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology GST Road, Vandalur, Chennai 600 048 9551076617, ceociic[at]cresent[dot]education Representative of Lead Bank/ Angel Investor/ Venture Capital Mr.Balaram Nair Vice President, The Chennai Angels balram[at]thechennaiangels[dot]com, 9884813292 Representative of Industry Association Mrs. Shanthi Lakshmi Secretary, Confederation of Women Entrepreneurs of India (COWE), Tamil Nadu Chapter 9843991166; shanthilakshmi2914[at]gmail[dot]com Two Alumni Entrepreneurs Mr.Natesh Shankar Managing Director Bharath Swift Logistics Pvt.Ltd, Chennai 9566188288; natesh_shankar[at]yahoo[dot]com Mr. Suman Kumar Jha Founder and CEO Giscle Systems NASSCOM 10000 Start up Warehouse Diamond District, Bangalore 560008 76677 49930; suman[at]giscle[dot]com Member Secretary of DRMGRERI DST NewGen IEDC Dr. Rama Vaidyanathan Director – Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam CoE in Innovation and Entrepreneurship Dr MGR ERI – DST NewGen 9841002846; ramavaidyanathan[at]drmgrdu[dot]ac[dot]in Faculty Coordinator Dr. J Arun Kumar Associate Professor Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam CoE in Innovation and Entrepreneurship Dr. MGR ERI – Dr. MGR DST NewGen IEDC Faculty Coordinator Dr.N.S.Shubhasharee Faculty Coordinator Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam CoE in Innovation and Entrepreneurship Dr. MGR ERI – Dr. MGR DST NewGen IEDC Manager Mr.H Mohamed Rizwan Manager Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam CoE in Innovation and Entrepreneurship Dr. MGR ERI – Dr. MGR DST NewGen IEDC
National Institute Start-up Policy Expert Committee An Apex Committee for the Institute Innovation and Start-up Policy was constituted with the following members in July 2020 Name Designation Organization Er. A.C.S. Arun Kumar President Dr.MGR Educational and Research Institute M. Ravichandran, Ph.D Pro Vice Chancellor Dr.MGR Educational and Research Institute Rama Vaidyanathan, Ph.D Director (R & D) and NISP Nominee to AICTE Dr.MGR Educational and Research Institute The apex committee constituted the members of the MGR ERI Institute Start-up Policy Expert Committee on 4th Aug 2020; At least 60 % of the members must be present in a meeting for taking decisions. S. No. Role Name Position 1 Convener Institute - NISP - Nominee Rama Vaidyanathan, Ph.D. Director ( R & D) Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Center of Excellence in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Dr. MGR Educational and Research Institute 2 Academic Members J. Arun Kumar, Ph.D. Faculty Coordinator - MGR DST NewGen IEDC 3 Academic Members S. Manivannan, Ph.D. Dean – Humanities and Sciences; Vice President, MGR Institute Innovation Council 4 Academic Members N. S. Shubhashree, Ph.D. Dean – Engg. & Sciences 5 Academic Members V. Natarajan, Ph.D. Director, Coir Research Project 6 Academic Members V. Rajalaxmi, Ph.D. Vice Principal, Faculty of Physiotherapy 7 Academic Members Asst. Prof. B. Anandi Patent Cell Coordinator 8 Academic Members C. Balakrishnan, Ph.D. Head- Campus Placement/ Industry Institute Planning Cell 9 Academic Members S. Geetha, Ph.D. Head – Dept. of Computer Science Engineering, Coordinator -MGR MSME Incubator 10 Academic Members Dr. Keerthi narayanan Coordinator - Thai Mookambigai Dental College 11 Academic Members R. Kowsalya, PhD. Coordinator – International Programs 12 Innovator/Alumni/ Start-up Founders Mohammad Rizwan Alumni and Faculty Coordinator - MGR DST NewGen IEDC 13 Innovator/Alumni/ Start-up Founders L. Madheswaran CEO, Fenice Technical Solutions LLP 14 Innovator/Alumni/ Start-up Founders S. Sabariswaran CEO, BrainBuds Healthcare Pvt. Ltd. 15 Innovator/Alumni/ Start-up Founders R. Logeswaran CEO, IGNIT Technical Solutions 16 Innovator/Alumni/ Start-up Founders Pankaj Jangid CEO, PPM Design Studio LLP 17 Student R. Yogesh Student Intern – Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Center of Excellence in Innovation and Entrepreneurship 18 External Expert Shashank Rajurkar Consultant, Entrepreneur 19 Industry Association Gp Captain (Retd) Venkataraman GM, Madras Management Association 20 Industry Association M. Balachandran President, Ambattur Industrial Estate Manufacturers Associational (AIEMA) 21 Industry Association Mr. Craig Jude Morreyra Manager, Wadhwani Foundation 22 Industry Association Dr. S. Marceline President, Confederation of Women Entrepreneurs 23 Industry Association Dr. Suresh Kumar President, Indian STEP and Incubator Association
MBA Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Venture Development Who can apply? A graduate in any discipline of course (10+2+3)/ (10+2+4)/ (10+3+3) with at least 50% Marks. Applicant must have an entrepreneurial mindset, passion for innovation and strong determination to build and run start-up as career. Why should you choose MBA – IEV? This is a 2-year MBA program developed by the National Innovation and Start-up Policy of MHRD’s Innovation Cell and AICTE has an objective to launch new generation entrepreneurs capable of building innovative and simultaneously earning master degree. This is an action-oriented program to provide opportunities for students to develop their own ventures with a structured mentoring.The program focus is on capstone project presentation and action learning segments to ensure that students get an experience of running their own venture in the campus. By design, Institute Incubator will deliver the course and students will get access to co-working space and facilities of pre-incubation and incubation to develop innovations and further to start-ups. Why choose Dr. MGR Educational and Research Institute? Dr. MGR Educational and Research Institute is one of the select Institutes offering this course after a stringent national selection by the AICTE. Dr. M.G.R Educational and Research Institute University was started in the year 1988 and has a rich tradition of supporting entrepreneurship.The Institute has supports entrepreneurs through the Incubation Centres of the Institute. Incubation Centre – MGR – AKC Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam Centre of Excellence in Innovation and Entrepreneurship is the Incubation Centre of the Institute.The Centre is funded under the DST New Generation Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Centre (Dr. MGR DST NewGen IEDC) , Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India. Faculty of the Incubator are trained in Entrepreneurship Education and have rich experience in mentoring students in converting their ideas into a prototype and Business Plan.From 2017, 25 students’ groups have been funded.Four have been converted into a start-up.Three patents have been published.
We have a mandate to inspire, educate and support student entrepreneurs to create high-value jobs. We collaborate with Wadhwani Foundation to create an entrepreneurial Campus by training teachers, students, mentoring and connecting students with industry networks across the country. This course is designed for those students who want to be among the 10% who succeed. This course will help them learn how to build a viable venture. A student will start his/her venture creation journey with identifying the problem that he/she wants to solve and end with building an MVP. The Business Model represented by the Lean Canvas is the "anchor” in this journey. It is a "one page” format that students can use to capture and track their business model and entrepreneurship journey. The student will experiment and go through the basics of all the 9 blocks of the Lean Canvas. In the process, he/she will build an MVP they can take to market at the end of the course and learn to use the globally proven LEAN methodology.
In this course, students will learn about how to achieve product market fit. They will revisit their business model and look for opportunities for growth in their customer segments, in their channels, and in the other blocks of the Business Model and validate it. Then they will set their traction goal and chase that during the course. They identify channels, enhance their revenue streams and focus on sales. They will learn to work on their financial model and make a pitch deck. In this course, they will build their Sales, Ops, Hiring, and Technology Plan. Potential show stoppers such as Compliances, Legal and Registrations will be covered as well.