innovation Council
Innovation Council
Background
Studies have shown
that India, with a huge population of about 550 million young men and women
below the age of 25 years, has enormous un-tapped innovation capability which
can easily meet basic human needs of the country. Recognizing this fact the
Prime Minister in 2010 set up the National Innovation Council
and the
President of India declared 2010-2020 as the Decade of Innovation. Since then the National Innovation
Council has been encouraging country?s various sectors such as: industrial;
governmental; educational and other related segments to work together and
establish innovation clusters and networks for developing synergy and taking
the innovation activities in the country to the next higher level. Realizing
the importance the University in 2013 established an Innovation Council
with the Pro Vice-Chancellor as its Chairman.
Objective:
The
Innovation Council of the University aims to create an atmosphere where the
research and innovation activities could be nurtured and enhanced by tapping
and unleashing the hidden innovative potential and skills of our students and
teachers in bringing these to higher level by: 1. creating a conducive
atmosphere for research and innovation activities; 2. preparing directory of
researchers and innovators in the University; 3. Regular monitoring and review
of these activities; 4. collection of information of research work being
performed in various Department of Studies and research centres in the
University; 5. obtaining information of ongoing research projects in University
and their current status and progress; 6. sensitizing policy makers of problems
being faced by the researchers and faculty and suggest solutions; 7.
determining methodologies for promotion of creativity and research; 8. facilitating
inter-disciplinary research; 9. helping and advising innovators with patenting
of innovation and research output and IPR; 10. promoting industry-academia
interaction and conducting feasibility studies of establishment of Research/
Technology park; 11. promoting innovation culture among students and teachers.