Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC)

Graphic Era (Deemed to be University) Institution’s Innovation Council (GEU IIC):

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 GEU IIC (Membership number: IC201811670):

To create a vibrant local innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem
To establish start-up supporting Mechanism in HEIs.
To prepare institute for Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements Framework.
To establish function ecosystem for scouting ideas and pre-incubation of ideas.
To develop better cognitive ability for technology students.

Functions of GEU IIC:

To conduct various innovation and entrepreneurship-related activities prescribed by Central MIC in time bound fashion.
To identify and reward innovations and share success stories.
To organize periodic workshops/ seminars/ interactions with entrepreneurs, investors, professionals and create a mentor pool for student innovators.
To establish network with peers and national entrepreneurship development organizations
To create an Institution’s Innovation portal to highlight innovative projects carried out by institution’s faculty and students
To organize Hackathons, idea competition, mini-challenges etc. with the involvement of industries.

Organogram of GEU IIC

S. No.	Name	Role Assigned	Email Address
1	Prof. (Dr.) H. N. Nagaraja	Chief Advisor	dg@gehu.ac.in/dehradun
2	Prof. Sanjay Jasola	President	vicechancellor@gehu.ac.in/dehradun
3	Prof. (Dr.) Kwadiki Karibasappa	Vice President	kwadikikaribasappa.cse@gehu.ac.in/dehradun
4	Prof. (Dr.) A. Suresh Kumar	Convener	sureshkumar.cse@gehu.ac.in/dehradun
5	Prof.(Dr.) Guruprasad M.S.	NISP Coordinator	guruprasad.cse@gehu.ac.in/dehradun
6	Dr. Brijesh Prasad	ARIIA Coordinator	prasadbrijesh10@gehu.ac.in/dehradun
7	Dr. Bindu Naik	Innovation Cell Coordinator	bindunaik.ls@gehu.ac.in/dehradun
8	Dr. Janhvi Mishra Rawat	Innovation Activity Coordinator	janhvimishra.ls@gehu.ac.in/dehradun
9	Dr. Jyoti Agarwal	Tinkering Lab Coordinator	jyotiagarwal.cse@gehu.ac.in/dehradun
10	Mr. Nikhil Garg	New Generation – Incubation and Entrepreneurship Development Cell Coordinator	nikhilgarg.civil@gehu.ac.in/dehradun
11	Dr. Rakesh Dani	Incubation and Entrepreneurship Development Cell Coordinator	rakeshdani@gehu.ac.in/dehradun
12	Dr. Bharti Sharma	Entrepreneurship Development Cell Coordinator	bhartisharma.hss@gehu.ac.in/dehradun
13	Dr. Varsha Mittal	Internship Activity Coordinator	varshamittal@gehu.ac.in/dehradun
14	Dr. Pushpendra Kumar	Start Up Cell Coordinator	kumar.pushpendra@gehu.ac.in/dehradun
15	Dr. Sumit Kumar	Incubation Centre Coordinator	sumitkumar.mgt@gehu.ac.in/dehradun
16	Prof. (Dr) Varij Panwar	IPR Coordinator	varijpanwar@gehu.ac.in/dehradun
17	Dr. Parvesh Saini	Nidhi Center Lab Coordinator	parvesh.saini.eee@gehu.ac.in/dehradun
18	Ms. Riya Sharma	Social Media Coordinator	riyasharma@gehu.ac.in/dehradun