Institutions' Innovation Council (IIC) - Vignan Institute of Technology and Science

About IIC Institute

Vignan Institute of Technology and Science (VGNT) established Institutions’ Innovation Council (IIC) under MHRD’s Innovation Cell, an initiative launched in 2020. The primary mandate of Innovation Cell, MHRD is to encourage, inspire and nurture young students by supporting them to work with new ideas. VGNT’s Innovation Council works towards inculcating the spirit of innovation among students, and develop a start-up ecosystem.

Vision

The College aims at promoting the culture of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Research to facilitate financial empowerment among students.

Mission/Goals

Short term Goals – To create awareness among the faculty, supportive staff and students with regard to innovations and entrepreneurship. Preparing Business plan for every Startup and Registration of VGNT incubation Centre.

Long term Goals – To set up at least 10 pre- incubations, set up an incubation centers which will identify potential entrepreneurs, unlock their potential, improve creativity, orient them on innovation, provide support on market study, technical skills, knowledge on finance and provide handholding and mentoring support. Commercialization of products will be a focus area. Promote unique brands and take care of marketing risks, technology risks, financial risks with the help of other institutions like industry associations.

Journey of IIC established at the Institute

Established in 2020, there was not much that the faculty and students contributed to the IIC due to Covid19 Situations. In 2021, Dr N Dinesh Kumar was appointed as the president of IIC at the college. He initiated the works of IIC with his team of diversified people. The college was able to get a single star and all the faculty involved got the appreciation certificates from the IIC. This has given the team an encouragement and energy to continue to strive for a better start ranking.

Diversified representation in the IIC established at the institute from industry, Interdisciplinary & Departments/ Units

S. No.	Name of Member	Member Type	Key Role/ Position assigned in IIC
1	Dr G Durga Sukumar	Teaching – EEE Dept	Principal (HoI)
2	Dr N Dinesh Kumar	Teaching – ECE Dept	President- IIC & NISP -Convener
3	Dr. P A Harsha Vardhini	Teaching – ECE Dept	ARIIA Coordinator, NIRF Coordinator
4	Shri A Bhagavathi Rao	External Expert – DRDL	Vice President -1
5	Shri G V Rao	External Expert – DMRL	Vice President – 2
6	Dr. G Raja Vikram	Teaching – CSE Dept	Start up Activity Coordinator
7	C H V B Aditya Kumar	Teaching – EIE Dept	Social Media, Internship Activity Coordinator
8	Singaravel Balasubramaniyan	Teaching – Mech Dept	IPR Activity Coordinator
9	Dr. P Sandeep	Teaching – ECE Dept	Innovation Activity
10	Prof. B V Chowdary	Teaching – IT Dept	Member
11	Dr Kiran Kumar Ayyagar	Teaching – Mech Dept	Member
12	Dr F B Shiddanagouda	Teaching – ECE Dept	Member
13	Mr Vikas Kumar Tiwari	Teaching- ECE Dept	Member
14	Mrs. N Koteswaramma	Teaching- ECE Dept	Member

Innovations / Technology Developed at the institute

Rice Vending Machine (RVM) -The idea relates to an automated Rice Vending Machine (RVM) to be deployed for dispensing Rice under the Subsidized Public Distribution System (PDS). Salient features of the RVM covered by this idea are
- An in-built device for Aadhaar, biometric and ration card based identification and authentication of the beneficiary
- A coin reader/ recognizer
- No intervention of any kind by third parties like Ration dealer.
- Rice is delivered one Kg at a time sequentially with small intervals of time to create transparency of the transaction
- Multiple beneficiaries listed in the same ration card can draw their quota of rice from different machines.
IoT based Teaching Assistance apparatus for teaching Braille Language to the Blind Students
Smart IOT based face mask and body temperature sensing device
A smart bangle for the women safety system

Innovation & Entrepreneurship Support

S.No	Name of the Pre-Incubation & Incubation	Year of Establishment	Type of facility available	Total number of Team available for guidance	Funding Support for Idea/Prototype/ Innovation Development and implementation
1	LabVIEW Research Center	2018	Labview software and Hardware	2	DST – FIST Funded lab
2	IBM Center of Excellence	2016	Software for certification training and project execution	3	Yes – Own resources
3	Composite materials Research Lab	2013	Hardware and Prototype equipment	5	Yes – Own resources
4	e-Yantra Research Center	2016	Hardware and Prototype equipment	3	Yes – Own resources in association with IIT Bombay
5	Internet Of Things (IOT) – Research Cente	2018	Hardware, software and Prototype equipment	10	Yes – Own resources in association with funds from Alumni
6	VGNT EDC	2018	Computing labs, Electrical & Electronics labs, Civil Engg. & Mech. Engg labs	10	Yes – Own resources
7	VGNT Innovation Cell	2019	Mentors	10	Yes – Own resources
8	VGNT Start-up Cell	2021	Mentors	3	Yes – Own resources
9	VGNT Tinkering Lab	2021	3D Printing & Prototype Equipment	4	Yes – Own resources
10	VGNT Cisco Lab	2015	CISCO equipment and resources for online/offline certification training	5	Yes – Own resources
11	VGNT IPR Cell	2020	Mentors	1	Yes – Own resources

Best IIC Faculty/Student members and their Achievements

IIC Faculty Member	Achievements
Dr G Durga Sukumar	Two research scholars got PhD awarded under his guidance. Completed research project of Rs 74 lakhs funded by NMRE where he guided and involved the students and faculty. Got one patent and Five indexed publications.
Dr N Dinesh Kumar	Completed consultancy project from FLIC Microwaves Pvt Ltd. Applied for Four patent grants that were published in 2022. Three indexed publications. Has been reviewer for peer reviewed journals and reviewer & Chair for International conferences. Active member of IETE & ISOI Hyderabad chapter.
Dr. P A Harsha Vardhini	Applied for Two patent grants that were published in 2022. Four indexed publications. Has been reviewer for peer reviewed journals and reviewer & Chair for International conferences. Active member of IEEE, IETE & IEI Hyderabad chapter.
Shri A Bhagavathi Rao	Consultant for Annanya Technologies, Axiscades Arrow Space and Technologies Pvt Ltd, Hyderabad. Active researcher in Microwave Technologies and Antenna Designs
Shri G V Rao	Consultant, resource person and Chief Advisory member for TECMA, Telengana. Active researcher in Composite Materials
Dr. G Raja Vikram	Published one patent and got One design grant. Published Five indexed papers and is an active CSI member
Singaravel Balasubramaniyan	Completed one research project from SERB and got a MODRAB worth Rs. 9.5 lakhs from AICTE. Published one patent. Published six indexed papers and is an active production engineering researcher.
Dr Kiran Kumar Ayyagar	Published one patent. Published two indexed papers.
Dr F B Shiddanagouda	Completed consultancy project from FLIC Microwaves Pvt Ltd. and completed Three indexed publications.

Highlight Achievements

Number and Different types of I&E and IPR activities Conducted
Number of student’s & faculty ideas generated: 230
Number of student’s & faculty Innovation/prototypes developed: 220
Number of IPs generated, published and granted: 32
Number of Student & Faculty Start-ups/Ventures established: 02
Amount spent on promotion and awareness generation on Innovation Entrepreneurship in the campus: Rs. 2,00,000
Amount grant or fund supported to student & Faculty lead Innovations, start-ups and IPR: Rs. 3,00,000

For Details Contact

Dr N Dinesh Kumar,
Professor, Dean R & D, IIC President,
Vignan Institute of Technology and Science
Email id: nalidinesh@gmail.com
Official Id: researchdean@vignanits.ac.in
Contact Number: +91-9440076901