Startup & Innovation Cell - St Thomas College (Autonomous)

STARTUP AND INNOVATION CELL

From 2018 onwards ,Start up and innovation Cell is functioning in the college to bring an innovative and entrepreneurial ecosystem. In order to boost entrepreneurial team spirit in campus various events including competitions have been organised during the past 3 years. From 2019 onwards Start up and Innovation cell and MHRD IIC together is conducting Innovation festival in our campus. From 2019 onwards Start up and Innovation cell is conducting Innovation festival in our campus. In order to identify creative minds and to encourage them in building innovation, Start up and Innovation cell organised various intercollegiate and inter departmental innovative competitions.

Committee Members

Dr. Johns Naduvath ( Convenor )
Ms. Sindhu George ( J. Convenor )
Dr. Anto P. V.
Ms. Jilna John
Dr. (Fr.) Anil George K.
Mr. Renjith Varghese
Dr. Joseph Joly V. L
Dr. Jilmy P. Joy
Ms. Rameela Ravindran K.
Mr. Sanjo Jose
Mr. Jinesh Paul C.
Mr. Jeswin Saju

Objectives

To create an innovative ecosystem with required infrastructure that can enable students and faculty for scouting ideas and pre-incubation of ideas.
To build up an innovative ecosystem in our college by initiating activities including mentor pool and networking which touches every student of our institution from academia to an entrepreneur.

Major Activities

St. Thomas Incubation Centre (STIC) inaugurated.
Interactive sessions with entrepreneurs including both success and failure stories.
An online intercollegiate innovation competition – RENACIDO was hosted to boost up the students with entrepreneurial intention.
Innovation Festival 2019
KAU Agri business incubation centre visit with our innovation cell team members.
Competition on research projects
Webinar on Systems Thinking and Modelling
Webinar on Research, Consultancy and Startup: How to go about it?
Interactive Session/Mentoring Session with “Successful Start-up founders”
Session on Building an Innovation/ product fit for market
Workshop on Prototype/Process Design and Development
Session on “How to plan for Start-up and legal & Ethical Steps”
Workshop on Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs)
Webinar on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
Session on Process of Innovation Development
Orientation Session on National Innovation and Startup Policy (NISP)
Workshop on “Entrepreneurship and Innovation as Career Opportunity”
My Story – Motivational Session by Successful Innovators