Objectives

To create, support and nurture vibrant start-up projects (start-up ecosystem) in college level. The primary aim of SIC is inspiring and encouraging students through a supportive environment that helps them to establish their own business ideas (new entrepreneurship).

Functions

v To conduct various innovation and entrepreneurship-related activities prescribed by IIL, SPPU, Pune

v To organize workshops/ seminars/ interactions with entrepreneurs, investors, professionals for student innovators.

v To create awareness about Intellectual Property Rights and Legal Information of Rights

v To organize college level idea competition, project poster presentations, mini-challenges etc. with the involvement of industries.

v To promote the students for carry out the new research projects

v To create an Institution’s innovative projects carried out by faculty and students.

v Identify and reward innovations and share success stories.

Committee

Activities

v Academic Year 2019-20

Our college has created innovation and startup cell as per the guidelines of Innovation, Incubation and Linkage center of Savitribai Phule  Pune University, Pune. The following activities were undertaken in the academic year 2019-20.

1.  Establishment Composition of Innovation and Incubation cell as per the guidelines of IIL.

2.  Appointment of working committee with Faculty members, Student members and Industry members for startup activities.

3.  More than 70 students were registered in this started programme.

4.  College level Startup competition was held on 18^th October 2019 on 12 challenging themes.

5. Names of Two students (Miss. Tanpure Gita & Miss. Deokar Shraddha) winner of college level competition were communicated to Director, IIL, SPPU, Pune.

6. Winners of college level competition, further participated in Cluster Level Competition (i2e competitions) held on 18^th December 2019 at Pravara College, Pravanagar, Loni.

v Academic Year 2019-20

The following activities were undertaken in the academic year 2020-21  

1.  Five new student members were enrolled in this cell for the academic year 2020-2021.

2.  A team of four members (Students of T.Y.B.Sc, Ms. Kardile Vaishnavi Mahesh, Ms. Nikumbh Shubhangi Sunil, Ms. Magar Vaishnavi Ramesh, & Ms. Deokar Shraddha Dinkar) were participated in i2e competition held on 5-6^th March 2021 at Pimpri, Pune.

3.  An awareness Programme on ‘Innovations and Intellectual Property Rights’ was organized on 29^th January 2021 under ‘Start-Up & Innovation Cell’ of this college.

4.  Awareness Programme was organized for all faculty members and students with the objective to inculcate the awareness about Intellectual Property Rights.