BPPIMT (VIP Campus) _IIC ID: IC201912316
Objective & Function of the Cell
The primary objective of an Institution Innovation’s Council (IIC) is to foster a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship within educational Institutions. IICs aim to create an ecosystem that encourages students, faculty, and staff to think creatively and develop innovative solutions to real-world problems. They also work to enhance entrepreneurial skills, support pre-incubation and incubation activities, and promote collaboration between institutions, industries, and other stakeholders.
- Vision / Mission of IIC established at the Institute
- To create a networked platform and ecosystem for budding entrepreneurs who will act as the catalysts and incubators of technological development with a dream of Make in India.
- To help students to organize and participate in various workshops, seminars, awareness camps and skill development training programs to instil entrepreneurship culture.
- Journey of IIC established at the Institute
- B.P. Poddar Institute of Management and Technology 115, Kolkata has established Institution Innovation Council(IIC) as per the norms of Innovation Cell, Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India during IIC Calendar year 2018-19.
Facilities of the Cell
- Idea Nurturing and Prototyping
- IIC provides a platform for students and faculty to develop and prototype new ideas.
- Mentoring and Industry Interaction
- IIC connects innovators with industry professionals for guidance and mentorship, as well as opportunities to meet with renowned leaders and academicians.
- Innovation and Entrepreneurship Activities
- IIC organizes various activities like workshops, seminars, idea contests, and hackathons to promote innovation and entrepreneurship.
- Access to Resources and Funding
- IIC often works with other campus entities like incubation centers and entrepreneurship development cells to provide resources and funding for innovative projects.
- Digital Platform and Ecosystem
- IIC leverages digital platforms to streamline activities, monitor progress, and create a coordinated innovation ecosystem.
- Learning and Development
- IIC aims to develop students’ cognitive abilities, promote design thinking, and foster a mindset for entrepreneurship.
- Network and Collaboration
- IIC facilitates networking with other IICs, entrepreneurship development organizations, and industry partners.
- Support for National Priorities
- IIC helps institutions define and direct technical innovations aligned with national priorities.
- Recognition and Reward
- IIC identifies and rewards successful innovations, showcasing them and their impact.
- Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Support
- IIC provides support for managing and protecting intellectual property related to innovative projects.
Roles & Responsibilities
Roles and Responsibilities of Coordinator:
- To establish the linkages between our Institute and Industries, Research Organizations, Peers, and Incubators.
- To coordinate corpus fund related activities with seed funding from the Institute and other sources.
- To coordinate various activities run under ED Cell.
Roles and Responsibilities of Faculty Members:
- To invite entrepreneurs to share their insight and success stories.
- To run entrepreneurship education courses in the campus.
- To motivate students to participate and organize entrepreneurship-related events inside and outside the Institute.
Roles and Responsibilities of Student Members:
- To make aware other students about institutional incubation, funding process and other entrepreneurial activities.
- To participate in various entrepreneurship-related workshops, seminars, awareness camps, competitions and skill development training programs outside the Institute.
- To organize entrepreneurship-related events and awareness programs within the Institute.
Committee Composition
An IIC (Institution’s Innovation Council) cell typically comprises a committee with a variety of roles,
These are
- President
- Vice President
- NIRF (National Institutional Ranking Framework) Coordinator
- IPR (Intellectual Property Rights) Activity Coordinator
- Innovation Activity Coordinator
- Convenor
- Star up Activity Coordinator
- ARIIA (Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements) Coordinator
- Social Media Coordinator
- Internship Activity Coordinator
Apart from these will have student representatives, and external experts
- Student members (students from ECE Department, Five students from CSE Department, Three students from EE Department, , Four students from IT Department , two students from MCA Department)
Committee Members
Ref. No. BPP/Notice/Prc./1656/2023 Date: 12th July, 2023
The Institution’s Innovation Council Committee of the Institute has been reconstituted with the following members with immediate effect.
| Sl. No. | Name | Designation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Dr. Sutapa Mukherjee | Associate Professor, Department in Charge, EE | President |
| 2. | Dr. Susmita Biswas | Assistant professor, ECE | Vice President |
| 3. | Dr. Bikromadittya Mondal | Professor, CSE | IPR Activity Coordinator |
| 4. | Dr. Surajit Mandal | Professor, ECE | NIRF Coordinator |
| 5. | Ms.Swagata(Gayen) Kundu | Assistant professor, IT | Social Media Coordinator |
| 6. | Ms. Rashmita Mishra | Assistant professor, ECE | Internship Activity Coordinator |
| 7. | Ms. Sujata Saha | Assistant professor, EE | Start-up Activity Coordinator |
| 8. | Mr. Suvadeep Bhattacharjee | Assistant professor, CSE | Innovation Activity Coordinator |
| 9. | Ms. Sudipta Roy | Assistant professor, IT | ARIIA Coordinator |
| 10. | Ms. Mr. Abhijit Gupta | Assistant professor, Bas. Sc. & Hu. | Member |
| 11. | Mr. Amartya Dutta | Assistant professor, CSE | Member |
| 12. | Dr. Inadyuti Dutt | Assistant professor, MCA | Convener |
| 13. | Dr. Binoy Krishna Biswas | Assistant professor, Bas. Sc. & Hu. | Member |
Annual Planner
IIC Calendar Activities for Current three Academic Years 2024-2025, 2023-2024, and 2022-2023 are given here.
Calendar Activities for AY 2024-2025
Calendar Activities for AY 2023-2024
Calendar Activities for AY 2022-2023
Events
The IIC (Institution’s Innovation Council) operates on a yearly calendar divided into four quarters, not semesters. Each quarter has specific activities, including IIC Calendar activities, MIC-driven activities, Celebration Activities and self-driven activities. IIC Calendar activities are planned by IIC members, while MIC-driven activities and Celebration Activities are prescribed by the Ministry of Education’s Innovation Cell (MIC). Self-driven activities are also planned and conducted by IIC members. The IIC model aims to streamline and strengthen the innovation and startup ecosystem in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs).
IIC Events for different Academic years
Semester I : September to February
Semester II : March to August
Events Organized
For AY 2024-25
| Sl. No. | Programme Details | Date |
| 1 | Workshop on “Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and IP management for start-up” | 10.05.25 |
| 2 | Business Model Canvas Competition | 24.04.25 |
| 3 | Workshop on Business Model Canvas | 22.04.25 |
| 4 | Earth Day Celebration 2025 – “Let’s go green — together! | 22.04.25 |
| 5 | A one-day industrial visit at Kolaghat Thermal Power Station (KTPS) | 08.04.25 |
| 6 | ‘Budding Genius,’ an event for school and diploma college students | 04.04.2025 |
| 7 | An industrial visit to Haldia Energy Limited (HEL) | 29.03.25 |
| 8 | Session on “aligning curriculum gap with recent industry trends” | 11.03.25 |
| 9 | “International Women’s Day, 2025” | 08.03.25 |
| 10 | A one-day industry visit to Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Kolkata | 24.02.25 |
| 11 | Session on “Masters in Abroad Global Opportunities” | 22.02.25 |
| 12 | “Matri Bhasa Diwas – Celebrate Your Mother Tongue!” | 21.02.25 |
| 13 | ‘Achieving Problem-Solution Fit and Product-Market Fit’ | 08.02.25 |
| 14 | Workshop on “Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer Workshop” | 30.11.24 |
| 15 | “My Story – Motivational Session by Successful Entrepreneur” | 23.11.24 |
| 16 | A lecture session on “Integration of Humanitarian Technologies in the field of Illumination Engineering” | 05.11.24 |
| 17 | ‘MSME IDEA HACKATHON 4.0’ | 30.10.24 |
| 18 | Workshop on “Entrepreneurship and Innovation as Career Opportunity” | 19.09.24 |
For AY 2023-24
| Sl. No. | Programme Details | Date |
| 1. | A faculty seminar on “Guided Missile System” | 29.05.24 |
| 2. | Inter College Competition on “Business Plan on Innovation” | 20.04.24 |
| 3. | Industrial Visit at Ardent Computech Software Ltd., Salt Lake Sector- V | 22.03.24 |
| 4. | A lecture on ‘Fostering Innovation for Academicians & Scientists through IPR’ | 16.03.24 |
| 5. | Industrial Visit at Haldia Energy Limited (HEL), Haldia | 11.03.24 |
| 6. | Field/Exposure Visit to Pre-incubation units such as Ideas Lab, Fab lab, Makers Space, Design Centres, City MSME clusters, workshops etc | 20.02.24 |
| 7. | ||
| 8. | Session on Achieving Problem-Solution Fit & Product-Market | 07.02.24 |
| 9. | Inter/Intra Institutional Idea Competition/Challenge/Hackathon and Reward Best Ideas | 20.01.24 |
| 10. | ‘National Youth Day’ | 13.01.24 |
| 11. | ‘Regional Meet’ in SNU | 12.01.24 |
| 12. | Celebration of “National Mathematics Day” | 22.12.23 |
| 13. | live telecast of Viksit Bharat@20247 | 11.12.23 |
| 14. | Workshop on Entrepreneurship Skill, Attitude and Behaviour Development | 07.12.23 |
| 15. | ‘Event on National Pollution Control Day ’ | 02.12.23 |
| 16. | ‘Intra Institutional Idea Competition’ | 25.11.23 |
| 17. | ‘Poster Presentation of Ideas for Mentorship Support’ | 23.11.23 |
| 18. | ‘My Story – Motivational Session by Successful Innovators’ | 21.11.23 |
| 19. | ‘My Story – Motivational Session by Successful Entrepreneur/Start-up founder’ | 18.11.23 |
| 20. | MSME Idea Hackathon 3.0(Women) | 09.09.23 |
For AY 2022-23
| Sl. No. | Programme Details | Date |
| 1. | “Panel Discussion with Innovation and Start-up Ecosystem Enablers from the Region/State/National Level” | 09.08.23 |
| 2. | Competition on ‘Lean Start-up & Minimum Viable Product/Business’ | 10.08.23 |
| 3. | Session on ‘Angel Investment/VC Funding Opportunity for Early Stage Entrepreneurs’ | 04.08.23 |
| 4. | Session on Achieving “Value Proposition Fit” & “Business Fit” | 01.08.23 |
| 5. | Workshop on Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and IP Management for Start-up | 26.05.23 |
| 6. | Session on How to plan for Start-up and Legal and Ethical Steps | 13.05.23 |
| 7. | Workshop on Prototype/Process Design and Development: Introduction to Kubernetes | 08.04.23 |
| 8. | Workshop on ‘Design Thinking, Critical Thinking and Innovation Design’ | 25.02.23 |
| 9. | Session on “IPR Awareness Programme” | 23.02.23 |
| 10. | Session on “Expert Talk on Process of Innovation Development, Technology Readiness Level and Commercialization of Lab Technologies & Tech-Transfer” | 23.02.23 |
| 11. | Event on ‘Inter School Science Exhibition cum Competition on Innovation’ | 28.01.23 |
| ‘Industry Visit at Euphoria GenX, Kolkata’ | 16.12.22 | |
| 13. | ‘Screening and Evaluation of MSME Idea Hackathon 2.0’ | 29.11.22 |
| 14. | Session on “Problem Solving and Ideation Workshop” | 24.11.22 |
| 15. | Industril Visit _Power Grid Corporation of India, Subhasgram Substation | 18.11.22 |
| 16. | Workshop on ‘Entrepreneurship & Innovation as Career Opportunity’ | 17.11.22 |
| 17. | Industrial Visit at Durgapur Steel Thermal Power Station, Andal | 09.09.22 |