Institution's Innovation Council

Functions of Institution’s Innovation Council

• Promote innovation in the Institution through multitudinous modes leading to an innovation promotion eco-system in the campus

• To conduct various innovation and entrepreneurship-related activities prescribed by MIC in time bounded fashion.

• Identify and reward innovations and share success stories.

• Organize periodic workshops/ seminars/ interactions with entrepreneurs, investors, professionals and create a mentor pool for student innovators.

• Network with peers and national entrepreneurship development organizations.

• Create an Institution’s Innovation portal to highlight innovative projects carried out by institution’s faculty and students.

• Organize Hackathon, idea competition, mini-challenges etc with the involvement of industries.

Focus of Institution’s Innovation Council

• To create a vibrant local innovation ecosystem

• Start-up/ entrepreneurship supporting mechanism in HEIs

• Prepare institute for Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements Framework (ARIIA)

• Establish Function Ecosystem for Scouting Ideas and Pre-incubation of Ideas

Constitution of IIC

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Members of Institution's Innovation Council

President

Prof. Monisha Dhiman, President, IIC

External Members

	Prof. Unnat P Pandit Controller General of Patents Design Trade Marks Registrar of Copyright and Geographical Indications		Dr. Susheel Mittal Sr. Professor Thaper Institute of Engineering and Technology Incubation Centre
	Prof. Rajagopal Subramanyam HoD, Department of Plant Sciences Director and Coordinator, ASPIRE-BioNEST University of Hyderabad		Dr G. L. Puntabekar Professor, Department of Commerce, Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar (M.P.)
	Sh. Sukhmander Gill Gill Agricultural Implements (P) Ltd. Dabwali Road Malout (Punjab)		Sh. Preet Mohinder Singh, GM Bathinda Chamber of Commerce & Industry
	Dr. Akshay Nag Chief Executive Officer CUPRDF (a DST-NIDHI ITBI) Central University of Punjab, Bathinda

Faculty Members

	Dr. Jitendra Kumar Pattanaik Professor, Geology - Vice President		Dr. Preeti Khetarpal, Assistant Professor, Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine – IPR Activity Coordinator Convener
	Dr. Sandeep Kaur Professor Economic Studies – Innovation Activity Coordinator		Dr. Yogalakshmi K.N. Associate Professor Environmental Science and Technology – Internship Activity Coordinator
	Dr. Surjeet Singh Dhaka Assistant Professor Applied Agriculture - Start-up Activity Coordinator		Dr. Chhavi Garg Assistant Professor Mass Communication and Media Studies - Social Media Coordinator
	Dr. Satwinder Singh, Professor, Computer Science and Technology - Member		Dr. Jaswinder Singh Bhatti Professor Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine - Member
	Dr. Vinod Kumar Professor Chemistry - Member		Dr. Puneet Pathak Professor Department ofLaw - Member
	Dr. Sunil K. Singh Associate Professor Zoology - Member		Dr. Naresh Kumar Singla Assistant Professor Department of Economic Studies - Member
	Dr. Pankaj Bhardwaj Assistant Professor Department of Botany - Member		Dr. Shashank Kumar Assistant Professor Biochemistry - Member
	Dr. Sabyasachi Senapati Assistant Professor Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine - Member		Dr. Ashok Kumar Pathak Assistant Professor Mathematics and Statistics - Member
	Dr. Vikas Rathee Assistant Professor History - Member		Dr. Manju Jain Assistant Professor Biochemistry - Member
	Dr. Debapriya Garabadu Assistant Professor Pharmacology - Member		Dr. Saurabh Barua Assistant Professor Physics - Member
	Dr. Nirmal Renuka Assistant Professor Botany - Member		Dr. Abhishek Kumar Soni Assistant Professor Physics - Member
	Dr. Saurabh Gupta Assistant Professor Geology - Member		Dr. Pullaiah Cheepi Assistant Professor Economic Studies - Member
	Dr. Anupam Assistant Professor Applied Agriculture - Member		Dr. Amit Singh Assistant Professor Microbiology - Member