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VISION
To inspire, encourage and foster the culture of Innovation and Start-ups among students and faculty members of the University
To establish a technological hub so that it plays a significant role in the socio-economic development of the country.
MISSION
- To provide students and faculty members a platform along with other people with bright and original ideas to work together and incubate these ideas to execution.
To provide synergy between academia and industry that fuels entrepreneurial spirit.
To inculcate a bent of mind geared towards research among the young students to help them to be self-reliant.
To foster efficient cognitive ability and technological skills among students.
To create a vibrant local innovative ecosystem.
ACTIVITIES
Development and Continuous Improvement of the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) related to Start-ups.
Encouraging, Coordinating and Facilitating Faculty Members to seek grant for setting up Incubation hub.
Organising Students’ Research Convention in different disciplines including Humanities and Social Sciences.
Facilitating the Outstanding Researcher and Young Researcher Awards to Faculty Members of the University.
Working in tandem with the Intellectual Property Cell of AMU to encourage the Faculty Members and the Students to file patent.
Organising Workshop on IPR, Innovation and other related topics.
Coordinating activities of Students’ Academic Clubs of the University.
BACKGROUND
Studies have shown that India, with a huge population of about 550 million young men and women below the age of 25 years, has enormous un-tapped innovation capability which can easily meet basic human needs of the country. Recognizing this fact the Prime Minister in 2010 set up the National Innovation Council and the President of India declared 2010-2020 as the Decade of Innovation. Since then the National Innovation Council has been encouraging country?s various sectors such as: industrial; governmental; educational and other related segments to work together and establish innovation clusters and networks for developing synergy and taking the innovation activities in the country to the next higher level. Realizing the importance the University in 2013 established an Innovation Council with the Pro Vice-Chancellor as its Chairman.
OBJECTIVE
- Providing infrastructural, logistic and guidance support for incubation activities.
Coordinating with IP Cell.
Fostering innovation in students through ”innovation melas” and ”workshops”.
Facilitating inter-disciplinary activities.
Promoting industry-academia interaction.
