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Innovation Cell (I-Cell), Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Nagpur, has been established with the objective of practising innovation based on experiential learning to inculcate excellence within Technocrats, Researchers and Inventors (TRI). Thereby developing and fostering a business model based on the latest technology, having innovation and scalability as an essential component with the highest profit and lowest risk. Members of I-Cell are working with the fullest conviction and capacity to align the indomitable minds of SITians with the statement at the top. In addition, it has been envisioned to become a world-class technology-driven innovation centre and provide a universal platform for innovative development for the benefit of budding entrepreneurs, corporate houses & society at large.
Dr. Sudhanshu Maurya
Teacher In-Charge
Dr. Sudhanshu Maurya is Incharge of Innovation Cell. He is an Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Nagpur.
He has completed his Post-Doctoral Research at the School of Computer & Communication Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Kangar, Perlis, Malaysia. He is also associated with the Center of Artificial Intelligence & Robotics, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi, for research on AI-based Quantum Cryptographic Techniques.
Dr. Maurya has completed his Ph.D. in Computer Science, with a particular focus on the “Security and Privacy aspect of Mobile Cloud Computing.” He acquired M. Tech CSE (Gold Medalist) from Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal Central University, Uttarakhand.
His area of research is dedicated to Artificial Intelligence, the Internet of Everything, and Cloud Computing. Currently, he has three international Patents (Granted), 13 Indian patents, two edited books, five-course books, and authored/co-authored 150+ research papers indexed in Web of Science / SCOPUS.
He is also associated with the Centre of Artificial Intelligence & Robotics, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi, for research on AI-based Quantum Cryptographic Techniques.
Innovation Cell (I-Cell), Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Nagpur, has been established with the objective of practicing innovation based on experiential learning to inculcate excellence within Technocrats, Researchers, and Inventors (TRI). Thereby developing and fostering a business model based on the latest technology, having innovation and scalability as an essential component with the highest profit and lowest risk. Members of I-Cell are working with the fullest conviction and capacity to align the indomitable minds of SITians with the statement at the top. In addition, it has been envisioned to become a world-class technology-driven innovation centre and provide a universal platform for innovative development for the benefit of budding entrepreneurs, corporate houses & society at large.
Dr. Shyam Pratap Singh
Teacher In-Charge
As an in charge of I-Cell, Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Nagpur. I am trying to develop a true sense of an interdisciplinary, innovative ecosystem powered by experiential learning leading towards a multi-business model.
I have completed my Ph.D. from BIT Mesra, Ranchi, M. E in ECE from Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiyala and B. E in E&TC from RGPV, Bhopal.
I have published various research papers in reputed IEEE, Elsevier, Springer, Wiley and Taylor’s Francis journals. Apart from numerous SCOPUS papers from international conferences in India and abroad, I supervised 03 PhD scholars (1 awarded & 2 ongoing). Designed and taught “AI-enabled Molecular Nano Communication System” and “Seminar Course Design” apart from teaching various subjects of elite branches such as Introduction to Machine Learning and Deep Learning with Neural Network.
I am a Fellow of IETE, a Member of IEEE and a Member of GISFI, India.
Fostering Creativity and Innovation
The Innovation Cell at SIT Nagpur aims to cultivate an innovative ecosystem where students can unleash their creativity and explore innovative ideas across various disciplines.
Promoting Collaboration and Networking
Facilitating interactions among students, faculty, industry experts, and entrepreneurs to foster collaboration and networking opportunities, thereby enhancing interdisciplinary innovation.
Providing Learning Platforms
Offering workshops, seminars, and hands-on training sessions to equip members with essential skills such as design thinking, problem-solving, prototyping, and project management, necessary for innovation.
Supporting Entrepreneurship
Providing support and resources to aspiring student entrepreneurs, including mentorship, access to funding opportunities, and guidance in developing viable business plans to bring innovative ideas to market.
Creating Impactful Projects
Encouraging members to work on projects that address real-world challenges, aiming to create tangible solutions with a positive impact on society, industry, and the environment.
IIIC, SIT Nagpur is comprised of the following core members (internal & external).
| Sr. No. | Name of Member | Member Type | Key Role/ Position Assigned in IIC |
|
1 |
Prof. (Dr.) Nitin Rakesh, Director, SIT, Nagpur |
Teaching |
President, IIC-SIT, Nagpur. |
|
2 |
Dr. Sudhanshu Maurya |
Teaching |
Convener IIC-SIT, Nagpur. |
|
3 |
Dr. Nilesh Shelke |
Teaching |
Start-up Activity Coordinator |
|
4 |
Dr. Sudhanshu Maurya |
Teaching |
Innovation Activity & IPR Activity Coordinator |
|
5 |
Dr. Pradnya Borkar |
Teaching |
Student Activity Coordinator |
|
6 |
Ms. Monali Gulhane |
Teaching |
Social Media Coordinator |
|
7 |
Ms. Ankita Avthankar |
Teaching |
Member |
|
8 |
Mr. Manoj Sonkusare |
Non-Teaching |
Member |
|
9 |
Dr. Manish Kurhekar, VNIT, Nagpur, India |
Academia |
External (Academia) |
|
10 |
Mr. Ketan Paithankar Konverge.AI, Nagpur |
Industry |
External (Industry) |
|
11 |
Mr. Aliasagar Wag, Alpha Agencies |
Entrepreneur |
External (Entrepreneur) |
IIC Activities Calendar for Academic Year 2024-25
Thrust Area : Conducting a Maximum Number of prescribed activities focuses on Inspiration, Motivation, and Ideation
|
Sr. No. |
Activity |
Suggestive Mode of Conduct of Activity |
Suggestive Level of Activity |
|
1 |
Workshop on “Entrepreneurship and Innovation” as a Career Opportunity |
Offline/Online |
1 or 2 |
|
2 |
My Story - Motivational Session by Successful Innovators |
Offline/Online |
1 |
|
3 |
From Idea to Impact - Motivational Session by Successful Entrepreneur/Start-up Founder |
Offline/Online |
1 |
|
4 |
Session on Problem Solving and Ideation Workshop |
Offline/Online |
1 or 2 |
|
5 |
Session on the “Basics of Intellectual Property Rights and its Importance for Innovators and Entrepreneurs”. |
Offline/Online |
1 or 2 |
|
6 |
Exposure and Field Visits for Problem Identification: Aligning with UN SDGs and Exploring Emerging Areas of Technologies |
Offline |
2 or 3 |
|
7 |
Organize an Inter/Intra Institutional Idea Competition/ Challenge/ Hackathon, and Reward the Best Ideas and deposition in the Institution’s YUKTI Innovation Repository |
Offline/Hybrid |
3 or 4 |
|
8 |
Idea Showcase: Demo Day/Exhibition/Poster Presentation of Ideas/PoC & linkage with Innovation Ambassadors/Experts for Mentorship Support. |
Offline/Hybrid |
3 or 4 |
Important Day Celebration Activities:
Quarter 1
| Sr. No. | Date | Day of Celebration | Month |
| 1 |
15th October |
Institution's Innovation Day (Dr APJ Abdul Kalam's birth anniversary) | October |
| 2 |
9th November |
National Entrepreneurship Day | November |
| 3 |
11th November |
National Education Day | November |
Quarter 2
Thrust Area : a Maximum Number of prescribed activities focuses on Idea / innovation Validation and Concept Development
|
Sr. No. |
Activity |
Suggestive Mode of Conduct of Activity |
Suggestive Level of Activity |
|
1 |
Workshop on Design Thinking, Critical thinking and Innovation Design |
Offline/Online |
2 or 3 |
|
2 |
Organizing Innovation & Entrepreneurship Outreach Program in Schools by engaging active Atal Tinkering Labs and School Innovation Council (SIC) |
Offline |
1 or 2 |
|
3 |
Organize an Expert talk on Process of Innovation Development, Technology Readiness Level (TRL); Commercialization of Lab Technologies & Tech-Transfer |
Online/Offline |
1 |
|
4 |
Workshop on Effective Sales and Marketing Strategies for Entrepreneurs /Startups |
Online/Offline |
1 or 2 |
|
5 |
Conduct a Session on Achieving Problem-Solution Fit and Product-Market Fit |
Online/Offline |
1 or 2 |
|
6 |
Field/Exposure Visit to Pre-incubation units such as AICTE Idea Lab, Fab lab, Makers Space, Design Centers, City MSME clusters, workshops etc. |
Offline |
2 or 3 |
|
7 |
Organize an Inter/Intra Institutional Innovation Competition/Challenge/Hackathon and Reward the Best Innovations and deposition in the Institution’s YUKTI Innovation Repository |
Offline/Hybrid |
3 or 4 |
|
8 |
Innovations Showcase: Demo Day / Exhibition / Poster Presentation of Innovations / Prototypes & linkage with Innovation Ambassadors/Experts for Mentorship Support |
Offline/Hybrid |
3 or 4 |
Important Day Celebration Activities:
Quarter 2
| Sr. No. | Date | Day of Celebration | Month |
| 1 |
2nd December |
National Pollution Control Day | December |
| 2 |
11th December |
National Energy Conservation Day (India) | December |
| 3 |
12th January |
National Youth Day | January |
| 4 |
16th January |
National Startup Day | January |
| 5 |
28th February |
National Science Day | February |
Quarter 3
Thrust Area : Conducting a Maximum Number of prescribed activities focuses on Prototype, Design, Process Development for Business Model/ Process/ Services
|
Sr. No. |
Activity |
Suggestive Mode of Conduct of Activity |
Suggestive Level of Activity |
|
1 |
Workshop on Prototype/Process Design and Development. |
Offline/Online |
2 or 3 |
|
2 |
Session/ Workshop on Business Model Canvas (BMC) |
Offline/Online |
1 or 2 |
|
3 |
Field/Exposure Visit to Incubation Unit/Patent Facilitation, Centre/Technology Transfer Centre such as Atal Incubation Centre etc |
Offline |
2 or 3 |
|
4 |
Session on “How to plan for Start-up and legal & Ethical Steps” |
Offline/Online |
1 |
|
5 |
Workshop on “Raising Capital and Managing Finance for Startups” |
Offline/Online |
1 or 2 |
|
6 |
Workshop on “Protecting Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and IP Management for Startups” |
Offline/Online |
1 or 2 |
|
7 |
Organize an Inter/Intra Institutional Business Plan Competition and Reward the Best Innovations and deposition in the Institution’s YUKTI Innovation Repository |
Offline/Hybrid |
3 or 4 |
|
8 |
B-Plan Pitch: Demo Day/Exhibition/Poster Presentation of Business Plans & linkage with Innovation Ambassadors/Experts for Mentorship Support. |
Offline/Hybrid |
3 or 4 |
Important Day Celebration Activities:
Quarter 3
| Sr. No. | Date | Day of Celebration | Month |
| 1 |
8th March |
International Women’s Day | March |
| 2 |
21st April |
World Creativity and Innovation Day | April |
| 3 |
26th April |
World Intellectual Property Day | April |
| 4 |
11th May |
National Technology Day | May |
Quarter 4
Thrust Area : : Conducting a Maximum Number of prescribed activities focuses on Awareness about Startup and related Ecosystem Support Services for Startup Development
|
Sr. No. |
Activity |
Suggestive Mode of Conduct of Activity |
Suggestive Level of Activity |
|
1 |
Session on Innovation/Prototype Validation – Converting Innovation into a Start-up or Session on Achieving “Value Proposition Fit” & “Business Fit” |
Offline/Online |
1 or 2 |
|
2 |
Session on Accelerators/Incubation -Opportunities for Students & Faculties – Early-Stage Entrepreneurs |
Offline/Online |
1 or 2 |
|
3 |
Organize Session on “Lean Start-up & Minimum Viable Product/Business”- Boot Camp (or) Mentoring Session |
Offline/Online |
1 or 2 |
|
4 |
Session on Angel Investment/VC Funding Opportunity for Early-Stage Entrepreneurs. |
Offline/Online |
1 or 2 |
|
5 |
Session/ Panel discussion with innovation and Start-up Ecosystem Enablers from the region/state/national level |
Offline/Online |
1 |
|
6 |
Organizing Innovation & Entrepreneurship Outreach Program by involving ATLs/SICs in Schools |
Offline/Hybrid |
2 or 3 |
|
7 |
Organize an Inter/Intra Institutional Start-up Competition and Reward the Best Start-ups and deposition in the Institution’s YUKTI Innovation Repository |
Offline/Hybrid |
3 or 4 |
|
8 |
Startup Summit: Demo Day/Exhibition/Poster Presentation of Start-Ups & Linkage with Innovation Ambassadors/Experts for Mentorship Support |
Offline/Hybrid |
3 or 4 |
Important Day Celebration Activities:
Quarter 4
| Sr. No. | Date | Day of Celebration | Month |
| 1 |
5th June |
World Environment Day | June |
| 2 |
29th July |
4th Anniversary of National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 | July |
| 3 |
15th August |
Independence Day- Celebrating Aazadi Ka Amritkal | August |
| 4 |
21st August |
National Technology Day | August |
| Name of the Workshop/Seminar | Type of Workshop/Seminar | Evidence File Name |
|---|---|---|
| Photoshop Unbound | Skill development | 332_SLSP_Event1_23-24.pdf |
| Becoming a Graphic Guru | Skill development | 332_SLSP_Event2_23-24.pdf |
| Seminar on Research Writing | Research methodology | 332_SLSP_Event3_23-24.pdf |
| Workshop on Prototype/Process Design and Development | Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) | 332_SLSP_Event4_23-24.pdf |
| Hack-O-Week 1.3: Research Rally | Research methodology | 332_SLSP_Event5_23-24.pdf |
| Hack-O-Week 1.2: Reinventing Canteen Delights - A Taste of Innovation | Skill development | 332_SLSP_Event6_23-24.pdf |
| Hack-O-Week 1.1: Empowering Education through Innovation | Skill development | 332_SLSP_Event7_23-24.pdf |
| Guest Lecture on Neoteric Frontiers in Cloud, Edge, and Quantum Computing | Research methodology | 332_SLSP_Event8_23-24.pdf |
| Workshop on Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) & IP Management for Startup (Journey from Research to Patent) | Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) | 332_SLSP_Event9_23-24.pdf |
| One-day Academic visit at Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Intellectual Property Management (RGNIIPM), Nagpur | Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) | 332_SLSP_Event10_23-24.pdf |
| Celebration of World Intellectual Property Day | Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) | 332_SLSP_Event11_23-24.pdf |
| Workshop on Business Model Canvas (BMC) | Entrepreneurship | 332_SLSP_Event12_23-24.pdf |
| How to plan for Start-up and legal & Ethical Steps | Entrepreneurship | 332_SLSP_Event13_23-24.pdf |
| Mentoring Event: Demo Day /Presentation of Start-Ups | Entrepreneurship | 332_SLSP_Event14_23-24.pdf |
| Inter Institutional Start-up Competition and Reward Best Start-ups Offline | Entrepreneurship | 332_SLSP_Event15_23-24.pdf |
| Inauguration of Entrepreneurship Cell | Entrepreneurship | 332_SLSP_Event16_23-24.pdf |
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