Institution’s Innovation Council
St. Mother Theresa Engineering College, popularly known as SMTEC, was established in the year 2009 with the vision to empower budding engineers in technical and entrepreneurial training and to contribute to the socio-economic augmentation of the nation.
Vision
“To create a vibrant local innovation ecosystem. Start-up supporting Mechanism in HEIs. Prepare institute for Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements Framework. Establish Function Ecosystem for Scouting Ideas and Pre-incubation of Ideas. Develop better Cognitive Ability for Technology Students.”
Mission
- To conduct various innovation and entrepreneurship-related activities prescribed by Central MIC in time-bound 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.
- TNetwork 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 Hackathons, idea competition, mini-challenges etc. with the involvement of industries.
MHRD’s Innovation Cell
Ministry of HRD has established ‘MHRD’s Innovation Cell’ with the mandate to work closely with our Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to encourage the creative energy of our student population to work on new ideas and innovation and promote them to create start-ups and entrepreneurial ventures.
- MIC will focus on creating complete ecosystem which will foster the culture of Innovation across all educational institutions from ideas generation to pre-incubation, incubation and graduating from the incubator as successful start-ups. MIC will also work on designing ranking system to identify institutions in the forefront of innovation.
- MIC will actively engage various central and state agencies to ensure that dedicated budget is allocated for innovation related activities.
Functions of IIC
- Students/Faculty associated with ICs will have exclusive opportunity to participate in various Innovation related initiative and competitions organized by MHRD.
- Win exciting prizes/Certificates every EDP activities.
- Meet/Interact renowned Business Leaders and top-notch academicians.
- Opportunity to nurture and prototype new ideas.
- Mentoring by industry Professionals.
- Experiment with new technologies.
- Visit companies and places and see new culture of Entrepreneurship.
IIC Members
| S.No | Name | Designation | Position in BOG |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. P. Sivamurugan | Principal | Chairperson |
| 2 | Mr. I. Raja Subramanian | HoD-CSE / Liasoning Officer, EDC, Alumni | IIC President |
| 3 | Dr. Lourdes Poobala Rayen | EDC Director, Francis Xavier Engineering College |
External Expert & Mentor of IIC |
| 4 | Mrs.Durga Janani | AP/CSE | IIC Addl-In-Charge |
| 5 | Mr. M. G. Ayyayappa Srinivasan | AP/ EEE, VH - IIC, EDC Incharge, In-House Start-up Coordinator & Electrical Product Development Lab Incharge |
IIC Vice President |
| 6 | Mrs. A. Mathumalar | AP/ ECE , VH - Applied Lab and Competitions | Embeddded & IoT Applied Lab Incharge |
| 7 | Ms. K. Devi Abinaya | AP/ ECE , VH - Competency | Smart Electronics Applied Lab Incharge |
| 8 | Mr. P. Arunprasad | AP/ EEE , VH - Water Resource | Electrical Drives and Automation Lab Incharge |
| 9 | Mr. S. Bakthiraj | AP/ MECH | Design and Fabrication Lab Incharge |
| 10 | Mr. M. Manikandan | AP/ MECH, VH - Transport & Security | 3D Modelling and Prototyping Lab Incharge |
| 11 | Ms. V. Pavitha | AP/ CSE | Mobile and Web App Development Lab Incharge |
| 12 | Ms. B. Haritha | AP/ CSE | Ideathon Lab Incharge |
| 13 | Mrs. P. Jeba Rajathi | AP/ AIDS | AIDS Lab Incharge |
| 14 | Mr. B. Arul Rajan | AP/ ECE | VH - ERP & Website Admin |
| 15 | Mr. S.P.Densingh Xavier | AP/ ECE | VH - Internship Coordinator |