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.

Innovation Start Up Policy

IIC MEMBERS

Mr. Muthu Krishnan St. Mother Theresa Engineering College \| Tuticorin \| Tamil Nadu \| India	President
Dr. LOURDES POOBALA RAYEN Francis XavierEngineering College \| Tirunelveli \| Tamil Nadu \| India	External Expert & Mentor of IIC
Dr. Joe Patric Gnanaraj St. Mother Theresa Engineering College \| Tuticorin \| Tamil Nadu \| India	Vice-President
Ms.M.AMALA St. Mother Theresa Engineering College \| Tuticorin \| Tamil Nadu \| India	Embedded & IOT - Applied Lab In-charge
Mrs. SELVA RANJITHA St. Mother Theresa Engineering College \| Tuticorin \| Tamil Nadu \| India	Smart Electronics - Applied Lab In-charge
Dr. K. KARTHIKEYAN St. Mother Theresa Engineering College \| Tuticorin \| Tamil Nadu \| India	Electrical Drives and Automation- Applied Lab In-charge
Mr. M. G. AYYAPPA SRINIVASAN St. Mother Theresa Engineering College \| Tuticorin \| Tamil Nadu \| India	Electrical Product Development - Applied Lab In-charge
Mrs. A. CORDELIA SUMATHY St. Mother Theresa Engineering College \| Tuticorin \| Tamil Nadu \| India	ATAL(AICTE Training And Learning) Tinkering Lab In-charge
Mrs. DURGA JANANI St. Mother Theresa Engineering College \| Tuticorin \| Tamil Nadu \| India	Mobile & Web Application Development - Applied Lab In-charge
Ms.VIDHYA LAKSHMI St. Mother Theresa Engineering College \| Tuticorin \| Tamil Nadu \| India	Artificial Intelligence & DataScience- Applied Lab In-charge
Mrs. VINIBA St. Mother Theresa Engineering College \| Tuticorin \| Tamil Nadu \| India	Ideathon - Applied Lab In-charge
Dr. B. JACOB RUBASINGH St. Mother Theresa Engineering College \| Tuticorin \| Tamil Nadu \| India	Fabrication -Applied Lab In-charge & Startup Activity Coordinator
Mr. VIMAL CHANTH St. Mother Theresa Engineering College \| Tuticorin \| Tamil Nadu \| India	Modeling and Prototyping - Applied Lab In-charge
Dr. K. M. MUTHUKRISHNAN St. Mother Theresa Engineering College \| Tuticorin \| Tamil Nadu \| India	THUDITSSIA Coordinator
Dr. C. SUBHARAJ St. Mother Theresa Engineering College \| Tuticorin \| Tamil Nadu \| India	Internship Activity Coordinator
Mr. B. ARUL RAJAN St. Mother Theresa Engineering College \| Tuticorin \| Tamil Nadu \| India	ERP Admin
Dr. R. SAMUEL SANJAY RAJA St. Mother Theresa Engineering College \| Tuticorin \| Tamil Nadu \| India	Mechanical Faculty Coordinator