Innovation
Cell and Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA)
launched by M/o HRD to foster culture of innovation in Higher Education
Institutions
In yet another game changing initiative, the
Union Minister for HRD, Shri Prakash Javadekar and Union Minister of State for
HRD, Dr. Satya Pal Singh launched the Innovation Cell and Atal Ranking of
Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA)at AICTE, New Delhi today.
Innovation cell is MHRD’s initiative and has been established at AICTE premises
with a purpose to systematically foster the culture of Innovation in all Higher
Education Institutions (HEIs) across the country. The primary mandate of
Innovation Cell is to encourage, inspire and nurture young students by exposing
them to new ideas and processes resulting in innovative activities in their
formative years fostered through Network of Innovation clubs in Higher
Educational Institutions.
While addressing the gathering, Shri Prakash
Javadekar said that we must create innovation culture in India and for the same
we are encouraging Higher Educational Institutions to create innovation club in
their campuses. He also said that without innovation no country can achieve
sustainable development and prosperity. The Union Minister also said that 21st
century is century of Innovation, and the Prime Minister of India has called
the decade 2010-20 as the ‘Decade of Innovation’, to unleash the creative
potential of every Indian. India has already been improving on global stage in
terms of Innovation ranking from 86th place, 5 years ago, to 57th place this
year.
He further said that if we want to deliver
justice to the poor and make them prosper we need to innovate, without which it
is not possible. While talking about young population of the country he said
that our young population can be converted into an asset if we innovate and for
this reason, innovation is most important. He further said that the
establishment of an innovation cell leading to innovation club, leading to
Smart India Hackathon and leading to student’s start-ups, are the real eco
system which we want to build upon for development of innovation culture in
India.
The Union Minister said that for the real
outcome there has to be some assessment of what is being done to promote
innovation. Therefore, Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements
(ARIIA) has also been launched today. It will encourage healthy competiveness
among Higher Educational Institutions.
The Union Minister of State for HRD, Dr. Satya
Pal Singh said that innovation must become the part of our culture and it must
not be limited only to engineering students, it must be open for other students
as well. He said that innovation means original thinking and everyone can
contribute their ideas to promote innovation.
Secretary (HE), MHRD, Shri R Subrahmanyam,
Chairman UGC, Shri D. P. Singh and Chairman AICTE, Shri
Anil Sahasrabudhe were also present during the event.
Detailed information about MHRD Innovation Cell
and Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) are given
below-
MHRD
Innovation Cell (MIC)
Innovation cell is MHRD’s initiative
established at AICTE with a purpose to systematically foster the culture of
Innovation in all Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) across the country. The
primary mandate of Innovation Cell is to encourage, inspire and nurture young
students by exposing them to new ideas and processes resulting in innovative
activities in their formative years fostered through Network of Innovation
clubs in Higher Educational Institutions.
Major
Programs
- Network of Innovation Clubs (NIC)
- Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA)
- Smart India Hackathon (SIH) 2019
- National Student Startup Policy (NSSP)
·
Network of Innovation Clubs (NIC)
MIC will prescribe basic framework for the
structure, formation, structure and smooth running of ICs and will soon share
list of different activities which ICs need to undertake for the entire
academic year.
Why
HEIs should join ICs Network?
1.
No major
capital investment required and IC will make use of existing local ecosystem
2. Students/Faculty associated with ICs will have exclusive opportunity to participate in various Innovation related initiative and competitions organized by MHRD.
3. Win exciting prizes/Certificates every month
4. Meet/ Interact renowned Business Leaders and top-notch academicians
5. Opportunity to nurture and prototype new ideas
6. Mentoring by Industry Professionals
7. Experiment with new technologies.
8. Visit new places and see new culture.
2. Students/Faculty associated with ICs will have exclusive opportunity to participate in various Innovation related initiative and competitions organized by MHRD.
3. Win exciting prizes/Certificates every month
4. Meet/ Interact renowned Business Leaders and top-notch academicians
5. Opportunity to nurture and prototype new ideas
6. Mentoring by Industry Professionals
7. Experiment with new technologies.
8. Visit new places and see new culture.
Atal
Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA)
For India to emerge as a global innovation hub,
the youth of our country, especially in higher education institutions (HEIs)
need to play a crucial role to create a sustainable innovation ecosystem.
Hence, ideally all HEIs should have a comprehensive and functional mechanism to
convert research into innovations. This ecosystem will encourage, inspire and
nurture young students by exposing them to new ideas and processes resulting in
innovative activities in their formative years.
To ensure that Innovation is primary fulcrum of
all HEIs, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Govt. of India is
introducing ‘Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA)’
to systematically rank education institutions and universities primarily on
innovation related indicators. ARIIA considers all major indicators which are
commonly used globally to rank most innovative education institutions/
universities in the world.
ARIIA ranking will certainly inspire Indian
institutions to reorient their mind-set and build ecosystems to encourage high
quality research, innovation and entrepreneurship. More than quantity, ARIIA
will focus on quality of innovations and will try to measure the real impact
created by these innovations nationally and internationally. Moreover, ARIIA
will set tone and direction for institutions for future development for making
them globally competitive and in forefront of innovation.
ARIIA will primarily focus on 5 main parameters
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- Application Open Date: 15th Oct 2018
- Last Date: 30th Nov 2018
- Announcement of ARIIA ranks: April 2019
*ARIIA
Booklet attached
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Smart India Hackathon (SIH) 2019
The third edition of World’s Biggest Open
Innovation Model - Smart India Hackathon - 2019 launched on Wednesday, 29th
August, 2018 at the hand of Shri Prakash Javadekar, Hon’ble Minister for HRD,
Government of India, New Delhi.
Smart India Hackathon 2019 is a nationwide
initiative to provide students a platform to solve some of pressing problems we
face in our daily lives, and thus inculcate a culture of product innovation and
a mindset of problem solving. In this new edition, students would have the opportunity
to work on challenges faced within the public and private sector organizations,
and NGOs in addition to government problems pooled from various union
ministries. As like in previous editions, Smart India Hackathon 2019 would also
have 2 sub-editions – Software edition (a 36-hour software product development
competition) and Hardware edition (a 5 days long hardware product development
competition).
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National Student Startup Policy (NSSP)
AICTE’s Student Start-up Policy:
AICTE crafted its Student Start-up Policy and
was launched on 16th November 2016 at the hands of Honourable President of
India. This policy is designed for the AICTE approved Institutions in
accordance with Govt of India’s "Start-up India" Action plan, that
was launched on 16th January 2016. AICTE’s Student Start up policy intends to
guide AICTE approved institutions to promote student driven innovations and
start-ups.
The policy aims at identifying the innovative
and entrepreneurial potential of students and transforming them into start-up
entrepreneurs. This can be done by developing an ideal entrepreneurial
ecosystem and promoting strong inter-institutional partnerships among technical
institutions, other ecosystem enablers, different stakeholders, programs,
market and society.
Regards!
Librarian
Rizvi Institute of Management
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