Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 7: University of Jammu Special Purpose Vehicle Foundation (UOJPVF) supported Institution Innovation Council (IIC) JU, has secured highest ranking score in the country.
Institution Innovation Council (IIC) at University of Jammu was established in the academic year 2018-2019 and has been working towards strengthening entrepreneurial culture in the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh region.
The efforts of Team IIC, University of Jammu scored a perfect score of 4.0 under Institutions’ Innovation Council (2020-21) Annual Performance Result. Further University of Jammu has secured top rank amongst all the universities and Institutions of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh Region for the period 2020-21.
The annual performance result was declared in a major event organized by the Ministry of Education’s Innovation Cell (MIC) and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). This new IIC ranking star 4.0 achieved by the IIC of University of Jammu is the highest rating ranking star given to any University in India.
According to Prof Parikshat Singh Manhas, President of IIC Jammu, the setting up of this IIC at University of Jammu was envisioned by Vice-Chancellor Prof Manoj Kumar Dhar and JU was one of the first universities in the region to set up this IIC.
Since 2018, IIC University of Jammu has been engaging a large number of faculty, students, and staff in various innovation and entrepreneurship-related activities such as ideation, Problem-solving, Proof of Concept development, Design Thinking, IPR, project handling, and management at Pre-incubation/ Incubation stage, etc, so that innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem gets established and stabilized in HEIs. The main motive behind conducting these activities is to encourage, inspire and nurture young students by supporting them to work with new ideas and transform these ideas into businesses.
The IIC 2020 – 2021 team members who organized various events and were responsible for this ranking, are Prof Parikshat Singh Manhas – President; Dr Savita Nayyar (Vice President), Dr Pallvi Arora (Convener), Dr Neeraj Sharma (Innovation Activity Coordinator), Dr Jasleen Kaur (Start-Up Activity Coordinator) and Dr Meghna Dhar (Internship Activity Coordinator).
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