Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, July 29: The Innovation, Incubation, and Entrepreneurship Development Centre (IIEDC) of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar has bagged the ‘Best Innovation Council Award’ of North West Region by the Innovation Cell of the Ministry of Education (MoE) in Jaipur.
The Innovation Cell of MoE had organized the Institutions Innovation Council (IIC) regional meet for North West Zone including Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Punjab, Chandigarh, Jammu, Kashmir, and Ladakh in Amity University Jaipur.
There were two categories of awards floated by MoE for Best IIC Institute and Best Innovation Prototype. Among 450 registered IIC institutes in the North West region, 117 institutes participated in Journey and Achievements of Innovation and Entrepreneurship for the year 2021-2022.
Dr. Dinesh Kumar Rajendran, Convener IIC-NIT Srinagar, represented NIT Srinagar’s IIED Centre activities through a poster presentation.
Dr. M.P. Poonia, Vice Chairman, All India Council for Technical Education, Dr. Amit Jain, Pro Vice Chancellor, Amity University; Dr. Rakesh Bhatnagar, Vice Chancellor, Amity University Jaipur evaluated the posters and evaluated based on IIC activities and Journey towards innovations and Entrepreneurship ecosystem.
During the meeting, the Institutions Innovation Council from IIED Centre of NIT Srinagar was considered to be the best Institutions Innovation Council in the North West Zone.
Dr. Dinesh Kumar Rajendran has also won the best creative poster award for exhibiting the year-long IIC activities for the year 2021-22, securing 2nd place in the North West zone and the highest ranking in Jammu and Kashmir.
In his message, Director NIT Srinagar, Prof. (Dr.) Rakesh Sehgal congratulated the faculty, research scholars, and staff members. “IIED Centre has done commendable work on the Innovation and Entrepreneur echo system in the Kashmir valley collaborating with the Ministry of Innovations and MSME,” he said.
Prof. Syed Kaiser Bukhari extended his greetings to all faculty colleagues and stated that IIED Centre NIT Srinagar has performed commendable work on innovation in Kashmir valley.
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