Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC)
The Institution's Innovation Council (IIC) is an initiative of the Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India, established in collaboration with the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). The Global Academy of Technology has active IIC and its primary goal is to systematically foster a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship within the Institution. IIC aims to encourage students and faculty to engage in various innovation and startup-related activities, ultimately contributing to the development of a vibrant innovation ecosystem in the institution..
By integrating continuous assessments, practical evaluations, and rigorous semester end exams, we create a structured learning environment that fosters excellence and lifelong learning.
From the Desk of Dean - IIE
GATCIIE is registered as a not-for-profit licence company under Section 8(1) of the Companies Act 2013. It aims to focus and foster a vibrant ecosystem for the innovation and provide a unique platform for the students, Alumni, and faculties of GAT to fulfil their academic dreams and develop independent thinking to achieve goals of life.
We welcome the innovative ideas of students, nurture them and provide a positive direction to these ideas, hand hold, mentor students to transform them into real innovators leading to the successful entrepreneurs.
Dean – Industry Interactions, Innovation and Entrepreneurship & President-IIC
GAT Council for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (GATCIIE) &
Industry-Institute-Interactions Cell
+91 7898060802 | dean.iie@gat.ac.in
Objectives
- To inculcate innovative mindset & entrepreneurial skills among student and alum
- To create start-up ecosystem.
- To catalyse start-up ecosystem by aiding related to enhancing knowledge, mentoring, legal, financial, technological, intellectual property related to cost-effective infrastructural support and value-added services.
- To foster collaboration between student and faculties to assist research and creative designs.
- To convert practice venture into real venture by focussing on market opportunity and customer needs.
- To act as a launchpad to inspire students to develop innovative ideas under the umbrella of Centre of innovation, incubation and entrepreneurship.
Financial Budget
For financial year 2024-2025, GAT has allocated a budget of 1% of Annual Budget towards various Entrepreneurship initiatives. The primary objective is to inculcate entrepreneurship and motivate students to start ventures to solve various grass root level problems through the initiatives including:
- In-house intercollegiate events
- Organizing awareness talks by entrepreneurs or alumni
- Organizing field exposure events for innovation and entrepreneurship skill
- Sponsoring initiatives for entrepreneurship development at the state and national between student and faculties to assist research and creative designs.
I&E Policy
AICTE-NISP GAT’s Innovation and Startup policyCourses on I&E
Committee
| Head of the Institute: Dr. H. B. Balakrishna | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. No. | Name | Designation and Department | Role in IIC | Responsibility |
| 1 | Dr. Piyush Kumar Soni | Dean - Industry Interactions, Innovation and Incubation | President | Overall Responsibilities, MIC/Alumni/Institute/Startup Enablers/Industry Relations, Activities and IIC Portal |
| 2 | Mr. Vijay Kumar S | Asst. Professor - ISE | Convener | Activities and Data Uploads |
| 3 | Mr. Anand Guled | Asst. Professor - MBA | NISP Coordinator | NISP Portal and GAT Innovation Website |
| 4 | Mr. R C Ravindranath | Asst. Professor - CSE | NIRF Coordinator | NIRF - Innovation Data Collection |
| 5 | Ms. Pallavi H J | Asst. Professor - Civil Engineering | Internship Activity Coordinator | I&E Collaborations and Internships |
| 6 | Mr. Srinath K S | Asst. Professor - AIML | Internship Activity Coordinator | I&E Collaborations and Internships |
| 7 | Ms. Brightlin Abisha W | Asst. Professor - AE | IPR Activity Coordinator | IPR and Technology Transfer of Startups, KAPILA uploads |
| 8 | Ms. Savitha D C | Asst. Professor - ME | Innovation Activity Coordinator | YUKTI Innovation and IPR Repository, Innovation Ambassador |
| 9 | Dr. Seema Srinivas | Asst. Professor - ECE | Innovation Activity Coordinator | YUKTI Innovation and IPR Repository, Innovation Ambassador |
| 10 | Mr. Yogananda Raj Urs KH | Asst. Professor - ECE | Innovation Activity Coordinator | YUKTI Innovation and IPR Repository, Innovation Ambassador |
| 11 | Ms. Veena V Pattankar | Asst. Professor - CSE | Startup Activity Coordinator | Pre-Incubation Activities |
| 12 | Mr. Hariprasad V L | Asst. Professor - Civil Engineering | Social Media Coordinator | Social Media Platforms, Nat./Int. participation of incubated startups |
| 13 | Mr. Balagopal Reddy G | Asso. Professor - EEE | Member | Mentor-Mentee Activity Coordinator |
| 14 | Dr. Lokanna Kadakolmath | Asso. Professor - CSE (AIML) | Member | IIE Data Centre and Documentation |
| 15 | Dr. Rohini B R | Asst. Professor - AI & DS | Member | I&E Courses, I&E FDPs |
| 16 | Dr. Renuka C | Asso. Prof. - Science and Humanities (Phy) | Member | ATAL Tinkering Lab Activity Coordinators |
| 17 | Dr. Gopinatha K R | Asso. Prof. - Science and Humanities (Maths) | Member | ATAL Tinkering Lab Activity Coordinators |
| 18 | Dr. Deepa Patil | Asst. Prof. - Science and Humanities (Chem) | Member | ATAL Tinkering Lab Activity Coordinators |