Instituition Innovation Council

JKKN College of Pharmacy encourages scientific innovation and thinking for its students through related activities both within and outside the institution. The Institution’s Innovation Council lIC201810715) in the campus as per the norms of Innovation Cell, Ministry of Education, Govt. of India during the academic calendar year 2018-19.

The objective of the council

• They are promoting a culture of research, innovation, and entrepreneurship among students and staff
• Identifying and nurturing innovative ideas and projects
• Facilitating collaborations between the college and industry partners
• Providing mentorship and resources for students and staff to turn their ideas into reality
• Organizing workshops, competitions, and other events to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship
• Promoting the commercialization of research and development conducted in the college
• It fosters a supportive environment for innovation and entrepreneurship within the college community.

The function of IIC

• To conduct various Innovation, IPR, and entrepreneurship-related activities prescribed by MIC time-bound fashion.
• Identify and reward innovations and share success stories.
• Organize periodic workshops/ seminars/ interactions with entrepreneurs, investors, and professionals and create a mentor pool for student innovators.
• Network with peers and national entrepreneurship development organizations.
• Create an online repository to highlight innovative projects by the institution’s faculty and students.
• Organise Hackathons, idea competitions, mini-challenges, etc., with the involvement of industries.

Innovation Ambassador Training Program

• Innovation Ambassadors are ground Change agents and act as catalysts in the propagation of innovation and start-up culture in institutions, nearby communities, and schools.
• 15  Faculty members are deployed as Innovation Ambassadors in HEIs to drive I&E activities in their respective campuses. These Innovation Ambassadors delivered more than 13 expert talks.
• 15 faculty members received training in creativity & design thinking, business plan development, venture development, investment and equity, IP management and technology commercialization, etc.
• Integrated with an ICT-enabled training platform designed for the faculty members from IIC institutions to undergo upskilling and reskilling on Innovation and Entrepreneurship and provides post-training engagements.
• Deployment of Innovation Ambassadors ensures building the in-house mentor and competent human resource capabilities in educational institutions to drive the innovation and start-up ecosystem on campuses.

YUKTI Innovation Repository

• IIC Institutions play an instrumental role in the process of YUKTI innovation repository creation at each institute level by identifying, and scouting ideand as, innovations, and start-ups from students, alums/recent graduates, faculty members, staff, and entrepreneurs are incubated at the institute.
• It builds a repository of ideas, innovations, and start-ups developed in academic institutions and nurtures these innovations by offering continuous support.
• It provides handholding support to innovations such as mentoring, grant assistance, nominations for national innovation challenges, referral & linkage with incubation units, and accelerators, connecting with Angel/VC networks, facilitating technology transfer, etc.

The Entrepreneurship Development Innovation Institution (EDI) of the Government of Tamil Nadu, along with the ED cell of Anna University, conducted the state-level Tamil Nadu Student Innovators (TNSI)-2018 competition to develop an entrepreneurial ecosystem in the state of Tamil Nadu, We are very much pleased and privileged to apprise that our masterminded students, Ms. Naziya Navas, Ms. Merin Shaji and Ms. Denlia Tintu Alex have won the “Tamil Nadu Student Innovator award-2018” and received a grant award of Rs.50000, The Management, Principal, and Staff of JKKN College of Pharmacy congratulate the fabulous achievement of our students and their dedication, enthusiasm, and insights toward an innovative idea.

MHRD, AICTE, i4c, and Persistent Systems have organized Smart India Hackathon (SIH) 2019 – a unique Open Innovation Model for identifying new and disruptive technology innovations to solve the challenges faced in our country. On the behalf of Institution Innovation Council, JKKN College of Pharmacy, Kumarapalyam, a total of 15 teams participated in this competition. About 50 problems have been addressed by these teams with innovative solutions. Among all the teams, one team, TRAILBLAZERS (Mr. Nithyapriyan, Mr. Maheshboopathi, Mr. Sridharan, Mr. M.S.Arun,  Ms. Jayarahini and Ms. Srinitha.S ), suggested an innovative idea for the problem statement given by Emcure Pharmaceuticals and they got selected for the Grand Finale SIH-2019 Software edition to be held at Mumbai, Maharashtra from 2 March 2019 to 3rd March 2019.

To make development a comprehensive mass movement and innovate on all fronts, MHRD, AICTE, i4c, and Persistent Systems have organized Smart India Hackathon (ST) – a unique Open Innovation Model for identifying new and disruptive technology 2019- innovations to solve the challenges faced in our country. It’s a non-stop product development competition, where problem statements are posed to technology students for innovative solutions. From Institution Innovation Council, JKKN College of Pharmacy, Kumarapalayam, a total of 15 teams participated in this competition. About 50 problems have been addressed by these teams with innovative solutions. Among all the team, one team, DRAVENCOREZ (Mr. Aakash, Mr. Arun, Mr. Lokesh, Ms. Janavi and Ms. Monisha and Ms. Gayathri, second year, PharmD), got selected for the Grand Finale SIH – 2019 Hardware edition. The team suggested an innovative idea for the problem statement given by Praj Industries. The problem statement given was in the field of Reducing Electricity Consumption in Biomass waste compression.

The Entrepreneurship Development Innovation Institution (EDI) of the Government of Tamil Nadu along with the ED cell of Anna University conducted the state-level Tamil Nadu Student Innovators (TNSI)-2019 competition in order to develop an entrepreneurial ecosystem in the state of Tamil Nadu, We are very much pleased and privileged to apprise that our masterminded students, Ms. Jeevika. S.V., Mr. Hariharan.S has won the “Tamil Nadu Student Innovator award-2019” and received a grant award of Rs.50000, The Management, Principal, and Staff of JKKN College of Pharmacy congratulate the fabulous achievement of our students and their dedication, enthusiasm, and insights toward an innovative idea.

To make development a comprehensive mass movement and innovate on all fronts, MHRD, AICTE, i4c, and Persistent Systems have organized Smart India Hackathon (ST) – a unique Open Innovation Model for identifying new and disruptive technology 2019- innovations to solve the challenges faced in our country. It’s a non-stop product development competition, where problem statements are posed to technology students for innovative solutions. From Institution Innovation Council, JKKN College of Pharmacy, Kumarapalayam, a total of 15 teams participated in this competition. About 50 problems have been addressed by these teams with innovative solutions. Among all the teams, one team, SIXLINGS (Ms. S.Srinitha, Ms. R.Priyadharshini, Mr. A.Abishek, Mr. B.Sri Guberan, Mr. S.Ravikiran, Mr. K.Jayendiran, PharmD students), got selected for the Grand Finale SIH – 2019 Hardware edition. The team suggested an innovative idea for the problem statement given was people come to cities because of better health facilities. What should be done to improve health facilities in the city and provide equitable access for all?

National Innovation and Startup Policy (NISP) Committee