IIC Calendar Activity – MHRD’s Innovation Cell (MIC) prescribes an annual activity calendar for IICs. In each quarter Minimum 3 activities out of scheduled 6 are to be completed by an IIC to receive full score. Institutes are encouraged to do a greater number of activities from calendar beyond the prescribed minimum. It is expected that institutes which are in the emerging phase of the innovation ecosystem- will follow the calendar plan vividly.
IIC Calendar Activity
| Title | Description | Quarter |
| IIC Calendar Activity Quarter I | ||
| My Story – Innovator’s Life & Crossroad Motivational Speak – To be Share by Innovators | Story Telling | Quarter I |
| Organise One Day Workshop on “Entrepreneurship and Innovation as Career Opportunity” | Organise One Day Workshop on mentioned topic with the help of expert. | Quarter I |
| Organise One Day Workshop on Problem Solving/Design Thinking/Ideation Workshop/ Campus Hackathon etc. | Organise One Day Workshop on mentioned topic with the help of expert. | Quarter I |
| Field/Exposure Visit to Village/Society /School/Industry/Market – Identity real Life Problem | Field Visit/Scouting to near by places to identify real life problems and define problem statements accordingly. | Quarter I |
| My Story – Entrepreneur’s Life & Crossroad – Motivational Speak – To be Share by Entrepreneurs | Invite relevant speaker | Quarter I |
| Formulate Council, Upload of 1st Quarter Action Plan with Minutes of Meeting of Council | Formulate IIC council and upload the requested documents (Help: https://mic.gov.in/institute/html/FormationandFunctionofCouncil.html) | Quarter I |
| IIC Calendar Activity Quarter II | ||
| Engage Students for Internship at Innovation & Start-up Centre/Start-ups/Incubation Unit etc. during Semester Break ( Duration may vary from minimum 15 day to 2 months or during entire semester br | Internship | Quarter II |
| Demo Day – Exhibition Cum Demo for PoCs & Mentorship Session for Innovators (or) Student Entrepreneurs | Exhibition Cum Demo | Quarter II |
| Organise a workshop/Seminar/Call for Paper presentation on Innovation/Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship | Workshop by Expert or Presentation by student | Quarter II |
| Organise a Product Design/ Design Thinking Workshop at Campus | Organise One Day Workshop on mentioned topic with the help of expert. | Quarter II |
| Field/Exposure Visit to Design Centre/Makers’ Space/Fab Lab/Prototype Lab/Tinkering Lab etc | Exposure Visit | Quarter II |
| Product Development Phases – Story Telling – (Innovators in Campus) | Story Telling | Quarter II |
| Progress Monitoring and Upload of 2nd Quarter Action Plan with Minutes of Meeting of Council | Mandatory activity | Quarter II |
| IIC Calendar Activity Quarter III | ||
| Demo Day – Exhibition Cum Mentorship Session for Innovators (or) Student Entrepreneurs | Exhibition Cum Mentorship Session for Innovators | Quarter III |
| Organise One Day Awareness/Mentoring Session on IPR & IP Management for Innovation and Start-ups | One Day Awareness/Mentoring Session | Quarter III |
| Organise One/half day Interactive Session/Mentoring Session “Hangout with Successful Start-ups” (Entrepreneurs in Campus ) | Organise One/half day Interactive Session | Quarter III |
| Organise One day Session on “How to plan for Start-up and legal and Ethical Steps” | Organise the Interactive session on the subjects mentioned. | Quarter III |
| Organise Workshop on Business Model Canvas (BMC) and (or) Business Plan Competition to Invite Innovative Business Models from Students | Organise the workshop or Competition on the subject mentioned. | Quarter III |
| Field/Exposure Visit to Incubation Unit/Patent Facilitation Centre/Technology Transfer Centre | Exposure Visit | Quarter III |
| *Progress Monitoring and Upload of 3rd Quarter Action Plan with Minutes of Meeting of Council | Organise the council meeting and Upload the 3rd Quarter action plan along with meeting of minutes . | Quarter III |