The Ministry of Education has established an innovation cell to encourage students to work on new ideas and promote them as start-ups. The cell works closely with the Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship in higher education institutions.

MACET - IIC model is unique and distinct as it integrates the functionalities of flexibility calendar activities, scoring and reward system, decentralizing operation with division of work, progress monitoring and incentive mechanisms in coordinated manner through a robust digital platform. In last ONE year, undoubtedly, MACET- IIC has emerged as a very sustainable and scalable model for promoting innovation within HEIs and the efforts of these IIC Institutes can be seen as impactful contribution towards making country’s innovation and start-ups ecosystem more vibrant and dynamic. The institution can effectively communicate the significance of the IIC and inspire active participation from students.

Objectives

• To create a vibrant local innovation ecosystem.
• Start-up supporting mechanism in HEIs.
• Prepare institute for Atal Ranking of institutions on innovation achievements framework.
• Establish function ecosystem for scouting ideas and pre-incubation of ideas.
• Develop better cognitive ability among students.

Members List

Sl.No.	Name	Category	Present Designation/ Department
1.	Dr. C. Sudhahar	President	Principal
2.	Dr. K. Paul Raj	Vice President	Vice-Chairman
3.	Mrs. A. Bindhu	Convener	Assistant Professor/CSE
4.	Dr. S. Rajiv	Innovation Activity Coordinator	Assistant Professor/MECH
5.	Dr. R. Anish	IPR Activity Coordinator	Assistant Professor/MECH
6.	Mr. P. C. Suresh	Internship Activity Coordinator	Assistant Professor/MECH
7.	Dr. R. Bibin Bose	Start up Activity Coordinator	Associate Professor/MECH
8.	Mrs. A. Bindhu	NIRF Coordinator	Assistant Professor/CSE
9.	Dr. R. Jeyaraj	ARIIA Coordinator	HOD/MECH
10.	Mr. Sharlin Lins .L	Social Media Coordinator	Assistant Professor/IT
11.	Dr. P. Jaisi Praba	Member	HOD/ECE
12.	Mrs. Adlin Femil. S	Member	Assistant Professor/CSE
13.	Mr. Vijay Singh. G	Member	HOD/S&H
14.	Mrs. Sreeja. S. S	Member	HOD/CSE
15.	Mrs. M. Anila	Member	Assistant Professor/CIVIL
16.	Dr. Jeya S Shemona	Member	Assistant Professor/ECE
17.	Mr. Amitha Raveendran	Student Member	IV/CSE
18.	Ms. Kirubha. J. Wilson	Student Member	II/CSE
19.	Mr. Ajith. J. S	Student Member	IV/MECH
20.	Ms. R. Ganga	Student Member	II/EEE
21.	Ms. Sneha. P.S	Student Member	IV/CIVIL
22.	Ms. Neshma. K	Student Member	IV/CSE