Institution’s Innovation Council

EXTERNAL MEMBERS of IIC
Name Designation Nominees
Professor Ashutosh Ghosh, FASc Former Vice-Chancellor, Calcutta University From Education sector
Mr. Manojit Sengupta Delivery Centre Head - Eastern Region, Tata Consultancy Services From Industry
Shri Sitanath Mukhopadhyay Indian Enterprise Development Service (IEDS)
Assistant Director, Min. of Micro Small & Medium Enterprises, Govt of India.		 From MSME. Govt. of India
Dr. Sonali Roy COO, RISE Foundation, IISER Kolkata From Incubation Centre
Dr. Subhadip Basu Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Jadavpur University From Education sector with a StartUP venture
Mr. Subrata Roy The Founder and Managing Director, Hi-Tech Animation Entrepreneur
Prof. (Dr.) Ranjan Kumar, Director of the Institution’s Innovation Council

Prof. (Dr.) Ranjan Kumar

Director, Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC),

Swami Vivekananda University, Barrackpore

At the Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC), Swami Vivekananda University, we are committed to inculcating a culture of innovation, creativity, entrepreneurship and problem-solving across the University. With the aim of transforming ideas into tangible products and sustainable solutions, we continuously encourage students and faculty to ideate, innovate, prototype and create.

Through mentoring, industry engagement, IPR, incubation and innovation-driven activities, we strive to bridge the journey from idea to product, and innovation to entrepreneurship, contributing to society and the nation.

Inspired by thoughts of Swami ji…

Arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is reached.

— Swami Vivekananda
  1. Ideate
  2. Create
  3. Incubate
  4. Accelerate
  5. Impact
Arise
identify opportunities and ideas
Awake
develop awareness, creativity and problem-solving ability
Stop not
persist through experimentation, prototyping and entrepreneurship
Goal is reached
create meaningful products, enterprises and societal impact

Our Vision

To nurture an innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem that transforms ideas into impactful, sustainable, and value-driven solutions for society and the nation.

Our Mission

  • Ideate — Encourage students and faculty to think creatively, identify real-world challenges, and develop purposeful ideas.
  • Create — Facilitate experimentation, prototyping, product development, and technology-driven solutions through interdisciplinary collaboration.
  • Incubate — Nurture promising ideas through mentoring, incubation, IPR support, industry engagement, and access to innovation resources.
  • Accelerate — Enable the transition from idea to prototype, prototype to product, and innovation to entrepreneurship, fostering startups and employment opportunities.
  • Impact — Promote ethical, inclusive, and sustainable innovations that create meaningful value for society, the nation, and humanity.
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