CIIED, Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship Development, KPR Institute Engineering and Technology, Autonomous Engineering Institution, Coimbatore, India

CIIED

Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship Development

Incubation is a unique and highly flexible combination of business development processes, infrastructure and people, designed to. nurture and grow new and small businesses by supporting them through early stages of development and change. The concept of innovation and entrepreneurship are two separate phenomena, albeit intertwined to a great extent

Vision

To be a renowned technology incubation centre to cater to the needs of the society through a sustainable innovation ecosystem.

Mission

Nurture creativity and innovation among students and faculty to become successful entrepreneurs
Develop innovative products on emerging technologies to meet the societal needs

Objectives

Inculcate entrepreneurship, through education, research and training.
Catalyse and promote science and technical knowledge-based enterprises and generate employment opportunities in innovative areas.
Organize periodic workshops / seminars / hackathons / idea competitions, interactions with entrepreneurs, investors, professionals and create a mentor pool for student innovators.
Network with peers and national entrepreneurship development organizations.
Create an Institution's Innovation portal to highlight innovative projects carried out by institution's faculty and students.
Provide pre-incubation and incubation support facilities.

Policy Statement

KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology (KPRIET) is committed to handhold aspiring entrepreneurs and provide facilities and assistance to start, incubate and successfully run businesses that involve innovation, and societally important and environmentally relevant technologies.

KPRIET shall support the incubatees with facilities and services such as office and workspace, communication and computing facilities and uninterrupted power supply, water etc. in addition to offering mentoring, counselling, and training.

KPRIET Shall,

adhere to National Innovation and Start-up Policy (NISP) implementation guidelines
develop strategies and governance for promoting innovation and entrepreneurship through KPRIET Incubation Centre (KInC)
create innovation pipeline and pathways for entrepreneurs
inculcate innovation of sound technology, entrepreneurial and start-up culture, and protection of intellectual property rights among all stakeholders
mentor, counsel, and train incubatees in product development
provide business development assistance, networking and relationship support
ensure business relationship and knowledge exchange among all enablers of start-up and incubation ecosystem
provide pre-incubation and incubation support and facilities
support applications for funding under various government schemes, venture funding etc.
provide seed loan subject to the availability of funds/ grants meant for this purpose
guide the students to participate in various innovative project schemes
carry collaborative activities with other government/private organizations
organise awareness programs for the students and staff of KPRIET through activities within the campus and the public through its community outreach programmes

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Overview

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Coordinators

Dr. Devi Priya R

Principal

Chairman

Dr. P. Sreelatha

Professor / BM

Head NIRF - Innovation

Dr. Nisha Soms

AsP. / CS

Associate Head (AICTE Institution Innovation Council IIC)

Dr. R. Dharmaraj

AsP. / CE

Associate Head (Incubation and Startups, Smart India Hackathons)

Lt. Dr. A. K. Priya

Professor / CH

E- Cell

Dr. R. R. Shenthilkumar

AsP. / ME

MSME

Dr. S. Arivazhagan

AP (III) / ME

Innovation Officer / Drone and Robotics Contests

Dr. S. Yuvaraj

AP II / CE

World Skill Training

Ms. S. Priyadarshini

AP III / IT

World Skill Training

Mr. C. J. Vignesh

AP II / EE

MSME Hackathons and other Innovation Hackathons

Department Coordinators

Dr. SUBRAMANIYAN @ RAJA R

Assistant Professor lll / PHY

Dr. JAGADEESWARI R

Assistant Professor lll / CHY

Dr. RAVINDRAN S

Assistant Professor lll / EE

Ms. ARCHITA HORE

Assistant Professor lll / EC

Mr. KARTHIKEYAN B

Assistant Professor ll / CS

Ms. MAHESWARI S R

Assistant Professor ll / CB

Mr. BIPLAB DAS

Assistant Professor l / AM

Mr. NITISH KUMAR

Assistant Professor l / BM

Ms. SIVARANJANI S

Assistant Professor l / CS

Ms. ANJU T S

Assistant Professor l / EC

2023-2024

2022-2023

2021-2022

2020-2021

Other Valuable Information

Seed Money Granted

Funds Received

Patents

MSME Grants Received

Grand Finale

Smart India Hackathon 2022

21^st Century Engineering College in Coimbatore

World is transforming everyday. In the rapidly evolving engineering landscape, we have an Increased responsibility to transform the engineering education from traditional curriculum to meet the 21^st century skills like Creativity, Critical Thinking, Collaboration and Communication. Through our unique and strategic approach we enable our students to learn beyond and prepare them for life long success.