Institution’s Innovation Council

St. Mother Theresa Engineering College, popularly known as SMTEC, was established in the year 2009 with the vision to empower budding engineers in technical and entrepreneurial training and to contribute to the socio-economic augmentation of the nation.

Vision

“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 for Technology Students.”

Mission

  • To conduct various innovation and entrepreneurship-related activities prescribed by Central MIC in time-bound fashion.
  • Identify and reward innovations and share success stories.
  • Organize periodic workshops/ seminars/ interactions with entrepreneurs, investors, professionals and create a mentor pool for student innovators.
  • TNetwork 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.
  • Organize Hackathons, idea competition, mini-challenges etc. with the involvement of industries.

MHRD’s Innovation Cell

Ministry of HRD has established ‘MHRD’s Innovation Cell’ with the mandate to work closely with our Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to encourage the creative energy of our student population to work on new ideas and innovation and promote them to create start-ups and entrepreneurial ventures.

  • MIC will focus on creating complete ecosystem which will foster the culture of Innovation across all educational institutions from ideas generation to pre-incubation, incubation and graduating from the incubator as successful start-ups. MIC will also work on designing ranking system to identify institutions in the forefront of innovation.
  • MIC will actively engage various central and state agencies to ensure that dedicated budget is allocated for innovation related activities.

Functions of IIC

  • Students/Faculty associated with ICs will have exclusive opportunity to participate in various Innovation related initiative and competitions organized by MHRD.
  • Win exciting prizes/Certificates every EDP activities.
  • Meet/Interact renowned Business Leaders and top-notch academicians.
  • Opportunity to nurture and prototype new ideas.
  • Mentoring by industry Professionals.
  • Experiment with new technologies.
  • Visit companies and places and see new culture of Entrepreneurship.

  Innovation Start Up Policy

IIC MEMBERS

Mr. Muthu Krishnan
St. Mother Theresa Engineering College | Tuticorin | Tamil Nadu | India
President
Dr. LOURDES POOBALA RAYEN
Francis XavierEngineering College | Tirunelveli | Tamil Nadu | India
External Expert & Mentor of IIC
Dr. Joe Patric Gnanaraj
St. Mother Theresa Engineering College | Tuticorin | Tamil Nadu | India
Vice-President
Mr. Michael
St. Mother Theresa Engineering College | Tuticorin | Tamil Nadu | India
Embedded & IOT - Applied Lab In-charge
Dr. A. ELECTA ALICE JEY
St. Mother Theresa Engineering College | Tuticorin | Tamil Nadu | India
Smart Electronics - Applied Lab In-charge
Dr. K. KARTHIKEYAN
St. Mother Theresa Engineering College | Tuticorin | Tamil Nadu | India
Electrical Drives and Automation- Applied Lab In-charge
Mr. M. G. AYYAPPA SRINIVASAN
St. Mother Theresa Engineering College | Tuticorin | Tamil Nadu | India
Electrical Product Development - Applied Lab In-charge
Mrs. A. CORDELIA SUMATHY
St. Mother Theresa Engineering College | Tuticorin | Tamil Nadu | India
ATAL(AICTE Training And Learning) Tinkering Lab In-charge
Ms. VIDHYA LAKSHMI
St. Mother Theresa Engineering College | Tuticorin | Tamil Nadu | India
Mobile & Web Application Development - Applied Lab In-charge
Mrs. S. SHINY LILLIA
St. Mother Theresa Engineering College | Tuticorin | Tamil Nadu | India
Artificial Intelligence & DataScience- Applied Lab In-charge
Mr. G. MUTHUPANDI
St. Mother Theresa Engineering College | Tuticorin | Tamil Nadu | India
Ideathon - Applied Lab In-charge
Dr. B. JACOB RUBASINGH
St. Mother Theresa Engineering College | Tuticorin | Tamil Nadu | India
Fabrication -Applied Lab In-charge & Startup Activity Coordinator
Mr. VIMAL CHANTH
St. Mother Theresa Engineering College | Tuticorin | Tamil Nadu | India
Modeling and Prototyping - Applied Lab In-charge
Dr. K. M. MUTHUKRISHNAN
St. Mother Theresa Engineering College | Tuticorin | Tamil Nadu | India
THUDITSSIA Coordinator
Dr. C. SUBHARAJ
St. Mother Theresa Engineering College | Tuticorin | Tamil Nadu | India
Internship Activity Coordinator
Mr. B. ARUL RAJAN
St. Mother Theresa Engineering College | Tuticorin | Tamil Nadu | India
ERP Admin
Dr. R. SAMUEL SANJAY RAJA
St. Mother Theresa Engineering College | Tuticorin | Tamil Nadu | India
Mechanical Faculty Coordinator