About Us
IIC Was established for Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) to systematically foster the culture of innovation and start-up ecosystem in education institutions.
Objectives :
To engage large number of faculty, students and staff in various innovation and entrepreneurship related activities
To get innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem established and stabilized in HEIs.
The IIC model is designed to address the existing challenges/issues in HEIs such as less numbers, occasional and unplanned Innovation & Entrepreneurship (I&E) activities organized in HEIs with low involvement of top leadership, lack of coherence and absence of resource mobilization, deployment/under-utilization of creative potential.
IIC Vision
To transform and sustain SFIT as an institute which facilitates metamorphosis of individuals from "just students" to entrepreneurs and innovators, who tackle real world problems and create a win-win proposition for the society and themselves.
IIC Mission
To facilitate an environment which is conducive for creativity and innovation, by providing necessary resources to achieve extraordinary success and global leadership in avenues of student's choice.
Our Focus
Mentoring Start-Ups
SFIT is a home to several campus start-ups and the SFIT IIC constantly endeavours to provide a supportive and nurturing environment to them in terms of technology and business mentoring, internships and networking opportunities with successful entrepreneurs and investors. Related events and initiatives:
- Unnati
- Safal
Nurturing & Fostering Ideas
As a technical institute, our students possess a plethora of novel ideas that we at the SFIT IIC help develop and transform into profitable ventures. SFIT also has a well-equipped incubation centre to support students and alumni members technology ventures. Related events and initiatives:
- Pragati
- TEDxSFIT
- Vichar
Imparting Entrepreneurial Skills
Today’s entrepreneurs need to possess multiple skills to make a successful start-up. SFIT IIC brings experts from various domains like digital marketing, video and photography, computer graphics, mobile application development, team building and intellectual property rights etc. through various seminars and workshops.
- Entrepreneurship Day
- Udaan