Dr. Mona Kejariwal, Coordinator, VPKIEC, President, Institute Innovation Council
With the ever changing world, self-reliance is the key for success. World is thirsty for self-reliance. Economic slowdown, uncertainties in the job market lead us to think in this arena. To address the need of inculcation of research innovation and entrepreneurial culture in our Institute, RD AND SH National College, Bandra west, Mumbai, had taken several steps in this regard. rdnc had set-up , MHRD Institutions’ Innovation Council (IIC) which is an initiative of Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Govt. of India to systematically foster the culture of Innovation among all Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), under the RDNC IIC.
RDNC IIC deliberated on various areas for nurturing the innovation and start-up culture in the Institute which covered mentoring, guidance, product development, research and innovation, intellectual property, ownership, technology transfer, commercialization, etc. The institute had organized and conducted around hundreds of activities to nurture young minds. The institute had setup certain guidelines for various aspects related to innovation, start-up and entrepreneurship management.
RDNC IIC is always devoted to motivate students by carrying out various, research, innovations entrepreneurial activities and events. The primary focus of this cell is to provide the platform to students of RDNC to develop start-up skills and structuring their thoughts in the all arenas of entrepreneurship which can help them to translate their innovative and creative ideas into a reality. It enables them to embark on the journey of research, innovation, entrepreneurship.