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. D. Saravanan

Chairman

Principal

Dr. K. Ravi kumar

Head

Dr. P. Sreelatha

Associate Head

Coordinator - ARIIA , NISP

Dr. D. Balaji

AP (III) / ME

IPR, KAPILA

Dr. S. Arivazhagan

AP (III) / ME

Innovation Officer / C-DOT (Drone and Robotics Contests)

Mr. G. Xavier Richards

AP (I) / EE

Associate Innovation Officer Drone and Robotics Contests

Ms. B. Vishnupriya

AP (II) / CS

Intel challenge, World Skill Training

Department Coordinators

Dr. DHARMARAJ R

Associate Professor / CE

Dr. KARUNAKARAN S

Associate Professor / CH

Dr. NISHA SOMS

Associate Professor / CS

Dr. MALATHY S

Associate Professor / IT

Dr. ARUNKUMAR P

Assistant Professor lll / BM

Dr. PRABAKARAN K

Assistant Professor lll / PHY

Mr. UDHAYAKUMAR N

Assistant Professor ll / ME

Dr. SURIYAKUMAR P

Assistant Professor ll / Maths

Dr. ARPIT ANIL PANWAR

Assistant Professor ll / MI

Mr. NANDHAGOPAL S

Assistant Professor ll / AM

Mrs. PUNIDHA A

Assistant Professor ll / AD

Ms. SARANYA M D

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.