Mentoring Session on YUKTI - National Innovation Repository
10th April 2023
YUKTI - National Innovation Repository is an initiative of the Institution's Innovation Council, Ministry of Education (MoE). It is implemented by MoE’s Innovation Cell and AICTE to build a system of repository of ideas, innovations and startups developed in academic institutions and enabling institutions to systematically foster the I&E culture by managing and nurturing these innovations by offering continuous support in terms of one-to-one mentorship, grant assistance, referral and linkage with incubation units, connecting with Angel/Venture Capital (VC) investors network, knowledge agencies, etc.
Institutions play an important role in this process; they have to identify ideas, innovations, startups from students, alumni throughout the year for building the repository. To help students understand YUKTI Innovation Repository and Challenges, Institution's Innovation Council (IIC), Ministry of Education (MoE), Dronacharya Group of Institutions, Greater Noida organized a workshop “Mentoring session on YUKTI - National Innovation Repository” under the guidance of Prof. Sanghamitra V Arora, (IIC Convenor). 52 students along with 7 faculty members attended the workshop.
The objective of the workshop was to brief students about the innovation repository, challenges, the process of registration and submission. Workshop was aimed to encourage students to design innovations that are helpful to people and utilize most from the YUKTI portal.
The event ended with a vote of thanks from Prof. Sanghamitra. She encouraged the students to design innovations that can help in solving real world problems that are faced by society. Students actively participated in the workshop and interacted with the speaker.