The National Innovation and Startup Policy for students and faculty of Sri Guru Gobind Singh College, Chandigarh will help to create and develop a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship in the campus by actively engaging both the students and faculty in innovative and entrepreneurial activities. Further, the policy intends to promote students and faculty driven innovations and startups by collaborating and partnering with agencies like CII, DST, CSIO, C-DAC and SPIC etc.

Vision

The vision of the National Innovation and Start-up Policy of Sri Guru Gobind Singh College is to promote and encourage student driven innovation and to engage the students and faculty in entrepreneurial and startup activities in campus.

Mission

  • To establish vibrant and dynamic startup ecosystem across all the departments in the institute
  • To enable the institute to actively engage students and faculty members in innovation and entrepreneurship related activities
  • To create a space for collaboration, co-creation, business relationships, professional networks and knowledge sharing
  • Develop necessary infrastructure to prototype ideas and to incubate startups
  • Develop startup competencies through expert lectures, training, workshops, competitions etc
  • To set up processes that guide and validate the conversion of business ideas into sustainable startups

 

Objectives

        The main objectives of the National Innovation and Startup Policy are as follows:

  • To create a strong innovation and startup ecosystem as per the guidelines of NISP, MOE’s Innovation Cell, Government of India
  • To promote and build a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship in the College campus
  • To identify, mentor and nurture the innovative and entrepreneurial potential of students and faculty
  • To encourage and motivate students to adopt entrepreneurship as a preferred career option
  • To develop infrastructure to provide pre incubation facility to both students and faculty in the campus in order to support early phase of entrepreneurship development
  • To incentivize the students for Entrepreneurship and startup pursuits

Scope

The National Innovation and Startup Policy of Sri Guru Gobind Singh College, Chandigarh intends to cover and guide the innovative and entrepreneurial activities of bonafide students, faculty and alumni of the College.

Members of National Innovation and Startup Cell of Sri Guru Gobind Singh College, Chandigarh

Name

Designation/Key Role

Internal/External

Dr. Navjot Kaur

Principal

Internal Member

Dr. Taranjit Rao

NISP Coordinator

Internal Member

Dr. Amit Joshi

HOD, PG Dept of Biotechnology

Internal Member

Dr. Ramandeep Mander

Bursar

Internal Member

Dr. Ranber Singh

Incharge, Pre Incubation Centre

Internal Member

Anoop Rana

Student Coordinator

Internal Member

Balram

Student

Internal Member

Col  S.S Khera

Consultant & Entrepreneur

External Member

Hema Panesar

Social Entrepreneur

External Member

Avtar Singh Jhajj

Entrepreneur

External Member

Navdeep Sidhu

Director, North Regional Centre, CII

Alumni & External Member

Charanjit Singh

Startup Founder

Retired Faculty Member

Jaspal Sidhu

President, Rotary Club, Chandigarh

Alumni

Ankit Garg

Startup Founder

Alumni

Sonam

Startup Founder

Alumni

Paramjeet Singh

Director, RCED

External Member

Prof A. K Vashisht

Director, Modern Dairies

External Member

 

Balbir Singh

Ex Vice President, NITCON

External Member

 

Gautam Sood

Representative, CII

External Member