“Ministry of Education (MoE) formally known as the government of India’s Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has created the “MHRD’s Innovation Cell (MIC)” to systematically promote the innovation culture among higher education institutions (HEIs). The main goal of MIC is to excite, motivate, and nurture young pupils by assisting them as they develop new ideas into prototypes throughout their formative years. In the process, VTHT has started Institutions Innovation Council (IIC) in August 2018 and formed a council comprising of internal faculty members and external experts to monitor the progress and activities of IIC on campus.
Objectives of IIC
• To nurture the students to bring out their hidden talents in various disciplines of Engineering, Science, Technology and Management.
• To encourage and assist young creative minds by providing them a perfect platform to show cast their skills as team members.
• To foster new ideas and help them to get funded projects through their innovative ideas.
ATAL RANKING OF INSTITUTUIONS ON INNOVATION ACHIEVEMENTS
ACADEMIC YEAR 2021 – 2022
ACADEMIC YEAR 2020 – 2021
ACADEMIC YEAR 2019 – 2020
ACADEMIC YEAR 2018- 2019
Vel Tech High Tech Dr.RangarajanDr.SakunthalaEngineering College (VTHT)has joined the campaign on implementing National Innovation and Start-up Policy (NISP) under the aegis of the Ministry of Education Innovation Cell (MIC) and adopted the similar policy framed by MIC. This policyaim inpromoting innovation and start-up ecosystem among the students and faculty of Higher Education Institute.
The following members have been selected as per the guidelines for approving the innovative ideas for KAPILA scheme.
| SI. No. | Designation | Name | Institute/Company name | Contact No. | Email Address |
| 1 | Chairperson – Faculty Member (Principal) | Dr E. Kamalanaban | Vel Tech High Tech Dr.Rangarajan Dr.Sakunthala Engineering College, Avadi, Chennai. | 9790839149 | principal@velhightech.com |
| 2 | Chairperson – Faculty Member(Dean Academics) | Dr. V. R. Ravi | Vel Tech High Tech Dr.Rangarajan Dr.Sakunthala Engineering College, Avadi, Chennai. | 9600181628 | drvrravi@velhightech.com |
| 3 | Institute alumni | Mr K K Prashanth | CEO, Simbioen Pvt. Ltd, Chennai | 8056292374 | admin@simbioen.com |
| 4 | Industry expert | Mr Sakthivel Thayappahn | Director, Yali Mobility, IIT-Madras Incubator | 6382191526 | sakthivel@yalimobility.com |
| 5 | IPR expert | Dr B Vijayakumar | Vel Tech High Tech Dr.Rangarajan Dr.Sakunthala Engineering College, Avadi, Chennai. | 8248731270 | vijayakumar@velhightech.com |
| 6 | Faculty Member (Senior Faculty Member – Convenor Single Point of Contact) | Dr. M. Gopinath | Vel Tech High Tech Dr.Rangarajan Dr.Sakunthala Engineering College, Avadi, Chennai. | 9994041130 | innovation@velhightech.com |
| 7 | Faculty Member (Senior Faculty Member) | Mr V Nagarajan | Vel Tech High Tech Dr.Rangarajan Dr.Sakunthala Engineering College, Avadi, Chennai. | 7502825520 | nagarajan@velhightech.com |