Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Centres, Majlis Arts and Science College (IEDC MASC)

Nodal Officer: MOHAMED JABIR P K

Assistant Professor

Department of Computer Science, MASC

The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Centres (IEDC) are platforms set up in Engineering, Management, Arts & Science Colleges, Medical Institutions, Polytechnics and Universities with an aim to provide students with an opportunity to experiment and innovate. Kerala Startup Mission has set up IEDCs in 453 institutions across the State which provide avenues for creative students to learn, collaborate and transform their innovative ideas into prototypes of viable products and services. IEDCs works as the first launch pad for a student’s entrepreneurial journey and provide them with access to cutting edge technology, world-class infrastructure, high-quality mentorship, early risk capital and global exposure.

Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Centre (IEDC) is a flagship initiative of Kerala Startup Mission to promote innovation and entrepreneurship among the student and academic fraternity in the educational institutions in the State of Kerala and considered as an umbrella programme that would play an instrumental role in fostering innovation culture in Academic institutions. 

Vision 
To create an innovation culture among Innovators by introducing them the State-of-the-art technologies and positioning the Institution as a Learning and Innovation Platform by delivering technically competent and skilled Entrepreneurs.

Purpose
The purpose of the IEDCs will be to act as an aspirational platform, for the l student entrepreneurs and tech savvy innovators, in skilling and sharpening their entrepreneurial skill sets. The selected innovators will be exposed to Innovation culture, emerging technologies and Business aspects with the implicit assumption that the delta will become an entrepreneur and all the other skilled talents will get high end jobs with the kind of exposure and skills they acquire.

Mission
To create IEDC as an Innovation Platform and to create future founders by promoting Innovation, Technology and Business Learning among student community

Objectives
To promote an innovation driven entrepreneurship culture among the students

To develop and promote commercially viable innovative product and solution from the students.

To promote enterprise among budding technopreneurs and thereby creating more employment opportunities

To bridge the gap between Industry and Academia

To support the budding Entrepreneurs through Grants and to create an entrepreneurship flavour in the academic fraternity.