Scheme Name: Impact Lecture Series for IIC Institutions

Program Name: Institution’s Innovation Council

Implementing Agency Name: MoE’s Innovation Cell, AICTE
SCHEME DOCUMENT

I. Introduction:

The scheme provides financial assistance to the institutions that are part of the network
of Institutions’ Innovation council of MoE’s Innovation Cell for organizing impact lecture
sessions by inviting external experts on innovation, IPR and start up. These sessions
intend to generate awareness and skill on I&E & IPR among students and faculties of IIC
Institutes established in aspirational districts (as per NITI Aayog, Annexure-I) with
preference to IIC institutes of Himalayan region mentioned in states/districts given in
Annexure-II.

II. Objective

Institution’s Innovation Council established at HEI helps in planning, channelizing and

organising round the year activities in the areas of innovation, entrepreneurship and
IPR to sensitise and motivate students and faculties to pursue innovation and start-up
during their academic.

Conduct of impact lecture sessions in HEIs are one of the approach under the IIC
program to support IIC institutions to generate awareness on innovation, IPR and start
up in such institutions with funding assistance from MIC & AICTE. The impact lecture
sessions in selected IIC institutions will not only a streamlined campus innovation and
start-up ecosystem but also help in establishing strong connection with ecosystem
enablers at regional and national level, and aware students and faculty members about
innovation ecosystem in their surrounding and at national level.

The Impact lecture series scheme requires IIC institution to organise at least two
sessions in the field of innovation, IPR, and start up by inviting successful innovators,
patent expert and entrepreneurs and resource persons from innovation and start-up
ecosystem.

III. Guidelines for Selection of Institutions

 Institute with operational IIC and secured not more than 2 star (excluding zero
star).
 IIC Institute with complete formation of My Council and are regularly conducting
Quarterly council meetings.
 IIC institute has submitted minimum 3 activity report during 2020-21 (IIC3.0)
 IIC Institute shall enrol as “Mentee” as part of Mentor-Mentee scheme under the
IIC3.0.
 Preference will be given to the HEIs from North-East region states, J&K and
Ladakh as mentioned in Annexure-II.
 Preference will be given to the HEIs from the Aspirational Districts (Refer the list
from NITI AYOG) as in Annexure-I.
IV. Application Processing Methodology

 Online submission of application will be taken through IIC portal only.

 Evaluation, screening & scrutiny of applications at MoE’s Innovation Cell (MIC),
AICTE by the expert committee.
 The final decision will be taken by the MoE’s Innovation Cell(MIC), keeping in
view the recommendations made by the expert committee and the availability of
funds for the scheme.
 After the MIC’s approval, the Sanction Letter for the Impact Lecture Session will
be sent to the selected institution along with the total grant sanctioned.

V. How and When to Apply

 Applications are invited in the month of September every year. But for the
current year 2020-21, applications will be invited in the month of Feb 2021
due to COVID19 Pandemic.
 Institute must apply through its IIC institute login ID at
https://iic.mic.gov.in/login

VI. Guide line for conducting of sessions and Criteria

o Impact lectures can be conducted both in online and or offline mode.
o Each session should be of at least 3 hours duration and should be taken by
minimum two external experts only. The Experts shall take two different topics.
o Institute should identify the expert with minimum 5 years of experience in the
field of innovation/ entrepreneurship/ IPR preferably as incubation head, start-
up founder, Innovators, IP experts or as per requirement of topic.
o There should be minimum 10 days’ gap between two sessions.
o IIC institute should take help of “Mentor” institute to design the session, identify
experts and conduct the session.

VII. Funding Assistance from MIC/AICTE

Sr. Budget Amount (Face to Face/ Amount (Online Mode)

No. Breakup Physical/ Offline mode)
1. Honorarium to Rs6000/ Session Rs6000/ Session)
the Expert
(@Rs3000/Expert) (@Rs3000/Expert)

2. TA/DA Rs 6,000/- N.A

3. Venue related Rs 8,000/- N.A
expenditure
including food
and snacks
Amount per Rs. 20,000/ Session Rs. 6,000/ Session
session
Total Amount Rs. 40,000/-(For 2 Offline Rs. 12,000/-(For 2 Online
sessions) sessions)

 A total maximum funding amount of Rs. 40000/- for conducing two impact
sessions in physical mode will be given to selected IIC institutes.
  A total maximum funding amount of Rs. 12000/- for conducing two impact
sessions in online mode will be given to the selected IIC institutes.
 Expenditure must be according to the Budget breakup given in point VII.
 Institute may apply for funding assistance to organise up to two lecture sessions.
 Institute may choose either online or off-line mode to conduct any particular
lecture session but can’t blend both offline and online together.

VIII. Disbursement of the Funds

 100% of the sanctioned amount will be released as grant in aid to the account of
the head of the institute of IIC Institute only.
 This Sanction Order may be treated as Offer Letter for all purposes.
 The grantee institution shall observe all financial norms and guidelines as
prescribed by the AICTE/ Government of India from time to time. GOI GFR rules
(@https://doe.gov.in/order-circular/general-financial-rules2017-0) should be
followed during utilization of grant.

IX. Terms and Conditions

a. Conducting the lecture Session
 Competent and experienced experts with credibility deriving from state/national
level I&E ecosystem should be invited as speaker to deliver the session. President
of the IIC will take the call on finalizing the experts.
 HEI’s need to ensure in-house participation of minimum either 30% of the total
number of students or atleast 200 nos. of students in each session and 10% of
total participation from faculties and staff.
 Duration of each impact session should be of minimum 3 Hours.
 IIC-Institute are advised to carryout e-assessment and e-feedback (either by
using google form or any other suitable medium) followed by the session to
assess the subject level understanding of the participants.
 IIC Institute may issue e-certificates to the participants attending the session and
have submitted e-assessment successfully. For this purpose, IIC-institute may use
the MIC logo and IIC logo in the certificate.
 For the e-session, only expenditure towards honorarium to the experts will be
reimbursed.
 IIC-Institute may invite more than two experts to deliver each session to deliver.
Reimbursement to the experts can be made as per the budget breakup
mentioned in the point no. VII.
 IIC-institute is free to invite more than 2 experts if they want to do so and the
additional cost required to complete the program must be borne by the institute
from their own or other sources. But the quality of the activities should not be
compromised.
b. Utilization/Refund/Maintenance of Released Fund

 The College/Institute shall maintain proper accounts of the expenditure out of

the grants, which shall be utilized only on the scheme.
 AICTE/MIC or its nominee shall have the right to check/verify the account to
satisfy that the fund has been utilized for the purpose for it was sanctioned.
  The Principal / Director / Registrar shall intimate about the receipt of the grant
to AICTE/MIC.
 The released/sanctioned fund for organizing the impact lecture sessions
cannot be utilized for any other programme/ sessions.
 In case the impact lecture session is cancelled, the funds must be returned
back to AICTE/MIC immediately with interest accrued thereon.
 In any case, if the institute is required to refund the grant or interest accrued
thereon or balance amount, the amount will be refunded to AICTE/MIC. (by
way of a demand draft in favor of INNOVATION CELL ACCOUNT payable at
New Delhi or through NEFT/RTGS at INNOVATION CELL ACCOUNT, Account
No:37903899633, IFSC: SBIN0050203, SBI, SHASTRI BHAWAN, RAJENDRA
PRASAD ROAD,NEW DELHI 11000
 As MIC needs adequate time for depositing the Demand Draft in the bank, the
same be immediately dispatched to avoid any lapse of the validity period.
 The Institute shall strictly follow the provisions laid down in the scheme
document and sanction order No. ……………………. dated ………………. issued by
this office. All correspondences related to the scheme must contain this
number along with year of sanction of the scheme; failing which
correspondence will not be entertained.

c. Use of Logo

 The MIC and IIC logo must be prominently displayed for promotion and
certificate.
 The session venue in terms of stage backdrop/ podium must prominently
display the MIC and IIC logo.
 All publicity materials/ advertisements/ brochures/ invitation cards/ any
other collaterals/ event backdrop etc. related to Impact lecture session must
carry the MIC and IIC logo.

X. Report and Supporting Document Submission

IIC institution shall submit the report along with following supporting documents
within prescribed period of the completion of impact lecture session.

 Original Statement of actual expenditure in the prescribed proforma duly signed

by the Head of the institution and countersigned by Registrar/Finance
Officer/Govt. Auditor
or
In case of self-financing/private institutions, Statement of actual Expenditure &
Utilization Certificate are required to be audited & signed by a Charted
Accountant (with membership no., full address & stamp). Photocopies of
formats are enclosed.

 The Utilization Certificate (UC) supported by Audited Statement of

Expenditure to the effect that the grant has been utilized for the purpose for
which it has been sanctioned shall be furnished to the AICTE/MIC immediately
after completion of the scheme to the following Address:
MoE’s Innovation Cell(MIC), Room No.223,2nd Floor, AICTE HQ, Nelson
Mandela Road, New Delhi-110070
It should contain the head-wise break up of expenditure made from the grant-
in-aid provided by the Council. Audited Statement of Expenditure indicating
 expenditure incurred in the total duration of the scheme in the prescribed
format and GFR-19 shall be submitted to the Council.
 After conduct of the impact lecture session, institute has to fill up and submit
report on the IIC portal and upload following documents:
 Copy of proceedings of the sessions.
 Feedback sheet of the participants.
 Geotagged photographs (maximum 15) of the impact lecture session.
 A video of 2-minute duration having: (i) Introduction by Coordinator
mentioning the name and state of institute. (ii) Impact lecture session
details and achievements attained through Conference (iii) How the
Impact lecture session was beneficial to students, faculty and institute?
(iv) Acknowledgement of AICTE/MIC support.
XI. Monitoring

 AICTE/MIC may depute an Officer/Observer to oversee the quality of the

conference and collect feedback from the venue

XII. Expected Outcomes

 Active participation and involvement of students, faculties and staff and most
importantly members of the IIC institute in the program.
 Awareness generation among students, faculties and staff on recent developments
and new approaches for innovation, entrepreneurship and intellectual property and
their importance in wealth creation at individual level and at national level.
 Nurturing leadership potential of student innovators, and entrepreneurs by
providing them coordination role to achieve the program objective.
 Program will set foundation for institute’s participation in MoE’s Innovation and
Entrepreneurship initiatives such as IIC, ARIIA, Hackathons, NISP, National
Innovation Contest, and YUKTI 2.0 and related programs at MIC and AICTE.
 Strengthening the connection of IIC institutions located in Himalayan/North Eastern
region/Aspirational Districts with national innovation and entrepreneurial
ecosystem enablers.

XIII. For more information, contact us

Email: impactlecture@aicte-india.org

Phone no: 011 2958 1223/1239/1240/1235/1513/1226