Innovations

Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology established the Institutions Innovation Council (IIC) during the year 2018. The IIC has paved the way for creating a start-up ecosystem in the Institution. During the academic 2020 – 2021, IIC of SKCET was awarded with the highest rating of 4 stars for organizing events as per the direction given by Innovation Cell of AICTE.

Previously, during the academic year 2019-2020, IIC of SKCET attained 5 star ratings with top spot in annual IIC ranking by organizing more than 400 events pertaining to Innovation, IPR and Entrepreneurship. The Institution has organised Smart India Hackathon for four consecutive years since 2017. During 2021, the institution organized Toycathon – software version.

The start-up initiatives of the Innovation Cell of the Ministry of Higher Education paved the way for securing the second spot in ARIIA 2020 and fourth spot in ARIIA 2021 ranking under the private self-financing Institutions category. Moreover, an Innovation and Start-up Policy document was also released recently to motivate the young entrepreneurs of the Institution.

Faculty members of SKCET attended the IIC regional meet held in August 2022 at Sathyabama University, Chennai. The poster highlighting the achievements of IIC of SKCET was awarded with 'Best Performer Award'. The IIC Convenor of SKCET, Dr. P. AshokaVarthanan, delivered an invited talk on 'NISP Implementation' at PSNA Engineering College, Dindigul on 8th Aug, 2022.