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About Center for Innovation (CFI)
● ‘Student Lab’ at IIT Madras.● Funded by batch of 1981 and set up in 2008 .● Lessons from failures of erstwhile Hobby club.● Adopting best practices from labs around the
world. ● 1 project each in 2006, 2007● 4 projects in 2008● 39 projects in 2015-16 + competition teams +
start up teams● Complete student run, student managed lab● Student mentors
Vision
To foster innovation and invention in understanding technology.
To promote informal learning across interdisciplinary fields.
To inculcate experiential learning.
Aim at technologies contributing to the environment and society
Walk in with an idea, walk out with a product
Support large student run projects cutting across disciplines.
A futuristic lab environment
Encourage Socially relevant projects
Culture of innovation● FUN !!!!● Freedom
• To pursue any idea• To dirty your hands• To fail and learn from it
● Highly informal peer learning environment● Infrastructure, finance, technical support● Inclusive Culture ● Teamwork● Joy of seeing our creations● Lifelong friendships
Mindset
“You’ve been lucky enough to inherit something really good. Take it, make it better and pass it on to your juniors, so that they can make it still better. That’s the best way to pay your seniors back for what they passed on to you.”
Amrutash Misra.
Where do Ideas come from?
● Student Proposed projects● Club projects● SAHAAY● ICT
Faculty inputs to ongoing projects
Structure of CFI
Clubs
NirmaanSahaay
CompetitionsICT
Clubs
3D Printing BiotechAeroAuto Analytics CVGElectronicsProgramming AstronomyWebopsiBot
Clubs3D Printing
Biotech
Aero
Auto
Analytics CVG
Electronics
Programming AstronomyWebops
iBot
Techno-Entertainment
● To develop technological products and provide technical solutions ● That assist specially-abled people in their daily lives.
● Development of technologies as solutions that greatly impact the society.
● Collaborations with NGOs
Collaborations so far:● Vidyasagar (formerly known as the Spastics Society of India) ,
Chennai – Cerebral Palsy● WE CAN India , Chennai – Autism● Pathway Foundation , Chennai – Cerebral Palsy and other disabilities
Sahaay
Sahaay - Projects
Block Printing DevicePaper Punching DeviceBill Generating Software Therasuit
Leap Sensor Games Electrolarynx
Assessment Applications for Autistic Children
People with innovative ideas, CFI project teams and students pursuing projects under professors can walk into Nirmaan and convert their projects into Nirmaan projects
Nirmaan provides access to multiple closed door networking opportunities (mentorship and others)
In addition, they get seed funding of 2L and office space at CFI
Progress of start ups is tracked regularly and those showing colossal growth get incubated and are out of Nirmaan
How it works
Nirmaan● Preincubation cell● Infrastructure-office space, funding and mentorship support to develop the idea
into a full fledged startup and guide them to incubation. ● Successful incubatees
● Putpeace.com ● Microlife Innovations ● Metaclone.
Start-ups from CFI
LEMA LABS
Robotics and Educational
HYPERVERGE
Computer Vision & Artificial Intelligence
ATHER ENERGY
Smart Automobiles
AIRWOOD AEROSTRUCTURES
Aero-robotics
MAKEYSTREET
Software Developer
PLANYS TECHNOLOGIES
Marine Robotics
ICT
It is a student initiated and managed consultancy group of CFI and one of its kind in IIT Madras.
VISION
Bridging the gap between CFI and industries
Enabling talent in CFI to solve key industry problems
Connecting projects to prospective scaling avenues
Industry Collaboration so far
● In Progress ● In Progress
Competition Teams
FSAE (Team RAFTAR)ROBOSUB (Team AMOGH) IGVC(Team Abhiyan)
URC (Team Anveshak) Hercules C-130 Payload Design Challenge
Inter IIT Tech meet
Team Structure
• Co-curricular Affairs Secretary• Student head• Finance• Project Management• Facilities• Media and Outreach• Design
• Club Heads
• Mentors
• Coordinators
• Sahaay
• ICT
• Nirmaan
Balance between Academics and CFI activity
● CFI is bustling with activity 9PM – 4AM● Summer and Winter vacation● Live in CFI● Workaround exams● Institute support to CFI projects
● DDP/BTP Projects● ID4100 course● Engineering in everyday life minor stream
Challenges
● High attrition rate● Documentation - Continuously Reinventing the wheel● Interruption in CFI activity during Quizzes and Exams● Dip in enthusiasm because of interruptions● Managing infrastructure and finances ● Funding
Interaction with other institute bodies● IITM Research Park● Incubation cell● International and Alumni Relations● Office of Alumni Affairs● Center for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship● Entrepreneurship cell
People
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