31-01-2025 - Guest Lecture - Constitutional Rights,Workshop on Legal Requirements and filing procedures for Patent protection organised by IPR Cell, Campus Drive organised by Placement and Career Guidance Cell,Awareness on Road Safety organised by NSS SF.....    30-01-2025 - Expert Lecture on Artificial Intelligence in Bio Informatics- Online organised by the Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science................    29-01-2025 - Campus Drive organised by Placement and Career Guidance Cell......    28-01-2025 - Tree Plantation Campaign organised by the Department of Botany........    27-01-2025 - Campus Drive organised by Placement and Career Guidance Cell, Seminar on IPR and IP Management organised by the Department of Botany in collaboration with IIC..........    26-01-2025 - Republic Day Celebration (Arts, Commerce department and office) organised by NSS & NCC.........    23-01-2025 to 24-01-2025 - NAAC Peer-Team visit..............    13-01-2025 - World Handloom Day organised by the Department of Costume Design and Fashion .............    11-01-2025 - Pongal Celebration ...............    10-01-2025 - National Youth Day - Essay and Poster competition organised by the Department of Zoology    09-01-2025 - Heritage Food Competition organised by the Department of Commerce, Smart Seed Carnival: Seedball Event organised by the Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, My Bharath Outreach Program organised by NSS, Inauguration of Tulsi Sanctuary and Herbal Medicinal Plants Exhibition organised by the Department of Botany    07.01.2025 - Inauguration of Heritage Paddy Sanctuary and Heritage Paddy Recipes Competition organised by the Department of Botany, Guest Lecture on Indian Classical Literature organised by the Department of English in collaboration with the Department of Tamil

Institution's Innovation Council(IIC)

About IIC

Ministry of Education (MoE), through Moe’s Innovation Cell (MIC), established the Institution innovation Council (IIC) to systematically foster the culture of Innovation and start-up ecosystem in education institutions in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). The primary mandate is to encourage, inspire and nurture young students by supporting them to work with new ideas and transform them into prototypes while they are informative years.

The IIC of Holy Cross College, Nagercoil has been established under the auspices of Innovation Council, Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India on 21st November 2018. Dr Sr. M.R. Basil Rose, the Principal and Dr. A. Shyla Suganthi (President of IIC), Department of Zoology initiated the establishment of IIC along with other council members: Dr. S. Sujitha, (Convener), Department of Mathematics, Dr. Sheeba Daniel (Faculty-in-charge), Department of Chemistry and Ms. M.P. Ancilin Briji, Student Coordinator.

Vision


The College aims at promoting the culture of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Research to facilitate financial empowerment among students.

Objectives


Short term objectives - To create awareness among the faculty, supportive staff and students with regard to innovations and entrepreneurship. Preparing Business plan for every Startup and Registration of Holy Cross incubation Centre.

Medium term objectives – To set up at least 10 pre- incubations, set up an incubation centers which will identify potential entrepreneurs, unlock their potential, improve creativity, orient them on innovation, provide support on market study, technical skills, knowledge on finance and provide handholding and mentoring support. Commercialization of products will be a focus area.
Long term objectives – Well established pre incubation, incubation and startup by all the departments and going for commercialization. Promote unique brands and take care of marketing risks, technology risks, financial risks with the help of other institutions like industry associations. Thus getting ranks of ARIIA, NIRF, NACC and becoming one of the reputed institution of the Country.

Action Plan

MonthName of the programme
June Appointment of Consultant.
Appointment of Lawyer.
Monitoring Certificate and value added course under Holy Cross Academy.
Upgrading IIC websites.
July Registration of Trust (Holy Cross Innovation and Incubation Centre).
Registration of Pre-incubation Centre.
Allocating seed money for the new-born start-up
August Evaluating the start-up by Evaluation of Committee.
Entering into MOU of 2 agencies for the institutions.
Maintaining account and getting pan card for Holy Cross innovation and incubation Centre.
Budgeted Money is disturbed on the basis of roaster basis.
September Presentation of policies by 5 coordinators to the external expert Committee.
Amendment of institutional start-up policy if needed based on the policies by 5 committee.
October Meeting with the monitoring committee and discussion on the progress of both pre-incubation and incubation centre.
November Evaluation about the policy and action plan of 5 sub committees.
December to March Through mobilisation and start-up committee for writing the project for Atal innovation.
providing seed money for innovation/pro-type models.
April Meeting with the monitoring committee and discussion on the progress of both pre-incubation and incubation centre.
May Evaluating the Start-up by Evaluation of Committee.
  • Name

    Ms. C. Nesavathy

    Email

    Designation

    Assistant Professor

    Department:

    English

    Qualification:

    Position:

    Coordinator

  • Name

    Dr. K. Baby

    Email

    Designation

    Assistant Professor

    Department:

    English

    Qualification:

    Position:

    Member

  • Name

    Dr. R. Eveline Shindya

    Email

    Designation

    Assistant Professor

    Department:

    Commerce

    Qualification:

    Position:

    Member

Action Plan for the Academic Year 2021 - 2022

Quarter Activity
Quarter I. * Webinar: “Orientation on Business Plan and Startup Policies” – First year students Resource Persons – Dr. Sr. Sahaya Selvi & Dr. Jeni Padua
* Advisory Meet - I
Quarter II. International Women’s Entrepreneurship Conclave - Online Success stories of women around the globe Resource Persons: Dr. Malliga, Malaysia Dr. Azeeza, Singapore Dr. Rangamani, Qatar
Quarter III. International webinar: Eco-entrepreneurship in Kanyakumari. Resource Person: Dr. Moni Madasamy, General Secretary, National Informatics Bureau, New Delhi. Advisory Board Meeting
Quarter IV. International Webinar on : “The journey of a woman-entrepreneur” Resource Person: Dr. Nithya, Social Entrepreneur, Dubai.
* Advisory Meet - II
Continous projects: ( June 2021- March 2022) Hands on training on:

-Mushroom Culture.
-Ornamental Fish Culture.
-Vermiculture.

STARTUP PROJECTS IN THE PIPE LINE :

1.Tailoring Unit cum Boutique
2.Ornamental Fish Farming unit
3.One-stop Boutique
4. Women’s Gym
4. Stall for selling products developed / manufactured by students
5. Training Unit for women of KK District -( Training in Mushroom Culture,
Ornamental Fish farming, Vermiculture, etc.)
6. Incubation Centre for Startups

  • Name

    Dr. R. Krishna Priya

    Email

    krishnapriya@holycrossngl.edu.in

    Designation

    Assistant Professor

    Department:

    Physics

    Qualification:

    M.Sc., M.Phil, Ph.D., S.E.T

    Position:

    Coordinator

  • Name

    Dr. S. Lizy Roselet

    Email

    lizyroselet@holycrossngl.edu.in

    Designation

    Assistant Professor

    Department:

    Chemistry

    Qualification:

    M.Sc., M.Phil., B.Ed., Ph.D

    Position:

    Member

  • Name

    Dr. Bojaxa A. Rosy

    Email

    bojaxarosy@holycrossngl.edu.in

    Designation

    Assistant Professor

    Department:

    Botany

    Qualification:

    M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D

    Position:

    Member

Innovation Policy

Action Plan for the Academic Year 2021 - 2022

Quarter Activity
Quarter 1 * Opening ceremony of Pre-incubation Centre and Prize distribution of the Idea Contest-2020 “Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award” function
* Advisory Committee Meet - I
Quarter 2 Organising “Holy Cross Idea Contest-2021” Idea submission, PoC Submission, Prototype Submission, Prototype Presentation, Valedictory Function
Quarter 3 Organising an Induction Programme -Importance of Innovation and entrepreneurship for I UG and I PG Students
Quarter 4 Mentoring Session for the young innovators through experts
* Advisory Committee Meet - II

About IPR Cell

IPR Cell of Holy Cross College, is a platform for encouraging filing of IPR and patenting the products or technologies for the benefit of the Institute and the society. The Institute’s IPR cell has been constituted to maintain high standards of academics and to create a suitable environment for creation and protection of intellectual property.

Intellectual property is the product of the human intellect including creativity concepts, inventions, industrial models, trademarks, artistic works, literature, symbols, names, brands, etc. Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) include Patent, Copyright, Trademark, Industrial Design, Integrated Circuit Layout, Geographical Indicators and Trade Secrets.

Objectives

To create an awareness on IPR among faculty and students

To conduct workshops, seminars and training programme on IPR.

To motivate innovators come with new ideas and help them to protect the innovation.

To encourage faculty members and scholars to go for patentable works.

To disseminate knowledge on patents, patent regime in India and abroad and registration aspects.

To impart training on future endeavours regarding patent filing processes

To create an opportunity for product development and commercialization.

  • Name

    Dr. C. Anitha

    Email

    anitha.c@holycrossngl.edu.in

    Designation

    Assistant Professor

    Department:

    Zoology

    Qualification:

    M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D

    Position:

    Coordinator

  • Name

    Ms. S. Fransta Darshana

    Email

    sheebadaniel@holycrossngl.edu.in

    Designation

    Assistant Professor

    Department:

    Chemistry

    Qualification:

    M.Sc., M.Phil., CSIR-JRF-NET., Ph.D., SET

    Position:

    Member

  • Name

    Dr. B. T. Delma

    Email

    franklinragila@holycrossngl.edu.in

    Designation

    Assistant Professor

    Department:

    Commerce

    Qualification:

    M.C.S., M.Com., M.Phil., NET

    Position:

    Member

IP Support

IPR Cell of Holy Cross College provides the following facilities for faculty and students

IP Capacity Building: Awareness, Workshops and Training

IP Information Services

IP Counselling and Advisory Services

IPR protection facilitation

Web Links for Patent Search

IPR Indiahttp://www.ipindia.nic.in/
IP services Indiahttp://ipindiaservices.gov.in/
Patent Facilitating Centrehttp://www.pfc.org.in/index.html
Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Intellectual Property http://www.ipindia.nic.in/rgniipm.html
WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) Patentscopehttps://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/structuredSearch.jsf
USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/search-patents
IP India https://ipindiaonline.gov.in/tmrpublicsearch/
InPass (Indian Patent Advanced Search System)http://ipindiaservices.gov.in/publicsearch/
Google Patentshttps://patents.google.com/
Espacenet (European Patent Office- Patent Search) https://worldwide.espacenet.com/

Action Plan for the Academic Year 2021 - 2022

Quarter Activity
Quarter 1 * Orientation Session on “Identifying Intellectual Property Component at the Early Stage of Innovation”
* Advisory Committee Meet - I
Quarter 2 Workshop on “IPR, Patent Drafting and Commercialization”
Quarter 3 Mentoring Session on “Trademarks and Tagline”
Quarter 4 *Logo Design (Trade Mark) and Tagline Contest
* Advisory Committee Meet - II
  • Name

    Dr. M. K. Angel Jebitha

    Email

    angeljebitha@holycrossngl.edu.in

    Designation

    Assistant Professor

    Department:

    Mathematics

    Qualification:

    M.Sc., M.Phil.,B.Ed., Ph. D.

    Position:

    Coordinator

  • Name

    Dr. R. Sreedevi

    Email

    priyadharshini@holycrossngl.edu.in

    Designation

    Assistant Professor

    Department:

    Physics

    Qualification:

    M.Sc., PGDCA, SET, M.Phil., Ph.D

    Position:

    Member

  • Name

    Ms. M. Aashina Janvi

    Email

    anithamalbi@holycrossngl.Edu.in

    Designation

    Assistant Professor

    Department:

    Chemistry

    Qualification:

    M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D.,

    Position:

    Member

Rrport-Internship Policy

Action Plan for the Academic Year 2021 - 2022

Quarter Activity
Quarter 1 * Orientation on Internship for UG and PG students.
* Advisory Committee Meet - I
Quarter 2 * Awareness program on Internship by the students / alumnae who had completed their internship / working in reputed institutions.
* Motivation and encouragement for the students to participate online internship
Quarter 3 Motivation and encouragement for the students to complete internship successfully.
Quarter 4 Advisory Committee Meet - II
  • Name

    Dr. P. Aji Udhaya

    Email

    Designation

    Department:

    Qualification:

    Position:

    Coordinator

  • Name

    S. Antin Mary

    Email

    antinmary@holycrossngl.edu.in

    Designation

    Assistant Professor

    Department:

    Mathematics (Aided)

    Qualification:

    M.Sc., NET, SET

    Position:

    Member

  • Name

    Dr. S. Mary Pearly Sumathi

    Email

    mariahelenjenobha@holycrossngl.edu.in

    Designation

    Assistant Professor

    Department:

    English(SF)

    Qualification:

    M. A., B. Ed., M. Phil., MFC., DCA., DJMC., SET

    Position:

    PRO

  • Name

    Dr. S. Daisy Bai

    Email

    nesavathy.c@holycrossngl.edu.in

    Designation

    Assistant Professor

    Department:

    English (Aided)

    Qualification:

    M.A(Eng).,M.A(Ling).,M. Phil., SET, NET,

    Position:

    Member

  • Name

    Ms. M. Maria Helen Jenoba

    Email

    divyamerrymalar@holycrossngl.edu.in

    Designation

    Assistant Professor

    Department:

    Commerce

    Qualification:

    M.Com., M.Phil., Ph.D.,

    Position:

    Member

  • Name

    Mr. X. Anto Valan

    Email

    ashikasumathi7@gmail.com

    Designation

    Coordinator

    Department:

    Mathematics

    Qualification:

    II B. Sc

    Position:

    Member

  • Name

    Mr. Merlin

    Email

    ajnijikaapramas@gmail.com

    Designation

    Member

    Department:

    English Literature (S.F)

    Qualification:

    II BA

    Position:

    Member

Social Media Policy

Action Plan for the Academic Year 2021 - 2022

Quarter Activity
Quarter 1 * Webinar on Threats and opportunities in Social Media
* Advisory Committee Meet - I
Quarter 2 Promoting Quarter I activities of IIC in social media (Youtube, Twitter, Instagram) and uploading reports in MHRD portal
Quarter 3 Promoting Quarter 3 activities of IIC in social media (Youtube, Twitter, Instagram) and uploading reports in MHRD portal
Quarter 4 Motivational session by Successful Youtuber
* Advisory Committee Meet - II

Expert Committee

1.       

Dr.(Sr).Sahayaselvi

NISP Coordinator/ Chair Person

2.       

Dr.Renu Dev Prasad

Startup Founder

3.       

Mr.Glorious Steeve

Startup founder and CEO

4.       

Mr.Abey George

Incubator

5.       

Mr.Parveen Mathew

Industrialist

6.       

Ms.Paraveen Kurian

Entrepreneur

7.       

Ms.Bhagyalekshmi

Entrepreneur,Alumni

8.       

Ms.Hemalatha

Patent expert

9.       

Mr.Thomas Franco

Banker

10.       

Mr.A.John Moris.C.A

Startup/Auditor

Monitoring Committee

1.       

Dr.(Sr).Sahayaselvi

President

2.       

Dr.A.Shyla Suganthi

Vice president and NISP

3.       

Dr.(Sr).Leema Rose

Vice Principal

4.       

Dr.A.Anami Augustus Arul

NISP Coordinator

5.       

Dr. Sheeba Daniel

Convener

6.       

Dr.Jeni Chandar Padua

Coordinator for Startup

7.       

The Head of the Department of respective Startup

Respective Startup

Evaluation Committee

1.       

Dr.(Sr).Sahayaselvi

President

2.       

Dr. A.Shyla Suganthi

Vice president and NISP

3.       

Dr.A.Anami Augustus Arul

NISP Coordinator

4.       

Dr.H.Jimsy Asha

Coordinator of NIRF

5.       

Dr.S.Sujitha

Coordinator of ARIIA

6.       

The Head of the Department of respective Startup

Respective Startup

Resource mobilization Committee for startup

1.       

Ms. Soniya

Resource mobilization - Convener

2.       

Ms.S.Panimaya Mercy

Coordinator of UBA

3.       

Dr.R.Abilasha

Coordinator of Women Cell

Intellectual property Rights (IPR)

1.       

Dr.Sheeba Daniel

Coordinator

2.       

Ms.A.Franklin Ragila

Assistant Coordinaor

3.       

Dr.C.Anita

Member

4.       

Ms.R.Hemalatha

Advisory Member

5.       

Dr.Shaji Varghese

Advisory Member

Startup Commitee

1.       

Dr.Jeni Chandar Padua

Coordinator

2.       

Dr.(Sr).Leema Rose

Vice principal & Management Representative

3.       

Dr.S.Aji Sinthuja

Member

4.       

Dr.P.Sathya

Member

5.       

Ms.J.Alisha Josephin

Member

6.       

Dr.C.Braba

Member

7.       

Dr.S.Jeni Sanjana

Member

8.       

Dr.A.Sameema

Member

9.       

Selva Mary Kohila.S George

Member

10.       

Dr.J.Vinanchi Arachi

Advisory Member

11.       

Mr.Samuel Gnana Prakash vincent

Advisory Member

12.       

Dr.Moni Madasamy

Advisory Member

Internship

1.       

Dr.A.Shyla Suganthi

Coordinator

2.       

Dr.Angel Jebitha

Assistant Coordinaor

3.       

Sr.k.Francy

Management Representative

4.       

Dr.R.Sreedevi

Member

5.       

Dr.M.Priya darshini

Member

6.       

Dr.Srinivasakumar.K.P

Advisory Member

7.       

DR.Prakash Swarnakaran

Advisory Member

8.       

Mr.Thomas Franco

Advisory Member

Social Media

1.       

Dr. P. Aji Udhaya

Coordinator

2.       

Ms.C.Nesavathy

Assistant Coordinaor

3.       

Sr.Antin Mary

Management Representative

4.       

Ms.Jenoba

Member

5.       

Dr.Vimal Jerald

Advisory Member

6.       

Ms.Abey George

Advisory Member

Student IIC

1.       

Spinola Romy A

IPR Activity Coordinator

2.       

Ms. J. Agnel

Innovation Activity Coordinator

3.       

S. Siva Jothi

Startup Activity Coordinator

4.       

Maria M.R Marshiya

Internship Activity Coordinator

5.       

Ashmin. M

Social Media Coordinator

President Message





“Innovation distinguishes a leader from a follower”

-Steve jobs, Founder, Apple Inc..



Yes, dear friends, innovation is a just a state of mind that helps to cross the boundaries of the world within nanoseconds in terms of novel ideas, processes, application, business models etc. When we cross our frontiers with novelty and creativity, automatically the world tends to look up to us for our insights and enlightenments. Thus we become leaders who think out of the box and not merely exist as followers of leaders.

Every person, born on this planet is unique, irreplaceable and capable in her /his own way. We are unique in terms of our pupils, thumb impression and DNA. There is no other person like you and me on this planet. Believing these notions, the Institutional Innovation Council (IIC) of our college provides an exquisite platform to explore the unique talents and capacities of our faculty and students to empower them as world class leaders in terms of their innovations and entrepreneurship.

I am happy that I am also the part of this team to help thousands and thousands of young women to become future entrepreneurs and innovators who could be brought into the limelight for their creativity and innovation in the form of startups. To facilitate this arena, our college provides wide opportunities for both teachers and students through its flexibility in academic pursuance and implementation of startup policies. I am sure this startup policy of our college will certainly enhance the budding entrepreneurs to excel in their financial empowerment.

Dear friends, the opportunity is knocking at the door of every Crossian. Let us be open and grab this opportunity and become leaders. By our very life we become torch bearers of the society who show the way to budding innovators and entrepreneurs in our locality. This is our social responsibility and commitment with which we move onward. Being successful does not matter but being significant in our own ways certainly lifts our institution to greater heights and our life becomes productive. Let us aspire for this through the IIC of our college. Wish you good luck and God’s blessings …

Dr.(Sr) SahayaSelvi
Principal

Vice President Message





"Creativity is thinking up new things. Innovation is doing new things."

- Theodore Levitt




Our college's IIC seeks to instil innovative and entrepreneurial abilities so that instructors and students from all socioeconomic levels would be inspired to think creatively and acquire useful skills on ideation, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Our college offers a large platform for developing the skills required through a variety of activities so that the students can generate fresh concepts and find solutions to social and environmental challenges/concerns. My best wishes go out to each one of you to innovate, incubate, and collaborate."

NISP Coordinator





“Vision is the art of seeing the invisible.” –Jonathan Swift





I am proud to be a part of a legacy of sustained academic excellence of over 55 years. Engaging students in research, innovation and entrepreneurship is the hall mark of our great institution. In following the foot step, Institution Innovation Council (IIC) encourages our crossians in research and creative endeavors that mould them as better thinkers, innovators and problem solvers, cultivating a depth of understanding needed to make a positive difference in the world. This helps them to sharpen their professional acumen.

We have several certificates courses, skill- based and value-added courses which a large number of students pursue simultaneously with their degree that allow them to become a successful entrepreneur.

Innovation in education is about more than just technology to empower students to become lifelong learners who are agents of change. It is the prime duty of educational institution to promote strong positive character traits and foster creativity and innovative thinking among students to teach not to be afraid of failure but strive hard to achieve success for excellence.

In all perspective our students are beyond our expectations.

I hope and pray that the students of our college will scale great heights and keep the crossians flag high.

Dr.A.Anami Augustus Arul
Assistant Professor
Dept of Botany

Convener





“Creativity is thinking up new things. Innovation is doing new things”.




- Theodore Levitt



I am extremely happy to be the Convener of Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC) of this prestigious institution. Our college has established IIC in the year 2018 for promoting the culture of innovation and entrepreneurship among faculty and students. The main objective of IIC is to encourage the creative energy of young minds to work on innovation and promote them to create start-ups and entrepreneurial ventures.

The IIC of our college in collaboration with industries and Government agencies is conducting various activities related to innovation, IPR, startup and entrepreneurship. We have a team of committed and dedicated internal and external experts for mentoring the budding innovators to excel in innovation and entrepreneurial activities.

Our students are regularly participating in Innovation contest and Smart India Hackathon (SIH) conducted by AICTE and MoE’s Innovation Cell. We are proud to note that six of our students from the department of Physics participated in SIH Grand Finale 2022 (Hardware Edition) and presented the prototype in QIS College of Engineering and Technology, Ongole, Andhra Pradesh. Our faculty and students excel in entrepreneurship and startup, as an outcome we have twenty startups under Holy Cross Innovation and Incubation Centre.

I wish God’s blessing throughout the journey of IIC

Dr. Sheeba Daniel
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry

Functions

Startup week can be organized in the college with the help of various Departments

As per the requirements of MHRD, the IIC organize number of self driven programmes through the Departments

Organizing Idea competitions (business ideas or prototypes) at regular intervals.

The college sets up EDC (Entrepreneurial Development Centre), IEDC (Innovation & Entrepreneurial Development Centre) under the wings of IIC.

The Certificate Course/Value added courses of the College under Holy Cross Academy has to get the approval of IIC Convener in view of Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

The IIC can organize a minimum of 4 programmes for students and 2 programmes for faculty of the College, based on Innovation and Entrepreneurship

In consultation with the Head of the Institution, IIC can enter into MOUs with Engineering Colleges, MBA Departments and other key industries to run the startup in an efficient and effective manner.

The IIC members are expected to spend, minimum of 5 hours per week in the development and growth of startups even though they are not Startup Mentors.

The IIC is responsible for preparing and documenting for the ARIIA Ranking of the College along with ARIIA coordinator

The IIC shall convene the meeting every month to discuss about the progress of pre- incubation, incubation and startups

IIC promotes the multidisciplinary campus approach for the students to grow in Innovation and Startups. If required, MOUs can be established between the Departments of the College.

The Institution Innovation Council organizes training to the members of IEDC, EDC and the IIC team and invites the expertise of business people to achieve excellence.

IIC will coordinate with Government departments, other Institutions and agencies to fulfill its objectives.