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<span style="color:#000000696969;"><span style="font-sizefamily:mediumtrebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-familysize:times new roman,times,serifsmall;">I&E cell enhances the creative thinking abilities of a student. It aims at bringing out the entrepreneurial skills of a student. In order to make I&E more effective, introduction of a course that focuses on innovation, is essential.</span></span></span>

<span style="color:#000000696969;"><span style="font-sizefamily:mediumtrebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-familysize:times new roman,times,serifsmall;">1. First, care should be taken in framing the course and syllabus. It should be a interactive course without putting more burden on the students.</span></span></span>

<span style="color:#000000696969;"><span style="font-sizefamily:mediumtrebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-familysize:times new roman,times,serifsmall;">2. &nbsp;Next, the challenge is to introduce this course to the students of all the disciplines. Preferably in the second year itself, this course should be made as a part of the curriculum. Mr.Chokkanathan, co-ordinator of &nbsp;I&E cell &nbsp;shall teach the course. It would be apt to name the course as 'Basics of Innovation & Entrepreneurship'</span></span></span>

<span style="color:#000000696969;"><span style="font-sizefamily:mediumtrebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-familysize:times new roman,times,serifsmall;">3. Maximum of &nbsp;200 students shall be taken in for the course during the semester. Every semester this course shall be offered</span></span></span>

<span style="color:#000000696969;"><span style="font-sizefamily:mediumtrebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-familysize:times new roman,times,serifsmall;">4. Since there are students from different branches, we planned to have the classes during 3 - 4 , where atleast students from few branches have a free period. It shall be a 30 hour course.</span></span></span>

<span style="color:#000000696969;"><span style="font-sizefamily:mediumtrebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-familysize:times new roman,times,serifsmall;">5. &nbsp;A minimum of 60% is required to compplete the course successfully.</span></span></span>

<span style="color:#000000696969;"><span style="font-sizefamily:mediumtrebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-familysize:times new roman,times,serifsmall;">6. &nbsp;Students shall be provided 3 credits for the course.</span></span></span>

<span style="color:#000000696969;"><span style="font-sizefamily:mediumtrebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-familysize:times new roman,times,serifsmall;">7. &nbsp;Department Of Management Studies shall also be involved in teaching the course</span></span></span>

<span style="color:#000000696969;"><span style="font-sizefamily:mediumtrebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-familysize:times new roman,times,serifsmall;">8. &nbsp;As a part of course, various activities related to innovation, few workshops need to be implemented.</span></span></span>

<span style="color:#000000696969;"><span style="font-sizefamily:mediumtrebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-familysize:times new roman,times,serifsmall;">9. &nbsp;To make learning more interesting, students should be given more opportunities to share their ideas and knowledge.</span></span></span>

<span style="color:#000000696969;"><span style="font-sizefamily:mediumtrebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-familysize:times new roman,times,serifsmall;">10. &nbsp;At the end of the course, students must be asked to identify a problem within their class and come up with the possible solutions and select the best one. This can be done by interaction with fellow students. Students can take help from the club coordinators regarding this aspect.</span></span></span>

<span style="color:#000000696969;"><span style="font-sizefamily:mediumtrebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-familysize:times new roman,times,serifsmall;">11.Instead of having a normal evaluation process that generally involves written tests, students can be assessed based on their performance regarding solving the problem that they have identified.</span></span></span>