NARESH VASHISHT

CENTRE FOR TINKERING

AND INNOVATION
DREAM TOGETHER - BUILD TOGETHER
 ABOUT OUR BENEFACTOR

SHRI NARESH VASHISHT JI

From spending childhood to admiring his admission to the Indian School of

Mines, Petroleum batch 1967, Shri Naresh Vashisht had a captivating and
enlightening journey itself. Despite facing a lot of hardship right from his
childhood, it was his will to learn and a sharp mind that landed him at our
prestigious institute.
He was placed at Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) but soon he
switched to Oman based company for better opportunities and better
shots. He completed his master's in petroleum engineering from Texas
A&M University and later started his own venture Omimex Petroleum
Inc. in 1987 and continued to have various profitable projects ahead.
His principles included never limiting oneself and going for every
opportunity that presents itself, and it has been one of the best
journeys you can read about.
The generous and selfless donation by Shri Vashisht has helped the
establishment of our first tinkering and innovation lab. He believes it is his
payback and contribution to the institute that laid the groundwork for
shaping him into who he was today.
He considered that it would help in the glorification of the institute and
make IIT (ISM) what it truly deserves to be recognized for. According to him,
when someone from IIT ISM does something good, and people recognize it,
their value adds up to the appreciation of the institute. He hopes this lab will
help IIT (ISM) gain more remembrance and esteem, and so will he.

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 OUR MISSION
AND OBJECTIVE
Naresh Vashisht Centre for Tinkering and Innovation (NVCTI) was
established in September 2019 through the recommendation of the 11th
BOG meeting of IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, with the generous financial support of
our distinguished alumnus Shri Naresh Vashisht. The centre is situated in an
area of approximately 11000 sq. feet in the newly constructed Central
Research Extension building inside the institute campus.

Our mission is:

To encourage, inspire and nurture young brains by supporting them to
work with new ideas, converting ideas into concepts, and transforming
concepts into a prototype to contribute positively to the holistic economic
and social progress of the nation, enriching through cutting-edge
technologies and entrepreneurship.

To generate innovative solutions relevant to local and global problems

through experimentation, innovation, and creativity. To attract a large
number of youth who demonstrate problem-solving zeal and abilities to
work on new technology/innovation-based start-ups.

To build a vibrant and dynamic innovation ecosystem, by establishing a

network between innovators, academia, mentors, and incubators.

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 OUR VISION

To cultivate young fertile brains as the innovators and entrepreneurs of the

future by promoting informal learning with a focus on indigenous
technological advancements aimed at contributing positively to the
economy, environment, and society.

FACILITIES
A well eqiped state of art workspace, popularly termed as tinkering lab, has
become an essential integral part of any world class technical institute since
it contributes toward overall development of youth into self-dependent and
confident free-thinking innovator, which in turn will help the overall growth
of the institute, society and the nation. In an endeavour to provide and
enabling physical environment for young creators to go hands on and give
shape and expression to develop a world class "Tinkering and Innovation
Laboratory" consisting of the following five seperate units :

ANIMATION AND GAME

DESIGN UNIT

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 UNIT 1
MECHANICAL TOOLS AND RAPID
PROTOTYPING UNIT

The collection of Mechanical tools, equipment, and

instruments in the lab is an integral part of tinkering labs
which disguise themselves as mini workshops where
students are motivated to give ideas. Majorly the lab
includes CNC Milling Machines, Lathe machines, Drilling
Machines, welding Machines, and grinders, chop saw
machines. The most fascinating part of this lab is the 3D
printer.

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 UNIT 2
ELECTRONICS CIRCUIT AND IOT UNIT

This laboratory will let you learn about the basic and
advanced instruments to study the different behavior of
electronic circuits with a focused and practical environment
who wants to learn hands-on electronics design for
innovation and industrial application. It offers in-depth
learning of electronics circuit design and simulation with PCB
designing followed by fabrication and validation of the
circuits.

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 UNIT 3
ANIMATION AND GAME DESIGN UNIT

Major hardware facilities comprising Windows and Linux

based Servers, 3D Connexion Space Mouse Wireless Kit, EEG
Headset Module kit- EMOTIV EPOC X, Binaural Microphone,
Haptix Device- Touch X Virtual Reality System, and Gamepad
Controller make the lab well equipped with all the Gen-Z
needs. In addition, major software facilities like Maya, UNITY,
AR- Vuforia, Adobe package, Blender, Window Server,
Flowol, Autodesk InventorAzure Machine Learning, Adams,
Abaqus, AutoCAD, etc are also available.

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 UNIT 4
POUCH BATTERY CELL ASSEMBLY
UNIT

This is a prototype battery fabrication unit in the form of a

coin or pouch cell, which will be beneficial for the students to
have hands-on experience with the techniques used for
battery fabrication and to test their materials for efficiency.
This unit plays an important role in the in-house production
of battery prototypes which could be scaled up for further
development based on their capacity and integration with
solar cells

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 UNIT 5
ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION UNIT

This unit is designed to develop intelligent robots and train

them. We are proud to say that we possess a very interesting
part of robotics which is a Robotic Arm, which exhibits our
motivation towards Robotics. Major types of equipment are IP
Cameras, Workshop Tools, Parallel Robot Actuators and
controllers, Pneumatics IoT Training systems, Mechanical
Simulator software, and PLC Training Systems.

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 INNOVATION AND PRODUCT
DEVELOPMENT CELL (IPDC)

The technology cell by the name 'Innovation and Product Development

Council' functions as an umbrella body under the aegis of Naresh Vashisht
Centre for Tinkering and Innovation (NVCTI), IIT (ISM) Dhanbad. The tech
cell primarily focuses on providing a platform to the students for nurturing
and showcasing their creative acumen and capabilities with a vision of
'Translating Technology from Classroom to Market. The cell aims to
envisage a conducive platform for exploring students' latent talents and
developing innovative ideas, converting them into a product or process.

Role of the 'Innovation and Product Development Council' Innovation and

Product Development Council :

To create physical infrastructure and support systems necessary for

innovation, and product development activities, i.e., laboratory facilities,
access to high-tech equipment, mentorship, linkages to the industry,
etc.
To regulate all the existing and newly formed tech clubs of IIT(ISM)
Dhanbad by framing a single modus operandi and disbursing requisite
funds for club activities.
To engage students through workshops, hackathons, grand challenges,
innovation showcases/exhibitions, inventors meet, etc.
To invite product development project proposals, evaluate, and facilitate
them with expertise and funding.
To facilitate networking with professional resources and industry
personnel for developing industry-focused products.

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 COMPONENTS OF IPDC

IPDC conducts its activities through the following two student bodies:
Product Development Cell (PDC): The Product Development Cell,
hereafter referred to as "PDC", is responsible for steering the
activities/projects related to product and process development. The
objectives of PDC are accomplished through various Technology Clubs
operating under the aegis of IPDC, NVCTI.
Student Innovation Cell (SIC): The Student Innovation Cell hereafter,
referred to as "SIC", organizes tech talks, webinars, workshops, hackathons,
ideathons, exhibitions, etc.

STUDENT TECHNOLOGY CLUBS

To nurture a culture of innovation and promote a product development

ecosystem, all technical clubs have been put under the banner of NVCTI as
the Student Technology Clubs (STC). All the financial and administrative
control of all the clubs goes with NVCTI. Each club is managed by a
selected team of students and a nominated faculty coordinator.

ELECTRIC MOBILITY CLUB

Electric Mobility Club formerly known as Mechismu is a student driven club
whose vision to pioneer development and deployment of innovative
technologies in the Indian Automobile Sector. We design, engineer and race
our vehicles at SAE Collegiate Design Competitions like the Formula SAE
and Baja SAE. Innovation and experimentation are the key drivers in our
quest for excellence. The club will work to develop skills to contribute to the
field of electric and autonomous vehicles.

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 SMART MANUFACTURING CLUB
The club aims to develop new-age products using fully-integrated,
collaborative machining processes and manufacturing systems with flexible
production processes like 3D printing/scanning, etc.

ELECTRONICS AND IOT CLUB

The Electronics and IoT club aims to develop new skills that help students
to gain knowledge in advanced electronics and the Internet of Things (IoT)
and work on various related domains. It will work to make students skillful
in the devices Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Automation Sensors, and Actuators to
develop electronic circuits for different applications like 5G communication,
Jammers, Wireless Power Transfer, Smart Room, Circuit Breakers, Smart
Farming etc.

ANIMATION AND GAME DESIGN CLUB

Animation and Game Design Club focuses on video game design, art, and
animation. The members of this club will be able to learn and utilize
emerging technology used in the video game industry and the animation
industry. The club will focus on game design, animation, and building
personal and team-based portfolio work.

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 ROBOTRONICS CLUB
Robotronics club formerly known as RoboISM is a place which derives
pleasure in creating mechanical peers that may even be potent to work
without human intervention. Each member of this family is provided
mechanical, electronic, monetary and informatory aid besides the
indispensable guidance of experienced members. The club will focus on the
broad spectrum of Robotics, Mechatronics, and allied areas.

DATA AND SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY CLUB

The club aims to provide a platform for students enthusiastic about
learning, discussing, and applying Data Analytics, Machine Learning,
Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain Technology, etc. It will also focus on
developing skills to develop software for a wide variety of functions in such
industries as business, manufacturing, engineering, and service.

AERONAUTICS & SPACE TECHNOLOGY CLUB

The club aims to provide a platform for students to pursue projects in
aviation, aerospace operations, etc. It will also develop teams to work on
projects related to Computational Astronomy and the Design of Satellites.

FINTECH CLUB
The Financial Technology (FinTech) club aims to compete with traditional
financial methods in delivering financial services. The club will focus on
developing technologies to improve activities in finance.

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 ADMINISTRATIVE
STRUCTURE

The NVCTI and its laboratory will be managed and maintained jointly by a
team of dedicated students under ample and sincere guidance from faculty
coordinators and technical staff. The facilities of the laboratory will be open
to all students of the Institute, irrespective of their discipline. Schematically,
the administrative set-up of the center is as follows :

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 OUR ACTIVITIES

INNOVATIVE LEADER TALK SERIES

The innovative leader talk series has
its own significance which welcomes
elite personalities from across various
fields to interact and learn through. It
is organized every 1-2 months in
hybrid meets to accommodate a larger
audience than is possible in offline
events.

DIALOGUE SERIES
NVCTI assembles recurring panel
discussions with carefully selected
students from the institute. The
discussion focuses on students,
administration, and progress. Through
the dialogue series, NVCTI aims to
bring out the best solutions to the
discussed problems by deriving the
hidden talent of the students.

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 MIC PRESCRIBED ACTIVITY
NVCTI organizes various activities and
competitions prescribed by MoE’s
Innovation Cell. Various workshops,
webinars, panel discussions, and
orientation sessions are conducted
under these which not only nurture the
scholastic aptitude of a child but also
the overall development. The Centre
abides by the rules of the MIC.

PRODUCT DESIGNING CHALLENGE

The product Designing Challenge is
organised exclusively for IIT (ISM) students
to expose their hidden talents and innovative
spirit and persuade them to think outside the
box through developing products like apps,
logos, websites, etc. The main objective of
this challenge is to come up with cost-
effective innovative ideas to mitigate the
needs and find solutions to real-life
problems.

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 JHARKHAND SCHOOL INNOVATION
CHALLENGE (JH - SIC) : AVISHKAR
An inter-school innovation challenge,
Avishkar Junior aims to nurture the
essence of innovation and tinkering among
school kids. Through this competition, we
urge the young students to identify and
acknowledge a challenging problem in and
around our community and develop an
innovative and creative solution, which
could be practically implemented.

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 NEW INITIATIVES

CONCETTO 2022
The centre successfully organised the largest Techno-
Management Fest of Eastern India, CONCETTO’22 during
the 21st to the 23rd October 2022. The fest constituted of
several events. Under the sole supervision of NVCTI, multiple
events were conducted by numerous clubs and departments.
It invlolved several motivational talk series throughout the
three days of the tech fest to motivate the young tech
enthusiast minds along with some really exciting
competitions consisting of huge prize pool. Over 3000
technophiles from 25+ pioneer engineering institutes across
the country exhibited their prowess during this three-day
fest. These witnessed participation form different IITs,
including IIT Bhubaneswar, IIT Palakkad, NIT Jamshedpur,
NIT Bhubaneswar, BIT Mesra, and engineering colleges of
government and private technical institutes of different
states in this mega event which was held on the theme of
‘Augmented Reality-Reality beyond vision’.

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 WINTER CHALLENGE 1.0
For the first time, the Student Innovation Council (SIC),
Naresh Vashisht Centre for Tinkering and Innovation
(NVCTI), IIT(ISM) Dhanbad in collaboration with Intel under
their Student Ambassador, organized “Winter Challenge
1.0”. The Winter Challenge is a multilevel competition that
aims to infuse a culture of innovation and creativity for young
minds to bring their dreams into reality. Based on the event's
themes, the participants had to pitch an idea and realize that
idea into an actual project that would help solve real-world
problems. The event was held over a three-month period.
The competition was for all engineering colleges in the
eastern zone of India. It included the following states:
Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal, Sikkim, Orissa, Assam,
Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura,
and Nagaland and was open to all B.tech, M.tech, and Ph.D.
students.
Apart from cash rewards the Top 3 Teams got an
opportunity to be incubated under CIIE, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad
with the support of incubation seed money of up to INR 15
Lakhs each team. Further, the top 10 teams got
reimbursement for product development costs up to INR
10,000/-.

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 SPONSORED INNOVATION
CHALLENGES

NVCTI, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad also conducts various innovation challenges

sponsored by the institute's alumni, PSUs, and corporate firms. It mainly
emphasizes uniting with the best establishments and brilliant people to
cater to students’ innovative and curious needs and to support young
innovators and entrepreneurs in a more empathetic way.

PIYUSH DUTTA INNOVATION AND INVENTION PRIZE

The Piyush Dutta Innovation Award is given

annually for the best original conceptual idea
presentation, report, and prototype
demonstration. Till 2021the award was
given to final year undergraduate students.
In the year 2021, the award was given for
innovation in mining technologies. In 2022,
the award has been opened for
undergraduate students from all years for
innovation in any field.

SAMSUNG INNOVATION AWARDS

Conducted by Samsung R&D Institute,
Bangalore, it is a multi-IIT event organized
every year to identify, encourage and reward
innovative ideas and projects. At the
institute level, the event is coordinated by
NVCTI. The theme for the 2021 edition of
the award was “Metaverse”.

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 SMART INDIA HACKATHON
Smart India Hackathon(SIH) 2022 was
conducted successfully. This event
conducted by the centre is a nationwide
initiative to provide students a platform to
solve some of the pressing problems we
face in our daily lives, and thus inculcate a
culture of product innovation and a mindset
of problem-solving. IIT (ISM) served as one
of the nodal centres for the finals of the
Software hackathon.

IIT (ISM) PRODUCT INNOVATION CHALLENGE - IPIC

For the first time, NVCTI is organizing a
product development event called IIT(ISM)
Product Innovation Challenge - IPIC. This
event, exclusively for the students of IIT (ISM)
Dhanbad, is meant to allow you an
opportunity to put your innovative skills to use
and develop prototypes that can be converted
into actual products in real life. The students
are encouraged to work with hardware and
software to produce innovative, high-quality
solutions to real-life problems. The emphasis
is on product development and its feasibility
and scalability in the real world.

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 MINOR IN PRODUCT
DEVELOPMENT INTERNSHIP
The centre has taken a new initiative for the UG students of the institute to
allow them to convert innovative ideas into a product or process by using
the laboratory facilities of NVCTI or any other workshop of the institute with
a stipend of INR 6000/- per month for a maximum of 12 months. The Minor
in PDI program consists of 1 year with some specific eligibility criteria.

The goal of this internship program is to create a dynamic product

development ecosystem by engaging students through an internship
program focusing on converting innovative ideas into a product or process.

All students of the institute who have completed at least two regular
semesters in the institute are eligible for the internship. The internship is
offered in three different semesters - Monsoon, Winter and Summer. The
minor begins at the beginning of the semester and lasts one year, subject to
the performance of the student. The student can choose in which semester
they wish to begin the minor, but they must register for three consecutive
semesters to complete it. There are three different series of courses offered
based on the level of the student, and each series has 8 different domains.
The domains are as follows :

Smart Manufacturing
Robotic Technology
Electronics and IoT
Data and Software Technology
Animation and Game design
Electric mobility
Finance Technology
Aeronautics and Space Technology

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NVCTI, through its pool of industry-based mentors/collaborators, helps in
the commercialization of a product developed. Moreover, interested
inventors and mentors are also supported to incubate the start-ups at the
institute’s incubation Centre with active support from industry-based
mentors/collaborators in fundraising, scaling, and acceleration.

All Intellectual Property created under the PDI shall belong to IIT (ISM)
Dhanbad. The IPR policy of the institute will be applicable for the uses of IP
by inventors/owners.

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 ADMINISTRATON

Prof. Rajiv Shekhar

Patron, NVCTI

Prof. Pankaj Mishra

Dean (IIE)
Head Of Centre, NVCTI

Prof. Ajit Kumar Prof. Raj Kiran

Coordinator (Events)
Coordinator (Innovation)
NVCTI
& HSE, NVCTI

FIC
FIC

Prof. Prashant Kumar

Prof. Amitesh Kumar Varshney
Coordinator (PDI), Coordinator
NVCTI (Technical Clubs), NVCTI

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 SIC COORDINATORS

Shubham Singh Major Kumar S. HARSHADA

Event Coordinator Joint Event Coordinator Joint Event Coordinator

Abhay Tiwari Anuska Ray Abhishek Kumar

MIC Coordinator MIC Coordinator Media Coordinator

Isha Bhatt Pranamika Das

Jyoti Priyadarshi
Policy and Liaison
Media Coordinator Promotion Coordinator
Coordinator

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 CONTACT US

Naresh Vashisht
Centre for Tinkering
and Innovation

IIT (ISM) DHANBAD, JHARKHAND - 826004

E-MAIL :

diie@iitism.ac.in
adi@iitism.ac.in
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SPONSOR OR ORGANIZE AN EVENT PLEASE CONTACT

PROF. PANKAJ MISHRA

ASSOCIATE DEAN (INNOVATION)
HOC, NVCTI,
IIT (ISM) DHANBAD
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