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. The innovation Cell of MHE has done a commendable job in promoting the innovation and start-up culture among all Higher Education Institutions. The faculty members also completed Innovation Ambassador Training series for both Advanced and foundation level. The faculty members who completed Innovation Ambassador training delivered various seminars to students and faculty members of various institutions to promote innovation, entrepreneurship and start –ups.

Faculty members of SKCET also attended the IIC regional meet happened on 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. IIC of SKCET also mentored KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology, DJ Academy of Managerial Excellence, Institute of Aeronautical Engineering, Velammal Engineering College, Sri Krishna Adithya College of Arts Science on organizing events prescribed by IIC. IIC of SKCET have referred 5 institutions for becoming IIC member and 5 ATAL schools have accepted to be mentored by IIC of SKCET.