Design innovation centre (DIC) was approved by the Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India in 2018. The centre is established at Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee which is working as Hub, and NIT Uttarakhand as one of the spokes. The DIC NIT Uttarakhand worked on innovations in product developments, and added value to the existing engineering design. Several ideas have been perused for the development of new pedagogy in teaching and training in design and innovations. A number of design technologies for Hilly terrain have taken up at DIC, NIT Uttarakhand.

Objectives:

• Promote a culture of innovation and creative problem solving.
• Provide an opportunity for new projects to students through curricular and extra-curricular projects.
• Knowledge sharing and collaboration amongst Industry, Academia, Government Institutions, Research Laboratories, etc.
• Commercialize innovations and take them to the end users.

DIC Model: