About Idea Lab

AICTE-Idea Development, Evaluation & Application (IDEA) Lab

About IDEA Lab:

The AICTE IDEA Lab (Idea Development, Evaluation & Application Lab) at Malineni Lakshmaiah Women’s Engineering College (MLWEC), Guntur, is established under the prestigious AICTE Innovation Promotion Scheme, with the AQIS Application ID: IDEA2024000357. This lab provides a self-sustainable platform to empower students and faculty to convert their innovative ideas into practical and commercially viable solutions through hands-on training, interdisciplinary collaboration, and technical mentoring.

This lab serves as a dynamic ecosystem that bridges the gap between classroom knowledge and real-world application by providing access to cutting-edge tools, technologies, and mentorship. It also supports the development of commercially viable solutions that cater to local and national socio-economic needs.

Vision:

To provide a self-sustainable platform and train next generation of young minds, to execute their Innovative Ideas, complimented with holistic knowledge across disciplines. Upgrade the lab to a firm, in next decade and two, initially supported by AICTE, with investments thereon by us.

•Improvise the Centre of Innovation of our Institute that produced 100s of projects so far, leveraging on the technical and knowledge support of AICTE.
•Host Ideation workshops, and encourage students and faculty to learn new technologies, through Industry Collaboration.
•Build commercially viable products, catering socio economic needs thus nurturing innovativeness and encouraging entrepreneurship in student community, close by.

Mission:

· To create a self-sustainable innovation ecosystem that empowers students and faculty to transform ideas into impactful solutions through interdisciplinary knowledge, hands-on experience, and AICTE-backed infrastructure.
· To nurture a culture of creativity and entrepreneurship by conducting ideation workshops, fostering industry collaborations, and enabling the development of commercially viable, socially relevant technologies.
· To elevate the Institute’s Centre of Innovation into a future-ready incubation hub by facilitating next-generation learning, supporting early-stage innovations, and scaling the lab into a full-fledged technology firm over the next two decades.

Tender Notices

IDEA Lab Outcomes

The AICTE IDEA (Idea Development, Evaluation & Application) Lab is a transformative initiative that fosters innovation, interdisciplinary learning, and industry relevance. Its impact extends across students, faculty, the institution, and the broader public.

 Benefits to Students

• Hands-on Skill Development: Access to tools like 3D printers, IoT kits, AI/ML platforms, PCB prototyping units, enabling project-based and experiential learning.
• Innovation & Creativity: Students can convert their ideas into working prototypes, encouraging entrepreneurship and design thinking.
• Interdisciplinary Exposure: Opportunity to work on real-world problems across domains like electronics, AI, robotics, civil, mechanical, etc.
• Career Readiness: Builds technical and soft skills aligned with industry expectations, improving placements and higher education prospects.
• Startup Incubation Support: Serves as a foundation for students to launch their own startups with mentorship and prototype support.

 Benefits to Faculty

• Research and Innovation Platform: Faculty can pursue interdisciplinary research projects, develop patents, and write funded proposals.
• Curriculum Integration: The lab enables implementation of outcome-based education through mini-projects, hackathons, and capstone projects.
• Industry Collaboration: Facilitates partnerships with industries for consultancy, internships, and real-world problem solving.
• Continuous Learning: Faculty get trained in the latest tools and emerging technologies, enhancing teaching and mentoring capabilities.

Benefits to the College

• Brand Value and Recognition: Enhances the institutional profile by aligning with AICTE’s innovation-centric model and attracting meritorious students.
• Cross-Department Collaboration: Encourages a culture of multi-disciplinary synergy, resulting in more collaborative output and campus-wide innovation.
• Funding and Consultancy: Opens doors for more government/industry-funded projects and consultancy opportunities.
• Institutional Entrepreneurship Ecosystem: Establishes the college as an innovation hub promoting self-reliance and Atmanirbhar Bharat.

Benefits to the Public / Society

• Community-Oriented Solutions: Students and faculty can develop low-cost solutions for local societal problems (e.g., smart farming, rural health, water quality monitoring).
• Skill Development Programs: The lab can host training sessions and workshops for school students, diploma holders, or local entrepreneurs.
• Tech Awareness: Promotes digital literacy and awareness in surrounding communities through outreach activities.
• Startup Support for Local Youth: Can be used as a launchpad for young entrepreneurs from the local region, promoting rural innovation.

 

Team

Chief Mentor : Dr.Jetti Apparao
Faculty Coordinator : Dr.D.Vijaya Saradhi
Faculty Co Cordinator : Dr.K.Swetha
Tech Guru : Y.Bhaskara Rao
Tech Guru : K.Nagarjuna

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Courses & Laboratories

Engineering Physics Lab
Network Analysis & Simulation Lab
BEE Workshop

Program Outcomes

• ENGINEERING KNOWLEDGE: Apply the knowledge of mathematics, science, engineering fundamentals, and an engineering specialization to the solution of complex engineering problems.
• PROBLEM ANALYSIS: Identify, formulate, research literature, and analyze complex engineering problems reaching substantiated conclusions using first principles of mathematics, natural sciences, and engineering sciences.
• DESIGN/DEVELOPMENT OF SOLUTIONS: Design solutions for complex engineering problems and design system components or processes that meet the specified needs with appropriate consideration for the public health and safety, and the cultural, societal, and environmental considerations.
• CONDUCT INVESTIGATIONS OF COMPLEX PROBLEMS: Use research-based knowledge and research methods including design of experiments, analysis and interpretation of data, and synthesis of the information to provide valid conclusions.
• MODERN TOOL USAGE: Create, select, and apply appropriate techniques, resources, and modern engineering and IT tools including prediction and modelling to complex engineering activities with an understanding of the limitations.
• THE ENGINEER AND SOCIETY: Apply reasoning informed by the contextual knowledge to assess societal, health, safety, legal and cultural issues and the consequent responsibilities relevant to the professional engineering practice.
• ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY: Understand the impact of the professional engineering solutions in societal and environmental contexts, and demonstrate the knowledge of, and need for sustainable development.
• ETHICS: Apply ethical principles and commit to professional ethics and responsibilities and norms of the engineering practice.
• INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM WORK: Function effectively as an individual, and as a member or leader in diverse teams, and in multidisciplinary settings.
• COMMUNICATION: Communicate effectively on complex engineering activities with the engineering community and with society at large, such as, being able to comprehend and write effective reports and design documentation, make effective presentations, give and receive clear instructions.
• PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND FINANCE: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the engineering and management principles and apply these to one’s own work, as a member and leader in a team, to manage projects and in multidisciplinary environments.
• LIFE-LONG LEARNING: Recognize the need for, and have the preparation and ability to engage in independent and life-long learning in the broadest context of technological change.