AICTE-IDEA LAB has been aiming to transform education imparted in the institution to promote multidisciplinary education, innovation and research takes place. IDEA LAB creates the platform for innovation and research to students and faculty with hands-on experience with the latest equipment in order to develop new projects and offer live internships with the industry support. AICTE-IDEA (Idea Development, Evaluation & Application) Lab in its approved institutions for encouraging students for application of Science, Technologies, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fundamentals towards enhanced hands-on experience and learning by doing.
LBRCE will act as host institute to extend mentoring and IDEA LAB facilities to surrounding colleges and schools in our region. As our college located in rural area, it is possible to identify and address the societal problems and challenges in rural areas and also possibility of finding solutions through IDEA LAB to fulfil the concept of “Atmanirbhar Bharat”. IDEA LAB creates the ecosystem for transforming ideation to Prototype or Product. IDEA LAB creates the platform for innovation and research to students and faculty with hands-on experience with the latest equipment to in order to develop new projects and offer live internships with the industry support.
Networking with nearby colleges and Industry and to make best use of this resource and share best practices on enhancing employability skills training like Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things (IoT), Block chain Technology, Robotics, Drones, Underwater Vehicle, Quantum Computing, Data Science, Cyber Security, 3D Printing & Design, Augmented Reality (AR)/ Virtual Reality (VR) etc.,
By involving faculty and students from different departments of LBRCE and people from other surrounding institutes to promote Multidisciplinary education, innovation and research takes place through IDEA Lab to work independently on a common problem.
Events and Activities to be conducted through IDEA LAB:
- FDPS
- Skilling Programs
- Boot-Camps
- Ideation Workshops
- Awareness workshops for Industries
- Internships
- Professional Skilling Programs
- Open day for School Students
- Annual Symposium of all IDEA Labs
AICTE IDEA Lab is going to be a long-term intervention aiming to transform education imparted in LBRCE.
Duration of project will be two years from the date of receipt of funds by the institute. AICTE will monitor the IDEA Lab as part of IDEA Labs Network (IDEALNET) for 5 years, so that cultural change in the campus becomes visible due to the fully functional Lab.
All IDEA Labs will, by default become a part of IDEA Lab Network, and subject to periodic monitoring on common parameters identified by AICTE. The performance visible to all, may be normalized for inducing healthy competition among all IDEA Labs, with collaborations also incentivized.
Data on 15-20 parameters will have to be provided and uploaded on a weekly/ fortnightly/ monthly basis, as decided by AICTE. Points based on parameters will be added up to reflect the overall performance.
The performance of all IDEA Labs will be reflected on a website maintained by AICTE.
Chief Mentor: Dr. Kandimalla Appa Rao - Principal
Coordinator: Dr. Rambabu Busi – Professor, ECE Department
Co-Coordinator: Dr. K. Murhari – Associate Professor, Mechanical Department
Establishing ACITE-IDEA (Idea Development, Evaluation & Application) Labs
- Encouraging students for the application of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fundamentals.
- Making engineering students more curious, imaginative, and creative; and making engineering education more engaging.
- Training in critical thinking, problem-solving, design thinking, collaboration, etc.
Create IDEA LAB Network (IDEALNET):
The main objective of IDEA LAB is to fulfil the term “Atmanirbhar Bharat” which translates to 'self-reliant India' or 'self-sufficient India' that leads to “Making India” with a mission statement of this scheme is “Step in with an idea, Step out with a prototype or product”.
