The University has sustained a rich culture of innovation, entrepreneurship and Start up in its academic and administrative endeavours throughout the Campus and affiliated Colleges.

• Establishment Of Institute Innovation Council
  
  
• Student Start Up Promotion Policy 2018

• Student Start Up Policy 2019
• Faculty Start Up Policy 2019
• Entrepreneurship Incubation Cell (EIC) Established
  

  Under the Student Start-Up Policy, an Entrepreneurship & Incubation Cell (EIC) was established in 2019 as student start-up promotion centre to foster student-centric innovative technology build-up and entrepreneurship.

  Objectives
  1. Create a pre-incubation platform to nurture ideas to technological inventions and business enterprises by providing pre seed financial support, infrastructures and resources.
  2. Develop entrepreneurial attitude in student and faculty by incorporating it within the academic framework.
  3. Create an environment that converts University students into job creators by providing motivation and end-to-end support.
  4. Empower students to file patents for their innovations and ideas.
  5. Integrate academia, industry, as well as government supporting agencies in a systematic manner to create further entrepreneur avenues.
  6. Create awareness regarding the various Government policies supporting ‘Make in India’ through workshop, awareness drives, Annual Start-Up Fest and incentives in form of awards, etc
  

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• Institute Innovation Council 3.0 (E Cell)
1. Dr Vinod Kumar, Registrar
2. Dr Rashi Agarwal, Convenor, University Institute of Engineering & Technology
3. Dr Anshu Yadav, Institute of Business Management
4. Dr Varsha Gupta., Institute of Biosciences & Biotechnology
5. Dr Deepak Verma, University Institute of Engineering & Technology
6. Dr Praveen Katiyar, University Institute of Health Sciences
7. Dr Nisha Sharma, University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
8. Dr Shilpa Kaistha, Institute of Biosciences & Biotechnology
9. Dr Vivek Kumar Sachan, Institute of Business Management

• Innovation & Entrepreneurship Incubation Cell Established

• The University has, under the Student Start-Up Policy, established an Entrepreneurship & Incubation Center as a facility for proper functioning of the Entrepreneurship & Incubation Cell (EIC) and to provide a preliminary incubation space for the student and faculty start-ups. Sprawled over an area of 10,000 sq.ft., an Entrepreneurship & Incubation Center is being currently set up in the University Campus complete with office spaces and workstations for start-up companies as per the guidelines of GoUP or Incubators.

• Institute Innovation Council 4.0
1. Prof Suvijna Awasthi Dean (PAIR)
2. Dr Shilpa Kaistha, Innovation  Cell Coordinator
3. Dr Rashi Agarwal, University Institute of Engineering & Technology
4. Dr Nisha Sharma, University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
5. Dr Praveen Bhai Patel, University Institute of Engineering & Technology
6. Dr Vivek Sachan, School of Business Management
7. Dr Digvijay Sharma, University Institute of Health Sciences
8. Dr Mamta Tiwari, University Institute of Engineering & Technology
9. Dr Ekta Khare, Institute of Biosciences & Biotechnology
10. Dr RV Sreeharsha, School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology

• Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj Innovation Foundation (Section 8 Company Promoted By CSJM University Kanpur)
• Entrepreneurship Innovation & Start Up Promotion Policy 2023
• Institute Innovation Council 5.0
1. Dr Shilpa Deshpande Kaistha, Dean (Innovation, Entrepreneruship and Start Up)
2. Mr Ravindra Dubey, CEO, CSJM Innovation Foundation
3. Dr Prabhat  Kumar Dwivedi, School of Business Management
4. Dr Ekta Khare, School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology
5. Dr Prashant Tiwari, School of Business Management
6. Dr RV Sreeharsha, School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology
7. Mr Utkarsh Bisari, Senior Incubation Manager,
8. Mr Anil Tripathi, Incubation Manager, CSJMIF