SJEC is fortunate to be one of the institutions selected by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) for establishing the AICTE IDEA Lab in the year 2021. The SJEC AICTE IDEA Lab encourages students to apply Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics fundamentals towards enhanced hands-on experience, learning by doing, and product visualization. The IDEA Lab aims to make students more imaginative and creative, in addition to imbuing skills in critical thinking, problem-solving, design thinking, collaboration, communication, and lifelong learning.
The lab covers an area of 5000 plus sq. ft equipped with advanced machinery, tools, and consumables to support the translation of an idea into prototype development or the solution of a problem. Recognizing the significance of skill development in an individual’s academic and professional journey, the SJEC AICTE IDEA Lab offers several hands-on courses for undergraduate students, starting from the first semester through the sixth semester.
The IDEA lab conducts workshops, training, ideation sessions, boot camps, competitions, etc., to nurture ideas, imagination, and creativity among stakeholders. The facility is open to SJEC students, faculty, and staff, as well as students from other schools or colleges, industries, entrepreneurs, startups, and alumni. With available industrial-grade advanced machinery, electronic tools, and testing equipment, wrapped in open-source software and staffed by trained personnel, the IDEA Lab is a platform for learning, innovation, and technical prototyping, and provides a stimulus for on-campus and local entrepreneurship.
From an academic perspective, the SJEC AICTE IDEA Lab conducts training sessions on various fronts where students engage in hands-on activities, imagine, design prototypes, and iterate to find solutions for problems. For entrepreneurs, the IDEA Lab is an ideal place where they can utilize machinery and tools to build prototypes and iterate to bring ideas to life. The IDEA lab can play a substantial role for industries by serving different objectives, such as training their personnel with advanced machinery available in the lab, rapid prototyping of industry products/components, and low-cost, on-demand manufacturing.
| Sl No |
Machines/Facility |
| 1 |
Laser Cutting and engraving machine |
| 2 |
Vinyl Cutter |
| 3 |
Mini Desktop Lathe cum Milling |
| 4 |
Mini Drilling M/c 1 HP Motor |
| 5 |
Wood lathe |
| 6 |
Advanced, motorized Sewing Machine |
| 7 |
Mixed Signal Oscilloscope (Digital Storage Oscilloscope) |
| 8 |
Signal Generator |
| 9 |
Benchtop Multimeter |
| 10 |
Variable Power supply |
| 11 |
Wood CNC router |
| 12 |
3D Printers |
| 13 |
PCB milling machine / Reflow oven |
| 14 |
3D scanner |
| 15 |
Welding stations |
| 16 |
Solder / Desolder stations |
| 17 |
Centre of excellence for Internet of Things |
| 18 |
Carpentry/sheetmetal tools |
| 19 |
Air compressor |
| 20 |
Power tools - High-Speed Drilling, Benchtop Grinding, Power Circular Saw, Power Router, Impact Drill |
| 21 |
Vacuum cleaner |
| 22 |
PCB etching process stations |
| 23 |
Measuring instruments |
3D Printers
3D Scanner
Electronic Testing Devices
Lazer Cutting and Engraving Machine
Mini Drilling M/c 1HP Motor
PCB Drilling Machine
PCB Milling Machine
Power Tools
Sewing Machine
Solder Reflow Machine
Vaccum Machine
Vinyl Printing Machine
Welding Stations
Wood CNC Router
Core Management Team
Dr. Rio D'Souza
Principal & IDEA Lab Chief Mentor
Dr. Purushothama Chippar
Vice Principal, Dean R&D, IDEA Lab Coordinator
Dr. Vijay VS
Assistant Professor & Co-Coordinator
Chief Advisory Board
Fr. Wilfred Prakash D'Souza
Director
Fr. Kenneth Rayner Crasta
Assistant Director
Dr. Rio D'Souza
Principal & Chief Mentor
Dr. Purushothama Chippar
Vice Principal, Dean R&D, IDEA Lab Coordinator
Dr. Vincent Crasta
Professor, Department of Physics
Dr. Sudheer M
Dean-Academics
Dr. Binu KG
Head-Strategy and Planning
Core Technical Team
Mr. Praveen George D'Souza
Technical Guru
Mr. Deekshith C H
Technical Guru
Ms. Chaithra
Technical Guru
Mr. Harshith K
Technical Guru
With the available industrial-grade advanced machinery, electronic tools, and testing equipment wrapped in open-source software and trained personnel, SJEC AICTE IDEA Lab is a platform for learning and innovation, technical prototyping, and also provides a stimulus for on-campus and local entrepreneurship.From an academic perspective, the SJEC AICTE IDEA Lab conducts training sessions on various fronts mentioned below, where students do hands-on, imagine, design a prototype, and iterate to find a solution for a problem.
For an entrepreneur, the IDEA Lab is an ideal place where he/she can make use of the machinery and tools to build a prototype, iterate to bring ideas to life. The IDEA Lab can play a substantial role for industries by serving different objectives such as training their personnel with advanced machinery available in the lab, rapid prototyping of industry products/components, low-cost and on-demand manufacturing using open-source software, and testing them via modelling and simulation. From the training perspective, currently, we have the following offers:
| Sl.No |
Training Details |
Duration |
| 1 | Skilling program on Basic Manufacturing process | 3 days |
| 2 | Skilling program on Advanced Manufacturing process | 5 days |
| 3 | Training on 3D modelling using SolidWorks | 3 days |
| 4 | Prototyping using PCB | 3 days |
| 5 | Training on Internet of Things | 3 days |
| 6 | Workshop on Electronic Test Equipment’s | 3 days |
| 7 | Fluid and structural modelling and simulation using ANSYS | 5 days |
| 8 | School teachers awareness program | 5 days |
| 9 | Open day for school students | 1 day |
| 10 | Workshop for ATAL Tinkering Lab students | 3 days |
| 11 | Skilling program on 3D printers and 3D Scanner | 3 days |
| 12 | Skilling program on CNC Wood Router | 3 days |
| 13 | Skilling program on Laser cutting and Engraving | 3 days |
| 14 | Skilling program on Advanced Technology on demand | 3 to 5 days |
| 15 | Training on IPR, Start-up and Entrepreneurship | 3 to 5 days |
| 16 | Awareness workshop for industry | 2 days |
*Durations can be customized based on requirement.
