Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Centre (IEDC) is a flagship initiative of Kerala Startup Mission to promote innovation and entrepreneurship among the student and academic fraternity in the educational institutions in the State of Kerala. The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Centre (IEDC) of St. Joseph’s college is an organization that aims to create and promote the innovation and entrepreneurship skills among the faculty, students and common people of nearest locality. SJC IEDC started its activities actively from 2nd January 2021 onwards. The center is Awarded state level second best emerging IEDC of arts and science category 2022, state level Second best performer of IPL 2022 in arts and science category and ranked top three IEDC  in Thrissur District in IPL 2022.We at IEDC SJC host various training workshops, orientation programmes, speaker sessions and competitions to develop an ecosystem with required infrastructure that can enable students and faculty to sharpen their entrepreneurial skill sets and convert their potential ideas into successful innovation prototypes with industrial standards. SJC IEDC works as the aspirational platform to cater the needs of young student women entrepreneurs with innovative ideas of social relevance and there by introducing a culture of entrepreneurship inside campus which will strengthen our education system and there by promoting the national, social, and economic growth.

IEDC Objectives:

• To promote an innovation driven entrepreneurship culture among the students, Faculty and Alumni.
• To develop and promote commercially viable innovative product and solution from the students.
• To respond effectively to the emerging challenges and opportunities of the society

Through the innovative ideas

• To promote enterprise among budding technopreneurs and thereby creating more employment opportunities
• To bridge the gap between Industry and Academia.
•  Generate revenues through consultancy work and student start-ups.

Activities 2023-24

Activites 2022-23

• KICKSTART-STARTUP BOOTCAMP

Activities 2021-22

• Best-Out-Of-Waste Competition

• Collage making competition