Centre for Innovation (CFI) is an Innovation lab of Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College. CFI was started in 2010 with an objective to be a forum for creative output of the budding engineers of JGEC apart from academics. It provides students the necessary platform for realizing their ideas and turn them in to reality. Its workspace and comprehensive inventory, ample guidance from faculty & senior students, and the zeal and passion of the CFI team make CFI a gifted asset for the college and its students. And over time, CFI has successfully evolved into a hub which encourages thinking and provokes students to generate novel ideas making it truly the centre where innovation takes place.

Mentor: Sri Subharanta Roychoudhury, Associate Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering,

2007-2011: Avishek Roy, Vaibhav Chugh, Harsh Kumar

2019-2023: 1. Padmanabha Banerjee,ECE-Secretary 2.Tarpan Bhattacharya,ECE-Secretary 3.Ayush Choudhury, CE-Cashier

Activities(2019-2020): 1. Intra college Innovation Challenge. (Part -1), Seminar and scholarship program in association with alumni association 2. 3 day Arduino and hand gesture control workshop by Kard India 3. CFI program at alumni meet kolkata 4. Intra college Innovation Challenge. (Part -2), Seminar and scholarship program in association with alumni association 5. SRISTI 2020

Training Session on ‘Introduction to Git and GitHub’ Git and GitHub is a core technology used in the software development life cycle as a version control system for maintaining the code repositories of a project and collaboration purpose. Team CFI 2021 organized its first training session on this important topic, mentored by Niloy Sikdar, the Web Head of CFI. The program witnessed enthusiastic participation from the members of 2024 batch, who put forward their first steps towards learning this essential tool. Students learned how to use the Command Line Interface and make commits to a repository with an overview of the complete platform. Date of Session: September 25, 2021

Technical Webinar on ‘Introduction to Robotics’ Robotics and automation are now an integral part of the industry with a diversified range of applications in all major sectors. The second session of CFI was dedicated to this influential technology that is gradually transforming the world. Instructed by Padmanabha Banerjee, the Secretary of CFI; this session focused on the numerous aspects of this domain with a spotlight on Combat Robotics. Students were informed about the different parts of a robot and how to power it up. The session garnered an overwhelming response from the attendees who expressed their excitement during the webinar. Date of Session: October 31, 2021

Kickstarters 25 – A CFI Orientation Program Team CFI conducted its annual orientation program for the freshers of the 2025 batch, in the presence of Prof. Subhranta Roy Chowdhury. The program’s primary aim was to introduce the technical society of JGEC to the budding engineers and provide them an opportunity to interact with the team. The students were motivated about the benefits of becoming a member of the society and the upcoming opportunities. The session concluded with an interesting tech quiz where all the students participated with enthusiasm to test their knowledge. Date of Session: December 19, 2021

7-Day Workshop on ‘Cybersecurity Fundamentals’ With the entire world connecting to the internet for utilizing its vast set of resources, the need for protecting data from exploits of malicious intent has become essential for personal and organizational need. With that thought in mind, CFI started conducting its first-ever 7-day tutorial and hands-on workshop on Cyber-Security Fundamentals, mentored by Syed Modassir Ali (Security Consultant Intern @Payatu, 3rd Year CSE). The workshop received excellent response from the members and are consistently attending the tutorials. The students are also provided regular assessments to test their understanding of the concepts. Date of Session: 27th December onwards