The Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE), in association with the Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC), YUKTI, and STEADY, organized an innovative program titled “Proteus for Innovation: Startup Competition to Boost Embedded Skills” on 23rd August 2025.

The event aimed to nurture practical innovation and hardware-software co-design skills among undergraduate students, enabling them to transform ideas into prototype-level startup ventures. The hands-on session, conducted by Assistant Professor Colin David Karat, Department of ECE and co-ordinated by Dr. Soorya Krishna and Prof. Flavita Janice Pinto, introduced Proteus CAD tools and real-time implementation on AVR microcontrollers (ATmega16/32).

The session concluded with the announcement of a problem statement for a startup-oriented embedded design competition, with a follow-up event scheduled later. The initiative effectively bridged academic learning, industry-ready skills, and entrepreneurial mindset, empowering students to move from simulation to hardware realization—an essential step toward embedded product innovation and startup culture.