Young Scientist ++Clubs

Learn and practice certain skills as per GYS Program Curriculum. It has been designed to have a good impact in a limited number of sessions. While the Club academic calendar may schedule 20 to 30 weekly sessions, each Club Member should attempt a minimum of 10 skills.

More importantly, each Club Member should observe and articulate FIVE real-world problems and present them in the Samasya Khoj++ portal. In the same academic calendar, each Club Member should attempt FIVE innovative ideas as solutions, build Prototypes or MVPs, and present the same in the Avishkar++ portal. There is a scoring mechanism of EduCarrots to assess the efforts of a Club Member [Appendix 1].

Here is a list of Innovation Skills (presented in alphabetical order). GYS Team guides on prioritization depending on Club and Club Members portfolio.

5W's&1H, AI Skills - Utilization of GPT-like Tools for Analysis, Graphics. Videos Making, Content Development, etc., Benchmarking, Blue Ocean Strategy & Combinatory Play, Blue Skies Thinking, Brainstorming, Breaking Constraints - The Escape Room Mindset, Cause-and-Effect analysis, Classifying & Affinity Grouping, Collaborative Ideation - Round Robin & Give One-Get One, Compare-Contrast Matrix & Continuum, Concept Maps, Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking, Decision Matrix Analysis.

Design Thinking & Problem Solving, Devil's Advocate, Eigen Questions - The Art of Framing, First Principle Thinking, Flowcharting & Process Mapping, Gamification of Problem-solving, Idea Generation, Iteration, Learning to Unlearn, Mind Mapping, Model Making, Poster Presentations, Presentation Skills, Prioritizing & Pareto Analysis (80/20 Rule), Problem Identification, Problem Statement Creation, Product Design & Development, Prototyping, Public Speaking, Real-Life Problem Discovery Techniques, Report Writing, Research Paper Analysis.

Reverse Engineering, Root Cause Analysis, Round Robin Method, Six Thinking Hats - Role Playing, Spider Diagrams, Storytelling, SWOT Analysis, Systems Thinking - Cycle Maps, Networks, and Series of Events Chains, Testing and Improvement Cycles, The Art of Observation - Looking vs. Seeing, The Delphi Method & Expert Jigsaw, The Grand Pitch - Gallery Walk & Window Viewing, Visual Thinking, Visualizing Data - Venn Diagrams & Radar Charts, and so on.

It is important to have an understanding of a few concepts and domains to be an entrepreneur. Besides, one should also acquire business and organization-related skills to manage well. An Innovator should strive to market his product by having his own start-up.

So, keeping in mind, the GYS Program included a list of topics for Club Members to catch hold of. Each Club Member should attempt to get a grip on 5 topics/business skills in an academic calendar. There would be fruits only when someone pitches their innovative idea at an investor forum. So, each Club Member should attempt to take at least one of his innovations to the incubation level. There is a scoring mechanism of EduCarrots to assess the efforts of a Club Member.

Here is a list of Entrepreneurial Skills (presented in alphabetical order). GYS Team guides on prioritization depending on the Club and Club Members' portfolio.

Awareness: Business Model Canvas Creation, Business Proposal Development, Creating Innovators & Building Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship Skills, Global Startup Ecosystem, Government Innovation Schemes, Incubation & Incubation Centres, Indian Startup Ecosystem, Innovation Canvas Preparation, Innovation Concepts, Innovation Documentation, Innovation Idea Pitching, Internship & Fellowship Opportunities, Investor Pitch Preparation, IP Protection & Patenting, Manufacturing Planning, Mentoring, Product Design Challenges, Product Improvement Methods, Prototyping, Model, MVP Development, Rural Entrepreneurship, Startup Funding, Startup Idea Development, Startup Registration & Compliance, Startup Success Stories, Universities & Innovation Centres, User Feedback Analysis, and so on.

Domains: Biotechnology Innovations, EdTech Innovations, Food Security & Innovation, Green Campus Innovations, Industry 4.0 Solutions & Innovations, Rural & Social Innovations, Smart Farming Innovations, Space Technology Innovations, etc.

Pretty simple. Below is a direction for an academic calendar.

• Select an Innovation or an Entrepreneurial Skill to master. Prepare to get a grip on it. Present it to fellow Club Members and run it as a workshop with case studies, where applicable. The target is at least 10 Innovation Skills and 5 Business Skills.
  Record the presentation and post it on the GYS Talks Portal. Even if the Club Member does not get an opportunity to present in the College, he may record it for GYS Talks.
• Attend Presentations, Workshops, and Innovation Product Demos by fellow Club Members. Give attention, participate, and provide feedback. Learn from their experiences as well as inputs. Everyone cannot learn everything by himself. Also, reciprocation by other Club Members gets feedback on one's ideas and projects.
  Participation in others workshops also counts for the target, though earns fewer EduCarrots compared to presenting one.
• Submit at least FIVE challenges on the Samasya Khoj++ portal.
• Submit at least FIVE innovative ideas on the Avishkar++ portal.

The following are encouraged.

• Participate in National and International innovation events.
• Take part in organizing innovation events on campus or outside.
• Publish a research paper in a Journal, national or international.

Recognition motivates students to learn, participate, and achieve. The GYS EduCarrots program rewards every meaningful contribution and achievement, with performance showcased on the GYS Leadership Board and GYS Channels. Top performers are recognized through the Annual GYS Innovator Awards.

The list goes on. It is the creativity and attitude of a Club Member that limit earnings.