As a part of interconnectivity with various educational/ research institutions, a one day workshop on “Innovation in Education and Engineering Design” (IEED-2016) was organized by SIC in collaboration with the Planning and Convergence Department, Government of Odisha and Design Innovation Centre (DIC), IIT Bhubaneswar at Hotel Swosti Premium, Bhubaneswar. NIC Odisha State Centre is actively involved with the innovation cell not only for development of the dynamic portal, but also to extend all possible ICT support to drive innovation in the State and harness core competencies, local talent, resources and capabilities to create new opportunities. Shri R. Gopalakrishnan (Executive Director, Tata Sons Ltd, Member, National Innovation Council-NInC) graced the occasion as Chief Guest of the event. The NIC team comprising of Dr. A K Hota, Sr.TD, Shri Tapan Ray, TD and Shri Nihar Ranjan Biswal, Scientist-D, with the guidance of Shri P. K. Pramanik, DDG & SIO, coordinated the Awards distribution session for successful, innovative and proven concept, projects or prototypes. The workshop was attended by many policy makers, engineering graduates and faculty members of different disciplines from various engineering colleges of the state. Shri R. Balkrishnan, IAS, Development Commissioner cum ACS, Prof. R. V. Raja Kumar, Director, IIT, Bhubaneswar, Prof. B. Gurumoorthy, IISc Bangalore, Shri. H. Senapaty, Director, NCERT and Shri S. K. Mohapatra, Dean, Continuous learning programme, IIT Bhubaneswar graced the event with their presence and addressed the audience. Further, the logo for the State Innovation Cell designed by NIC and approved by Government of Odisha was also released at the event by Shri Balkrishnan.