IIT-Madras bags 1st rank; 7 IITs among top 10
New Delhi, Dec. 29: Seven Indian Institutes of Technology and Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru are among the top 10 Central institutions in promotion and support of innovation and entrepreneurship development, according to Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements announced on Wednesday. The top rank has been bagged by IIT-Madras followed by IIT-Bombay, IITDelhi, IIT-Kanpur and IITRoorkee. IISc Bengaluru has bagged the sixth rank in the ranking followed by IIT-Hyderabad, IITKharagpur, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Calicut and Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, UP.
Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) is an initiative of the ministry of education (MoE) to systematically rank all major higher educational institutions in India on indicators related to innovation, start-up and entrepreneurship development amongst students and faculties.
ARIIA evaluate institutions on parameters like patent filing and granted, number of registered students and faculty startups, fund generation by incubated start-ups, specialised infrastructure created by institutions to promote innovation and entrepreneurship, etc.
ARIIA-2021 ranking has been announced in various categories which includes Centrally-funded technical institutions (eg IITs, NITs, etc), state universities, state standalone technical colleges, private universities, private standalone technical colleges, non-technical government and private universities and institutions.
According to MoE officials, this year the participation has almost doubled to 1,438 Institutes and have quadrupled over first edition.
“We are delighted to be adjudged the Most Innovative Institute for the third time in a row since inception of the Atal Rankings on Innovation. IIT-Madras places a lot of emphasis on innovations among its students and faculty, which has resulted in a very successful and fast-growing deep technology startup ecosystem in the country,” said B. Ramamurthi, director, IIT-Madras.