KIIT DU Ranked No.1 Among Self-Financing Institutions in India

New Delhi (Surjit Kumar Dhal): The Vice-President of India, M Venkaiah Naidu, today announced the Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements, or ARIIA 2020. In Atal Ranking 2020, Indian Institute of Madras, or IIT Madras, again topped the rankings of best centrally funded institutions. In the category of private institutions, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, KIIT, Odisha has emerged as winners.

KIIT University, Bhubaneswar has been ranked No. 1 among self-financing institutions of the country in the ARIIA, 2020 of the Union Ministry of Education. For the first time, ARIIA 2020 rankings had a special prize category for women-only higher educational institutions. SRM Institute, Chennai and Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore have bagged the 2nd and 3rd ranks respectively.

The results of ARIIA rankings 2020 have been evaluated based on seven parameters, budget and funding support, infrastructure and facilities, awareness, promotions, and support for idea generation and innovation, promotion and support for entrepreneurship development, innovative learning methods and courses, intellectual property generation, technology transfer and commercialization and innovation in the governance of the institution.