Atal Innovation Rankings 2021: IIT Roorkee moves up four places

The institute has been ranked 5 in the Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) by the Ministry of Education. As many as 1,438 higher education institutions participated in the third edition of ARIIA rankings. 

Subhas Sarkar, Minister of State for Education, Government of India, announced the ARIIA 2021 results on December 29. As many as 1,438 higher education institutions (HEIs) (including all IITs, NITs, and IISc, among others) participated in the third edition of ARIIA rankings as compared to 674 HEIs during last year.  

ARIIA endeavours to systematically rank education institutions and universities primarily on innovation-related indicators. Final ranks are given on the basis of performance of institutions on a series of innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E) activities, academic programmes related to I&E, available infrastructure, generation of innovative ideas, creation of startups, funding available, IP generation and commercialisation, budgetary expenditure on I&E activities.  

Rajat Agrawal, associate dean of Innovation and Incubation, IIT Roorkee, said this improvement shows that IIT Roorkee is moving in the right direction for making the institute an innovation-savvy campus. He said 18 startups were established during the evaluation period. The filing of patents increased by 50 per cent and four technologies were commercialised during the same period. The filing of IP by startups in the incubation facility of the institute also increased by 100 per cent. These improvements in different aspects of I&E helped IIT Roorkee improve four positions in this years’ ranking. 

IIT Roorkee Director Ajit Kumar Chaturvedi said, “I am delighted that IIT Roorkee has broken into the top five ranks of a ranking by Ministry of Education. We were waiting for this moment. I am happy that it has come in ARIAA ranking. Given the nature of these rankings, it shows that IIT Roorkee is offering a strong and conducive innovation platform for all of its stakeholders.” 
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