IIT Roorkee adjudged most innovative research institution

Last year, IIT Roorkee was adjudged ‘The Most Innovative Institute of the Year’ for its innovation quotient by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for the Industrial Innovation Awards.  

For the second year in a row, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee has been selected by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for the Industrial Innovation Awards.  

IIT Roorkee has been awarded the first position under ‘the Most Innovative Research Institutions category’ this year. The second and third positions have gone to IIT Madras and Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services, Hyderabad (INCOIS), respectively.  

Last year, IIT Roorkee was adjudged as 'The Most Innovative Institute of the Year' for its innovation quotient. The awards, which are based on both, the institute’s innovation ecosystem and actual innovations produced by the institute, were announced at the 27th DST-CII Technology Summit on Friday. 

Innovations that contributed to IIT Roorkee being selected for the award 

• Visco-elastic  energy  dissipating  link  elements  for earthquake-resistant  housing construction.   
• Nitrogen-doped  reduced  graphene  oxide  (N-rGO) for high-performance  supercapacitor. 
• Novel  hybrid adsorbent for simultaneous removal of arsenic and fluoride  from contaminated water.  

Srivari Chandrashekhar, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, congratulated all winners and participants for their innovation and urged everyone to continue nurturing their innovation framework to revolutionise industries for an exciting future.  

He said,”India is still an agriculture country and 65 per cent of total Indian population depend upon agriculture sector, hence we need to bring innovative solutions to uplift the sector for better life and health of the people.” For innovations to be successful, industry has to handhold and nurture innovation so that innovations become translatable, he added, 

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