NIT Andhra Pradesh best institute in South India

A New Delhi-based centre conferred the award on the insititute for its outstanding contribution towards education skill development and research.

The National Institute of Technology (NIT) Andhra Pradesh has been recognised as the ‘Best Institute in South India 2021’ by the Centre for Education Growth and Research, a New Delhi-based Education think tank. The award was presented to the institute during the 15th Rashtriya Shiksha Gaurav Puraskar Ceremony held on September 7, 2021. The award was presented in recognition of outstanding and exemplary contribution of NIT Andhra Pradesh towards education skill development and research. 

Accepting the award, Prof CSP Rao, Director, NIT Andhra Pradesh, said, “NIT Andhra Pradesh has been trying to offer quality education to the students by bringing in academic and research excellence through several best practices. Hearty congratulations and best wishes to all stakeholders of the institute on this moment of pride. The challenges during the pandemic made us commit strongly for building the institute with new initiatives. The placement percentage is increasing every year due to continuous skill development programmes.” 

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‘Prof Rao said, “The institute has revised the undergraduate BTech curriculum from the 2020-21 academic year onward as per the guidelines of the New Education Policy 2020. The faculty received attractive funding for their research work. Currently, we are expanding our wings to make good industry linkages and international collaborations. We thank the Ministry of Education for their continuous support on this occasion.” 

NIT Andhra Pradesh is an ‘institute of national importance’ and is the youngest among the 31 NITs started by the Government of India. NIT Andhra Pradesh was established in Andhra Pradesh in the 2015-16 academic year. 

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