ARIIA 2020 Rankings

News: Vice President of India has released the Atal Rankings of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA),2020.

Facts:

• Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements(ARIIA): It is an initiative of the Ministry of Education, Government of India.
• Aim: To systematically rank all major educational institutions and universities on indicators related to promotion of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development amongst their students and faculties.
• Major Indicators for ranking are:
  • Programs and Activities on IPR, Innovation, Start-up and Entrepreneurship 
  • Pre Incubation & Incubation Infrastructure & Facilities to Support I&E 
  • Annual Budget Spent on Promoting and Supporting I&E Activities 
  • Courses on Innovation, IPR and Entrepreneurship Development 
  • Intellectual Property(IP), Technology Transfer and Commercialization 
  • Successful Innovation and Start-ups & Funding Innovation & start-ups.
• Rank Categorization:

Key Takeaways:

• IIT Madras bagged the top position under the category of Institutes of National Importance, Central Universities, and Centrally Funded Technical Institutes.
• Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai got the top position under Government and Government Aided Universities.
• College of Engineering, Pune got the top position under Government and Government Aided Colleges.
• Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar got the top position under Private or Self-Financed Universities.
• S R Engineering College, Warangal got the top position under Private or Self-Financed Colleges.
• Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women secured top place under this category.