<p>For the third consecutive year, the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) has been adjudged as the ‘Most Innovative Educational Institute in India’ in the Centre’s Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) announced on Wednesday.</p>.<p>Over 1,400 educational institutions, including IITs and NITs, participated in the third edition of ARIIA rankings as compared to 674 institutions in 2020. The third edition has a special framework for non-technical institutions which will further strengthen the innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem in educational institutions.</p>.<p>The rankings were announced by Dr Subhas Sarkar, Union Minister of State for Education, in New Delhi on Wednesday. IIT-M has an ecosystem that encourages innovation and entrepreneurship at multiple levels including Nirmaan, a pre-incubator to nurture student ideas mature towards incubation and IIT Madras Incubation Cell (IITMIC), India’s leading deep-tech start-up incubator that has incubated more than 240 start-ups.</p>.<p>“The ARIIA Ranking will prepare our Higher Educational Institutions to position themselves in major international educational rankings and I would like to see ARIIA Rankings go global as innovation and entrepreneurship has become an integral part of the education system across the globe,” Dr Sarkar said. </p>.<p>He also asked the IIT-M to focus on the quality of innovations and research as it will help achieve Atma Nirbhar Bharat in a true sense.</p>.<p>“We are delighted to be adjudged the Most Innovative Institute for the third time in a row since inception of the Atal Rankings on Innovation. IIT Madras places a lot of emphasis on innovations among its students and faculty, which has resulted in a very successful and fast-growing deep technology start-up ecosystem in the country,” IIT-M Director Prof Bhaskar Ramamurthi said.</p>.<p>The Centre For Innovation (CFI) at IIT Madras is a student body that has augmented the ‘tech’ space in the institute wherein their projects have gone on to produce high-profile start-ups and internationally acclaimed competition teams. </p>.<p>ARIIA endeavours to systematically rank education institutions and universities primarily on innovation-related indicators. It aims to inspire Indian institutions to reorient their mindset and build ecosystems to encourage high-quality research, innovation, and entrepreneurship. More than quantity, ARIIA focuses on the quality of innovations and measures the real impact created by these innovations nationally and internationally.</p>.<p><strong>Check out DH's latest videos:</strong></p>
<p>For the third consecutive year, the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) has been adjudged as the ‘Most Innovative Educational Institute in India’ in the Centre’s Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) announced on Wednesday.</p>.<p>Over 1,400 educational institutions, including IITs and NITs, participated in the third edition of ARIIA rankings as compared to 674 institutions in 2020. The third edition has a special framework for non-technical institutions which will further strengthen the innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem in educational institutions.</p>.<p>The rankings were announced by Dr Subhas Sarkar, Union Minister of State for Education, in New Delhi on Wednesday. IIT-M has an ecosystem that encourages innovation and entrepreneurship at multiple levels including Nirmaan, a pre-incubator to nurture student ideas mature towards incubation and IIT Madras Incubation Cell (IITMIC), India’s leading deep-tech start-up incubator that has incubated more than 240 start-ups.</p>.<p>“The ARIIA Ranking will prepare our Higher Educational Institutions to position themselves in major international educational rankings and I would like to see ARIIA Rankings go global as innovation and entrepreneurship has become an integral part of the education system across the globe,” Dr Sarkar said. </p>.<p>He also asked the IIT-M to focus on the quality of innovations and research as it will help achieve Atma Nirbhar Bharat in a true sense.</p>.<p>“We are delighted to be adjudged the Most Innovative Institute for the third time in a row since inception of the Atal Rankings on Innovation. IIT Madras places a lot of emphasis on innovations among its students and faculty, which has resulted in a very successful and fast-growing deep technology start-up ecosystem in the country,” IIT-M Director Prof Bhaskar Ramamurthi said.</p>.<p>The Centre For Innovation (CFI) at IIT Madras is a student body that has augmented the ‘tech’ space in the institute wherein their projects have gone on to produce high-profile start-ups and internationally acclaimed competition teams. </p>.<p>ARIIA endeavours to systematically rank education institutions and universities primarily on innovation-related indicators. It aims to inspire Indian institutions to reorient their mindset and build ecosystems to encourage high-quality research, innovation, and entrepreneurship. More than quantity, ARIIA focuses on the quality of innovations and measures the real impact created by these innovations nationally and internationally.</p>.<p><strong>Check out DH's latest videos:</strong></p>