ARIIA 2021: IIT-Madras Ranked Most Innovative Educational Institute for 3rd Consecutive Year; Check Details Here

The Ministry of Education’s innovation cell has released the Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) 2021 today, on December 29, where IIT Madras was ranked as the most innovative educational institute for the third consecutive year. 

ARIIA 2021 classifies participating institutions into two major categories; technical and non-technical and amongst all the institutes of national importance in the technical category, Indian Institute of Technology, IIT Madras, has managed to retain its number one rank as the most innovative educational institute in the country for the third time. 

IIT Madras has secured the first rank for the third time in a row, while IIT Bombay and IIT Delhi stood at the second and third ranks as the most innovative educational institutes in India. 

The Union Minister of State for Education, Government of India, Subhas Sarkar announced the rankings virtually and urged the higher educational institutions to instill the culture of innovation and entrepreneurship among students. 

Further, the institutions should also rigorously prepare the faculty members as innovators, creative problem solvers, out-of-the-box thinkers, entrepreneurs & job creators, Sarkar added. 

This year, a total of 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 which took part in 2020.

Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) 2021 has a special framework for non-technical institutions, that will help strengthen the Indian education institutions' innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem.

List Of Top ARIIA Ranked Engineering Colleges

ARIIA 2021: Institute of National Importance, Central Universities & CFTIs

Tabulated below is the Institute of National Importance, Central Universities & CFTIs and its ranks. 

ARIIA 2021: Government and Government-aided Universities Rank Holders

Check the table to know the government and government-aided university rank holders. 

ARIIA 2021: Govt. and Govt. Aided College/Institute

Go through the table to know the rank holders of government and government aided college/ institute. 

ARIIA 2021: Private or Self-Financed Universities

Go through the following table to know ranks of private or self-financed universities. 

 

ARIIA 2021: Institute of National Importance, Central Universities & CFTIs (non-technical)

Table shows the ranks obtained by the Institute of National Importance, Central Universities & CFTIs (non-technical). 

ARIIA 2021: General (Non-Technical) 

Following table illustrates the top 5 ranks for the general (non-technical) category. 

This was the first time, ARIIA had a category for non-technical higher educational institutions (HEIs). The other five categories are as follows, 

• Centrally-funded Institutions
• State-funded Universities 
• State-funded autonomous Institutions 
• Private/Deemed Universities 
• Private Institutions