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IIT-Madras tops again as most innovative educational institute in Atal Innovation Rankings 2021 – Education News

The Ministry of Education’s innovation cell has released the Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) 2021. ARIIA 2021 classifies participating institutions into two major categories; technical and non-technical. In the technical ranking, the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) has been recognized as the Most Innovative Educational Institute in India.

This is the third time that IIT Madras has secured the first rank. IIT Bombay and IIT Delhi were placed at the second and third ranks respectively. The ranking was announced today by the Union Minister of State for Education, Government of India, Subhas Sarkar virtually. Addressing the virtual ceremony, he urged the higher educational institutions to inculcate the culture of innovation and entrepreneurship among students and to prepare the faculty members as innovators, out-of-the-box thinkers, creative problem solvers, entrepreneurs & job creators.

For the first time, ARIIA had a category for non-technical higher educational institutions. The other five categories are — centrally-funded institutions, state-funded universities, state-funded autonomous institutions, private/deemed universities, private institutions.

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