NIT Rourkela secures rank 26 in overall category among Indian varsities
Universities were judged by the Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2021 across various core areas such as teaching, research, citations, knowledge transfers, and international outlook.
National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela has secured the 26th rank in the overall category among Indian universities by the Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2021. However, According to a statement issued by the institute on June 8 in the category of general engineering (overall category), NIT, Rourkela managed to grab 12th position in the country. Universities were judged by the Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2021 across various core areas such as teaching, research, citations, knowledge transfers, and international outlook.
According to the rankings, NIT Rourkela is on top in the overall category among all the NITs in the country, the statement said. The institute has also managed to top the list in the teaching and research category among the NITs. Talking about the institute’s overwhelming achievement, Professor Animesh Biswas, director of the educational institute said, "NIT Rourkela has a strong platform for collaborative research and knowledge sharing among the different research groups scattered over several major departments facilitating faster developments and nurturing new ideas."
He further added, this ranking is the outcome of the hard work of the whole NIT Rourkela fraternity. Highlighting that research is an important component for the development of scientific thinking, Biswas said, "I am glad to see that our efforts on various innovative researches are internationally acclaimed. We already have 11 different centres of research for carrying out multidisciplinary research activity.”
Currently, NIT Rourkela Ha collaborated with ISRO to set up Space Technology Incubation Centre (S-TIC) at the institute. The development will help in augmenting research in the area of space science technology.
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