New Delhi. : In a virtual function organized by the Ministry of Education’s Innovation Cell (MIC), Dr. Subhas Sarkar, Union Minister of State for Education, Government of India released the Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) 2021 on December 29, 2021. The Indira Gandhi National Open University(IGNOU) has been ranked number one in Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements-2021 among non-technical Institutes of National Importance, Central Universities & CFIs. The National Centre for Innovation in Distance Education (NCIDE) at IGNOU has been organizing and coordinating various kind of activities and programmes aimed at creating a culture of innovation in the University and promoting Innovation, Startups and Entrepreneurship by involving the faculty and the students.

Addressing the Senior Officials and faculty of the university, Prof. Nageshwar Rao, Vice Chancellor of IGNOU, congratulated the entire IGNOU fraternity for this achievement. He appreciated the team NCIDE for creating an innovation ecosystem in the university with great zeal and enthusiasm.  He assured to provide all kind of support and freedom to maintain and sustain the rank in future.

ARIIA-2021 classified participating institutions into two major categories; technical and non-technical. The technical institutes include centrally funded technical institutions like IITs, NITs, State technical Universities, State standalone Technical colleges, Private universities, Private Standalone technical colleges, whereas the non-technical institutes included Central Universities, Institutes of National Importance and other centrally funded institutes. This year a total of 1438 institutions (including all IITs, NITs, IISc, etc.) participated in the ARIIA ranking.

ARIIA is a joint initiative of the Ministry of Education and AICTE to systematically rank higher educational institutions in India on indicators related to Innovation, start-up and Entrepreneurship Development amongst students and faculty. It evaluates institutions on parameters like patent filing and granted, number of registered students and faculty startups, fund generation by incubated startups, specialized infrastructure created by institutions to promote innovation and entrepreneurship, etc.

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