4 of Odisha in top-100 edu institutions list

Four educational institutions of Odisha featured in top-100 list of India Rankings 2023.

Union Education Minister (MoS) Dr Rajkumar Ranjan Singh on Monday released the India Rankings Report for 2023 in various categories and domains.

Four institutes from Odisha found place in overall categories of the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) this year.

While Bhubaneswar-based Siksha `O` Anusandhan (SOA) University ranked 26th in the list, the city-based Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) University was placed 29th, the National institute of technology (NIT) Rourkela in 37th rank and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhubaneswar in 91st rank in Overall NIRF ranking.

Besides, three Odisha educational institutes secured ranks in top-100 University category list of India Rankings 2023. While SOA was positioned 15th in the category, KIIT and Utkal University were the 16th and 93rd best university, respectively, in the country.

The Ministry of Education released the 8th edition of India Rankings for the year 2023 based on ranking parameters identified and defined in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF).

The eighth edition of India Rankings builds upon previous seven annual exercises undertaken between 2016 and 2022 with consolidation, improvements and expansion in terms of additional categories and subject domains added to the ranking exercise, gradual increase in number of institutions that participate in the annual ranking and number of institutions that are being ranked in various categories and subject domains.