IIT Ropar scores high on Graduation Outcomes in NIRF Rankings 2018

NEW DELHI, APRIL 4: The Indian Institute of Technology Ropar has been featured among the top 5 new IITs as per the NIRF Rankings. The Institute has made improvement in the parameters of Graduation Outcomes (GO) and Perception (PR).

The Institute has been ranked at 22 among all Engineering institutes as per the India Rankings 2018 conducted by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.

Prakash Javadekar, Honourable Minister of Human Resource Development, Govt of India, announced the results at New Delhi today (Tuesday, 3rd April 2018). This year, as many as 3954 institutions had participated in the ranking exercise. The rankings were announced in 9 categories - Overall, Universities, Engineering, Colleges, Management, Pharmacy, Medical, Architecture, and Law.

Speaking about the rankings, Prof. S.K Das, Director, IIT Ropar, said, “We at IIT Ropar have always put emphasis on high quality research in the areas of national needs and relevant to the region where we are located. We have also built up an academic system where hands on experience and outside class room learning with strong social connect is the key. We are also building up a strong industry relationship and a focused theme based international strategy. For all these, IIT Ropar has created a sprawling new campus with the best research infrastructure and has doubled its faculty strength of outstanding quality through its prioritised recruitment including off shore drive. We feel this is just the beginning, the best of IIT Ropar will be visible in the coming years.”