IIT Ropar ranked 9th in India Rankings 2016 in engineering by HRD ministry
The first five top positions led by IIT Madras were lapped up by old IITs
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The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Ropar has been ranked no 9 among various research & teaching institutes in the country in the India Rankings 2016 by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), Ministry of Human Resource Development at a function in New Delhi.
The first five top positions led by IIT Madras were lapped up by old IITs. The India Rankings 2016 is the first-of-its-kind indigenous ranking framework for higher education institutions.
The first five top positions led by IIT Madras were lapped up by old IITs. The India Rankings 2016 is the first-of-its-kind indigenous ranking framework for higher education institutions.
The first set of the awards were presented by the Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani.
Speaking at the occasion, Prof S K Das, director, IIT Ropar said: "We are extremely happy to receive this award. We have been ranked among the top 10 Engineering Institutes in the country and being a new IIT, this is a big achievement for us. This is a benchmark we have set for ourselves and we hope to continue our effort in field of engineering research and aim to be among the top 5 research & teaching institutes in the coming few years."