IIT Guwahati bags 7th Rank in Engineering and 8th in the Overall Category in NIRF 2021.
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has announced NIRF 2021 results on Thursday, September 9, through video conferencing. Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG) secures ranking this year also in NIRF India rankings 2021.
In India especially the public Institutions should come out with their own ranking framework as the state fully supports the Institutes. The entire ecosystem is primarily qualitative in India but we are a little hesitant in nature In India, we never consider education as a commodity but in the western world, it is slightly commercialized The ranking practice around the globe was a surprise to me, the quality of research work, the quality of knowledge power in our institutions was a pleasant surprise to me.” Education Minister said.
Prof T. G. Sitharam, Director, IIT Guwahati, while congratulating the Institute on its performance said, “This is a reflection of the dedicated effort by the institute faculty, staff and students despite the pandemic. This is clearly) reflected in both overall and engineering ranks over the past several years and seen in international rankings as well.”
“The Institute has been working in multiple fronts of academic and industry to attract the best brains across the world and industry leaders, who have been given appointments as honorary and visiting faculty members and this, has intensified both the academic collaboration and industry interaction, thereby allowing more technology transfers and better publications. This has also resulted in attracting higher research funds, opening newer academic interdisciplinary schools and centres and engaging more closely with government organizations for socially relevant projects as well as implementing the NEP2020,” while highlighting the Academic and Research plans for the upcoming year Sitharam further added.
The Institute also gained rank 41 globally in the Research Citations per Faculty category and overall 395 ranks in the QS World University Rankings 2022 released recently, Among other areas of research and Innovation, IIT-G is working towards augmenting critical science research initiatives in Genomics, Developmental Biology, Health Care and Bioinformatics, Flexible Electronics, Advanced Functional Materials, Rural Technologies, Disaster Resilience and Risk Reduction, and Water Resources and Management.