Atal Rankings ARIIA 2020 Ranks ITS Engineering College In Top 6-25 Spot

 What is the news?

ITS Engineering College, Greater Noida has been ranked by ARIIA (Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements) as the top 6-25 innovative higher education private or self-financed college/ institutions across India and also among the top 3 in Uttar Pradesh.

Why is ARIIA Ranking important?

ARIIA or the Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements is a ranking announced by the Ministry of Education, Government of India. It is an initiative taken by the Ministry of Education and implemented by AICTE along with the Ministry of Education’s Innovation Cell. They ranked the institutes in 2020 based on seven parameters. They are-

1. The budget and funding support of the institute.
2. The Infrastructure and facilities available at the institute.
3. Awareness programs and support facilities for the generation of ideas and innovation.
4. The promotion and support are given for entrepreneurship development.
5. The methods used for innovative learning and courses.
6. Generation of intellectual properties,
7. Transfer of technology, their commercialization, and their innovation in the governance of the institution.

The reason for this initiative taken by the Ministry of Education, Government of India is to rank all major higher educational institutions and universities systematically in India on the parameters given above that are particularly related to innovation and development of entrepreneurship among students and faculties.

Dignitaries at ARIIA

This ranking report is presented by some of the highest dignitaries of India. The College ranking report for India in 2020 was announced by Mr. M. Venkaiah Naidu, the Hon’ble Vice President of India. Other dignitaries present with him were Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, Hon’ble Minister of Education of Government of India; Mr. Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre, Hon’ble Minister of State for Education; Prof. Anil D. Sahasrabudhe, Hon’ble Chairman, AICTE; Mr. Amit Khare, Secretary, Higher Education and many other dignitaries.

What is unique in ITS Engineering College?

ITS Engineering College, Greater Noida is one of the most advanced engineering institutes in India that is a part of ITS - The Education Group which strongly believes in transforming the students into job creators instead of job seekers. This institute believes in the creativity of its students and has always been instrumental in propelling its students towards creating new ideas and innovate new and improved techniques and making them creative engineers and not machine engineers.

Entrepreneurship support at ITS

ITS Engineering College has always extended support to its students, faculties and staff who choose entrepreneurship as a career option. They have established Navrachna Foundation for Entrepreneurship Development. They also shrink the gap between their innovators and venture capitalists through three government-supported incubation cells, namely

• Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC), supported by MSME and Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.
• Business Incubation Centre (BIC).
• NewGen IEDC, supported by the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India that provides financial assistance for the generation and research and development of new ideas.

Innovation and achievements at ITS

Coming to the latest innovation during this pandemic, the college has launched many innovations. The first notable innovation is Krishna which is a multifunctional COVID-specific robot that is capable of performing RF-ID scan, auto-thermal scan, ECG and blood pressure testing and also sanitizes unit for 2 meters. Then they made a rapid currency sanitizing machine that sanitizes the currency notes at a rate of 200 notes per minute with effective sanitization using aerosols, elevated temperature and UVC radiation. Also, a rapid multipurpose disinfectant that completely sanitizes any file folder, letter and other items in less than 15 seconds.

 

The innovation does not stop here, some of the other notable innovations include-

• Smart E-bike.
• E Sugarcane Crusher.
• Juicer Machine.
• Health Monitoring System Rail Generator.
• Reception Robot.
• Low-cost Sewage Cleaning Machine.
• Smart Gardening System.
• Smart Inhaler.
• Smart Shopping Trolley.
• Solar Panel 3 stage cleaning machine.
• Traffic-free ambulance system, etc.

And not just these, the college has also participated in NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge and also got selected for the best design award, it has qualified Smart India Hackathon 2020 final round based on App Development on Food Processing Problem and the list is a never-ending one.

Final Remarks by Mr. Sahil Chadha

Mr. Sahil Chadha, Hon’ble Vice Chairmen of ITS Education Group assures to keep on working on bringing out innovative ideas, incubation and startups from its students and it is the journey of ITS’ growth in the era of innovation and technology that will go on.