HCU Ranked In Top Ten In ARIIA 2020

The University of Hyderabad has been ranked 10th in the "Institutes of National Importance and Central Universities / CFTs" category in the Union Education Ministry's prestigious Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) 2020 that was released by Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu today.

The University of Hyderabad is the only central university in the top 10 in the above category, and ranked first among the central universities in it.

The Indian Institute of Technology Madras stood in the first place followed by the IITs at Mumbai and Delhi.

The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore stood fourth and IIT Kharagpur stood fifth.

ARIIA is an initiative of Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India, to systematically rank all major higher educational institutions and universities in India on indicators related to "Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development" amongst students and faculty.

The University of Hyderabad has made attempts at creating an innovation ecosystem, and has established a section-8 company ASPIRE (Association for Scientific Pursuits for Innovative Research Enterprises) to support and coordinate the innovation and entrepreneurship activities of the university. ASPIRE coordinates the activities of three incubation centres - TBI, TIDE and BioNEST - in the university which have together incubated more than 40 start-ups, creating a vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem in the campus. ASPIRE is now planning to establish an "innovation park" in the university which will give a big boost to the innovation ecosystem in the region. The park is proposed to be established in a tripartite collaboration among the university, industry and government funding bodies.