NIT-Hamirpur grabs 18th rank in country

Our Correspondent

Hamirpur, July 2

The National Institute of Technology here has grabbed 18th rank in the country in a survey conducted by a magazine group in collaboration with the Marketing and Development Research Associates (MDRA) this year.

This ranking was based on various factors, including intake quality and governance, academic excellence, infrastructure and living experience, personality and leadership development, career progression and placement, and objective and perceptual score.

NIT-Hamirpur scored 1534.2 marks out of 2000.

The concept was initiated by the magazine in collaboration with the MDRA in 2018. This was the first time that NIT-Hamirpur had participated in the ranking.

‘Supports start-ups’

In order to turn the educated youth from ‘job seekers’ to ‘job creators’, the institute had initiated to support startups and innovative projects in the state. — Lalit Awasthi, NIT director

Dr Lalit Awasthi, director of the NIT, said this ranking was the result of relentless contributions of the faculty and staff in the past year. He said: “In order to turn the educated youth from ‘job seekers’ to ‘job creators’ the institute had initiated to support start-up and innovative projects in the state.”

He said the NIT was providing skills development to youth and potential investors to develop entrepreneurship under the Chief Minister’s start-up programme, adding that at present, as many as 14 incubates were registered under the CM start-up programme, of which two were commercialised and eight were at their final stage.

“Apart from executing social responsibility, the institute always encourage innovations. The institute has also encouraged its innovators for patenting their researches,” added Dr Awasthi.