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Excellence In Academic Achievement Enabling Start-up Culture
This award celebrates higher ed institutions that dem- Institutions which encourage an entrepreneurial eco-
onstrated outstanding academic performance, research system and start-up culture that highly values student
output, teaching quality, learning assessment and innova- ideation, problem solving, risk taking, and innovation and
tive teaching-learning initiatives in the academic year supports on-campus incubation of student businesses.
2024-25.
Rank
Rank
India
India 1 LivGlobal Institute of Travel and Tourism, Mumbai

1+ Amity Business School, Noida 2 GITAM Deemed University, Visakhapatnam
1 Lifeness Science Institute (LSI), Mumbai 3 MIT World Peace University, Pune
2 Smt. Mithibai Motiram Kundnani College of Commerce and 4 AURO University, Surat
Economics, Mumbai 5 Institute of Management & Technology, Faridabad
3 Maharaja Surajmal Institute of Technology, Delhi 6 SS Jain Subodh PG (Autonomous) College, Jaipur
4 Ashoka Center for Business and Computer Studies, Nashik 7 Rajshree Group of Institutions, Uttar Pradesh
5 NIMS University Rajasthan, Jaipur 8 Ashoka Group of Institutions, Punjab
6 Institute of Engineering & Management, Kolkata 9 Future Group of Institutions, Uttar Pradesh
7 Krishna's Vikash Institute of Higher Education, Raipur 10 Department of Management Studies, Sikkim Manipal University,
8 Vignan's Foundation for Science, Technology & Research Pakyong
Deemed University, Guntur
8 IEM University, Kolkata
9 Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University) College of
Engineering, Pune
10 Vishwakarma Group of Institutes, Pune
10 Universal AI University, Raigad (MH)

This award is very
motivating. It
“acknowledges the
excellent, stimulating
and supportive learning
environment built in ABS.
The differentiating factor I attribute our high rank under this parameter to
of ABS education is that we the unique GITAM Innovation & Entrepreneurship
provide rigorous curricula, “Continuum programme. Under this programme,
high-quality faculty, we have designed a start-ups development ecosystem
experiential pedagogies, latest that connects academic learning with entrepreneurship
ICT technologies, enabling through cross-disciplinary education. Pre-incubation sup-
infrastructure and excellent student support services. port is provided by our Venture Development Centre, and
Our carefully designed Learning Management System post-incubation by DST GITAM-ITBI. For infrastructure,
ensures students have 24/7 access to learning materials mentorship, global exposure and early-stage funding to
to encourage flexible, self-paced learning. In particular, our campus start-ups we allocate Rs.10 crore annually.
I want to thank our faculty for unhesitatingly providing Other initiatives include Ready-Set-Go Pre-Incubation
additional tutorials and academic mentorship to our Program, that supports 800 student teams; Entrepre-
students to fully prepare for employment. High quality neurs Club and SmartIDEAthon, a pan-India entrepre-
academic support is supplemented with programmes on neurship competition. In addition, we have created a
emotional well-being, goal setting, life skills education larger entrepreneurship ecosystem of GITAM alumni for
and robust student grievance counseling forums. mentoring students. We take the issue of re-discovery
Excellence in academics is the end result of our holistic of our ancient Indian entrepreneurship culture very
education philosophy” — Dr. Sanjeev Bansal, Addl. seriously” — Vikas Kumar Srivastav, Deputy Direc-
Pro Vice-Chancellor, Amity Business School, Noida tor, Venture Development Centre, GITAM University,
(1,200 students & 80 teachers) Visakhapatnam (28,000 students, 1,800 faculty)

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