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SRMIST’s Dr. Sancheti (left): R&D focus HITS’ Anand Jacob Verghese: spectacular leap forward

on the parameter of research and in- old deemed university is among the gy, Hyderabad #14 (18), Bharati-
novation. Top 10 this year. “It’s a proud moment ya Vidya Bhavan’s Sardar Patel
for HITS to be ranked among the Top
College of Engineering, Mumbai
“ I AM ESPECIALLY pleased 10 private engineering institutions of #26 (32), and Nirma University,
India. Over the past few years we have
Ahmedabad #24 (28).
that your respondents have
acknowledged SRMIST for
With Tamil Nadu (516) and Maha-
tional and international agencies. In
its research and innova- also been highly ranked by several na- rashtra (370) hosting the largest num-
tion, our prime focus area. We spend the QS Asia Pacific Rankings we are ber of private engineering colleges in
about 6-7 percent of our annual bud- in the 501-550 band, in QS BRICS the country followed by Karnataka
get on research — perhaps the highest Rankings in the 301-350 band and QS (212), it’s hardly surprising that col-
among comparable institutions. As a India Rankings in the 81-85 bracket leges sited in these three states domi-
result, SRMIST has received India’s with QSiguage Gold 5 stars ratings for nate the national league table. Tamil
highest award for patents generation teaching, employability, innovation, Nadu has 22 engineering colleges
and commercialisation of R&D from and facilities. This is because our ex- ranked among the private Top 100;
the Union ministry of commerce cellent faculty has increased research Maharashtra 19 and Karnataka 17.
and industry, and the Vishwakarma publications output, undertaken 40 Moreover, it’s important to note
Award of AICTE. We are now working research consultancy projects, filed that although some colleges are
on being awarded the Central govern- 81 patents and introduced new study modestly ranked nationally, they are
ment’s Institute of Eminence status,” programmes to prepare students for highly ranked in their host states,
says Dr. Sancheti, vice chancellor of the industry 4.0 era. HITS is well on some of them as populous as Euro-
SRMIST, which has an enrolment of its way to transforming into a world- pean countries. For instance, the Vi-
50,000 students including 25,000 in class teaching and research univer- vekanand Education Society’s
its college of engineering. An alum- sity,” says Dr. Anand Jacob Ver- Institute of Technology, Mumbai
nus of Delhi College of Engineering ghese, pro chancellor of HITS. An ranked #24 nationally is #1 in Maha-
and Queens University, Belfast, UK, alumnus of US International and Hu- rashtra, India’s most industrialised
Sancheti acquired valuable teach- ron universities (London) and Dong- state (pop.115 million). GITAM, Vi-
ing and admin experience as former guk University, Seoul, Verghese was sakhapatnam, ranked #28 in India,
president of Manipal University, Jai- appointed pro chancellor in 2008. is #1 in Andhra Pradesh (49 million).
pur, director of NIT Delhi and NITK Currently, HITS has 8,000 students Likewise the low-profile Shri GS In-
Surathkal, prior to his appointment as and 600 faculty on its muster rolls. stitute of Technology & Science,
VC of SRMIST in 2017. Beyond the Top 10, several insti- Indore, at #40 nationally is the pre-
Yet the most spectacular leap for- tutes have risen impressively in the mier engineering college of Madhya
ward in the EW India Private Engi- EW India Private Engineering Col- Pradesh (73 million) and Heritage
neering Institutes Rankings 2020-21 lege Rankings 2020-21. Among them: Institute of Technology, Kolkata,
is of the Chennai-based Hindustan Velammal College of Engineer- ranked #50 nationally, is West Ben-
Institute of Technology & Sci- ing and Technology, Madurai to gal’s #1 private engineering college.
ence (HITS, estb.1985). Ranked a #12 (#59 in 2019-20), Chaitanya
modest #25 last year, this 35-year- Bharathi Institute of Technolo- With Shivani Chaturvedi (Chennai)

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