Bhubaneswar:28/9/18: Three educational institutions of Odisha, IIT Bhubaneswar, NIT-Rourkela and KIIT University have found place in the ‘Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2019’.
According to the THE World University Rankings, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhubaneswar has been bracketed at 601-800 among 1,258 best institutions worldwide.
Within India, IIT Bhubaneswar ranks 10th along with few other institutions among 49 considered for the purpose. The strongest pillar of the institute has been Research Citations, where it is ranked 424 in the world.
On this achievement, IIT Bhubaneswar Director Prof RV Raja Kumar said, “IIT Bhubaneswar has been striving and engaged in realising its vision and mission of becoming globally well-respected, and the respectable entry into the THE world university rankings, is the first milestone reached in this endeavor. We are engaged in well-planned initiatives including rising the standards of the institute at all fronts.”