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National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal

National Institute of Technology Karnataka in Surathkal saw significant improvements in its 2020 NIRF rankings. It rose 8 places to 13th among engineering schools and 20 places overall to 33rd. This reflects strong performance over the last 3 years in teaching, research, graduate outcomes, inclusion, and perception. The rankings assess various metrics like faculty ratios, publications, student placements, international enrollment, and research funding. NITK's continued efforts to enhance research quality were recognized. It aims to further improve its standing among top Indian and global institutions of higher education.

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National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal

National Institute of Technology Karnataka in Surathkal saw significant improvements in its 2020 NIRF rankings. It rose 8 places to 13th among engineering schools and 20 places overall to 33rd. This reflects strong performance over the last 3 years in teaching, research, graduate outcomes, inclusion, and perception. The rankings assess various metrics like faculty ratios, publications, student placements, international enrollment, and research funding. NITK's continued efforts to enhance research quality were recognized. It aims to further improve its standing among top Indian and global institutions of higher education.

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National Institute of Technology Karnataka, 


Surathkal 
 
 
NIRF  2020  rankings  were  released  on  11​th  June  by  HRD  Minister,  Shri  Ramesh  Pokhriyal 
'Nishank'.  These  rankings  are  a  metric  of  the  relative  accomplishments  of  the  Indian 
academic  institutes  on  different  key  parameters  that  capture  the  efficacy  of  various 
activities  that  an  institute  of  higher  learning  is  expected  to  carry  out  in  the  modern  era. 
The  ranking  of  an  institution  is  determined  based  on  five  key  parameters,  namely, 
Teaching,  Learning  &  Resources,  Research  &  Professional  Practice,  Graduation 
Outcomes,  Outreach  &  Inclusivity  and  Perception.  Data  pertaining  to  these  parameters 
across  three  consecutive  previous  years  is  examined.  The  ranking  framework  seeks  to 
examine  the  commitment  of  the  institutions  towards  improving  the  teaching  learning 
environment,  graduation  outcomes,  strengthening  Research  activities,  and  connecting 
with  society  and  institutional  perception  across  India  and  the  world.  Thus  the  rank 
acquired  by  an  institution  is  a  cumulative  reflection  of  its  performance  during  the 
previous three academic years. 
 
The  ranking  framework  parameters  are  designed  to capture many facets of an institution 
of  higher  learning  such  as  the  faculty  –  student  ratio,  quality  of  teaching,  research  and 
publications,  percentage  of  students  placed  in  industries,  their  salary,  percentage  of 
students  going  for  higher  studies,  percentage  of  international  students  etc.  It also takes 
into  account  the  financial  resources  available  to  the  institute,  including  funds  received 
from  research  and  consultancy  projects.  In  the  last  one  year,  NITK  has  performed  very 
well  on  all  of  these  parameters  and  has  achieved  a  significant  improvement  in  overall 
performance with a jump of 6.05 points compared to last year. 
 
The  National  Institute  of  Technology  Karnataka,  Surathkal  is  placed  13​th  in  the 
Engineering  school  rankings  and  33​rd  in  the  overall rankings this year. It has improved its 
position  by  eight  places in the Engineering rankings (from 21​st in 2019 to 13​th in 2020) and 
by  twenty  places  in  the  overall  rankings  (from  53​rd  to  33​rd​).  This  is  indeed  a  very 
momentous  and  joyous  occasion  for  the  faculty,  staff  students  and  the  alumni  of  the 
institute  and  particularly  so  when  it  is  celebrating  its  Diamond  Jubilee  year.  NITK, 
Surathkal is now placed second among the NITs. 
 

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MHRD  has  been  constantly  striving  to  improve  the  process  of  assessing  institutions. 
Every  year,  a  few  new  parameters  are  added.  These  serve  to  capture  the  excellence 
achieved  by  the  institutions  in  a  more  comprehensive  manner.  For  the  current 
assessment,  MHRD  added  an  additional  parameter  pertaining  to  the  number  of 
accredited  UG/  PG  courses offered by the institute. Among the 31 NITs spread across the 
country,  NITK  is  the  only  institution  to  have  to  possess  the  distinction  of  having  all  of  its 
engineering  disciplines  (UG  programs)  accredited  for  the  maximum  period  of  six  years. 
Over  the  last  couple  of  years,  the  institute  faculty  have  been  successful  in  acquiring 
several  prestigious  and  high  valued  research  grants  from  both  national and international 
funding  agencies.  There  is healthy competition among the faculty members as far as the 
quality  of  research and in turn on the number of research papers published, patents filed, 
published  and  granted.  Serious  efforts  are  being  put  in  at  all  levels  to  improve  the 
visibility,  quality  and  impact  of  research  publications  in  peer  reviewed  international 
journals.  The  presence  of  Hon'ble  Vice  President  of  India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu as the 
chief  guest  of  17​th  convocation  on  2​nd  November  2019  and  the  direct  and  indirect 
contributions  of  the  Chairman  and  the  members BoG in establishing strong collaboration 
with  various  national  and  international  agencies  and  institutions  has a positive impact on 
the  perception  of  the  institute.  To  augment  the  quality  research,  institute  has  initiated 
NITK-Central  Research  Facility  (CRF)  with  HEFA  funding,  and  under  the  guidance  of 
Chairman  BoG  Prof.  K.  Balaveera  Reddy,  was  inaugurated  by  Hon’ble  HRM  Shri Ramesh 
Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ on 25​th​ Feb​ruary 2020.  
 
Our  vibrant  student  community  drawn  from  all  parts  of  the  country  has  competed 
successfully  with  bright  students  from  all  over  the  country  and  the  world  for  placements 
and  internships.  This  sterling  achievement  of  our  students  in  obtaining  high  value 
placements  and  internships  in  top  ranking  industries  and  foreign  universities  in  the  face 
of  intense  national/international  competition  has  given  a  boost  to  our  placement  in  the 
ranks  of  the  best  institutions  in  India.  Outreach  activities  of  the  institute,  awards  won  by 
the  students  and  faculty at national and international events, exemplary work being done 
by  our  alumni  in  various  fields  of  human  activity  has  also  helped  to  improve  the 
perception of the institute across India and the world. 
 
The  unprecedented  challenges  created  by  COVID-19  pandemic  has  placed  the  time 
tested  fact-to-face  teaching,  and  learning  into  an  on-line  environment.  The  faculty 
members  of  NITK  have  taken  the  mantle  on  them  and rose to the expectations of MHRD 
in offering on-line classes and examinations. 
 

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With  all  these  positive  developments  and  the  enormous  dedication,  resolve  and 
commitment  of  the  faculty,  staff  and  students,  the  institute  has  rightly  found  its 
appropriate  place  in  the  ranks  of  the  top  rated  institutes and universities in India. We are 
very  happy  at this development and are constantly striving to improve our standing in the 
comity of institutions of higher learning in India and the world. 
 
Director, NITK Surathkal 
11​th​ June 2020 

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