NIT Rourkela bags 15th position in Engineering category of NIRF Ranking 2022

Rourkela: NIT Rourkela has secured the 15th position in Engineering category of India Ranking 2022 under the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), which was released by the Ministry of Education, Government of India today.

Last year, NIT Rourkela was placed at 20th rank in the same category. The institute has also shown substantial improvement in the overall category in NIRF 2022. This year, NIT Rourkela has been ranked at 39th position (Overall Category) in comparison to last year’s 41st rank. In the category of Research Institutions, NITR has bagged 24th rank against last year’s 31st rank.

Congratulating the NITR community and the stakeholders, Prof. K. Umamaheshwar Rao (Director, NITR) said, “We were and are continuously putting our efforts to improve our position and this ranking indeed is depicting the hard work of the whole NITR fraternity. This has been possible with sincere efforts from our faculties, students, officers and staff members and I congratulate everyone for their contribution. NIT Rourkela thank alumni, press and parents for their support. We will work harder to make a mark in the country in terms of teaching, research, innovation, infrastructure as we aim to bring NIT Rourkela into the top 10 at NIRF Ranking.”