NIT Rourkela

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Following are excerpts from https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/...70085.html .

Will NIT-Rourkela rue missed chance or revive proposal?

NIT-R Director Prof Animesh Biswas, who was instrumental in getting the proposal sanctioned said, the institute can still revive it.

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With IIT-Kharagpur all set to offer MBBS course from the current academic session, NIT-Rourkela authorities are ruing a missed opportunity when the institute’s board of governors’ rejected a similar proposal more than two years back.

However, NIT-R Director Prof Animesh Biswas, who was instrumental in getting the proposal sanctioned said, the institute can still revive it.

The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare had sanctioned a proposal to set up a medical college for NIT-R on April 5, 2018.

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But on August 6, 2018, the then chairman of the board of governors, Dr Santrupt B Misra rejected the proposal terming it ‘premature’. He had said NIT-R neither had the expertise nor capital to move ahead with the proposal.

However, Biswas says a medical college and advanced research centre will help NIT-R grow, boost local economy and address the shortage of highly skilled manpower in the country.

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Following is an excerpt from https://sambadenglish.com/nit-rourkela-r...-in-india/ .

NIT-Rourkela Ranked Top Institute Among All NITs In India
By Sambad English Bureau On Apr 6, 2021

Bhubaneswar: The National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela was ranked the No.1 institute among all NITs in the country, according to a survey conducted by the Times Higher Education.

As per the results of the Emerging Economies University Rankings 2021, the NIT-Rourkela has been ranked between 201-250 in the Emerging Economies University Rankings. Overall, there are 606 universities from 48 countries which were listed for the ranking this year.

NIT-Rourkela is placed at 16th position in Engineering and 32nd position in Overall categories in NIRF Ranking 2020. As per NIRF 2020 data, NIT Rourkela has the highest research scores (RPC) among all NITs. At the International level, NITR is ranked at 250 by QS Asian University Ranking 2021 (Top position among all NITs).  ...

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NIT Rourkela Selected As Hub Institution Under ANRF-PAIR Programme

National Institute of Technology Rourkela (NIT Rourkela) has been selected Eastern Indias first Hub Institutions under the Partnerships for Accelerated Innovation and Research (PAIR) Programme, launched by the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF).

As a Hub Institution, NIT Rourkela will mentor a network of seven Spoke institutions:

1) Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT)
2) Sambalpur University
3) Odisha University of Technology and Research (OUTR)
4) Fakir Mohan University
5) International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Bhubaneswar
6) Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT)
7) Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, Punjab

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