Mandya: PES College of Engineering (PESCE), Mandya, has secured 2nd rank in the list of ARIIA-2020 all India rankings of Government and Government Aided Institutions category. About 674 institutions participated in ARIIA-2020 rankings out of about 10,000 engineering institutions.

PET (Mandya) Chairman Vijaya Anand, Principal Dr. H.V. Ravindra, Dr. K. Narasimhachary, Dr. B.S. Shivakumara, Dr. B. Dinesh Prabhu, Dr. S. Vinay, Dr. N.L. Muralikrishna, Dr. H.M. Sanjay and Dr. Pavan Kumar were present during a press meet held in this regard.

Since 2018, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India, has initiated ‘Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA)’ to systematically rank education institutions and Universities primarily on innovation related indicators. ARIIA considers all major indicators which are commonly used globally to rank most innovative education institutions and Universities. 

ARIIA ranking is now getting a wide acceptance among Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in India and it will certainly inspire Indian institutions to reorient their mindset and build ecosystems to encourage high quality research, innovation and entrepreneurship. Moreover, ARIIA aims at setting direction for institutions for future development for making them globally competitive.

ARIIA primarily focuses on 6 main parameters for ranking the Institutions: • Programmes and Activities on IPR, Innovation, Start-up and Entrepreneurship; • Pre-Incubation & Incubation Infrastructure & Facilities to Support I&E; • Annual Budget Spent on Promoting and Supporting I&E Activities; • Courses on Innovation, IPR and Entrepreneurship Development.