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EDII
ACCOLADES...
Ranked No. 1 under Atal Ranking
of Institutions on Innovation Gets Recognized as
Achievements (ARIIA)-2021 'Centre of Excellence'
in General (Non-Technical) Category
EDII has been ranked Number 1 under Atal EDII has been recognized as a 'Centre of
Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Excellence' (CoE) by the Government of India in
Achievements (ARIIA) - 2021 in General (Non- the eld of skilling ecosystem in the country. An
Technical) Category. Under the ARIIA, institutions ofcial Gazette Notication has been issued by
are ranked on innovation-related globally the Ministry of Skill Development and
acceptable indicators. These indicators include Entrepreneurship (MSDE) in this regard. The
successful innovation and startups and funding recognition comes after a thorough assessment
innovation and startups; intellectual property, of the Institute on several parameters by the
technology transfer and commercialisation; Ministry. EDII has been recognized as a CoE
annual budget spent on promoting and in the skilling ecosystem for being a one-stop
supporting innovation and entrepreneurship national resource centre working in collaborative
activities; IPR activities, pre-incubation and mode with industry, academia and governments
incubation infrastructure and courses on to impart training & competencies to ensure
innovation; IPR and entrepreneurship enhanced incidences of new enterprise creation
development. EDII is the only institute from & employability, address emerging skill gaps, and
Gujarat to be ranked as Number 1 across all undertake research leading to interventions that
seven categories. A total of 1430 institutions / match industry needs.
universities from across the country had
participated in seven different categories for this
ranking.
Shri Rakesh Sharma, President-EDII and MD & CEO, IDBI Bank Ltd. congratulated
the Institute and its faculty & staff on these landmark achievements, and motivated
to target even greater milestones.
EDII expresses gratitude to its President and esteemed board members for their
constant mentorship towards exploring newer avenues.
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