Dikhyaa Mohanty 
Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar has been honored with the University of the Year Award’ in the category of universities in existence for 11-30 years. During the concluded FICCI Higher Education Excellence Awards 2021 ceremony, IIT Bhubaneswar was honored.
According to the report, there were in total 11 categories of awards in this 7th edition of the event and the awards were announced today in the 16th FICCI Higher Education Summit 2021. Prof R A Mashelkar was chaired by a renowned panel of experts who decided the winners as per the category.
Professor R V Raja Kumar, Director stated that IIT Bhubaneswar has been trying their best to give proper education and provide global class Institutions by bringing in academic excellence through several unique pedagogical and operational reforms. Talking about the Covid-19 pandemic, he said that many have faced a lot of challenges in fulfilling the self-imposed commitment but the institute had successfully brought the right innovative processes required for offering education.
He also added that for the institute, receiving the honor in the 13th year of its existence, in the category of the Universities in existence for 11 to 30 years, is special and it certainly encourages all at IIT Bhubaneswar and it will help the Institute to march towards fulfilling its dream vision, as soon as possible. He also acknowledged the support and encouragement of the Ministry of Education and thanked the jury members and FICCI for the honor and recognition.
Dr. Bharatram Ramkumar (Chairman CITSC), Dr. Pravas Ranjan Sahu, (Dean Academics), Prof V R Pedireddi (Dean Student Affairs), Dr. Srinivas Karanki, Dr. Rajan Jha, and Mr. Chandra, besides several others, worked closely for implementing and successfully applying the systems and processes, at the institute.
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