AICTE - CII Survey

Objective

Objective of the AICTE-CII Survey is to assess the current status of partnership between technical institutions and industry on six basic parameters such as curriculum, faculty, governance, infrastructure, placements and research and services / project & skill development.

About the awards

The AICTE-CII Survey is being jointly conducted with the AICTE since 2012.

The AICTE-CII Survey for Industry-Linked Technical Institutes maps industry linkages of Indian technical institutesin four broad streams – Engineering, Management, Architecture and Pharmacy. It showcases the best practices of partnerships with industry and highlights the strengths and weaknesses of the ecosystem of technical education in India.

At the end of the survey, awards and citations are given to the Best Industry Linked Institutes.

A detailed report is also released after the survey to give a detailed analysis of the survey findings and data collected regarding the depth of industry linkages of institutes across six parameters – governance, curriculum, faculty, infrastructure, services and placements. The report also categorized the institutes in Platinum, Gold and Silver category according to their scores obtained in the survey.

Award Categories

Standard Category: The course should have been in offering for 10 years or more on the commencement of survey

Emerging Category: The course should have been in offering for less than 10 years on the commencement of survey

The detail of the categorization of the awards are:

Engineering

  1. Best Industry-Linked Chemical & Allied Engineering Institute (Degree)
  2. Best Industry-Linked Civil & Allied Engineering Institute (Degree)
  3. Best Industry-Linked Computer / IT & Allied Engineering Institute (Degree)
  4. Best Industry-Linked Electrical & Allied Engineering Institute (Degree)
  5. Best Industry-Linked Electronics & Allied Engineering Institute (Degree)
  6. Best Industry-Linked Mechanical & Allied Engineering Institute (Degree)
  7. Best Industry-Linked Emerging Engineering Institute (Degree)
  8. Best Industry-Linked Chemical & Allied Engineering Institute (Diploma)
  9. Best Industry-Linked Civil & Allied Engineering Institute (Diploma)
  10. Best Industry-Linked Computer / IT & Allied Engineering Institute (Diploma)
  11. Best Industry-Linked Electrical & Allied Engineering Institute (Diploma)
  12. Best Industry-Linked Electronics & Allied Engineering Institute (Diploma)
  13. Best Industry-Linked Mechanical & Allied Engineering Institute (Diploma)
  14. Best Industry-Linked Emerging Engineering Institute (Diploma)
  15. Best Industry-Linked NIT / IIT / IIIT

Management

  1. Best Industry-Linked Management Institute
  2. Best Industry-Linked Emerging Management Institute
  3. Best Industry-Linked IIM

Pharmacy

  1. Best Industry-Linked Pharmacy Institute (Degree)
  2. Best Industry-Linked Emerging Pharmacy Institute (Degree)
  3. Best Industry-Linked Pharmacy Institute (Diploma)
  4. Best Industry-Linked Emerging Pharmacy Institute (Diploma)

Architecture/Planning:

  1. Best Industry-Linked Architecture/Planning Institute
  2. Best Industry-Linked Emerging Architecture / Planning Institute.

Note: Course-age criteria is applicable to every course separately. It will not be calculated as per the age of theinstitute.

Who can apply

For Short Survey

All degree and diploma granting institutes in Engineering, Management, Pharmacy and Architecture. This survey has to be filled during the Approval Process of AICTE.

For Full Survey

On the basis of the Short Survey, institutes which fulfil the basic criteria are invited to participate in the Full Survey.

Why to participate

  • Award for the Best Industry Linked Institutes
  • Ranking of institutes to understand the level of industry linkages
  • Get encourage at CII platforms (National and International) as one of the top institutes in the country
  • Benchmark your institution among their counterparts in India.
  • Feedback report of survey for the institutes

How to apply

The AICTE-CII Survey is an online survey which is hosted on the server of AICTE at www.aicte-india.org.

For the Short Survey the institutes have to submit their data on the AICTE portal during the annual approval process of AICTE. On the basis of the data submitted the institutes will be shortlisted for the second stage.

For the second stage AICTE will information to institutes about being shortlisted for next level data collection i.e. Full Survey. The institutes should log in to their AICTE portal with the login credentials provided by AICTE and click the tab "CII Questionnaire

The "CII Questionnaire" tab directs you to the online application form to be filled on the portal itself. There is no separate downloadable application form for the Full Survey. For ease of filling the data, institutes have been provided the facility of exporting data from their hard drives to the AICTE server.

A detailed 'Help Manual' (Annexure 1) is available separately to provide step-by-step assistance. This help manual can be used for easy understanding and reference. This will facilitate quick, easy and convenient filling up of Survey data. Those institutes which do not have an AICTE login ID can write to ravi.hira@cii.in or shalini.sharma@cii.in for generation of special ID for the purpose of the survey.

Questionnaire

Short Survey

  1. Does your institute interact with industry on regular basis?
    • If yes, number of companies your institute is in regular touch with for the past 2 years.
  2. Do students of your institute go to industry for internships?
    • If yes, what percentage of students go for internships?
    • Number of students who went for internship in past 2 years.
  3. Do experts from industry come to spend time with your faculty and students?
    • If yes, what percentage of students go for internships?
  4. Do your faculty members provide training to industry people?
    • If yes, how many training programmes were organised in the past 2 years?
  5. Are your faculty members on boards of companies?
    • If yes, number of such faculty in past 2 years.
  6. Has your institute filed for patents in the past 2 years?
    • Number of patents filed for in past 2 years:
  7. Has industry funded any cell / department / lab in your institute in past 2 years?
    • Number of units funded by industry in past 2 years:
    • What is the total fund received on this count in past 2 years?
  8. Does your institute get live projects from industry for B.Tech / M.Tech students?
    • Number of industry projects received in past 2 years:
  9. Do you get consultancy projects from industry?
    • If yes, how many consultancy projects did your institute receive in the past 2 years?
    • What is the total worth of such projects in Rs?
  10. Do companies come to your institute to provide placement to students?
    • Number of companies which came in past 2 years:
    • What percentage of students get company placements?
  11. Do you have industry members on BOG / advisory councils of your institute?
    • Number of industry members on BOG / advisory councils:
  12. Does your curriculum get revised as per industry's requirements?
    • If yes, what is the frequency of revision in terms of number of years?
  13. Whether your institution is having any Incubation for Start-ups?
    • If Yes. How many start-ups came up as on date?

Full Survey

For Degree:

Calculation Criteria for Degree Courses 2019

1   Industry in curriculum (20%)
1.1 Question Number of companies providing Industrial training/internship
Answer 0 1 to 5 6 to 10 11 to 15 > 15
Marks to be given 0 1 2 3 4
1.2 Question Number of Industry visits for students
Answer 0 1 to 3 4 to 5 6 to 10 > 10
Marks to be given 0 1 2 3 4
1.3 Question % of visting faculty from industry as compared to core faculty
Answer 0 1-10% 11-20% >20%  
Marks to be given 0 4 3 2  
1.4 Question Number of Industry guest lectures / seminars conducted
Answer 0 1 to 5 6 to 10 11 to 15 > 15
Marks to be given 0 1 2 3 4
1.5 Question Incremental change in curriculum in 2017-18 over 2018-19
Answer 0 Twice and above
Marks to be given 0 1
 
2   Industry-faculty interface (20%)
2.1 Question % of faculty members who provided training / lectures to industry during 2017-19
Answer 0 1-25% 26-50% 51-75% >75%
Marks to be given 0 1 2 3 4
2.2 Question % of faculty members on the boards of industry / advisory, academic councils / statutory university bodies
Answer 0 1-10% 11-20% 21-30% >30%
Marks to be given 0 1 2 3 4
2.3 Question Number of man-days of refresher courses provided by faculty to industry executives during 2017-19
Answer 0 1 to10 11 to 20 21 to 30 >30
Marks to be given 0 1 2 3 4
2.4 Question Number of man-days of programmes attended / trainings received by faculty from industry during 2017-19
Answer 0 1 to 10 11 to 20 21 to 30 >30
Marks to be given 0 1 2 3 4
2.5 Question Number of faculty patents, design and other IPRs except copyrights of books in 2017-19 GRANTED
Answer 0 1 to 2 3 to 4 5 to 6 >6
Marks to be given 0 1 2 3 4
2.6 Question Number of faculty patents, design and other IPRs except copyrights of books in 2017-19 FILED
Answer 0 1 to 2 3 to 4 5 to 6 >6
Marks to be given 0 1 2 3 4
2.7 Question % change in the number of patents filed and granted in 2017-18 over 2018-19
Answer 0-9 10 and above
Marks to be given 0 1
2.8 Question Number of papers jointly authored with industry
Answer 0 1 to 2 3 to 4 5 to 6 >6
Marks to be given 0 1 2 3 4
 
3   Industry in infrastructure (10%)
3.1 Question Number of centers/ units/ cells financially supported by industry
Answer 1 to 2 3 to 4 >4
Marks to be given 1 2 3
3.2 Question % of financial contribution by industry in the unit
Answer 0-10% 11-24% 25% to 50% >50%
Marks to be given 0 1 2 3
3.3 Question Number of companies which provided mentorship support in incubation centres / entrepreneurship cell
Answer 1 to 4 5 to 7 >7
Marks to be given 1 3 4
 
4   Industry research / consultation (20%)
4.1 Question Number of Contractual Research projects assigned to institute during 2017-19
Answer 0 1 to 10 11 to 20 21 to 50 >50
Marks to be given 0 1 2 3 4
4.2 Question Number of Technology Transfers to industry during 2017-19
Answer 0 1 to 2 3 to 4 5 to 6 >6
Marks to be given 0 2 4 6 8
4.3 Question Number of Consultancy / Advisory Services provided to industry during 2017-19
Answer 0 1 to 10 11 to 20 21 to 50 >50
Marks to be given 0 1 2 3 4
4.4 Question Incremental change in the Number of industry research / consultation projects received in 2017-18 and 2018-19
Answer 0 Difference between Rs 1 - Rs 199,999 Difference of Rs 2 lakh and above
Marks to be given 0 1 2
 
5   Placements (20%)
5.1 Question Number of companies with stream / specialization specific job profile coming to campus
Answer 0 1-40% 41-60% 61-80% 81-100%
Marks to be given 0 1 2 3 4
5.2 Question Number of students offered jobs from campus during 2014-16
Answer 0 1-40% 41-60% 61-80% 81-100%
Marks to be given 0 1 2 3 4
5.3 Question Number of students offered jobs in specialization / stream specific companies in 2014-16
Answer 0 1-10% 11-25% 26-50% >50%
Marks to be given 0 1 2 3 5
5.4 Question Number of start-ups incorporated through the institute's incubation centre in 2016-17 & 2017-18
Answer 0 1-2 3-5 6-10 Above 10
Marks to be given 0 1 2 3 5
5.5 Question Incremental change in the number of companies which came to the campus in 2015-16 over 2014-15
Answer 0-10 more than 10
Marks to be given 0 1
 
6   Industry in governance (10%)
6.1 Question Number of industry members on BoG/ advisory councils
Answer 0 1 to 3 4 to 6 >6
Marks to be given 0 1 2 3
6.2 Question % of Industry members attending BoG meetings/ advisory councils
Answer x = 0 x = 1- 25 x = 26 - 50 x = 51 - 75 x > 75
Marks to be given 0 1 2 3 4

For Diploma:

Calculation Criteria For Diploma Courses 2019

1   Industry in curriculum (25%)
1.1 Question No. of companies providing Industrial training/ internship
Answer 0 1 to 5 6 to 10 11 to 15 > 15
Marks to be given 0 1 2 3 4
1.2 Question No. of Industry visits for students
Answer 0 1 to 3 4 to 5 6 to 10 > 10
Marks to be given 0 1 2 3 4
1.3 Question % of visting faculty from industry as compared to core faculty
Answer 0 1-10% 11-20% >20%  
Marks to be given 0 4 3 2  
1.4 Question No. of Industry guest lectures / seminars conducted
Answer 0 1 to 5 6 to 10 11 to 15 > 15
Marks to be given 0 1 2 3 4
1.5 Question No. of times the curriculum was updated between 2017-19
Answer 0 1 to 2 3 to 4 5 to 6 >7
Marks to be given 0 1 2 3 4
 
2   Industry-faculty interface (20%)
2.1 Question % of faculty members who provided training / lectures to industry during 2017-19
Answer 0 1-25% 26-50% 51-75% >75%
Marks to be given 0 1 2 3 4
2.2 Question % of faculty members on the boards of industry / advisory, academic councils / statutory university bodies
Answer 0 1-10% 11-20% 21-30% >30%
Marks to be given 0 1 2 3 4
2.3 Question No. of man-days of refresher courses provided by faculty to industry executives during 2017-19
Answer 0 1 to10 11 to 20 21 to 30 >30
Marks to be given 0 1 2 3 4
2.4 Question No. of man-days of programmes attended/ trainings received by faculty from industry during 2017-19
Answer 0 1 to 10 11 to 20 21 to 30 >30
Marks to be given 0 1 2 3 4
2.5 Question No. of faculty patents, design and other IPRs except copyrights of books in 2017-19 GRANTED and FILED
Answer 0 1 to 2 3 to 4 5 to 6 >6
Marks to be given 0 2 4 6 8
2.6 Question No. of papers jointly authored with industry
Answer 0 1 to 2 3 to 4 5 to 6 >6
Marks to be given 0 1 2 3 4
 
3   Industry in infrastructure (10%)
3.1 Question No. of centers/ units/ cells financially supported by industry
Answer 1 to 2 3 to 4 >4
Marks to be given 1 2 3
3.2 Question % of financial contribution by industry in the unit
Answer 0-10% 11%-24% 25% to 50% >50%
Marks to be given 0 1 2 3
3.3 Question Number of companies which provided mentorship support in incubation centres / entrepreneurship cell
Answer 1 to 4 5 to 7 >7
Marks to be given 1 3 4
 
4   Projects and Skill Development (20%)
4.1 Question No. of persons trained under skill development programme with industry participation during 2014-16
Answer 0 Less than 25 25 to 50 50 to 100 >100
Marks to be given 0 1 2 3 4
4.2 Question No. of projects done for social responsibility and community development with industry participation during 2014-16
Answer 0 1 to 2 3 to 4 5 to 6 >6
Marks to be given 0 2 4 6 8
4.3 Question Revenue generated through contractual work in 2017-18 & 2018-19
Answer 0 Less than Rs 1 lakh Rs 1 lakh-Rs 3 lakh Rs 3 lakh-Rs 7 lakh >Rs 7 lakh
Marks to be given 0 1 2 3 5
 
5   Placements (20%)
5.1 Question Number of companies with stream / specialization specific job profile coming to campus
Answer 0 1-40% 41-60% 61-80% 81-100%
Marks to be given 0 1 2 3 4
5.2 Question Number of students offered jobs from campus during 2017-19
Answer 0 1-40% 41-60% 61-80% 81-100%
Marks to be given 0 1 2 3 4
5.3 Question Number of students offered jobs in specialization / stream specific companies in 2017-19
Answer 0 1-10% 11-25% 26-50% >50%
Marks to be given 0 1 2 3 5
5.4 Question Number of students who opted for self-employement / setting up social enterprise / setting up a company / starting a consultancy firm
Answer 0 1-10% 11-15% 15-20% >20%
Marks to be given 0 1 2 3 5
 
6   Industry in governance (5%)
6.1 Question Number of industry members on BoG / advisory councils
Answer 0 1 to 3 4 to 6 >6
Marks to be given 0 1 2 3
6.2 Question % of Industry members attending BoG meetings / advisory councils
Answer x = 0 x = 1- 25 x = 26 - 50 x = 51 - 75 x > 75
Marks to be given 0 1 2 3 4

Terms of conditions

All cases of arbitration will be referred to the Chairman of the jury and his word will be final in any matter of dispute.

The institute will be disqualified from the survey for the next three years for submission of any forged documents / incorrect data.

The institute's name will be displayed on the AICTE website for being disqualified to participate in the AICTE-CII Survey of Industry-Linked Technical Institutes

There is no fee for registration/submission of application for the survey.

The entire process is online; no offline data or application will be entertained.

The application cannot be edited after the submission.

Awards Process

Flow Chart

Criteria for Evaluation

At the end of the Survey, objective scores for each application, filled by the institutes selected in first shortlist, are generated. Based on the scores, a second shortlist is created. The objective scores of further shortlisted institutes are placed before a high-level jury comprising experts from industry and academia. The jury shortlists selected institutes for verification and further evaluation. The shortlisted institutes in this round are asked to give presentation either in person or over skype for the final evaluation. Final evaluation is done by a high-level jury and the winners are decided. The results of the survey are binding on all institutes.

Jury Process

Stage 1: Receiving Application

  • Institutes apply for the survey on the AICTE Web portal using their AICTE login IDs.
  • IITs, NITs, IIITs, IIMs & other University Departments obtain their login credentials for the AICTE web portal by sending an email to CII.
  • Institutes are free to apply in multiple disciplines and streams (in Engineering) under the same application.
  • Applicants have to fill the 'CII Questionnaire' and submit their applications online.

Stage 2: Internal Evaluation

  • Each institute is given an objective score for every entry as per a pre-set algorithm.
  • On the basis of objective score institutes are shortlisted for Full Survey.
  • The shortlisted institutes apply in the Full Survey and submit their respective application.
  • Objective score is given as per the preset algorithm.
  • On the basis of these objective scores and NBA accreditation status of the programme, a shortlisting is done
  • These marks for each institute are presented to the Jury for their consideration and further shortlisting

Stage 3: Jury Process or Selection

  • The jury shortlists the institutes on the basis of the objective scores and the scores attained after evaluation of the documents.
  • The shortlisted institutes are asked to give presentation either in person or through skype
  • On the basis of their evaluation of the institutes, the final winner in each category will be decided.

Jury Members

S.No, Name and details
1 Dr. Y. S. Rajan
Dr Vikram Sarabhai Distinguished Professor, ISRO
2 Prof. Udaykumar R Yaragatti
Director, MNIT Jaipur
3 Mr. Sanjiv Lal
Chief Information Officer & VP Corporate Projects
Tata Chemicals Ltd
4 Mr Rohin Kapoor
Co-Founder & Partner, ProAce Edu Ventures LLP
Ex-Director & Lead, Deloitte India Education Practice
5 Prof. Dr. Raju Chandrasekar
Management Consultant
6 Dr.PrahladaRamarao
DS & CC R&D (Aero & Services Interaction), Distinguished
Scientist and Chief Controller, R&D (Aero & SI), DRDO,
Ministry of Defence
7 Mr P M Bhosekar
General Manager & Head - Corporate Training Centre
Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd.
8 Mr Nirupam Srivastava
Vice President
Hero Corporate Service Private Limited
9 Dr Nirja Sharma
CHRO
KHS Machinery Pvt Ltd
10 Prof. (Dr.) NavinSheth
Vice-Chancellor
Gujarat Technological University (GTU)
11 Dr K Kesavasamy
Head, Academic Interface Program
Tata Consultancy Services
12 Prof. J.K. Mitra
Former Head & Dean
Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), Delhi University
Dr. Anil Kumar Nassa
Member Secretary
National Board of Accreditation

Previous Winners

S.No Award Category Category Institute Year
1 Chemical Engineering and Allied Standard-Degree Sona College of Technology, Salem 2018
2 Civil Engineering and Allied Standard-Degree Walchand Institute of Technology, Solapur 2018
3 Computer & IT Engineering and Allied Standard-Degree R.M.K. Engineering College, Chennai 2018
4 Electrical Engineering and Allied Standard-Degree Sri Sai Ram Engineering College, Chennai 2018
5 Management Standard-Degree New Delhi Institute of Management, New Delhi 2018
6 Mechanical Engineering and Allied Standard-Diploma Thiagarajar Polytechnic College, Salem 2018
7 Mechanical Engineering and Allied Standard-Degree College of Engineering, Pune 2018
8 Pharmacy Standard-Degree Vivekanand Education Society's College of Pharmacy, Mumbai 2018
9 Mechanical Engineering and Allied Standard-Degree Sona College of Technology, Salem 2018
10 Pharmacy Standard-Degree Bombay College of Pharmacy, Mumbai 2018

AICTE – CII Survey of Industry-Linked Technical Institutes 2016

Type of Institutes

The fifth edition of the survey is open to all degree and diploma granting institutes in Engineering, Management, Pharmacy and Architecture. Following types of institutes can participate in it:

  • Self-financing Institutes (including deemed universities)
  • Government Institutes (including university departments)
  • Government-aided Institutes
  • Centrally-funded Institutes (IITs, NITs, IISERs etc)

Type of Courses

Engineering

Degree and Diploma courses in Chemical and Allied, Civil and Allied, Computer / IT and Allied, Electrical and Allied, Electronics and Allied & Mechanical and Allied

Management

Degree and Diploma courses in Management

Architecture

Degree courses in Architecture and Planning

Categories of Participation

Standard

Institute should have been offering a particular course for at least 10 years, as on 1 August 2016

Emerging

Institute should have been offering a particular course for at least 5 years, as on 1 August 2016

Note

Age criteria is applicable to every course separately. It will not be calculated as per the age of the institute.

How to Participate

The AICTE-CII Survey is an online survey which is hosted on the server of AICTE at www.aicte-india.org To participate in this survey, institutes have to use their AICTE login ID to enter the AICTE Web-portal and thereby, have access to the CII Questionnaire tab. The CII Questionnaire tab is itself the online application form.

A detailed help manual is available separately on the AICTE portal to provide step-by-step assistance. This Help Manual can be downloaded for easy understanding and reference. Links to this survey and other details are also available on CII portal www.ciihighereducation.in Those institutes which do not have an AICTE login ID can write to pm.scheme@cii.in in for login credentials to the AICTE web portal.

Outreach

The AICTE-CII Survey is a voluntary survey. The survey link (CII Questionnaire) on the AICTE web-portal went live on 4th May 2016. The eligible institutes are informed through a national advertisement, mailers and SMS alerts.

Methodology

Since this is an online survey, institutes have to fill all the data while being logged on to the net. Institutes can also use the import functionality to upload data for most of the parameters.

For Curriculum Input, Faculty, Services / Projects & Skills Development & Placements, two year data (2014-15 & 2015-16) needs to be provided, whereas for Governance & Infrastructure only one year (2015-16)data is sufficient.

To facilitate ease in filling the data, it is advisable that institutes first download the Help Manual and collect all the data related to all streams. Only one application form is required to be filled by one institute for all streams.

At the end of the survey, the application generates an indicative objective score which is used only as a reference point to create a shortlist of institutes for second stage of evaluation. The indicative objective scores obtained are placed before a high-level jury comprising experts from industry and academia. The jury gives a shortlist of institutes for document scrutiny & site visits. The shortlisted institutes are asked to send all the documents in support of their data. The visiting jury gives its own separate score to every institute based on the ground assessment of facilities and data. This last score is used to prepare the list of final winners. The results of the survey are binding on all institutes.

All cases of arbitration will be referred to the chairman of the jury and his word will be final in any matter of dispute.

The institutes are evaluated on their industry linkages on the following six parameters in every stream separately

  • Governance
  • Curriculum
  • Faculty
  • Infrastructure
  • Services / Projects & Skills Development
  • Placements

The weightages given to these parameters are as follows

Parameter Degree Courses - Weightage Degree Courses - Maximum Score Diploma Courses - Weightage Diploma Courses – Maximum Score
Governance 10% 7 5% 7
Curriculum 20% 17 25% 20
Infrastructure 10% 10 10% 10
Services / Projects & Skill Development 20% 18 20% 17
Placements 20% 19 20% 18

The absolute score is divided by the maximum score and multiplied by weightage to obtain the weighted score for every parameter. The sum of weighted scores across the six parameters is the objective score of the institute for a particular stream.

These parameters are further categorized into sub-parameters

INSTITUTES OFFERING DEGREE PROGRAMMES

S.No.

Parameters

Structured Questions

1.

FACULTY

  • Percentage of faculty members who provided
    training / lectures to industry during 2014-16
  • Percentage of faculty members on the boards of industry / advisory, academic councils / statutory university bodies
  • Number of man-days of refresher courses provided by faculty to industry executives during 2014-16
  • Number of man-days of programmes attended/ trainings received by faculty from industry during 2014-16
  • Number of faculty patents, design and other IPRs except copyrights of books in 2014-16 GRANTED
  • Number of faculty patents, design and other IPRs except copyrights of books in 2014-16 FILED
  • Percentage change in the number of patents filed and granted in 2015-16 over 2014-15
  • Number of papers jointly authored with industry

2.

PLACEMENTS

  • Number of companies with stream/ specialization specific job profile coming to campus
  • Number of students offered jobs from campus during 2014-16
  • Number of students offered jobs in specialization/ stream specific companies in 2014-16
  • Number of students who opted for self-employement / setting up social enterprise / setting up a company / starting a consultancy firm
  • Incremental change in the number of companies which came to the campus in 2015-16 over 2014-15

3.

CURRICULUM

  • Number of companies providing Industrial training/ internship
  • Number of Industry visits for students
  • Percentage of visiting faculty from industry as compared to core faculty
  • Number of Industry guest lectures / seminars conducted
  • Incremental change in curriculum in 2015-16 over 2014-15

4.

RESEARCH / CONSULTATION

  • Number of Contractual Research projects assigned to institute during 2014-16
  • Number of Technology Transfers to industry during 2014-16
  • Number of Consultancy / Advisory Services provided to industry during 2014-16
  • Incremental change in the number of industry research / consultation projects received in 2014-15 and 2015-16

5.

INFRASTRUCTURE

  • Number of centers/ units/ cells financially supported by industry
  • Percentage of financial contribution by industry in the unit
  • Number of companies which provided mentorship support in incubation centres / entrepreneurship cell

6.

GOVERNANCE

  • Number of industry members on BoG / advisory council meetings
  • Percentage of Industry members attending BoG meetings / advisory council meetings
INSTITUTES OFFERING DEGREE PROGRAMMES

S.No.

Parameters

Structured Questions

7.

FACULTY

  • Percentage of faculty members who provided training / lectures to industry during 2014-16
  • Percentage of faculty members on the boards of industry / advisory, academic councils / statutory university bodies
  • Number of man-days of refresher courses provided by faculty to industry executives during 2014-16
  • Number of man-days of programmes attended / trainings received by faculty from industry during 2014-16
  • Number of faculty patents, design and other IPRs except copyrights of books in 2014-16; GRANTED and FILED
  • Number of papers jointly authored with industry

8.

PLACEMENTS

  • Number of companies with stream / specialization-specific job profile which came to the campus
  • Number of students offered jobs from campus during 2014-16
  • Number of students offered jobs in specialization / stream-specific companies in 2014-16
  • Number of students who opted for self-employement / setting up social enterprise / setting up a company / starting a consultancy firm

9.

CURRICULUM

  • Number of companies which provided industrial training / internship
  • Number of industry visits for students
  • Percentage of visiting faculty from industry as compared to core faculty
  • Number of industry guest lectures / seminars conducted

10.

SERVICE OR PROJECTS & SKILLS

  • Number of persons trained under skill development programmes with industry participation during 2014-16
  • Number of projects done for social responsibility and community development with industry participation during 2014-16
  • Revenue generated through sale of products manufactured in the institute during 2014-16

11.

INFRASTRUCTURE)

  • Number of centers / units / cells financially supported by industry
  • Percentage of financial contribution by industry in the unit
  • Number of companies which provided mentorship support in incubation centres / entrepreneurship cell

12.

GOVERNANCE)

  • Number of industry members on board of governors or advisory councils or academic committees
  • Percentage of industry members who attended the meetings of board of governors or advisory councils or academic committees

Outcome

At the end of the survey, awards and citations will be given in the following categories for

Engineering

  1. Best Industry-Linked Chemical & Allied Engineering Institute (Degree)
  2. Best Industry-Linked Civil & Allied Engineering Institute (Degree)
  3. Best Industry-Linked Computer / IT & Allied Engineering Institute (Degree)
  4. Best Industry-Linked Electrical & Allied Engineering Institute (Degree)
  5. Best Industry-Linked Electronics & Allied Engineering Institute (Degree)
  6. Best Industry-Linked Mechanical & Allied Engineering Institute (Degree)
  7. Best Industry-Linked Chemical & Allied Engineering Institute (Diploma)
  8. Best Industry-Linked Civil & Allied Engineering Institute (Diploma)
  9. Best Industry-Linked Computer / IT & Allied Engineering Institute (Diploma)
  10. Best Industry-Linked Electrical & Allied Engineering Institute (Diploma)
  11. Best Industry-Linked Electronics & Allied Engineering Institute (Diploma)
  12. Best Industry-Linked Mechanical & Allied Engineering Institute (Diploma)
  13. Best Industry-Linked Emerging Engineering Institute (Degree)
  14. Best Industry-Linked Emerging Engineering Institute (Diploma)
  15. Best Industry-Linked NIT / IIT / IIIT

Management

  1. Best Industry-Linked IIM
  2. Best Industry-Linked Management Institute
  3. Best Industry-Linked Emerging Management Institute

Pharmacy

  1. Best Industry-Linked Pharmacy Institute (Degree)
  2. Best Industry-Linked Pharmacy Institute (Diploma)
  3. Best Industry-Linked Emerging Pharmacy Institute (Degree)
  4. Best Industry-Linked Emerging Pharmacy Institute (Diploma)

Architecture/Planning

  1. Best Industry-Linked Architecture/Planning Institute
  2. Best Industry-Linked Emerging Architecture/Planning Institute

Regional Awards

  1. Best Industry-Linked Institute in Northern Region of India
  2. Best Industry-Linked Institute in Southern Region of India
  3. Best Industry-Linked Institute in Eastern Region of India
  4. Best Industry-Linked Institute in Western Region of India

Filing of Application: starts this May , Announcement of Result: November.

For further details please contact:shalini.sharma@cii.in

2015 More info - here

AICTE-CII Survey of Industry-Linked Technical Institutes

AICTE announces the survey on industry–academia collaboration in technical institutes which it has been conducting with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) since 2012. This survey has been successfully mapping the industry linkages of Indian technical institutes across four streams—Engineering, Management, Pharmacy and Architecture. It showcases the best practices of partnerships with industry and highlights the strengths and weaknesses of ecosystem of technical education in India.

Who can participate?

All degree (UG/PG) and diploma institutes in Engineering, Management, Pharmacy and Architecture.

Institutes will be evaluated in the following two categories:-

Standard category: Institute should have been offering a particular course for at least 10 years, as on 1 August Survey year.

Emerging category: Institute should have been offering a particular course for at least 5 years, as on 1 August Survey year.

Award categories

1) ENGINEERING AWARDS – 15 Awards

  • Best Self-financing, Government & Government-aided Engineering Institute – (separate awards for degree and diploma institutes in six disciplines—Chemical & Allied, Civil & Allied, Computer/IT & Allied, Electrical & Allied, Electronics & Allied, Mechanical & Allied) – 12 awards
  • Best IIT / NIT / IIIT – 1 award
  • Best Self-financing, Government & Government-aided Emerging Engineering Institute – (separate awards for degree and diploma institutes) – 2 awards

2) MANAGEMENT AWARDS – 3 Awards

  • Best Self-financing, Government & Government-aided Management Institute – 1 award
  • Best IIM – 1 award
  • Best Self-financing, Government & Government-aided Emerging Management Institute – 1 award

3) PHARMACY AWARDS – 4 Awards

  • Best Self-financing, Government & Government-aided Pharmacy Institute – (separate awards for degree and diploma institutes) – 2 awards
  • Best Self-financing, Government & Government-aided Emerging Pharmacy Institute – (separate awards for degree and diploma institutes) – 2 awards

4) ARCHITECTURE / PLANNING AWARDS – 2 Awards

  • Best Self-financing, Government & Government-aided Architecture/Planning Institute – (degree) – 1 award
  • Best Self-financing, Government & Government-aided Emerging Architecture/Planning Institute – (degree) – 1 award

Start of the era

In 2012, CII embarked on a journey of mapping excellence in academia from industry perspective. It conducted a survey of engineering institutes in partnership with the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) in six streams—Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Computer and IT Engineering and Chemical Engineering. The institutes were mapped on their industry linkages and best practices promoted for others to follow. Six companies sponsored stream-wise awards in 2012-13—Tata Chemicals, Infosys, Forbes Marshall, Elico, Hi-Tech Group and A report on the survey was released by Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Dr Shashi Tharoor, during the two-day 4th Global Higher Education Summit on 8 November 2012. In 2013, the scope of the survey has been enlarged to include Management, Architecture and Pharmacy also.

Top institutes and faculty for best industry-linkages based on the survey will be recognized and felicitated on 7-8th November in New Delhi in the following categories:

  • Top Industry-Linked Engineering Institute (1 award each in 10 streams—Civil, Chemical, Computer & IT, Electronics & Communications, Electrical, Mining & Metallurgy, Mechanical, Textile, Bio-Medical & Bio-Technology, Agriculture)
  • Top Industry-Linked Management Institute (1 award)
  • Top Industry-Linked Institute of Pharmacy (1 award)
  • Top Industry-Linked Institute of Architecture (1 award)
  • Top Industry-Linked Emerging Institute (2 awards—one each in Engineering, Management)

Excellence in higher education is the key to success of any society and plays an important role in a nation's development. Globally, excellence in higher education, especially technical education, has thrived on robust industry linkages and collaborations. Producing quality human resource and contributing to social and economic development through research are the two vital indicators of excellence of technical institutions. In India, while we have a few success stories of such industry linkages, we still have a long way to go to match the global benchmarks.

In order to stimulate industry-academia collaboration, CII started the exercise of mapping the industry linkages of technical institutes in partnership with the All India Council for Technical Education (ACITE) in 2012. This yearly initiative maps and awards the best technical institutions on their industry linkages leading to a benchmark in India. In 2012, the scope of the survey was limited to AICTE-affiliated engineering colleges and engineering departments of universities in Chemical, Civil, Computer & IT, Electrical, Electronics & Communication and Mechanical Engineering.

The success of the 2012 survey has laid the path for capturing of such linkages on a wider basis and including more streams in its ambit. In 2013, the survey will include Engineering, Management, Architecture and Pharmacy institutes. In addition to AICTE-affiliated institutes, all National Institutes of Technology (NITs) will also be eligible to participate in it. Their industry linkages will be captured through a detailed online questionnaire and the feedback analyzed to arrive at best institutes in every stream. There is a special category of Emerging Institutes in both Engineering and Management.

The survey is conducted through the portal of AICTE and institutes are required to log in to their respective AICTE accounts to fill it. Those institutes (such as NITs) which do not have an AICTE login ID can do so by writing to either AICTE (at admnbureau.aicte@gmail.com)or CII(shalini.sharma@cii.in).They will be assisted with the required formalities for acquiring a login ID.

Filing of Application: 1 May 2014 – 30 June 2014, Announcement of Result: 21– 22 November, at Knowledgexpo 2014, India Expo Centre, Greater Noida, Delhi NCR

For further details please contact:shalini.sharma@cii.in

2014 More info - here

AICTE-CII Survey of Industry-Linked Technical Institutes

AICTE announces the survey on industry–academia collaboration in technical institutes which it has been conducting with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) since 2012. This survey has been successfully mapping the industry linkages of Indian technical institutes across four streams—Engineering, Management, Pharmacy and Architecture. It showcases the best practices of partnerships with industry and highlights the strengths and weaknesses of ecosystem of technical education in India.

Who can participate?

All degree (UG/PG) and diploma institutes in Engineering, Management, Pharmacy and Architecture.

Institutes will be evaluated in the following two categories:-

Standard category: Institute should have been offering a particular course for at least 10 years, as on 1 August Survey year.

Emerging category: Institute should have been offering a particular course for at least 5 years, as on 1 August Survey year.

Award categories

1) ENGINEERING AWARDS – 15 Awards

  • Best Self-financing, Government & Government-aided Engineering Institute – (separate awards for degree and diploma institutes in six disciplines—Chemical & Allied, Civil & Allied, Computer/IT & Allied, Electrical & Allied, Electronics & Allied, Mechanical & Allied) – 12 awards
  • Best IIT / NIT / IIIT – 1 award
  • Best Self-financing, Government & Government-aided Emerging Engineering Institute – (separate awards for degree and diploma institutes) – 2 awards

2) MANAGEMENT AWARDS – 3 Awards

  • Best Self-financing, Government & Government-aided Management Institute – 1 award
  • Best IIM – 1 award
  • Best Self-financing, Government & Government-aided Emerging Management Institute – 1 award

3) PHARMACY AWARDS – 4 Awards

  • Best Self-financing, Government & Government-aided Pharmacy Institute – (separate awards for degree and diploma institutes) – 2 awards
  • Best Self-financing, Government & Government-aided Emerging Pharmacy Institute – (separate awards for degree and diploma institutes) – 2 awards

4) ARCHITECTURE / PLANNING AWARDS – 2 Awards

  • Best Self-financing, Government & Government-aided Architecture/Planning Institute – (degree) – 1 award
  • Best Self-financing, Government & Government-aided Emerging Architecture/Planning Institute – (degree) – 1 award

Start of the era

In 2012, CII embarked on a journey of mapping excellence in academia from industry perspective. It conducted a survey of engineering institutes in partnership with the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) in six streams—Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Computer and IT Engineering and Chemical Engineering. The institutes were mapped on their industry linkages and best practices promoted for others to follow. Six companies sponsored stream-wise awards in 2012-13—Tata Chemicals, Infosys, Forbes Marshall, Elico, Hi-Tech Group and A report on the survey was released by Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Dr Shashi Tharoor, during the two-day 4th Global Higher Education Summit on 8 November 2012. In 2013, the scope of the survey has been enlarged to include Management, Architecture and Pharmacy also.

Top institutes and faculty for best industry-linkages based on the survey will be recognized and felicitated on 7-8th November in New Delhi in the following categories:

  • Top Industry-Linked Engineering Institute (1 award each in 10 streams—Civil, Chemical, Computer & IT, Electronics & Communications, Electrical, Mining & Metallurgy, Mechanical, Textile, Bio-Medical & Bio-Technology, Agriculture)
  • Top Industry-Linked Management Institute (1 award)
  • Top Industry-Linked Institute of Pharmacy (1 award)
  • Top Industry-Linked Institute of Architecture (1 award)
  • Top Industry-Linked Emerging Institute (2 awards—one each in Engineering, Management)

Excellence in higher education is the key to success of any society and plays an important role in a nation's development. Globally, excellence in higher education, especially technical education, has thrived on robust industry linkages and collaborations. Producing quality human resource and contributing to social and economic development through research are the two vital indicators of excellence of technical institutions. In India, while we have a few success stories of such industry linkages, we still have a long way to go to match the global benchmarks.

In order to stimulate industry-academia collaboration, CII started the exercise of mapping the industry linkages of technical institutes in partnership with the All India Council for Technical Education (ACITE) in 2012. This yearly initiative maps and awards the best technical institutions on their industry linkages leading to a benchmark in India. In 2012, the scope of the survey was limited to AICTE-affiliated engineering colleges and engineering departments of universities in Chemical, Civil, Computer & IT, Electrical, Electronics & Communication and Mechanical Engineering.

The success of the 2012 survey has laid the path for capturing of such linkages on a wider basis and including more streams in its ambit. In 2013, the survey will include Engineering, Management, Architecture and Pharmacy institutes. In addition to AICTE-affiliated institutes, all National Institutes of Technology (NITs) will also be eligible to participate in it. Their industry linkages will be captured through a detailed online questionnaire and the feedback analyzed to arrive at best institutes in every stream. There is a special category of Emerging Institutes in both Engineering and Management.

The survey is conducted through the portal of AICTE and institutes are required to log in to their respective AICTE accounts to fill it. Those institutes (such as NITs) which do not have an AICTE login ID can do so by writing to either AICTE (at admnbureau.aicte@gmail.com)or CII(shalini.sharma@cii.in).They will be assisted with the required formalities for acquiring a login ID.

AICTE Survey Terms & Help - Link

Final Survey Paramters - Link

2013 More info - here

AICTE-CII Survey of Industry-Linked Technical Institutes

AICTE announces the survey on industry–academia collaboration in technical institutes which it has been conducting with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) since 2012. This survey has been successfully mapping the industry linkages of Indian technical institutes across four streams—Engineering, Management, Pharmacy and Architecture. It showcases the best practices of partnerships with industry and highlights the strengths and weaknesses of ecosystem of technical education in India.

Who can participate?

All degree (UG/PG) and diploma institutes in Engineering, Management, Pharmacy and Architecture.

Institutes will be evaluated in the following two categories:-

Standard category: Institute should have been offering a particular course for at least 10 years, as on 1 August Survey year.

Emerging category: Institute should have been offering a particular course for at least 5 years, as on 1 August Survey year.

Award categories

1) ENGINEERING AWARDS – 15 Awards

  • Best Self-financing, Government & Government-aided Engineering Institute – (separate awards for degree and diploma institutes in six disciplines—Chemical & Allied, Civil & Allied, Computer/IT & Allied, Electrical & Allied, Electronics & Allied, Mechanical & Allied) – 12 awards
  • Best IIT / NIT / IIIT – 1 award
  • Best Self-financing, Government & Government-aided Emerging Engineering Institute – (separate awards for degree and diploma institutes) – 2 awards

2) MANAGEMENT AWARDS – 3 Awards

  • Best Self-financing, Government & Government-aided Management Institute – 1 award
  • Best IIM – 1 award
  • Best Self-financing, Government & Government-aided Emerging Management Institute – 1 award

3) PHARMACY AWARDS – 4 Awards

  • Best Self-financing, Government & Government-aided Pharmacy Institute – (separate awards for degree and diploma institutes) – 2 awards
  • Best Self-financing, Government & Government-aided Emerging Pharmacy Institute – (separate awards for degree and diploma institutes) – 2 awards

4) ARCHITECTURE / PLANNING AWARDS – 2 Awards

  • Best Self-financing, Government & Government-aided Architecture/Planning Institute – (degree) – 1 award
  • Best Self-financing, Government & Government-aided Emerging Architecture/Planning Institute – (degree) – 1 award

Start of the era

In 2012, CII embarked on a journey of mapping excellence in academia from industry perspective. It conducted a survey of engineering institutes in partnership with the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) in six streams—Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Computer and IT Engineering and Chemical Engineering. The institutes were mapped on their industry linkages and best practices promoted for others to follow. Six companies sponsored stream-wise awards in 2012-13—Tata Chemicals, Infosys, Forbes Marshall, Elico, Hi-Tech Group and A report on the survey was released by Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Dr Shashi Tharoor, during the two-day 4th Global Higher Education Summit on 8 November 2012. In 2013, the scope of the survey has been enlarged to include Management, Architecture and Pharmacy also.

Top institutes and faculty for best industry-linkages based on the survey will be recognized and felicitated on 7-8th November in New Delhi in the following categories:

  • Top Industry-Linked Engineering Institute (1 award each in 10 streams—Civil, Chemical, Computer & IT, Electronics & Communications, Electrical, Mining & Metallurgy, Mechanical, Textile, Bio-Medical & Bio-Technology, Agriculture)
  • Top Industry-Linked Management Institute (1 award)
  • Top Industry-Linked Institute of Pharmacy (1 award)
  • Top Industry-Linked Institute of Architecture (1 award)
  • Top Industry-Linked Emerging Institute (2 awards—one each in Engineering, Management)

Excellence in higher education is the key to success of any society and plays an important role in a nation's development. Globally, excellence in higher education, especially technical education, has thrived on robust industry linkages and collaborations. Producing quality human resource and contributing to social and economic development through research are the two vital indicators of excellence of technical institutions. In India, while we have a few success stories of such industry linkages, we still have a long way to go to match the global benchmarks.

In order to stimulate industry-academia collaboration, CII started the exercise of mapping the industry linkages of technical institutes in partnership with the All India Council for Technical Education (ACITE) in 2012. This yearly initiative maps and awards the best technical institutions on their industry linkages leading to a benchmark in India. In 2012, the scope of the survey was limited to AICTE-affiliated engineering colleges and engineering departments of universities in Chemical, Civil, Computer & IT, Electrical, Electronics & Communication and Mechanical Engineering.

The success of the 2012 survey has laid the path for capturing of such linkages on a wider basis and including more streams in its ambit. In 2013, the survey will include Engineering, Management, Architecture and Pharmacy institutes. In addition to AICTE-affiliated institutes, all National Institutes of Technology (NITs) will also be eligible to participate in it. Their industry linkages will be captured through a detailed online questionnaire and the feedback analyzed to arrive at best institutes in every stream. There is a special category of Emerging Institutes in both Engineering and Management.

The survey is conducted through the portal of AICTE and institutes are required to log in to their respective AICTE accounts to fill it. Those institutes (such as NITs) which do not have an AICTE login ID can do so by writing to either AICTE (at admnbureau.aicte@gmail.com)or CII(shalini.sharma@cii.in).They will be assisted with the required formalities for acquiring a login ID.

Final Results - Link

AICTE-CII Survey of Industry Linked Engineering Institutes - Link 

2012 More info - here

AICTE-CII Survey of Industry-Linked Technical Institutes

AICTE announces the survey on industry–academia collaboration in technical institutes which it has been conducting with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) since 2012. This survey has been successfully mapping the industry linkages of Indian technical institutes across four streams—Engineering, Management, Pharmacy and Architecture. It showcases the best practices of partnerships with industry and highlights the strengths and weaknesses of ecosystem of technical education in India.

Who can participate?

All degree (UG/PG) and diploma institutes in Engineering, Management, Pharmacy and Architecture.

Institutes will be evaluated in the following two categories:-

Standard category: Institute should have been offering a particular course for at least 10 years, as on 1 August Survey year.

Emerging category: Institute should have been offering a particular course for at least 5 years, as on 1 August Survey year.

Award categories

1) ENGINEERING AWARDS – 15 Awards

  • Best Self-financing, Government & Government-aided Engineering Institute – (separate awards for degree and diploma institutes in six disciplines—Chemical & Allied, Civil & Allied, Computer/IT & Allied, Electrical & Allied, Electronics & Allied, Mechanical & Allied) – 12 awards
  • Best IIT / NIT / IIIT – 1 award
  • Best Self-financing, Government & Government-aided Emerging Engineering Institute – (separate awards for degree and diploma institutes) – 2 awards

2) MANAGEMENT AWARDS – 3 Awards

  • Best Self-financing, Government & Government-aided Management Institute – 1 award
  • Best IIM – 1 award
  • Best Self-financing, Government & Government-aided Emerging Management Institute – 1 award

3) PHARMACY AWARDS – 4 Awards

  • Best Self-financing, Government & Government-aided Pharmacy Institute – (separate awards for degree and diploma institutes) – 2 awards
  • Best Self-financing, Government & Government-aided Emerging Pharmacy Institute – (separate awards for degree and diploma institutes) – 2 awards

4) ARCHITECTURE / PLANNING AWARDS – 2 Awards

  • Best Self-financing, Government & Government-aided Architecture/Planning Institute – (degree) – 1 award
  • Best Self-financing, Government & Government-aided Emerging Architecture/Planning Institute – (degree) – 1 award

Start of the era

In 2012, CII embarked on a journey of mapping excellence in academia from industry perspective. It conducted a survey of engineering institutes in partnership with the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) in six streams—Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Computer and IT Engineering and Chemical Engineering. The institutes were mapped on their industry linkages and best practices promoted for others to follow. Six companies sponsored stream-wise awards in 2012-13—Tata Chemicals, Infosys, Forbes Marshall, Elico, Hi-Tech Group and A report on the survey was released by Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Dr Shashi Tharoor, during the two-day 4th Global Higher Education Summit on 8 November 2012. In 2013, the scope of the survey has been enlarged to include Management, Architecture and Pharmacy also.

Top institutes and faculty for best industry-linkages based on the survey will be recognized and felicitated on 7-8th November in New Delhi in the following categories:

  • Top Industry-Linked Engineering Institute (1 award each in 10 streams—Civil, Chemical, Computer & IT, Electronics & Communications, Electrical, Mining & Metallurgy, Mechanical, Textile, Bio-Medical & Bio-Technology, Agriculture)
  • Top Industry-Linked Management Institute (1 award)
  • Top Industry-Linked Institute of Pharmacy (1 award)
  • Top Industry-Linked Institute of Architecture (1 award)
  • Top Industry-Linked Emerging Institute (2 awards—one each in Engineering, Management)

Excellence in higher education is the key to success of any society and plays an important role in a nation's development. Globally, excellence in higher education, especially technical education, has thrived on robust industry linkages and collaborations. Producing quality human resource and contributing to social and economic development through research are the two vital indicators of excellence of technical institutions. In India, while we have a few success stories of such industry linkages, we still have a long way to go to match the global benchmarks.

In order to stimulate industry-academia collaboration, CII started the exercise of mapping the industry linkages of technical institutes in partnership with the All India Council for Technical Education (ACITE) in 2012. This yearly initiative maps and awards the best technical institutions on their industry linkages leading to a benchmark in India. In 2012, the scope of the survey was limited to AICTE-affiliated engineering colleges and engineering departments of universities in Chemical, Civil, Computer & IT, Electrical, Electronics & Communication and Mechanical Engineering.

The success of the 2012 survey has laid the path for capturing of such linkages on a wider basis and including more streams in its ambit. In 2013, the survey will include Engineering, Management, Architecture and Pharmacy institutes. In addition to AICTE-affiliated institutes, all National Institutes of Technology (NITs) will also be eligible to participate in it. Their industry linkages will be captured through a detailed online questionnaire and the feedback analyzed to arrive at best institutes in every stream. There is a special category of Emerging Institutes in both Engineering and Management.

The survey is conducted through the portal of AICTE and institutes are required to log in to their respective AICTE accounts to fill it. Those institutes (such as NITs) which do not have an AICTE login ID can do so by writing to either AICTE (at admnbureau.aicte@gmail.com)or CII(shalini.sharma@cii.in).They will be assisted with the required formalities for acquiring a login ID.