PU ranked among top 50 in ARIIA 2020

Vadodara: City-based Parul University (PU) has been ranked among top 50 private universities in the country under Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) 2020.
ARIIA is an initiative of union ministry of education to systematically rank all major higher educational institutions and universities in the country on indicators related to “innovation and entrepreneurship development” amongst students and faculties.
PU has been engaging in a series of innovative projects. “The ranking has been done based on assessment of our university in various categories including funding and support, revenue generated, entrepreneurship awareness, practical exposure, intellectual property, among others,” said PU president Dr Devanshu Patel. “Our entrepreneurship development cell has been playing a pivotal role in incubation of over 70 start-ups. The start-ups have proven to be of great utility and essential to the extent of generating over Rs 20 crore in total annual revenue,” he said. “Similarly, the cell has a series of events including Boot Camps for start-up grooming, Vadodara Hackathon and Demo Day. Events such as Vadodara Start-up Festival have created a buzz among students across Gujarat while we have been organising over 100 entrepreneurship talks annually,” he said.
In terms of intellectual property (IP) generation, a total of 63 intellectual property rights have been filed in the fields of applied sciences, engineering, medical sciences, pharmacy among others, he said.