New Delhi : The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are ranked fourth on a list of 50 best entrepreneurial undergraduate institutes in the world, Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani said, IANS reports.
Quoting the compilation by PitchBook Data, a US-based private equity and venture capital research firm, Irani said on Friday: “The feat calls for further celebrations as the IITs have been ranked higher than some of the best Ivy League universities such as Harvard.”
The minister was speaking at the inauguration of a one-day conclave on entrepreneurship education organised by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to discuss the relevance and importance of entrepreneurship, startups and incubation centres in Indian academic institutions.
“We hope to revamp our pedagogy and curriculum to make it more relevant to our society and our students market-ready, not just domestically but also internationally,” she said.
The minister referred to the rankings while stressing on the need to inculcate an entrepreneurial mind set among the youth, noting that knowledge and entrepreneurship are important to take the country ahead.
Irani said her ministry would soon form a council for higher education and industry so that “together we can bring about solutions that our nation has so long sought.”
