Belagavi: KLE university Belgavi has bagged fourth place in the Swachhta Rankings 2017 for Higher Education Institutes category from Ministry of Human Resource and Development(MHRD).
KLE University is also the first vasity in Karnataka to win this award. Over 3,500 institutions from the country had participated, out of which 25 were selected for the awards in four different categories.
The award was conferred by the Union Minister of Human Resource Development. The programme was also attended by Dr. Satyendra Pal who is the minister of State for Human Resource Development, Higher Education.
Dr Prabhakar Kore, president of KLE University said that the central government has taken several initiatives to encourage healthy competition among institutions to maintain cleanliness in the campus.
The complete list of award recipients in the University category is:
O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, Haryana
Manipal University, Jaipur, Rajasthan
Chitkara University, Kalu Jhanda, Solan, Himachal Pradesh
K.L.E. Academy of Higher Education and Research, Belgaum, Karnataka
Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra, UP
In the Colleges category, the awardees are:
Kongu Arts and Science College, Erode, Tamil Nadu
Vidya Pratishthans Arts, Commerce & Science College, M.I.D.C. Baramati, Pune, Maharashtra
Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
S N R Sons College, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
K.G. College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
The 7 awardees in the Technical Institutes category are:
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh
Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Vivekananda College of Engineering for Women, Tiruchengode, Tamil Nadu
R.M.D. Engineering College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
R.M.K. Engineering College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
ABES Institute of Technology, Ghaziabad, UP
The top 7 institutes in the government institute category are:
G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand
Madurai Kamraj University, Madurai, Tamil Nadu
Alagappa University, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu
NIT, Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh
IIT, Guwahati, Assam
Govt. Post Graduate College for Girls, Chandigarh
Panjab University, Chandigarh, Punjab
