The results of the fourth edition of AICTE-CII Survey of Top Industry-Linked Technical Institutes 2015 were announced at the 5th Global University – Industry Congress. Awards were given to 17 technical institutes in 21 categories which included 10 awards in degree category and 6 in diploma category. The best performing institutes were selected after a five-and-half month long online survey and a subsequent four-month jury process. More than 60 experts from industry and academia took part in the jury process which included visits to institutes for on-site assessment of industry linkages of institutes.The fourth edition of the IndPact survey saw the number of participating institutes increase from 814 in 2014 to 901.
Initiated in 2012 by CII and the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), the IndPact Survey is an objective source of information with the core being the industry – academia collaboration that exists.The first survey in 2012 focused only on engineering institutes approved by AICTE. 2013 witnessed the expansion of scope to include four major streams of study, viz engineering, management, pharmacy and architecture/planning. In 2014, the scope of participation was further expanded to include a separate category of polytechnics as well as separate categories for self-financed and centrally funded institutes.
In 2015, the major addition has been an addition of separate category of awards for mentor institutes.