New Delhi: Bhubaneswar-based Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan University is the only institute from Odisha to have received honours at the third Swachh Campus Ranking Awards 2019.
It has been placed fifth in the UGC ‘residential universities category’. Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Guntur has taken the pole position in this category. OP Jindal Global University, Sonepat has got the second place while Symbiosis International University, Pune has been ranked third.
In all, 48 universities under UGC and AICTE were given away awards under various categories.
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The selected institutions were awarded by Higher Education Secretary R. Subrahmanyam.
The rankings were based on various parameters of hygiene such as student-toilet ratio, hostel hygiene, hostel kitchen hygiene, availability of water, water conservation measures, campus greenery, administrative responsibility for hygiene etc.
In 2017, 3200 institutions participated in the ranking exercise. The number went up to 6100 in 2018 institutions and 6900 during this year.
