Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievement (ARIIA) 2021

Current Context: The Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievement (ARIIA) 2021 was released.

• The ARIIA is an initiative under the Ministry of Education and it ranks major educational institutions and universities as per their performance in ‘Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development’.
• The rankings were made under two categories- Technical and Non-Technical.
• The technical category included 5 sub-categories namely: CFTIs, Central University, & Institute of National Importance, State University & Deemed University (Govt. & Govt. Aided), Govt. College/Institution (Govt. & Govt. Aided), University & Deemed University (Self-Finance/Private) and Private College/Institute (Self-Finance/Private). The non-technical category included two sub-categories- CFIs/Central University/Institute of National Importance (Non-Technical) and General (Non-Technical).
• Below is the list for each category:
• CFTIs, Central University, & Institute of National Importance (Technical): IIT Madras (1st), IIT Bombay (2nd), IIT Delhi (3rd)
• State University & Deemed University (Govt. & Govt. Aided) (Technical): Panjab University (1st), Delhi Technological University (2nd), Netaji Subhas University of Technology (3rd)
• Govt. College/Institution (Govt. & Govt. Aided) (Technical): College of Engg Pune (1st), PSG College of Technology (2nd), L D College of Engg (3rd)
• University & Deemed University (Self-Finance/Private) (Technical): Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology Khordha (1st), Chitkara University (2nd), Lovely Professional University (3rd)
• Private College/Institute (Self-Finance/Private) (Technical): G H Raisoni College of Engg (1st), R M K Engg College (2nd), KIET Group of Institutions (3rd)
• CFIs/Central University/Institute of National Importance (Non-Technical): Indira Gandhi National Open University (1st), IIM Kozhikode (2nd)
• General (Non-Technical): Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (1st), Sree Narayana College (2nd)

Question: 

Q.1 Which CFTIs, Central University, & Institute of National Importance under Technical domain category topped in Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievement (ARIIA) 2021?
a. IIT Roorkee
b. IIT Madras
c. IIT Kharagpur
d. IIT Kanpur