AICTE Releases Innovation Council Ratings For Institutes, YUKTI Innovation Challenge Results
The IIC ratings aim to recognise institutions for their efforts to promote innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship among students and faculty members
NEW DELHI: The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has announced the annual performance and star ratings for the Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC) 7.0 for the 2024-25 academic year.
The ratings were announced by AICTE Chairman Yogesh Singh and Member Secretary Shyama Rath in a post on X.
The ratings recognise institutions affiliated with AICTE for their efforts to promote innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship among students and faculty members.
Meanwhile, the AICTE has announced the second-round results of the YUKTI Innovation Challenge (YIC) and the AICTE Productization Fellowship (APF) 2025.
The initiatives aim to identify and support promising ideas and innovations and help take them from the conceptual stage towards practical applications.
According to the AICTE, these initiatives are part of its efforts to build a strong culture of innovation across higher education institutions in the country by supporting innovations that can transform into meaningful solutions and create value for society.
AICTE Chairman Prof. Yogesh Singh and Member Secretary Prof. @rath_shyama announced two significant milestones in India’s innovation ecosystem:
🔹 Annual Performance & Star Ratings of Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC) 7.0 for the Academic Year 2024–25, recognising institutions for their efforts in nurturing innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship.
🔹 2nd Round Results of YUKTI Innovation Challenge (YIC) and AICTE Productization Fellowship (APF) 2025, showcasing promising ideas and innovations with the potential to move from concept to meaningful solutions.
These initiatives reflect AICTE’s continued commitment to building a culture where innovation goes beyond ideas—towards solutions that create real value for society.
Congratulations to all the institutions, innovators, faculty members and students whose dedication continues to strengthen India’s innovation ecosystem.
#AICTE #Innovation #IIC #IIC70 #YUKTI #YIC2025 #APF2025 #InnovationEcosystem #Entrepreneurship #HigherEducation #ViksitBharat
— AICTE (@AICTE_INDIA) October 6, 2026
The initiatives provide a platform for innovators, students and institutions to develop ideas with potential for real-world applications.
Ideas to solutions
The announcements reflect AICTE’s continued emphasis on strengthening India’s innovation ecosystem beyond the generation of ideas.
The focus is on creating an ambience to develop innovative concepts, test and potentially translate into solutions that create value for society.
The YUKTI and APF initiatives are particularly relevant to the objective of connecting innovation with practical applications and supporting innovators through the development process.
AICTE‘s Innovation Councils play a key role in creating an institutional ecosystem for innovation and entrepreneurship.
AICTE’s approval-process framework also recognises the establishment of an IIC as an important requirement for participating technical institutions.
Through initiatives such as IIC, YUKTI and APF, the AICTE promotes innovation activities involving students, faculty members, educational institutions and emerging innovators.
The recognition through the IIC 7.0 ratings and the latest YUKTI and APF results is expected to encourage more institutions and innovators to pursue research, entrepreneurship and technology-driven solutions.
AICTE Chairman Yogesh Singh congratulated the participating institutions, innovators, faculty members and students for their contributions towards India’s innovation ecosystem.