Bhubaneswar: Continuing its pre-eminent position in academics and research, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) Deemed to be University here has been ranked 15th in the country in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) placings for 2025 which were announced by the Ministry of Education on Thursday.
The NIRF rankings were released by union minister for Education Mr. Dharmendra Pradhan in New Delhi in the presence of minister of state for Education Mr. Sukanta Majumdar.
The university was placed 25th in the overall category in the country in the latest ranking.
SOA has continuously found place within the top 25 institutions of higher learning in the country ever since the inception of the NIRF rankings by the Ministry of Education in 2016. Of these, SOA had been ranked within the top 20 universities in the country on eight occasions.
The Deemed to be University also improved its rank in medical sciences moving up six places from 21st last year to 15th this time while in dental sciences it held on to its 9th rank obtained last year. In engineering, SOA has jumped four places this time to be ranked 22nd in the country. In law, it has been placed 10th this time.
In research, SOA has been placed 49th improving its rank by one place since last year.
SOA’s Faculties of Dental Sciences and Law continue to be ranked among the top ten institutions in the country as in previous years.
SOA had been reaccredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) in 2022 with the highest Grade A++.
SOA’s Founder President Prof. (Dr.) Manojranjan Nayak, who expressed his happiness over the ranks obtained by the university, congratulated the faculty, researchers and other employees while exhorting them to continue their relentless effort to help SOA scale new heights.
Prof. Pradipta Kumar Nanda, Vice-Chancellor of SOA, thanked all concerned for the university’s progress. “We must work hard to ensure that the university continues to climb the ladder and achieve greater laurels,” he said.
The multi-disciplinary SOA had come into existence on July 17, 2007 when the HRD ministry conferred on it the status of a Deemed to be University under section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956.
Focused on quality academics and research, SOA has been churning out professionals in varied fields ready for the challenges and needs of different sectors. It has identified 27 thrust areas for promotion of research and set up 18 research and field centers besides 60 research labs.
SOA offers under graduate, post graduate, Ph.D and Post Doctoral programs in various subjects including engineering and technology, medicine, dental sciences, management sciences, hospitality and tourism management, hospital administration, nursing, pharmaceutical sciences, biotechnology, legal studies, agricultural sciences and veterinary sciences and animal husbandry.
