Institute of Technical Education and Research (ITER), faculty of engineering and technology of the Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Deemed to be University (SOA) here, has been ranked third in the country in the overall category by the Times All India Engineering Institutes Ranking Survey for 2024 published on Thursday.

The institute was also placed third in the country among top engineering colleges in the survey conducted by the Times survey in 2023.

At the same time, ITER was ranked second among top 125 private engineering institutes in the country while being placed at the top in the eastern region thereby retaining the ranks it received in 2023.

In research, ITER was ranked third in the country while in placement it was placed fifth. In 2023, the institute was placed fourth in research and ninth in placement in the nationwide survey.

The objective of the ranking, which used three modules-- desk research, perceptual and factual survey, was to identify and rank top engineering institutes in the country.