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KL University receives multiple awards at EduSkills summit

Source: The Hindu · 29 Sep 2026, 15:36 UTC
KL University receives multiple awards at EduSkills summit
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KL Deemed to be University received four major honours at the EduSkills HR Summit and Connect 2026 in Jaipur, including awards linked to institutional performance and student internships. The university also received recognition for placements, educator development and industry-linked learning, while two student teams won innovation categories and cash prizes.

KL Deemed to be University received four major awards at the EduSkills HR Summit and Connect 2026 in Jaipur, recognising institutional performance and student internship initiatives. The university was presented with the Top All India Ranking Award, the Best Performing University Award–2026, the 10K Students Internship Award and the 5K Students Internship Award. Its other honours included the Best Campus Placement Institution Excellence Award and the Institute of Excellence in Educator Development–2026.

It also received the Assess2ME Most Engaged Institute Award–2026 and Best Performing Institute 2026 awards associated with HPE Juniper and Siemens. The university received a Million Virtual Internship Milestone Award as well. Several officials were recognised individually for their roles in leadership, placements, teaching and project mentoring.

G. Pardha Saradhi Varma received the Vice-Chancellor Excellence Award–2026, while A. Srinath received the Dean Excellence Award.

Kabir Pasha was presented with the National Placement Leadership Award. Radhika Rani Chintala received both the Distinguished Educator Award and the Women Leadership Award. S.

Arun Metha received the Faculty Project Mentor Excellence Award. Students from the university also won the EduSkills Student Innovative Project Challenge. Team BioFlexi, represented by Harshita Durgaraju, won the Microchip category, while Team Net Architects won the HPE Juniper category.

Each winning student team received a cash prize of ₹30,000. The awards were presented to university representatives by Nageshwar Rao, chairman of the Executive Committee of the National Assessment and Accreditation Council, and K.K. Aggarwal, president of South Asian University.

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