{
  "id": 15341774,
  "title": "DUK retains 4-star Institution’s Innovation Council rating",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/duk-retains-4-star-institutions-innovation-council-rating",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-18T03:17:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/duk-retains-4-star-institutions-innovation-council-rating/article71592735.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Digital University Kerala (DUK) has once again earned the prestigious 4-star rating from the Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC) assessment conducted by the Ministry of Education’s Innovation Cell for the academic year 2024-25. This marks the second consecutive year that DUK has secured this high rating. The assessment aims to promote a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship within higher education institutions. At DUK, the IIC serves as a platform that encourages students, staff, and faculty to brainstorm new ideas, devise innovative solutions, and participate in entrepreneurial activities through structured programs, mentoring, workshops, hackathons, and collaborations with industry and the start-up ecosystem. Vice-Chancellor Saji Gopinath, speaking in a press release, stated that the rating underscores DUK's consistent ability to foster innovation and cultivate an innovative mindset among all stakeholders, including students and faculty.",
  "summary": "The university secured the 4-star rating for the second consecutive year.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}