Prof. Prasad Krishna takes the helm of NIT-C

The post of Director was lying vacant for more than a year.

Aware that an uphill task awaits him, Prof. Prasad Krishna, who took charge as the Director of National Institute of Technology- Calicut (NIT-C) on Monday said that his top priority would be to improve on the parameters especially research and perception among academic peer for the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) of the Ministry of Education.

For that , he said that interface between the impressive alumni at foreign universities and research centres and the institute would be further networked in the coming months. " Our institute is the best in Kerala but we need to improve our visibility at the national level, " Prof. Krishna, who was earlier with the NIT- Surathkal, told The Hindu.

Besides, he said the focus would be given on improving faculty-student ratio as well as taking steps to upgrade research activities at each department. " The parameter —research and professional practice — that includes publications, citations and patents are important for ranking of an institute, " he said.