naac the national accreditation agency has conferred the highestgrade a to karunya deemed university considering karunyas significant contributions in academics teaching learning research placements infrastructure innovation product development extension and outreach activitiesdr paul dhinakaran chancellor of karunya deemed university congratulated the administration faculty students alumni parents industry partners and all stakeholders on this greatest achievementthe national assessment and accreditation council naac peer team visited karunya institute of technology and sciences from 10th to 12th august 2022 the 7 member peer team visited the laboratories different departments facilities infrastructure research and submitted its reportconsidering the significant contributions of karunya to academic research innovation incubation extension and outreach activities naac has conferred the highest grade a to karunya institute of technology and sciences the important parameters leading to the accreditation have been industry 40 compliant curriculum digital teaching and learning practices state of art infrastructure transparent governance funded projects worth rs25 crore more than 100 patents with 14 granted 6300 papers in scopus and wos indexed journals a section 8 company catering to incubation and entrepreneurship adoption of villages for technology transfer distinctive contribution to water science and technology and the best practice manifested by 25 technology missions in cutting edge areasall programs of karunya are approved by ugc and the engineering and mba programs are approved by aicte 10 ug and pg engineering and management programs are accredited by nba in the ariia ranking 2022 kits is placed in the band excellent among the selffinancing institutions in recognition of the online teaching and learning practices kits received the advanced qs elead certification from qs iguagethe academic and research activities are supported by stateoftheart laboratories 8 central and 10 industryassisted laboratories the naac expert team commended the ministry of food processing industries sponsored laboratory nanomission supported laboratory the supersonic and subsonic wind tunnels of the aerospace engineering laboratory media centre the animal house and nmr laboratory for experimental studies and the water institute laboratory equipped with aas ion chromatograph and facilities for water treatment using electrocoagulation electrodialysis and cdi techniques the experts complimented kits for the industry partnered laboratories with siemens ibm cisco nvidia suez amz automotive and tessolve for making students industry readythe experts opined that the 25 technology missions of karunya dealing with emerging technologies tools dealing with industry 40 and sustainable development are contributing to papers patents and commercial products to solve the problems of humanitythe facilities available for sports games and gymnastics at karunya provided the students an opportunity for holistic developmentkarunya has signed mous with 80 reputed institutions and industries in india and abroad the unbox a museum showcasing the products and patents developed by students and faculty and the aqua musea exhibiting the models of water resources systems of semiarid zone especially of tamil nadu were well appreciated by the naac teamthe chancellor drpaul dhinakaran and trustee mr samuel dhinakaran congratulated the vice chancellor and his entire team of faculty staff and students for this achievement