Karunya Institute of Technology & Sciences

Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences (KITS), Coimbatore, was founded in 1986 by (Late) Dr. D G S Dhinakaran, Founder and Dr. Paul Dhinakaran, the Chancellor of the University. As an Engineering College, KITS received several awards and recognitions such as Best Engineering College of Tamil Nadu-1996, First Self-financing Autonomous Engineering College-2000, Deemed-to-be University-2004. Subsequently, several B.Tech. Programs were accredited by NBA - Computer Science and Engineering, Biotechnology and Electronics and Communication Engineering, Robotics and Automation, Biomedical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering, and M.Tech. Programs in Computer Science and Engineering, VLSI Design, Biotechnology and Master of Business Administration. In 2022, KITS was awarded A++ Grade by NAAC and also obtained ICAR accreditation for BSc(Hons)-Agriculture. 

In NIRF 2025, KITS secured Rank Band 101-150 under Engineering & University Category and in the Rank Band 151–200 under Overall Category.

KITS features in 1201-1500 Rank in Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2026, 401-500 Rank in THE Asia Ranking 2025, 1001-1500 Rank in THE Impact Ranking 2025 with 201-300 in Affordable and Clean Energy, 401-600 in Clean Water and Sanitation  & Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, 601-800 in Good Health and Well Being & Partnership for the Goals, THE Subject Rankings 2025: 601-800 Rank in Computer Science and Physical Science & 801-1000 Rank in Engineering, 694th Rank in QS Asia Ranking 2026, 1301-1350 Rank in QS Sustainability Ranking 2025. KITS also obtained the 511th Rank in UI GreenMetric World University Ranking 2024.

The Institution offers undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral degree programs in core and circuit engineering, biotechnology, food processing engineering, agriculture, science, media, management and commerce. Google powered B.Tech. CSE program is being offered. Around 8000 students pursue higher education.

Centres of Excellence / Industry Laboratories have been established in partnership with Siemens, Suez, IBM, CISCO, SUSE, Salzer, NVIDIA, and Oracle, which facilitates domain specific skill development in students and scholars and product development. Research centers such as Water Institute and Stem Cell Research have been established to drive innovation to solve human problems. A 6 crore DST funded 2-ton gasification Pilot Plant for conversion of plastic waste to energy been instituted for syngas production. The IPR Cell spearheads the filing and publication of patents; 191 patents have been filed of which 86 are granted and three have been commercialized; eight design and 67 documents for copyright have been filed and registered.

The Institution has 131 laboratories, of which the Food Testing Laboratory is accredited by NABL. Nine central laboratories have sophisticated equipment like TOC analyser, AAS, Ion Chromatograph, HPLC, NMR, SEM, UV Spectrophotometer, 3-D Printer and Electrochemical testing facilities to carry out interdisciplinary research. 

Karunya Incubation Foundation, a non-profit company under section 8 of The Companies Act 2013 has been established for the promotion of innovation and to foster entrepreneurship ecosystem among the students, faculty members and staff. In order to facilitate the involvement of alumni and industry in innovation a Karunya Technology Business Incubation Park (KTBIP) has been setup. Karunya Innovation Design Studio (KIDS) encourages students and faculty to ideate and develop prototypes which has facilitated 200 incubations and 10 start-ups. 

Karunya has mobilized projects worth Rs. 82.06 million and the students and faculty members have published more than 3365 papers in peer-reviewed Scopus journals of which 1487 papers in WOS journals during the past 3 years. Consultancy projects worth Rs. 29.78 million are being carried out during the past 3 years. The KITS signed MoUs with reputed international institutions of higher education and research, such as Technion, Hebrew University, Ben-Gurion University, Agriculture Research Organization-Israel, Bar-Ilan University–Tel Aviv, Technical University of Berlin, Brandenburg University, RWTH-Aachen, Florida International University, Cape Breton University and Vilnius University. The Institution has research links with 83 countries.

As part of Green Campus initiatives, the Institution installed a 115 kW grid-tied solar power plant, 29 solar water heating systems, 15066 LED tube lights, four biogas plants, four sewage treatment plants with a total capacity of 2455 KLD, and rainwater harvesting structures and groundwater recharging mechanisms. The water from the STP is reused for irrigation. 

Through the International Association for Exchange of Students for Technical Experience (IAESTE), 204 students were awarded international internships with stipend to pursue research in countries across the continents and around 187 students from Universities abroad have undertaken internships at KITS.