In a sector that
has witnessed a lot of churn of late, including student unrest, the roster of
excellence continues to remain stolidly predictable, with the National
Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) India Rankings 2018 throwing no
surprises.
The third
edition of the NIRF Rankings, released by the Ministry of Human Resource
Development on Tuesday, included overall rankings across disciplines and as
well as category-wise ranking for engineering, pharmacy, medical, management,
architecture, law, university and colleges.
The Indian
Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, retained its position as India’s
top-ranked university for the third year in a row. Jawaharlal Nehru University
(JNU) was ranked second, followed by Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in the third
place.
Overall toppers
The top 10 in
the ‘overall’ category (which considers all higher educational institutions
irrespective of discipline) again had the IISc at the top and included six
Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), with JNU in the sixth place and Anna
University, Chennai, ranked tenth. IIT-Madras was first among the engineering
colleges, IIM-Ahmedabad the best management school. AIIMS-Delhi topped among
medical institutions. The Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and
Research (PGI), Chandigarh, stood second among medical colleges, and Christian
Medical College, Vellore, was placed third. The National Law School of India
University, Bengaluru, topped among law colleges.
Among colleges,
Delhi’s Miranda House stood first, while St Stephen’s College, Hindu College,
and Sri Ram College of Commerce were the other Delhi institutions to figure in
the top ten, ranked second, fourth and seventh, respectively.
Bishop Heber
College, Tiruchi, and Presidency College, Loyola College and Madras Christian
College, Chennai, were the Tamil Nadu colleges in the top 10. The NIRF rankings
assess institutions on five parameters: teaching, learning and resources;
research and professional practice; graduation outcome; outreach and
inclusivity; and perception.
Source: THE HINDU-4th April,2018
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/iisc-jnu-and-bhu-in-indias-ivy-league/article23429068.ece
