Govt rates seats of higher learning

The National Institutional Ranking Framework outlines a methodology to rank institutions across the country. Most of the 22 ranking parameters are similar to those employed globally but some are also India-centric, explains the India Rankings 2016 report, which the government released for the first time on Monday.

Ranking methods have been worked out for six categories of institutions - engineering, management, pharmacy, architecture, universities and colleges. But no rankings are being announced this year for architecture and general degree colleges due to non-representative participation, it says.

Within each discipline, there was provision for separate ranking in two categories - institutions engaged in research and teaching (Category A), and those mainly in teaching (Category B). Data from Category B institutions continued to exhibit major inconsistencies despite efforts to remove these, said the India Rankings 2016 report. It was decided, therefore, that no rankings be announced for Category B institutions this year, the report adds. Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani said efforts were on to make this ranking system an annual affair and to add more categories. Here are the top 5 education institutions under each head:
 

ENGINEERING

• Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
• Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
• Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
• Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
• Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

MANAGEMENT

• Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
• Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
• Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
• Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow
• Indian Institute of Management, Udaipur

PHARMACY

• Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal
• University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chandigarh
• Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi
• Poona College of Pharmacy, Pune
• Institute of Pharmacy, Nirma University, Ahmedabad

UNIVERSITY

• Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
• Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai
• Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
• University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
• Tezpur University, Tezpur

Source: Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development