Don't worry about global rankings: IIT Delhi ex-director Surendra Prasad

He said his biggest challenge was to evaluate and authenticate private institutions' documents

Surendra Prasad, former director, IIT Delhi, and the man behind the rankings of universities, colleges, and institutes, told Sahil Makkar that his biggest challenge was to evaluate and authenticate the documents submitted by private institutions. Edited excerpts:

How will the recently released government ranking of universities help students choose the right institute?

It should help in some way. Depending on their inclination, they could look at the overall rank or the college rank on any one of the following major parameters: Teaching-Learning, Research, Graduation Outcomes and Perception, etc. This is certainly one of the objectives of the ranking, although