New Delhi: The Union Minister of Human Resource Development, Prakash Javadekar, released the India Rankings 2017 for the Educational Institutions today. Himachal Pradesh based Universities also registered its presence in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranking as in the five categories out of six IIT Mandi, NIT, JayPee and Shoolini University found place among top 100.
The India Rankings 2017 were done under the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) and performance was assessed in six categories viz. Overall, Universities, Engineering, Management, Pharmacy and Colleges. The state based educational organizations found place in four category Overall, Universities, Engineering and Pharmacy, while failed to make presence in the categories Colleges and Management.
Overall
In overall ranking Indian Institute of Technology Mandi is ranked at 37, while Solan based Dr. Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture & Forestry is ranked at 84. None of other University including Central University of Himachal, Dharmshala, Himachal Pradesh University and private Universities have failed to find place in top hundred University in the Nation.
Universities
Dr. Y.S.Parmar University of Horticulture & Forestry with 39.54 points ranked 51 and Jaypee University of Information Technology-Solan accumulated 34.14 points and ranked 93.
Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Mandi ranked 28, National Institute of Technology (NIT) Hamirpur 59 and Jaypee University of Information Technology-Solan ranked at 83.
Pharmacy
Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences-Solan with 37.45 points ranked at 39. Jamia Hamdard with 73.64 points top the list, while National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Mohali and University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences Chandigarh secured second and third position respectively.
Management
None of University of Himachal Pradesh found place in management segment. However, in this category, Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad, Banglore and Calcutta ranked first second and third respectively.
Colleges
In College category none of College of Himachal Pradesh got place in the top 100 college in the nation. Miranda House with 69.39 points ranked 1st and Loyola College of Chennai and Shri Ram College of Commerce of Delhi ranked second and third respectively. Two colleges of neighboring Chandigarh viz. Post Graduate Government College for Girls 32 and Goswami Ganesh Dutta S.D. College 41 and Mehr Chand Mahajan D.A.V. College for Women Sec 36 placed at 76.
List of top 10 India Rankings 2017 is as follows:
Overall
1. Indian Institute of Science, Banglore, Karnataka
2. Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (Chennai), Tamil Nadu
3. Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (Mumbai), Maharashtra
4. Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal
5. Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, Delhi
6. Jawahar Lal Nehru University, New Delhi, Delhi
7. Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
8. Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam
9. Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Uttarakhand
10. Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Engineering
1. Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Tamil Nadu
2. Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (Mumbai), Maharashtra
3. Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal
4. Indian Institute of Tchnology, New Delhi, Delhi
5. Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
6. Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Uttarakhand
7. Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam
8. Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
9. Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal
10. Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, Telangana
Management
1. Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
2. Indian Institute of Management, Banglore, Karnataka
3. Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, West Bengal
4. Indian Instituut of Management, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
5. Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, Kerala
6. Indian Institute of Technology,New Delhi, Delhi
7. Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal
8. Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Uttarakhand
9. Xavior Labour Relations Institute (XLRI), Jamshedpur, Jharkhand
10. Indian Institute of Management, Indore, Madhya Pradesh
University
1. Indian Institute of Science, Banglore, Karnataka
2. Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, Delhi
3. Banaras Hindu University
4. Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Banglore, Karnataka
5. Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal
6. Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
7. University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Telangana
8. University of Delhi, Delhi
9. Amrita Vishwa Peetham, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
10. Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Maharshtra
Colleges
1. Miranda House, Delhi, Delhi
2. Loyola College, District Chennai, Tamil Nadu
3. Shri Ram College of Commerce, New Delhi, Delhi
4. Bishop Heber College, District Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu
5. Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College,New Delhi, Delhi
6. St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata, West Bengal
7. Lady Shri Ram College for Women,New Delhi, Delhi
8. Dyal Singh College, Delhi, Delhi
9. Deen Dayal Upadhyay College, New Delhi, Delhi
10. The Women’s Christian College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Pharmacy
1. Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, Delhi
2. National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Mohali, S.A.S. Nagar (Mohali), Punjab
3. University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chandigarh, Chandigarh
4. Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, Maharashtra
5. National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Hyderabad, Telangana
6. Birla Institute of Science, Pilani, Rajasthan
7. Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Science, Manipal, Karnataka
8. Poona College of Pharmacy Erandwane Pune, Maharashtra
9. S.R.M.Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
10. JSS College of Pharmacy, Mysore, Karnataka
Secretary Higher, Education K.K. Sharma conformed that in ‘INDIA RANKINGS 2017’ a total of 2995 institutions have participated. This includes 232 Universities, 1024 Engineering Institutions, 546 Management Institutions, 318 Pharmacy Institutions and 637 General Degree Colleges, and others. Many of these have participated in multiple disciplines, adding to a total of 3319 participants across disciplines.
However, due to non-representative participation in some of the domains (like Architecture, Law, and Medical etc.) no rankings are being announced this year.
Started last year, the framework outlines a methodology to rank institutions across India. NIRF was approved by the MHRD and launched on 2015.
