Ranking for schools, ITIs and polytechnics also being explored: Dharmendra Pradhan

The top 100 in the Overall category consists of 40 CFTIs and CFU (including 38 technical institutions), 26 state universities, 24 deemed universities, 6 private universities, 7 medical institutions and 3 management institutions.

Union Minister for Education Dharmendra Pradhan addressing on the occasion of ‘India Rankings 2022’

The Union Minister of Education, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Dharmendra Pradhan today released the India Rankings 2022. Indian Institute of Technology Madras has retained its first position in the Overall Category for the fourth consecutive year and in Engineering for the seventh consecutive year.

Speaking on the occasion, Pradhan said that our HEIs are working towards making our education ecosystem more vibrant and making our youth future ready. A robust and objective framework for assessment, accreditation and ranking will play a major role in enhancing quality in the higher education ecosystem, he added.

The Minister further said that we are moving towards creating a knowledge-based economy which is innovation-led and technology-driven. Our higher educational institutions have to play a key role in making India a leading global innovation and digital economy and making quality education affordable and accessible for the bottom of the pyramid population, he added.

Pradhan said that accreditation and assessment shall be mandatory, and every Higher Education Institution needs to be accredited. Self-declaration and transparency shall be the basis of assessment and accreditation.

“By next year we will unify institutional accreditation presently are done by NAAC and programme accreditation presently being done by NBA. Ranking on Innovation done earlier by AICTE will henceforth be integrated with NIRF. All institutions will be a part of the combined system of assessment, accreditation and rankings. Such a system will be transparent and objective,” he said.

From next year NIRF ranking categories will also include Innovation and Entrepreneurship. NIRF rankings categories can be increased as per the needs.

The education minister also said that there is already work going on rankings of ITIs and Polytechnics. Soon there will be a system where each school is also accredited. Pradhan said: “We will take state governments on board. Parents will know the standing of the school where the child is being admitted.

Only those Universities/Colleges which have NAAC grading or NIRF ranking will be eligible for inclusion in the list maintained by the UGC under Section 12 B of the UGC Act, 1956 for receiving financial assistance.”

Increase in Number of Applicants for India Rankings from 2016 to 2022

A total number of 4,786 unique institutions offered themselves for ranking under “Overall”, category-specific and/or domain-specific rankings for India Rankings 2022. In all, 7,254 applications for ranking were made by these 4,786 unique institutions under various categories/domains including 1,876 in Overall Category, 1,249 in Engineering, and 2,270 in General Degree Colleges. A noticeable increase in institutional participation in the rankings exercise this year indicates its recognition amongst institutions of higher education in India as a fair and transparent ranking exercise. The number of unique applicants to India Rankings has increased from 2,426 in 2016 to 4,786 in 2022 whereas the total number of applications for ranking in various categories has increased from 3,565 in 2016, to 7,254 in 2022 i.e. total increase of 2,360 (97.28% increase) in unique institutions and 3,689 (103.48% increase) in total applicants.

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