India Rankings 2020 released for Higher Educational Institutions 

India Rankings 2020 released for Higher Educational Institutions 

Part of: GS-Prelims and GS-II – Education

In News:

• The Union Human Resource and Development Ministry recently released “India Rankings 2020” for Higher Educational Institutions in various categories on the basis of their performance on five broad categories of parameters.

Key takeaways

• The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), launched in 2015, outlines a methodology to rank institutions across the country.
• It evaluates institutions on five parameters –
  • Teaching, Learning and Resources (TLR) – 30% Weightage
  • Research and Professional Practice (RP) – 40%
  • Graduation Outcomes (GO) – 5%
  • Outreach and Inclusivity (OI) – 15%
  • Perception (PR) – 10%

• Dental institutions have been included for first time in “India Rankings” 
• Some of the institutes which secured top rank in ‘India Rankings 2020’:
  • Overall: Indian Institute of Technology Madras
  • University: Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
  • Engineering: Indian Institute of Technology Madras
  • Management: Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
  • Pharmacy: Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi
  • Medical: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
  • Law: National Law School of India University, Bengaluru
  • Dental: Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, Delhi