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
