Gracing the event with their presence were Chief Guest – Ms. Sindhu Gangadharan, SVP &MD at SAP Labs India;Prof Debabrata Das, Director, IIIT-Bangalore;and upGrad’s Co-founder MrMayank Kumar.

The collaborative hybrid valedictory ceremony took place at the IIIT-Bangalore campus, uniting 700 in-person attendees, while simultaneously streaming live to over 3000 online participants, making it an inclusive celebration hosted by the Institute and upGrad. The batch embodies the readiness and vital skills required for the future workforce. Some of the top skills that the learners acquired during the program include Predictive Analytics using Python, Machine Learning, Data Visualization, Big Data, Natural Language Processing, Fundamentals of Computer Science, Software Development Processes, and Building Robust and Scalable Websites, among others.

MsSindhuGangadharan highlighted the exponential technology evolution in the above programmes areas and congratulated the gradates on embarking on an exciting journey to contribute significantly to the digital economy of India and the world. Prof. Das emphasized the importance of upskilling in the continually evolving fields of digital technologies as per the vision of the Government and pointed out the role of IIIT-Bangalore and upGrad in supporting India’s vision of reaching $1 trillion digital economy by 2026. He also highlighted that this year marks the end of the Silver Jubilee year of the Institute and that the Institute will accelerate its mission to enable India to play a key role in the global IT industry through its focus on education, research and innovation in cutting edge digital technology areas.

Mayank Kumar, further commented on the wider adoption of emerging technologies that have been encouraging upGrad to ensure their innovation/pedagogy remains at par with the industry requirements and helps them build a market-ready talent pipeline. He further expressed excitement about recording an academic milestone which IIIT-Bangalore and upGrad, together, have achieved with this batch that brings a strong geographical diversity and represents India’s ambition of becoming a teaching capital.

About IIIT-Bangalore

IIIT-Bangalore is a premier institute focused on Post-Graduate IT education and research, located in the heart of Electronic City, Bangalore. IIIT-Bangalore is graded A+ by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). In the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) for 2022, IIIT-B has secured 74th ranking. The institute was ranked number 1 among India’s Best Technical Universities (Private) by India Today. IIIT-Bangalore contains state-of-the-art infrastructure, eminently qualified faculty, a vibrant alumni community, cutting-edge research facilities, and close industry collaborations.
The institute’s specially designed courses make the students cognitive of the current technologies. Experiential learning and practices followed in the institute equip them with the tools and knowledge to solve contemporary real problems. IIIT-Bangalore has consistently achieved excellent placement records every year since its establishment in 1998, thanks to the unwavering support of the industry and the expanding pool of highly skilled alumni.

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Prof. Mala Srivastava, Dean of Academics, IIM Kashipur, said, “We are striving to improve the quality of teaching, learning and research at the institute. We rose from 33rd place in the NIRF rating in 2021 to 19th place in 2023. I have faith that the institute will continue to perform better across all the parameters in the years to come as it strives to rank among India’s top 10 Management Institutes. We credit this success to the institute’s improved perception in terms of research, placement opportunities, and learning environment.”
The NIRF 2023 ranking framework evaluates institutions on five broad generic groups parameters such as teaching learning and resources, research and professional practice, graduation outcomes, outreach and inclusivity, perception.
Last month, IIM Kashipur held its 10th Convocation on campus for its flagship two-year MBA (2021-2023 batch), MBA Analytics, Executive MBA, and doctoral students. The Institute awarded degrees to a total of 353 students, including 9 doctoral scholars and 344 MBA graduates (260 two-year MBA students, 58 MBA (Analytics) students, and 26 Executive MBA students).

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Top 100 Universities in India 2019 by NIRF

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In the maiden edition of the Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) that was launched by the Innovation Cell of MHRD in 2018, IIT Madras also emerged as the ‘Top innovative Institution’ in the country, bagging the Rank number 1 in Government Institutions category. According to the sources, the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind has declared the rankings.

On the basis of teaching, learning & resources, research & professional practices, outreach & inclusivity, graduation outcomes & perception, the NIRF India Ranking is done. Under nine categories the rankings were announced and they are:

• Overall
• Universities
• Colleges
• Management
• Pharmacy
• Medical
• Architecture
• Engineering
• Law

For the detailed information please check the following link: https://nirfcdn.azureedge.net/2019/pdf/Report/IR2019_Report.pdf

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The Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) has approved and implemented the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in September 2015. The framework is aimed at finding the ranking of higher educational institutions on the basis of a variety of parameters including teaching, learning and resources (TLR), research, professional practices and collaborative performance (RPC), graduation outcome (GO), outreach and inclusivity (OI), and perception (PR).

The objective of the rankings is to measure the relative standing of the institutions, to encourage them to compete and improve, and help the students make informed career choices.

Ever since its introduction NIRF has been in the line of fire from several educational institutions across the country over the low placement in the rankings. The criticism by many academicians is primarily on the parameters which are general in nature and do not take into account certain specific points like geographical disadvantage and financial constraints.

NIRF 2018                                                                                                                                                                      The latest NIRF rankings released in April 2018 included addition of three new categories medical, architecture, and law apart from regular categories of overall, universities, engineering, management, colleges, and pharmacy.

Unlike 2016 and 2017 NIRF lists, which included the ranks of only those institutions that had taken part in the exercise, the 2018 list auto-registered the institutions through a large online database from the All-India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) portal. However, the institutions have provided details like patents, publications, research projects and campus placements that are not available on the portal.

More than 3,000 institutions participated in the India Rankings 2017, and the total number of institutions participated in 2018 has risen by 1,000.

As per NIRF 2018 ranking Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore stood first in the university category, followed by Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), and Benares Hindu University (BHU). All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) Delhi ranked top in medical college category, while Indian Institute of Madras (IIT-M) was adjudged as the best engineering college. The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmadabad (IIMA) was considered as top management institution. The list placed Delhi University’s Miranda House as the best college and NLSIU-Bengaluru the best law school in the country.

Inconsistent and inconceivable parameters in NIRF

NIRF 2018 has raised further questions over the credibility of the ranking parameters, which has already been in debate for the last two editions released in 2016 and 2017. Some academicians have raised the eyebrows over the NIRF ranking procedure and its parameters. The methodology of ranking and the general parameters adopted NIRF have led to many discrepancies.

The teaching, learning and resources parameter simply uses available crude statics of student strength, student-faculty ratio, number of faculties with PhDs, and the total budget of the institution to make some sweeping statements. The 30% weight given to the institutions for having number of registered doctoral scholars, may make some real reputed institutions with smaller number of scholars difficult to compete and find a place in NIRF list.

The research parameter carries a 30% weight in the NIRF ranking. Many of the Indian colleges however, do not foster a research mindset, which may make a lot of colleges in slip in the NIRF ranking. Moreover, if excessive impetus is put on submission of papers and journals, then the process of classroom learning largely gets neglected. For instance in 2018 rankings the RPP score of JNU was 42.60, RPP score of BHU was 50.76, and the RPP score of Anna University was 60.76.

Does this imply that JNU scholars produce research that is inferior to Anna University, and BHU? Certainly not, so here comes the need to introduce some more parameters to evaluate an institution more pragmatically.

The parameters like of outreach and perception too are dependent on geographical location and financial help the institutions get. Therefore, it is not fair to equate all institutions with same parameter for ranking.

Conclusion

The complaints by some technical education institutions over the NIRF ranking 2018 has prompted the ministry of HRD to acknowledge the problem in ranking system, and consider new norms and specific parameters to rank colleges in medicine, law, architecture, pharmacy, and management categories. The HRD ministry in August 2018 has decided to constitute a sub-committee which will look into the problems and will find new specific parameters for ranking of institutions.

Even though, there are many discrepancies in the NIRF rankings, it has become imperative for the government to have such a ranking system which can improve the competitiveness in higher education institutions in the country after finding that there is no Indian institution name figured in the top global university rankings.

NIRF is a first step in the direction of improving the quality higher education in India. There is a scope for NIRF to improve for making it more reliable and accurate in ranking of institutions, which can ultimately help make Indian institutions rank better globally.

NIRF 2018 India Top 10 Overall Ranking

Top 10 Universities 

Top 10 Medical Institutes

Top 10 Colleges

Top Ten Engineering Institutes

Top Ten Management Institutes

Top Ten Law Institutes

Top Ten Pharmacy Institutes

Top Ten Architecture Institutes

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It will be launched by the Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj in the presence of Minister of HRD Prakash Javadekar and Minister of State for HRD Dr. Satya Pal Singh.

The portal will be enabled to the students from Africa, CIS, South Asia and the Middle East. It will help them to apply for different courses from various Indian Institutions, which are high on National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) and National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranking.

The event will also include the launch of Study in India film along with a Cultural event by the foreign students. Ambassadors and representatives from across 80 countries have been invited to remain present at the launch of the event.

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JNU ranks highest in the aspects of its student’s success rates in recruitment in industrial and governmental fields, and pursuing higher studies. IIT Madras has a graduation outcome of 85.36, IIM Calcutta 86.81 and Delhi University 85.14, in comparison.

The NIRF reported the several factors that are taken into account when ranking institutions on the graduation outcome- “This parameter forms the ultimate test of the effectiveness of the core teaching/learning activity, and measures the student graduation rate and their success in finding appropriate placement in industry and government or taking up higher studies.”

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