NIRF INDIA
More women must let off STEAM
India's STEM education landscape is uneven with women constituting 42.3% of STEM students. Only 16.6% of STEM faculty in Indian universities are women.
Attrition for MBA campus talent highest across degrees; employee turnover among campus hires drops in 2023 vs 2022, survey shows
A survey by Deloitte has revealed that the attrition rate among MBA graduates hired directly from campus was the highest across disciplines in 2023, with the highest one-year (40%) and two-year (38%) attrition rates. Infant attrition was the highest among Graduate in Management (BBA / BCom /others) degree holders, with 33% of fresh hires leaving organisations in less than a year of joining. However, the survey showed a reduction in attrition rates from 2022, with MBA hires from Top-10 and Tier-1 colleges attriting at 24% (infant), 40% (one-year), and 38% (two-year) in 2023.
From 2024-25 session, all medical colleges to be rated on quality of medical education
Starting from the 2024-25 academic session, both government and private medical colleges in India will be rated based on the quality of education they provide. The National Medical Commission (NMC) has entered into an agreement with the Quality Council of India (QCI) to assess the ratings of medical institutions.
Online and distance education institutions may be included in NIRF ranking
The National Board of Accreditation (NBA) is currently reviewing the parameters for the rankings and a new category is likely to be added for open universities and language universities. The committee is also exploring the possibility of introducing sustainability rankings to assess the environmental and social impacts of higher education institutions.
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IIT Madras retains top spot for 5th consecutive year; JNU top autonomous university: NIRF 2023
Among the engineering institutions, IIT Madras retained the top spot for the eighth consecutive year. IIT Delhi and IIT Bombay have been ranked second and third, respectively in the category.
New deemed universities to get 'lighter regulations' next month
The Centre will bring in new 'lighter' regulations for deemed to be universities in June, also making way for a new category of degree-granting institutions called 'Distinct Institutions' that may be dedicated to a unique discipline ranging from strategic studies to Indian cultural heritage, environment or sports among others.
Here’s everything you need to know about Amrita Business School and what makes it one of the top B-schools in India
Everything you need to know about Amrita Business School, an offshoot of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, a NAAC – Grade A++ accredited, multi-disciplinary teaching and research institution.
India's healthcare system has shown great efficiency in minimising mortality: Union minister Bharati Pravin Pawar
Pawar, who presided over the 67th Foundation Day celebrations of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences here, expressed happiness over AIIMS ranking among the country's top 10 educational institutions in the research category.She also said it is the only institution with patient care service component in addition to research.
FAIMS writes to Mansukh Mandaviya expressing concerns over discussion to change name of AIIMS Delhi
The Faculty Association of AIIMS (FAIMS) had recently sought the opinion of faculty members over the government's proposal to give new names to all the 23 AII India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) across the country.
IIT Madras tops Education Ministry's NIRF rankings for 2022
The Indian Institute of Technology-Madras has emerged as the top institution in the Union ministry of education's India Rankings 2022 of Higher Educational Institutions, according to a list released by the government on Friday.
Ban on new engineering colleges to continue for 2 more years barring few exceptions: AICTE
The New Education Policy (NEP) envisages that all higher education institutions (HEIs) should evolve into autonomous universities by the year 2040 with individual enrolment of above 3,000. "Consequently, the AICTE has facilitated merger of institutions without restriction of intake and has granted autonomy to the PGDM standalone institutions under its purview.
View: India needs a new pedagogy, not any Kota factory
In the US, young people are immersed in technology in their everyday life. In much of India, that is not the case. Things have to be learnt.
NIRF ranking: IIT Madras best institution third year in row; IISc Bengaluru best for research
Eight IITs and two NITs have figured in the top ten engineering institutions; IIM Ahmedabad declared as best B-School, Jamia Hamdard best pharmacy institute.
Delhi varsities in NIRF rankings: JNU remains second-best university in India, Jamia rises to 6th spot
In the overall rankings, JNU was at the ninth spot while JMI and DU bagged the 13th and 19th rank respectively. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi was at the fourth spot in the overall rankings.
Universities can fix enhanced norms and standards for affiliation: Supreme Court
The top court observed that in present times, no university can afford to have a laid-back attitude, when their own performance is being measured by international standards and therefore, the power of the universities to prescribe enhanced norms and standards, cannot be doubted.
NIRF: IIT Madras best educational institution in country; 7 IITs in top 10, IISc and JNU best universities
The Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry's National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) announced the rankings on Thursday. The annual rankings are usually announced in April but had to be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Edupreneurs hail Budget 2020; call 'Study In India', online courses the way forward
The industry has appreciated the Rs 99,300 cr allocation.
Mumbai University on its deathbed, but here’s how it can still be saved
How did Mumbai become a back-bencher in higher education? The answer can be found in the title of a book Mumbai De-Intellectualised authored by late Dr Aroon Tikekar.
All higher institutes may have to take ranking test
ET has learnt that the ministry is in talks with authorities like the University Grants Commission (UGC) while looking into the same.
Govt asks NITs to buck up after poor show in ’17 rankings
The HRD minister has even called for a separate meeting with the NITs who have not done well in NIRF ranking and placement.
Top universities will be free to prepare curricula: Prakash Javadekar
The decisions have been taken in line with reforms worked out for regulatory authorities like University Grants Commission and All India Council for Technical Education.
Professor Janat Shah re-appointed as director of IIM Udaipur
Professor Shah has been director of IIMU since its inception in 2011 and becomes the only director amongst the new IIMs to have received an extension of his tenure.
This is why India started its own university ranking system
MHRD’s recently-released rankings of India’s top institutions largely mirrors similar international studies. The next challenge? More local institutions in the global 500.
Need for India specific university rankings
Hiring organisations, prospective faculty applicants, funding agencies and more importantly parents are influenced by the university rankings.
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