NIRF RANKINGS
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.
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.
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.
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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.
Quality control orders for technical textiles likely
The government is considering quality control orders (QCOs) for 100-odd technical textiles items as the government looks at measures to cut country's heavy import dependence on machinery and specialty fibre for technical textiles, textile secretary Rachna Shah said Thursday
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.
Salary offers at IIT placements hit record high as Covid impact fades
On the opening day of the season, several IITians entered the crore-plus salary club, as the highest domestic package touched an all-time high of Rs 1.8 crore and international offers crossed the Rs 2-crore mark.
Salary offers at IIT placements hit record high as Covid impact fades
IIT-Bombay has once again moved up in the placement charts to the numero uno position, fetching the highest annual domestic salary. But a surprise institute that has piped others is IIT-Roorkee which bagged the biggest international offer on day one — Rs 2.15 crore ($2,87,550).
NIRF rankings: Can't compare JNU with single-subject institutes like IISc, says JNU VC
"They don't have the problems that we have. But I like JNU because of its brilliance and diversity. We have a Booker Prize winner from here and we have a child beggar going to US on a scholarship," Pandit said.
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.
UGC to let 900 autonomous colleges offer online degrees
That’s because in addition to universities, nearly 900 autonomous colleges across the country will be able to offer courses remotely from July onwards as the government opens up the online education sector in a major reform to achieve 50% gross enrolment ratio by 2035 in alignment with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.
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.
NIRF rankings: IIT Madras, IISc Bangalore bag top positions
IIM Ahmedabad has been ranked as the top B-School in the country followed by IIM Bangalore and Calcutta. Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' announced that Miranda College bagged the top rank among colleges, followed by Lady Sri Ram College for Women and St Stephen's College.
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.
No top NIRF ranking, NAAC score? PhD admissions to get tougher
"An institution which is under Category III, only those candidates would be eligible for enrolling to a PhD course who have qualified the NET/SLET/SET examinations," the draft reads.
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.
HRD to announce national ranking tomorrow, less takers this year
NIRF, a methodology adopted by the ministry to rank all institutions of higher education in the country, was launched in September 2015 with the first edition of the rankings being announced in 2016.
Glaring gaps in HRD ministry's ranking process: IIFT
A senior official of IIFT said that the institute is not an university as has been ranked in the category of universities under NIRF.
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