Lok Sabha Question No. 1485 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-05
Subject: Ranking of Universities
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RAMDAS CHANDRABHANJI TADAS, CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1485 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.03.2018

## Ranking of Universities

†1485. SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS: SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI:

## Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the ranking of Indian Universities at the global level during the last three years;
- (b) whether any agency has been  nominated/constituted by the Government  for determination of ranking of Indian Universities;
- (c) if so, the manner in which the said agency is functioning; and
- (d) the details of the norms on the basis of which ranking is determined?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. SATYA PAL SINGH)

- (a): The ranking of Indian Universities and Higher Educational Institutions in Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings for the last three years are at annexure.

(b) to (d): With a view to bring excellence in higher educational institutions, Government has  launched  the  National  Institutional  Ranking  Framework  (NIRF)  on  29th September, 2015. Under this, all Higher Educational Institutions are ranked annually on well-defined performance parameters.  Based on  the  NIRF,  two  editions  of  India  Rankings  2016  and 2017  have  been  issued.  In  the  second  edition  of  India  Rankings,  2017  announced  on 3rd April,  2017  higher  educational  institutions  were  ranked  under  six  categories  namelyEngineering, Management, Universities, College, Pharmacy and Overall.

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ANNEXURE  AS  REFERRED  TO  IN  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1485 TO BE ANSWERED ON 5.3.2018 ASKED BY SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS: SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI REGARDING RANKING OF UNIVERSITIES.

## Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings

|   Sl. No. |   Year | Indian University/ Higher Educational Institution and rank                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
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|         1 |   2018 | i) Indian Institute of Technology Delhi-172 ii) Indian Institute of Technology Bombay-179 iii) Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru-190 iv) Indian Institute of Technology Madras-264 v) Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur-293 vi) Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur- 308 vii) Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee- 431-440 viii) University of Delhi-481-490 ix) Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati- 501-550 x) Jadavpur University- 601-650 xi) University of Hyderabad- 601-650 xii) Anna University- 651-700 xiii) Manipal Academy of Higher Education- 701-750 xiv) University of Calcutta- 751-800 xv) Aligarh Muslim University-801-1000 xvi) Banaras Hindu University-801-1000 xvii) Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani-801-1000 xviii) Panjab University-801-1000 xix) University of Mumbai-801-1000 |
|         2 |   2017 | i) Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru-152 ii) Indian Institute of Technology Delhi-185 iii) Indian Institute of Technology Bombay-219 iv) Indian Institute of Technology Madras-249 v) Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur-302 vi) Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur-313 vii) Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee-399 viii) Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati-481-490 ix) University of Delhi-501-550 x) University of Calcutta-651-700 xi) Banaras Hindu University-701+ xii) Panjab University-701+ xiii) University of Mumbai-701+ xiv) Savitribai Phule Pune University-701+                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |

| 3.   | 2016   | i) Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru-147 ii) Indian Institute of Technology Delhi-179 iii) Indian Institute of Technology Bombay-202 iv) Indian Institute of Technology Madras-254 v) Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur-271 vi) Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur-286 vii) Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee-391 viii) Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati- 451-460 ix) University of Delhi-481-490 x) University of Calcutta-601-650 xi) Banaras Hindu University-701+ xii) Panjab University-701+ xiii) University of Mumbai-701+ xiv) Savitribai Phule Pune University-701+   |
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