Lok Sabha Question No. 2793 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-07
Subject: NIRF Rankings
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Manne Srinivas Reddy, Y. S. Avinash Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2793 ANSWERED ON 07.08.2023

## NIRF Rankings

## 2793.SHRI MANNE SRINIVAS REDDY: SHRI Y.S. AVINASH REDDY:

Will the Minister of Education be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  National  Institutional  RankingFramework (NIRF) recently  released the  India Rankings for 2023 in Higher Education  Institutions  in  five  categories  -  overall,  universities, colleges,  research  institutions  and  innovation  and  in  eight  subject  domains  -  engineering, management,pharmacy, medical, dental, law, architecture and planning, agriculture and allied sectors and if so, the details thereof, State-wise;

(b)  whether  notwithstanding  some  of  the  criticisms  on  the  methodology  adopted  and  the parameters  chosen  by  the  Government,  a  scrutiny  ofthe  2023  edition  and  available  data  on Higher Education raises some important issues warranting policy attention; and (c) if so, the details thereof and corrective stepsbeing taken?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (DR. SUBHAS SARKAR)

(a) to(c): Ministry of Education (MoE) has launched National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in September 2015 to galvanize Indian institutions towards a competitive environment to  promote  transparency,  competition  and  augment  capacity.  NIRF  has  released  the  eighth consecutive  rankings  of  institutions  of  higher  education  in  India  in  five  categories,  namely Overall, Colleges, Universities, Research  Institutions and  Innovation and  eight subject domains, namely  Engineering,  Management,  Pharmacy,  Law,  Medical,  Architecture  & Planning, Dental and Agriculture & Allied Sectors on 5 th June 2023. The details are available on NIRF website under the link https://www.nirfindia.org/2023/Ranking.html.

NIRF was developed by the Core Committee setup by Ministry of Education (MoE). NIRF ranks institutions on five broad parameters namely, Teaching, Learning & Resources (TLR), Research and Professional Practice (RP), Graduation Outcomes (GO), Outreach and Inclusivity (OI) and Perception (PR). After the introduction of NEP 2020 a new sub-parameter namely, Online Education has been added. There is an increase in participation from 3319 in 2016 to 8686 in 2023.

For strengthening the Assessment and Accreditation (A&A) of HEIs, the Government of India has  constituted  a  High-Level  Committee  under  the  Chairmanship  of  Dr  K.  Radhakrishnan, Chairperson, Board of Governors, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur & Chairperson, Standing  Committee  of  IIT  Council.  This  committee  has  considered  the  introduction  of strategic reforms consistent with the vision of the National Education Policy,2020 and the need for adopting a simple, trust-based, objective and rationalised system for approval, accreditation and  ranking  of  Higher  Educational  Institutions  with  a  verifiable  and  secured  centralised database through technology-driven modern systems.

Further  to  make  it  more  inclusive,  committee  has  started  public  consultation  and  shared  its report in public domain. This process aims to make ranking system more reliable, transparent, robust and encourage institutions to strive for excellence and improve their overall performance in order to enhance the quality of education in the country.

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