AGENCY Delhi: Minister of State for Education and External Affairs, Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh today released the India Rankings 2023, which implements the National Institutional Ranking Framework NIRF drafted for this purpose by the Ministry of Education in 2015. Shri K Sanjay Murthy, Secretary HE , Prof. M Jagadesh Kumar, Chairman, UGC, Prof. T.G. Sitharam, Chairman, AICTE, Prof. Anil Sahasrabuddhe, Chairman, NETF and NBA, Dr. Abhay Jere, Vice Chairman, AICTE and Dr. Anil Kumar Nassa, Member Secretary, NBA were present on this occasion along with vice chancellors and directors of institutions of higher education. Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan stated that ranking and accreditation are vital for evaluating the quality of educational programs offered by higher education institutions in colleges and universities. He said that the Ministry of Education took the commendable step of drafting National Institutional Ranking Framework NIRF in 2015, which defines multi dimensional parameters to capture quality and excellence of HEIs in India across various categories and subject domains and rank them based on their cumulative score on these parameters, he added. He mentioned that India Rankings serve as a valuable tool for students in identifying universities based on their relative standing in various categories and subject domains among higher educational institutions HEIs in the country.
It has also helped universities in identifying areas for improvement in teaching, research, resources, and infrastructure, he added. While the Minister expressed his pleasure with regard to increase in number of institutions who have applied for ranking in different categories and subject domains, he stressed upon the requirement of working collectively to bring more and more institutions under the ambit of India Rankings as well as accreditation. This is the eighth consecutive edition of India Rankings of HEIs in India. Three distinct additions of 2023 edition of India Rankings are as follows: Introduction of a new subject namely Agriculture Allied Sectors Integration of Innovation ranking previously executed by the Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements ARIIA into the India Rankings with an aim to reduce the burden on institutions of providing similar data to two different agencies. Expansion of scope of Architecture to Architecture and Planning to include institutions imparting courses in Urban and Town Planning. With the addition of new category Innovation subject domain Agriculture Allied Sectors and expansion of Architecture to Architecture and Planning , the existing portfolio of India Rankings has increased to 13 categories and subject domains that have been ranked in India Rankings 2023.
During the maiden year of India Rankings 2016, rankings were announced for Universities as well as for three domain specific rankings, namely Engineering, Management and Pharmacy institutions. Over the period of eight years, four new categories and five new subject domains are added to bring the total tally to five categories, namely Overall, University, Colleges, Research Institutions Innovation and 8 subject domains, namely Engineering, Management, Pharmacy, Architecture Planning, Medical, Law, Dental and Agriculture and Allied Sectors. Five Broad Categories of Parameters and Weightage The National Institutional Ranking Framework NIRF , launched in November 2015 by the Ministry of Education, was used for this edition as well as for the previous seven editions of India Rankings released for the years 2016 to 2023.
