(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?
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 namely- Engineering, Management, Universities, College, Pharmacy and Overall.
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