21-1046: National Institutional Ranking Framework ( NIRF ) is a ranking methodology released annually by the Ministry of Education , Government of India , to rank institutions of higher education in India. The framework was approved by the former Ministry of Human Resource Development (now the Ministry of Education) and launched by the Minister on 29 September 2015. Depending on their areas of operation, institutions have been ranked under 11 different categories – overall, university, colleges, engineering, management, pharmacy, law, medical, architecture, dental and research. The Framework uses several parameters for ranking purposes like resources, research, and stakeholder perception. These parameters have been grouped into five clusters and these clusters were assigned certain weights. These weights depend on
42-604: A core committee consisting of 16 members was constituted on 29 October 2014 with secretary (HE, MHRD, as chairperson and additional secretary (TE), MHRD, as member-secretary. The other members were the vice-chancellors of Delhi University , EFL University , Central University of Gujarat and JNU , the directors of the IIT Kharagpur , IIT Madras , IIM Ahmedabad , IIM Bangalore , NIT Tiruchirappalli , NIT Warangal , IIIT&M Gwalior , IISER Bhopal , SPA Delhi , NAAC , and chairperson of NBA . The terms of reference of
63-499: A framework for ranking institutions offering management education also. The All India Council for Technical Education developed parameters and metrics for ranking institutions offering pharmacy education and also architecture education. The following are some of the recommendations of the core committee: The approved set of parameter groups and the weightages assigned to them in respect of institutions offering programmes in engineering, management, pharmacy and architecture are given in
84-560: A large number of students, teachers and infrastructure at BHU. In comparison to IISc the money available is about five to ten times lesser in our university because of the sheer size". Ministry of Education (India) The Ministry of Education ( MoE ) is a ministry of the Government of India , responsible for the implementation of the National Policy on Education . The ministry is further divided into two departments:
105-705: Is an Indian academician, and senior professor of biotechnology at the Banaras Hindu University . He has been director of Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali since April 2024. Previously, he has been the director of the Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University . Tripathi was born in 1959 in Mirzapur , Uttar Pradesh. He had his education from schooling to PhD in Varanasi, where he did his schooling up to high school from
126-519: Is divided into eight bureaus , and most of the work of the department is handled through over 100 autonomous organisations under these bureaus. The main objectives of the ministry are: MoE's Innovation Cell , was established in August 2018 by the ministry at All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to systematically foster the culture of innovation, entrepreneurship and startups in all major Higher Education Institutions in India. Abhay Jere
147-570: Is in charge of secondary and post-secondary education. The department is empowered to grant deemed university status to educational institutions on the advice of the University Grants Commission (UGC) of India, under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission (UGC) Act, 1956. The Department of Higher Education takes care of one of the largest higher education systems of the world, just after
168-490: The Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University criticized the NIRF University rankings, accusing it to compare institutions with same budget but varying number of students. He said that " IISc no doubt, is the top institution in the country. Banaras Hindu University (BHU), however, is a different kind of educational institution. Both institutions have almost the same budget but the same amount of money caters to
189-598: The Rajiv Gandhi government changed its name to the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), and with the newly drafted " National Education Policy 2020 " by the Narendra Modi government , the Ministry of Human Resource Development was renamed back to the Ministry of Education. The new National Education Policy 2020 was passed on 29 July 2020 by the Union Council of Ministers. The NEP 2020 replaced
210-602: The Department of School Education and Literacy, which deals with primary, secondary and higher secondary education, adult education and literacy , and the Department of Higher Education , which deals with university level education, technical education, scholarships, etc. The current education minister is Dharmendra Pradhan , a member of the Council of Ministers . India had a Ministry of Education since 1947. In 1985,
231-686: The Queens College. He graduated with B.Sc in 1978, M.Sc in 1980, and PhD in 1984 from the Banaras Hindu University. He has taught for over 40 years, primarily at Banaras Hindu University, but also for two years (2002 to 2004) at Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University . Tripathi is a J C Bose Fellow, and holds fellowships in various science academies such as National Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Indian Academy of Sciences , Indian National Science Academy , and National Academy of Sciences India . Apart from
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#1732775940058252-1077: The United States and China. The department is engaged in bringing world-class opportunities for higher education and research to the country so that Indian students are not found lacking when facing an international platform. For this, the government has launched joint ventures and signed MoUs to help the Indian students benefit from world opinion. The technical education system in the country can be broadly classified into three categories – Central Government-funded institutions, State Government/State-funded institutions and Self-financed institutions. The 122 Centrally funded institution of technical and science education are as under: List of centrally funded technical institutions: IIITs (25), IITs (23), IIMs (20), IISc Bangalore , IISERs (7 – Berhampur, Bhopal, Kolkata, Mohali, Pune, Thiruvananthapuram, Tirupati), NITs (31), NITTTRs (4), and 9 others ( SPA , ISMU, NERIST, SLIET, IIEST, NITIE & NIFFT, CIT). The department
273-469: The committee were: The core committee identified a set of measurable parameters to be used as metrics for ranking the institutions. These parameters were grouped into five major headings. The committee suggested the weightages to be assigned to various groups of parameters in the case of institutions of engineering education and left the task of carrying out similar exercises for institutions of other disciplines to other competent agencies. The initial draft of
294-488: The existing National Policy on Education 1986. Under the NEP 2020, the name of the Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD) was changed to Ministry of Education (MoE). Numerous new educational institutes, bodies and concepts were legislated under NEP 2020. The Department of School Education and Literacy is responsible for the development of school education and literacy in the country. The Department of Higher Education
315-428: The first time, dental institutes were placed in a new category. MHRD organized a one-day workshop on 21 August 2014 on evolving methodologies for the ranking of institutions of higher education in India. The meeting resolved to establish a committee for building a national ranking framework. Later it was also decided to appoint representatives of central universities for the proposed committee. Based on these decisions,
336-640: The following table. The approved set of parameter groups and the weightages assigned to them in respect of overall rating and for colleges are given in the following table, for 2018. The rankings have been criticized as manipulative by students and some academics. In spite of the criticism, the government has done little to modify the methodologies or results of the rankings. The list was criticized for being incomplete and incoherent in 2017. Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi raised objection on 2017 NIRF ranking, accusing it of being based on incomplete data. In 2021, Professor Anil Kumar Tripathi , director of
357-489: The rankings. On 3 April 2018, the 2018 NIRF rankings were released with an increased number of participating institutions over the previous year. The 2019 NIRF ranking was released on 8 April 2019 in 9 categories: Overall, Universities, Engineering, Colleges, Management, Pharmacy, Medical, Architecture, and Law. For the 2020 rankings, around 3,800 institutions participated in the process, a 20% increase over 2019. The 2020 ranked lists were released by MHRD on 11 June 2020. For
378-402: The report was prepared by Surendra Prasad, chairman, National Board of Accreditation and Member of the core committee. The University Grants Commission constituted an expert committee on 9 October 2015 to develop a framework for the ranking of universities and colleges in India and the framework developed by this expert committee has been incorporated into NIRF. The core committee also suggested
399-401: The type of institution. About 3500 institutions voluntarily participated in the first round of rankings. The 2017 rankings were released by MHRD on 3 April 2017. While in its first rankings released in 2016, NIRF had four categories (Universities, Engineering, Management and Pharmacy), in 2017, two more categories namely, Overall and College, were added. Around 3,000 institutions participated in
420-415: Was appointed as first Chief Innovation Officer. In April 2016, Ministry of Human Resource Development published the first list of rankings of Indian colleges under National Institutional Ranking Framework . The entire ranking exercise involved NBA, All India Council for Technical Education , UGC, Thomson Reuters, Elsevier and INFLIBNET (Information & Library Network) centre. The ranking framework
441-627: Was launched in September 2015. All 122 centrally-funded institutions – including all central universities, IITs and IIMs – participated in the first round of ranking. The minister of education , formerly the minister of human resources development (1985–2020), is the head of the Ministry of Education and one of the cabinet ministers of the Government of India . (Minister of Human Resource Development) Anil Kumar Tripathi (academician) Master of Science Botany , BHU ,(1980) Anil Kumar Tripathi (born 1959)
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