Most of us are often disappointed that the Indian colleges we went to, or the ones we are aspiring to get into feature at the fag end of global listings. So, then, is there any way for students in India to feel happy? There is.
Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani certainly has some plans. So what if there is a global ranking? There should be an India ranking too, isn’t it? Which is why, there’s work being done on it already.
This list will have the ranking of state-run and private institutes. These rankings will cover institutes that offer courses in engineering, law, management and humanities. The HRD ministry is expected to publish the first Indian academic ranking list by January-February 2016.
It seems that to come up with a concrete list and an error-free one, the Ministry is working closely with Times Higher Education World University Rankings, the Quacquarelli Symonds rankings.
This isn’t a new development. In 2009, the University Grants Commission had started discussions with the National Assessment & Accreditation Council.
The rankings will be based on teaching-learning; research; collaborative practice and professional performance; graduate outcomes; placements; outreach and inclusive action and peer group perception. Each of these has been further subdivided into nearly 20 sub criteria to comprehensively assess an institute.