NIRF 2024: Punjab’s private varsities Chandigarh University, LPU take top slots; IIT Ropar slips to 48
Both private varisties owned by MPs; PAU continues to be highest ranked state agri varsity in the country.
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Chandigarh University, Mohali, a private establishment, has emerged as the highest-ranked varsity from Punjab, securing the 32nd position in the overall category. (Express file photo by Jasbir Malhi)Six educational institutions, including three government owned from Punjab have figured among top 100 in overall category as per the National Institutional Rankings Framework (NIRF) 2024 released by the Union Ministry of Education Monday. The top three ranks in Punjab have been secured by private universities.
Chandigarh University, Mohali has emerged as the highest ranked from Punjab — 32 — in the overall category. The university is owned by Satnam Singh Sandhu, an educationist who had joined BJP and was nominated to the Rajya Sabha earlier this year.
In 2023, the top spot from Punjab was bagged by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Ropar, which this time has been ranked 48 in overall category, slipping down 15 notches. Last year, it was ranked 33.
The second spot has been bagged by Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala (Deemed-to-be university), also a private institution. Thapar Institute has been ranked at 43, followed by Lovely Professional University (LPU) ranked at 45. LPU too is a private university in Phagwara whose founder-cum-owner Ashok Mittal was nominated to the Rajya Sabha by the Aam Aadmi Party.
Two other institutes in the top 100 from Punjab are Indian Institute of Science and Research (IISER), Mohali, with 64th rank and Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana, with 80th rank in overall category.
The NIRF evaluates institutions on five broad generic groups of parameters of teaching, learning and resources (TLR), research and professional practice (RP), graduation outcomes (GO), outreach and inclusivity (OI) and perception (PR). Ranks are assigned based on the total sum of marks assigned for each of these five broad groups of parameters.
Two state-run institutions which made it to the top 100 last year but failed this time are Dr BR Ambedkar National Institute of Technology (NIT), Jalandhar, and Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU), Amritsar.
NIT-Jalandhar, ranked 72 last year, has been placed in the combined rank band of 101-150 this year while GNDU did not participate this year, according to the list uploaded by the ministry.
Three other institutes from Punjab — Central University of Punjab (Bathinda), Chitkara University (Rajpura) and Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology (Longowal) — have also been placed in the rank-band of 100-150.
Private universities gain, govt ones slip
Both CU and LPU have improved their rankings compared to last year. CU Mohali was ranked 45 last year while this year it has climbed up by 13 notches bagging 32d rank. LPU improved its rank from 46 to 45. However, Thapar Institute, Patiala, slipped by three notches from 40 to 43. Among government institutes from Punjab, not just IIT-Ropar but also IISER-Mohali has slipped down by several notches. It has ranked 64 compared to 51 last year.
PAU highest ranked, but down in other category
PAU Ludhiana has secured the highest rank among the state agricultural universities in the country for the second consecutive year. PAU has been ranked third in the country in agriculture and allied sectors educational institutes category, with Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), Delhi at number one and ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute (Karnal) at number two. However, in the overall category, PAU’s rank has slipped from 74 last year to 80 this time.
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