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EW Grand Jury Higher Education Rankings 2021-22

Promising future-ready universities Sports & co-curricular education
These are low-profile or newly promoted higher ed institu- Institutions which encourage and provide facilities and
tions that have demonstrated high potential to quickly training for several sports and games and co-curricular
adopt and integrate 21st century education best practices. activities, are felicitated in this category.

Rank Rank

India State City India State City

1 1 1 BK Birla College of Arts, Science & Commerce, 1 1 1 Nest Academy of Sports Management,

Kalyan, Mumbai Nagindas Khandwala College, Mumbai

2 1 1 SAGE University, Indore 2 1 1 Swarnim Gujarat Sports University, Gandhinagar
1 JK Lakshmipat University, Jaipur 1 1 Assumption College (Autonomous), Kottayam
1 Manav Rachna University, Faridabad 2 2 International Institute of Sports Management (IISM),

5 1 1 Alliance University, Bengaluru Mumbai
6 2 2 Indian Institute of Health Management Research (IIHMR)

University, Jaipur

7 1 1 Martin Luther Christian University, Shillong
1 1 Rishihood University, Sonipat
2 1 Sanjay Ghodawat University, Kolhapur Extraordinary leadership
10 3 2 Vijaybhoomi University, Mumbai These rankings acknowledge extraordinary leaders of
low-profile progressive higher education institutions.
Rank
India State City
1 1 1 Gurugram University
2 1 1 Jagran Lakecity University, Bhopal
3 1 1 Chitkara University, Chandigarh
4 1 1 Barrackpore Rastraguru Surendranath College,
Kolkata (WB)

5 1 1 Guru Nanak College (Autonomous), Chennai
6 1 1 Sunbeam Women’s College, Varuna, Varanasi
(L-R) O. R. Chitlange, president and chairman, Governing Jagran Lakecity University, Bhopal chancellor Hari Mohan
Council; Dr. Naresh Chandra, director (Education) & Dr. Avinash Gupta & students
Patil, principal
This is a great honour. We thank your high-powered
grand jury for acknowledging our perseverance in
“making our college future-ready. Credit must also
be given to our visionary board of governors, motivated
faculty and students who readily welcome new-age
courses. Our college is ISO 9001: 2015 certified and has
been a NAAC ‘A’ Grade college since 2014. UGC has also
granted us autonomous status and designated us a ‘Col-
lege of Excellence’. We will continue to strive to scale new
heights and are readying plans to apply for deemed-to-
be-university status” — Dr. Naresh Chandra, director
(education), BK Birla College of Arts, Science and
Commerce, Kalyan, Mumbai, which has 11,500 stu-
dents on its muster rolls

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