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ences and multidisciplinary universi- nel interviewed 4,105 sample respon- research and innovation, objective
ties against each other. Therefore, dents comprising 2,236 university data, i.e, publications in refereed
following the example of the annual faculty and 1,047 final year students journals and citations in the Scopus
EW India School Rankings, this in 163 universities and 822 industry Index was given high weightage. I
year on the recommendation of EW leaders in 25 cities countrywide. The am satisfied that EWIHER provides
editors, we have ranked govern- sample respondents were persuaded school-leaving and undergrad stu-
ment and private universities in 15 to rate government and private uni- dents the most accurate assessment
separate and distinct league tables to versities on ten parameters of higher of the relative merits of India’s best
eliminate apples with oranges type education excellence, viz, compe- government and private universities,”
evaluation. This new architecture will tence of faculty; faculty welfare and says Palety, an alum of Panjab En-
make it easier for students to select development; research and innova- gineering College and Delhi’s FORE
the best liberal arts, social sciences tion; pedagogy and process; industry School of Management who acquired
and engineering/technology higher interface/experiential learning; in- two decades of market research expe-
education institutions,” says Prem- dustry placements and infrastructure rience in ORG, India’s pioneer retail
chand Palety, promoter-CEO of the & facilities. market research firm of the 1980s
Delhi-based Centre for Forecasting & “Given our commitment to con- before he went solo with C fore in the
Research Pvt. Ltd (C fore, estb.2000), tinuous improvement and refine- millennium year. Apart from Edu-
which has partnered with Education- ment of the annual EWIHER, this cationWorld, C fore’s clients include
World to conduct all institutional year we have not only increased and Nestle, Hindustan Times and several
ranking surveys — preschools to rationalised the number of categories political parties.
universities — for the past 15 years. under which government and private In the pages following, we present
To conduct the revised EWIHER universities are ranked to make them the EWIHER 2022-23 league tables
2022-23 survey of India’s most student-friendly, the survey is based rating and ranking the country’s most
respected government and private on perceptual and objective evalua- admired government and private uni-
universities, 110 C-fore field person- tion criteria. Under the parameter of versities in 15 classified league tables.

EWIHER 2022 23 COUNTRYWIDE SURVEY

Metro cities

Tier II, III & IV cities
(148 cities)

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