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dents under each parameter were
totalled to rank India’s best private
medical universities inter se.
Disparaged by populist politi-
cians, business illiterate media and
subsidies-addicted middle class,
private medical colleges tend to keep
a low public profile, despite the real-
ity that private medical education
in India is more affordable than in
most countries worldwide. Neverthe-
less, anecdotal and investigative evi-
dence indicates that the best among
them are well managed and provide
students globally benchmarked al-
lopathic medical education.
For instance, the top-ranked
Sri Ramachandra Institute of
Higher Education & Research
(Deemed University), Chen- JSSAHER's Dr. Surinder Singh (second from right): another diamond
nai (SRIHER, estb.1985) which
offers 152 degree and postgrad pro- cal engineering,” says Dr. V.P Vijay sity Rankings of the London-based
grammes to 8,000 students instruct- Raghavan, a medical postgraduate Times Higher Education, is equally
ed by 1,000 faculty, has an attached of the Maulana Azad Medical Col- appreciative of the high #3 rank
hospital with 1,600 beds, six fully- lege and JIPMER, Pondicherry who awarded by the sample respondents
equipped intensive care units and 23 signed up with SRIHER way back in to this low-profile private univer-
state-of-the-art operating theatres in 1989, has steadily risen up the ranks sity. “The high rank awarded to us
which students can acquire hands-on and was appointed vice chancellor of in the stringent EW survey follow-
learning experience. this top-ranked medical university ing market research and targeted
“I am delighted that SRIHER in 2017. opinion polling is another diamond
is ranked India’s premier private Dr. Surinder Singh, vice chan- in the JSSAHER crown following the
medical university. In recent years cellor of the equally low-profile JSS high ranking awarded to us by THE
we have raised our public profile and Academy of Higher Education and QS globally and NIRF nationally.
strategised to improve our institu- & Research, Mysuru, (JSSA- Credit for this goes to our committed
tional ranking. However, we believe HER, estb. 2008) which earlier this faculty, diverse community, inter-
that since we provide excellent year startled the academic world national linkages and our board of
medical education, word-of-mouth when it was ranked India’s #1 young governors who have made adequate
publicity is inevitable which will university in the World Univer- resources available for research and
raise our institutional rank- IIHMR University, Jaipur main block: India #2 innovation. Therefore, I am
ing in various surveys. I am especially pleased by our top
very glad that SRIHER has score under the parameter of
been awarded the highest research and innovation,” says
score under the parameters Singh, an alum of the Medical
of competence of faculty, College, Jammu, Medical Col-
faculty welfare and develop- lege, Rohtak, Haryana and the
ment, and curriculum and top-ranked All India Institute
pedagogy, including digital of Medical Sciences, Delhi, for-
readiness, because these mer Drugs Controller of India
are the areas on which the and Director of the National
management is focused. NEP Institute of Biologicals, who
2020 has recommended was appointed vice chancellor
that all universities should of JSSAHER in 2019. Current-
become multidisciplinary. We ly, this private university has
have begun the process by 7,500 students and 850 faculty
starting a faculty of biomedi- on its muster rolls.

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