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EW Grand Jury India Higher Education Rankings 2025-26

New Study Programmes Pioneer I attribute our top rank
Higher education institutions pioneering the introduction in this category to our
of new-age and futuristic industry- aligned study pro- “innovative and creative
grammes. Board of Studies that carefully
analyses emerging industry
trends and requirements. This
Rank enables our faculty to design
study programmes aligned
India with industry demand. For
instance, we were perhaps
1+ Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai the first institute to introduce
1 Future Varsity, Mumbai degree programmes in entrepreneurship, digital media,
2 The Heritage College, Kolkata professional accounting, interior design, integrative
3 Hindusthan Institute of Technology, Coimbatore nutrition, event, sports and marketing management.
4 IIHMR, Delhi These study programmes have earned excellent
4 Indus University, Ahmedabad nationwide reputation for providing practical, hands-on
5 Parvathaneni Brahmayya Siddhartha College of Arts & Science, learning, industry internships and latest AI technologies.
Vijayawada Every year we continue to expand and finetune our study
6 DIT University, Dehradun programmes to prepare graduates for success in the new
7 Rathinam Group of Institutions, Tamil Nadu digital economy” — Balkishan Sharma, Co-founder
8 ICBM -- School of Business Excellence, Hyderabad and Director of Future Varsity, Mumbai (3,500
9 Goel Group of Institutions, Uttar Pradesh students and 175 teachers)
10 Renaissance University, Indore

Top Performing University of the Year
Universities demonstrating exceptional performance in
the academic year 2024-25 in terms of academic out-
comes, research, faculty development, social engagement
programmes and innovative initiatives.

Rank
India

1 Chitkara University, Patiala
2 National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Delhi
3 Alliance University, Bengaluru
4 Woxsen University, Hyderabad
5 Manipal Academy of Higher Education
6 Shobhit University, Meerut higher education leaders and will inspire us to continue
7 Arni University, Kangra (HP) setting new benchmarks nationally and globally. This
7 Dr. CV Raman University, Bilaspur year, we reached the milestones of 4,000 registered
8 Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh patents and publication of 14,000 Scopus-indexed
9 GD Goenka University, Gurugram research papers by faculty; 200 start-up enterprises
9 GLS University, Ahmedabad incubated on campus, and collaboration partnerships
10 The Apollo University, Chittoor with 225 universities worldwide. Moreover several
10 ITM University, Gwalior billion-dollar corporates including Apple, Infosys and Cap
Gemini have established research labs on our campus.
This recognition by an eminent EW Jury is highly And this year Times Higher Education, London ranked
motivating. It’s recognition of the quality of our Chitkara #1 worldwide for research quality. We are
“academic and skills programmes, faculty competence committed to continuous improvement and living up to
and research programmes, and the vibrant, future- our reputation” — Dr. Madhu Chitkara (centre), Pro
focused learning environment we have created at Chancellor, Chitkara University, Punjab (19,479
Chitkara. It reaffirms our position as one of the country’s students and 1,328 teachers)

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