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Dr. Shobha Shrivastav: deemed university expectation Prof. VK Gupta (left): institution of national importance target

in all walks of life. In the latest NIRF country’s best government autono- of the informed public. Among them:
Rankings as well, Presidency is ranked mous colleges is completed by Govt. Government Madhav Science
#3 all India. So, the EW ranking only VYT PG Autonomous College, College, Ujjain to #11 (#14 in 2022-
adds extra colour to an already shin- Durg (Chhattisgarh) at #9 (#10) and 23), Kohima Science College, Jot-
ing crown,” says Raman. Kanchi Mamunivar Centre for soma to #14 (#18), Fakir Mohan
According to Raman, over the Postgraduate Studies, Puduch- Autonomous College, Azimabad
past two years, PCC which hosts 21 erry at #10 (#11) — both of whom to #22 (#36) and Government
undergraduate and postgraduate de- have ceded ground this year. Digvijay PG Autonomous Col-
partments, has received special at- “I am proud and elated that Sa- lege, Rajnandgaon to #34 (#40).
tention of the DMK state government rojini Naidu Girls PG College is “It’s great news that Govern-
to augment its infrastructure. “The ranked among India’s Top 10 govern- ment Madhav Science College
infrastructure facilities of our college ment autonomous colleges and #1 in has moved up in the EW rankings.
have received a huge boost thanks to Madhya Pradesh. I especially credit The credit goes to our hard-working
chief minister M.K. Stalin. A sum of our 7,000 students for this high rank faculty and their untiring efforts to en-
Rs.63 crore has been sanctioned to — they are flexible, adaptive and em- sure holistic development of students.
build a 2,000-seater auditorium, and brace all changes and new initiatives. More than 95 percent of our faculty
Rs.76 crore for a new students’ can- I am also happy to learn that our high- has Ph D degrees and are continuously
teen. Moreover, two separate hostels est scores are under the faculty com- updating themselves through partici-
for differently abled male and female petence parameter. We have a highly- pation in workshops and seminars.
students, a new examination hall and qualified and talented faculty — our Therefore, I am not surprised our
four new classrooms have been built,” botany professor Dr. Sanjay Sahay has highest score is on the parameter of
adds Raman who claims that the col- two patents to his credit and Dr. Sud- faculty competence. Our objective is
lege is one of the most sought after in ha Dixit was recently designated ‘In- to work towards being designated an
south India, having received 95,000 novative music professor’ by the state Institution of National Importance,”
admission applications for 1,106 un- government. We have also signed up says Prof. V.K. Gupta, principal of
dergrad seats in the academic year with the e-Granthalaya project of the Government Madhav Science College,
2022-23. National Informatics Centre. Under Ujjain (estb.1969) which has 3,316
Beyond the Top 5, there’s a minor this e-library project, 65,000 books students and 79 faculty.
readjustment in this year’s league ta- will be digitised by end April,” says It’s pertinent to note that only 13
ble of India’s best government autono- Dr. Shobha Shrivastav, principal of the country’s 29 states are repre-
mous colleges. Maharani’s Science of Sarojini Naidu Government Girls sented in this year’s rankings of gov-
College for Women, Mysuru is PG College, Bhopal, who adds that ernment autonomous colleges. Sur-
ranked #6 followed by Sarojini Nai- “talks are on” with the state govern- prisingly, the populous states of West
du Government Girls PG College, ment to transform the college into a Bengal, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Bihar,
Bhopal at #7, and Government deemed university. and Uttar Pradesh don’t have a single
Holkar (Model Autonomous) Sci- Further down the 83-strong league government autonomous college suf-
ence College, Indore at #8, which table of India’s top-ranked govern- ficiently well-qualified for inclusion in
have all retained their last year’s rank- ment ASC autonomous colleges, sev- the EW 2023-24 league of India’s best
ings. The Top 10 league table of the eral institutions have risen in esteem government autonomous colleges.

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