Page 16 - EW JULY PDF

Education News

by NEP 2020. “This is a process of private HEIs which ac-
that has already begun and can’t be count for 70 percent of In-
stopped unless the BJP loses General dia’s higher education sec-
Election 2024 next summer, which tor, Dr. Pankaj Mittal,
seems unlikely,” says an NCERT secretary-general, Associa-
committee member who prefers to tion of Indian Universities
remain anonymous. (AIU), says that Shoolini
Prachi Bhardwaj (Delhi) University’s India #1 private
university ranking is well-
QS Rankings 2024 deserved. “Shoolini has set
an example with its focus on
inter-disciplinary research.
surprises The majority of India’s pri-
vate universities are focusing
Khosla (centre right): research focus outcome on improving and enhancing
he 20th edition of the qs world the quality of education de-
University Rankings 2024, re- sharp focus on research and innova- livery, this will help raise standards of
Tleased on June 28 by UK-based tion in science and technology. If you higher education across the country,”
universities ranking agency Quac- dissect the QS 2024 rankings fur- says Mittal.
quarelli Symonds (QS), featuring ther, you’ll learn that we are ranked Be that as it may, in the QS global
1,500 institutions in 104 countries in- among the Top 50 — #39 — for the rankings 2024, Central government
cluding India, contains a big surprise. number of publications in respected universities are ranked highest. IIT-
The off-the-beaten track underdogs referred journals on the approved list Bombay is India’s top-ranked uni-
Shoolini and Chandigarh universities of Elsevier-Scopus. Moreover in the versity at #149 and Asia #1 with the
are jointly ranked India’s #1 private past year, we have filed 1,300 patents country’s 23 IITs dominating the latest
universities, ending the two-year rule and our faculty is engaged in research QS league table which accords ranks
of the O.P. Jindal Global University, collaborations with 200 universities upto 500 and ‘ranking bands’ thereaf-
Sonipat (JGU, estb.2009). In the QS worldwide in subjects such as tele- ter. IIT-Delhi is at #197, IIT-Kharag-
overall rankings both these universi- com, fibre optics connectivity, water pur (#271), IIT-Kanpur (#278), IIT-
ties are ranked in the 771-780 band; the management and climate change,” Madras (#285), IIT-Guwahati (364),
privately promoted Vellore Institute says Khosla. IIT-Roorkee (#369), and IIT-Indore
of Technology in the 851-900 band, Although O.P. Jindal Global has (#454). The Indian Institute of Sci-
and the Birla Institute of Technology been obliged to concede its #1 rank- ence (IISc), Bangalore, ranked #155
& Science, Pilani, Manipal Academy ing among India’s private universities last year has been demoted to #225 in
of Higher Education (MAHE), JGU in QS 2024, Dr. C. Raj Kumar ac- QS 2024.
and Thapar Institute of Engineering, cepts this verdict sportingly. “I think Autar Nehru (Delhi)
Patiala, all in the 951-1000 band. Am- this year, QS has given greater weight-
ity University which topped the Educa- age to achievement in STEM subjects KARNATAKA
tionWorld 2023-24 rankings of private and research. But I am quite content
multidisciplinary universities is in the with our #1 ranking among private lib- Textbooks ping pong
1001-1200 band. eral arts & humanities universities in
In QS 2023, JGU was ranked in the the EducationWorld 2023-24 league he newly elected congress gov-
651-700 band, MAHE in 751-800, and table,” says Raj Kumar. ernment of Karnataka (pop.69
Chandigarh and Shoolini in the 801- In this connection, it’s pertinent to Tmillion), sworn in on May 19,
1000 band, i.e, first, second and third note that the annual EducationWorld is wasting no time in implement-
among private universities in India. India Higher Education Rankings ing its pricey election promises. The
Atul Kholsa, Vice Chancellor of rate and rank government and private government has gone into overdrive
the Shoolini University of Biotech- universities in discrete and separate to implement the Congress party’s
nology & Management Sciences, Ba- league tables — multidisciplinary, en- five pre-election “guarantees” — 200
jhol, Himachal Pradesh (estb.2009), gineering & technology, medical and units of free power, 10 kg of rice per
is delighted with the India #1 rank health sciences, and liberal arts and person in Below Poverty Line (BPL)
conferred upon it by QS this year. humanities to avoid apples and or- households, free-of-charge travel
“I am very pleased that we’ve been anges type comparisons — perhaps a for women in government buses,
recognised by QS as India’s #1 pri- more sophisticated methodology. Rs.2,000 per month for women
vate university. I attribute this to our Acknowledging the contribution heads of the family and Rs.3,000 for

16 EDUCATIONWORLD JULY 2023