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Parameters of excellence: India’s Top 10 Private Universities

o compile the EW India Private University Rankings Rank Curriculum & pedagogy
2020-21, C fore field researchers interviewed 2,214 Rating
(100)
Tfaculty, 1,126 final year students and 828 industry 2017 2018 2019 2020
managers countrywide, asking them to rate institutions on 1 1 1 1 A s h o k a U n i v e r s i t y , S o n i p a t 95
ten parameters, viz , competence of faculty, faculty welfare 5 5 2 2 I n t e r n a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e o f I n f o r m a t i o n
and development, research and innovation, curriculum T e c h n o l o g y ( I I I T ) , H y d e r a b a d 94
and pedagogy, industry interface, placements record, N R N R N R 2 K r e a U n i v e r s i t y , S r i C i t y ( A P ) 94
infrastructure and facilities, internationalism, leadership/ 4 4 3 3 B i r l a I n s t i t u t e o f T e c h n o l o g y a n d S c i e n c e
governance quality and range/diversity of programmes ( B I T S ) , P i l a n i 93
offered. Further, the informed interviewees were asked to 1 0 9 1 0 3 O P J i n d a l G l o b a l U n i v e r s i t y , S o n i p a t 93
assign weightage to each parameter. The scores awarded by N R N R 4 4 D h i r u b h a i A m b a n i I n s t i t u t e o f I n f o r m a t i o n
the respondents were totaled to rank India’s Top 10 private a n d C o m m u n i c a t i o n T e c h n o l o g y ,
universities under each parameter of higher education G a n d h i n a g a r 92
excellence. 3 3 4 4 S h i v N a d a r U n i v e r s i t y , G a u t a m B u d d h a 92

N a g a r ( U P )
The ‘research and innovation’ parameter was assigned
highest weightage (300) indicating that respondents 2 2 6 5 V e l l o r e I n s t i t u t e o f T e c h n o l o g y ( V I T ) 91
U n i v e r s i t y

believe that the ability of faculty to engage in meaningful 7 6 7 6 M a n i p a l A c a d e m y o f H i g h e r E d u c a t i o n ,
research and development including publication of papers K a r n a t a k a 90
in reputed international journals, is the most important 8 7 8 7 T h a p a r I n s t i t u t e o f E n g i n e e r i n g &
criterion for assessing the educational capabilities of T e c h n o l o g y ( D e e m e d U n i v e r s i t y ) , P a t i a l a 89
universities. Parameter rankings which highlight the prime N R N R N R 8 N a r s e e M o n j e e I n s t i t u t e o f M a n a g e m e n t
strengths of highly ranked institutions are useful because S t u d i e s ( N M I M S ) D e e m e d U n i v e r s i t y ,
they enable students to select institutions whose priorities M u m b a i 88
dovetail with their own. N R N R 8 9 A m r i t a V i s h w a V i d y a p e e t h a m
The national ranking of Top 10 private universities ( D e e m e d U n i v e r s i t y ) , C o i m b a t o r e 87
under all ten parameters, are set out below. N R N R N R 10 S R M I n s t i t u t e o f S c i e n c e a n d T e c h n o l o g y ,
C h e n n a i 86

Rank Competence of faculty Rating
2017 2018 2019 2020 (150)

3 3 1 1 I n t e r n a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e o f I n f o r m a t i o n Rank Research and Rating
T e c h n o l o g y ( I I I T ) , H y d e r a b a d 148 innovation (300)
2 2 1 2 A s h o k a U n i v e r s i t y , S o n i p a t 147 2017 2018 2019 2020
1 1 3 3 B i r l a I n s t i t u t e o f T e c h n o l o g y a n d S c i e n c e 6 7 5 1 A m i t y U n i v e r s i t y , N o i d a 295
( B I T S ) , P i l a n i 146 2 2 3 2 M a n i p a l A c a d e m y o f H i g h e r E d u c a t i o n ,
6 6 5 3 D h i r u b h a i A m b a n i I n s t i t u t e o f I n f o r m a t i o n K a r n a t a k a 290
a n d C o m m u n i c a t i o n T e c h n o l o g y , 1 1 1 3 V e l l o r e I n s t i t u t e o f T e c h n o l o g y ( V I T )
G a n d h i n a g a r 146 U n i v e r s i t y 288
N R N R 4 4 O P J i n d a l G l o b a l U n i v e r s i t y , S o n i p a t 145 8 8 6 4 S R M I n s t i t u t e o f S c i e n c e a n d T e c h n o l o g y ,
5 5 5 5 M a n i p a l A c a d e m y o f H i g h e r E d u c a t i o n , C h e n n a i 285
K a r n a t a k a 144 3 3 2 5 S h a n m u g h a A r t s , S c i e n c e , T e c h n o l o g y &
3 3 7 6 V e l l o r e I n s t i t u t e o f T e c h n o l o g y ( V I T ) R e s e a r c h A c a d e m y ( S A S T R A ) D e e m e d
U n i v e r s i t y 143 U n i v e r s i t y , T h a n j a v u r 282
N R N R N R 6 K r e a U n i v e r s i t y , S r i C i t y ( A P ) 143 N R N R N R 6 D h i r u b h a i A m b a n i I n s t i t u t e o f I n f o r m a t i o n
9 9 8 7 A m i t y U n i v e r s i t y , N o i d a 142 a n d C o m m u n i c a t i o n T e c h n o l o g y ,
7 7 8 8 T h a p a r I n s t i t u t e o f E n g i n e e r i n g & G a n d h i n a g a r 268
T e c h n o l o g y ( D e e m e d U n i v e r s i t y ) , P a t i a l a 141 N R N R 1 0 7 I n t e r n a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e o f I n f o r m a t i o n
7 7 1 0 9 S h i v N a d a r U n i v e r s i t y , G a u t a m B u d d h a T e c h n o l o g y ( I I I T ) , H y d e r a b a d 262
N a g a r ( U P ) 140 9 9 8 8 B i r l a I n s t i t u t e o f T e c h n o l o g y a n d S c i e n c e
N R N R N R 10 N a r s e e M o n j e e I n s t i t u t e o f M a n a g e m e n t ( B I T S ) , P i l a n i 261
S t u d i e s ( N M I M S ) D e e m e d U n i v e r s i t y , N R 1 0 9 9 A s h o k a U n i v e r s i t y , S o n i p a t 259
M u m b a i 139 N R N R N R 10 O P J i n d a l G l o b a l U n i v e r s i t y , S o n i p a t 257

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