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our scores under all parameters of Automatic promotion call
collegiate education excellence. THE MAHARASHTRA education
Ours is one of the best women’s news report by Dipta Joshi (EW
colleges in Vijayawada and is the May) accurately reflects the fears
only college to be awarded A++ by and concerns of a large majority of
NACC among all degree and engi- parents in the state worried about
neering colleges in Andhra Pradesh. abolition of the class X public exam.
We offer the best in terms of infra- While students are happy that the
structure, leadership, governance, state government has cancelled it
management, institutional values, because of the huge surge in Covid
best teaching and learning practices cases, there is rising concern about
and placements. how the majority of students will be
Consider this as our humble ap- evaluated. Most state board schools
peal to revise your rankings survey. have not conducted online tests,
Dr. T. Vijaya Lakshmi given home assignments, checked
Director, Sri Durga Malleswara daily online attendance and project
MAY 2021 Siddhartha Mahila Kalasala work. Also many children have not
VIJAYAWADA been able to attend online classes
regularly because of lack of Internet
Beneficial rankings As detailed in our cover story, the connectivity.
THANKS FOR publishing the com- EW India Private Autonomous Col- In the circumstances when there
prehensive EW India Higher Educa- leges Rankings 2021-22 is based on has been large-scale education dis-
tion Rankings 2021-22 (EW May). scores awarded under five param- ruption, it’s difficult to formulate a
With the raging Covid-19 pandemic eters of higher education excel- fair and unbiased evaluation policy.
forcing shutdown of all education lence by 3,956 sample respondents I urge the government to automati-
institutions nationwide, your rank- including college/university faculty cally promote all students to class XI.
ings are a timely celebration of the and final year college students who Vinit Kingaonkar
country’s best colleges and universi- rated India’s Top 500 colleges — MUMBAI
ties which are making every effort private autonomous, government
to ensure learning continuity of autonomous and non-autonomous.
students during this difficult time. Take steps to raise your public pro- Commendable altruism
Academic rankings are an im- file — Editor I AM A regular reader of EW, espe-
portant public service for enabling cially your People column. Kudos to
school and college-leavers to choose the Siliguri-based couple Anirban
the most suitable undergrad colleges Careless complaint Nandi and Poulomi for their inspir-
and universities, as also for promot- WE APPRECIATE the efforts taken ing social work in the tribal areas
ing institutional excellence, and by EducationWorld to rank the of Darjeeling district. The mobile
improving teaching, learning and country’s Top 500 colleges. How- library and sanitary napkins distri-
research across the spectrum. ever, please note that although Pillai bution initiatives for girl children are
Keep up the good work! College of Arts, Commerce & Science truly commendable. May their tribe
Supriya Sanyal (Autonomous), Navi Mumbai is increase!
DELHI ranked #31 in the national league, Rohini S.
it’s not ranked in the state league BENGALURU
tables. Please include our college in
Demeaning rank the Maharashtra league table as well.
IN THE EW Private Autonomous Deepika Sharma Corrigendum
Colleges Rankings 2021-22 (EW Vice principal, Pillai College of THE Hindustan Institute of Technol-
May), Sri Durga Malleswara Sid- Arts, Commerce & Science (Autono- ogy and Science, Chennai, ranked
dhartha Mahila Kalasala, Vijayawada mous), NEW PANVEL #10 nationally in the EW India
is ranked #94 nationally and #14 in Private Engineering Colleges Rank-
Andhra Pradesh. This ranking de- Pillai College of Arts, Commerce & ings 2021-22 (EW May), has been
means the college’s reputation which Science (Autonomous), Navi Mum- inadvertently identified as Hindu-
has taken years to build. Our alumni, bai is ranked #7 in the Maharashtra stan Institute of Engineering and
parents and students are equally state table. Please see pg. 45 of the Science, Chennai. We reget the error
disappointed and demotivated with EW May issue — Editor — Editor

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