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Cover Story EW India Private University Rankings 2021-22

additional campuses in Mangaluru,
Bengaluru, Jaipur, Jamshedpur and
offshore campuses in Malaysia and
Dubai with a massive enrolment of
29,930 students mentored by 3,069
highly-qualified faculty engaged in
over 375 study programmes across
31 disciplines, including medicine,
engineering, dentistry, nursing, allied
health sciences, architecture, business
management, communication, and
the humanities.
“Over the years MAHE has com-
pletely transformed into a multi-
disciplinary university engaged in
innovative research,” says Gen. Ven-
katesh. Meanwhile the MAHE man-
agement has finalised a detailed plan
to ensure this below-the-radar private
university is ranked among the QS
and THE Top global 200 in the next
15 years. JGU’s Dr. C. Raj Kumar (centre): enviable encomiums
n a minor reshuffle at top table of
the EW private universities 2021- institution with ten schools and enrol- tures and classes during the year-long
I22 rankings, this year’s sample ment of 6,600 students mentored by Coronavirus pandemic.
respondents have promoted the high- 830 highly-qualified faculty of whom Further down the Top 10 table,
profile O.P. Jindal Global Uni- 77 are expats. Not surprisingly, JGU there’s been a minor rearrangement
versity, (JGU estb.2009), Sonipat has been awarded the highest score of the seating order. The Coimbatore-
in Delhi NCR to #3 from #4 last year. under the parameter of competence of based Amrita Vishwa Vidyap-
Although there isn’t much euphoria faculty in this year’s private universi- eetham (Deemed University) has
within this fast-expanding private ties league table. been awarded a substantial promotion
university about this promotion given Certainly in the past decade since it to #6 (from #8 in 2020-21) – and #1
that the London-based Quacquarelli was endowed by steel tycoon Naveen in Tamil Nadu — and Shiv Nadar
Symonds (QS) has ranked it India’s #1 Jindal with a Rs.520 crore corpus, University, Noida is promoted to
private university 2021, there is quiet JGU has crossed many milestones #8 (9). VIT University, Vellore at
satisfaction that it has overtaken its and won enviable encomiums. Among #9 (7) has yielded rank as has Narsee
neighbouring Ashoka University for them: ranked India’s #1 private var- Monjee Institute of Management
the first time in the annual EW rank- sity and among global Top 700 pri- Studies, Mumbai co-ranked #9 (8).
ings league table. vate universities, #1 in India for social ICFAI University, Hyderabad #9
“We respect the EW-C fore survey sciences, arts and humanities, and #1 (9) and Symbiosis International,
which is the outcome of engagement and #76 worldwide for its law school Pune #10 (10) complete the Top 10
with a diverse group of knowledgeable by QS. Moreover, the Union govern- table.
respondents from across 25 cities of ment has included JGU in its exclu- Beyond the Top 10, this year’s
India. We derive considerable satis- sive list of 20 universities awarded the sample respondents have effected
faction that JGU is ranked #3 in India Institutes of Eminence tag. Currently considerable churn. Despite its self-
and #1 in Delhi NCR. This is in addi- this fast-track university comprises imposed low media profile, the Sri
tion to the internationally reputed QS ten schools (law, business, bank- City (Andhra Pradesh)-based Krea
ranking JGU the #1 private university ing and finance, government and University has risen in the esteem
of India,” says Dr. C. Raj Kumar, public policy, international affairs, of the informed public and is ranked
the hard-driving polymath alum of journalism and communication, art #11 (16). Ditto BML Munjal Uni-
Delhi, Oxford and Harvard universi- and architecture, liberal arts and hu- versity, Gurgaon at #14 (17) with
ties who was appointed founding vice manities, psychology and counselling, SASTRA University, Thanjavur
chancellor of JGU ab initio in 2009 environment and sustainability) and ceding considerable ground at #14 (6).
and has since developed it into a glob- prides itself on its swift and smooth Yet perhaps the most spectacu-
ally benchmarked multi-disciplinary switch to comprehensive online lec- lar advancement in the EW 2021-22

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