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PRIVATE AUTONOMOUS GOVERNMENT AUTONOMOUS NON-AUTONOMOUS

1 St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai 1 Government Science College, 1 St. Stephen’s College, Delhi
2 St Joseph’s College, Bengaluru Nrupathunga Road, Bengaluru 2 Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi
3 St Xavier’s College, Kolkata 2 Maharaja’s College, Ernakulam 3 Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi
4 Mount Carmel College, Bengaluru 3 Government Degree College for Women 4 Miranda House, Delhi
4 Loyola College, Chennai (Autonomous), Begumpet, Hyderabad 5 Hindu College, Delhi
5 Stella Maris College, Chennai 4 Sarojini Naidu Government Girls PG 6 KPB Hinduja College of Commerce,
6 Madras Christian College, Chennai College, Bhopal Mumbai
7 Mithibai College, Mumbai 5 Government Holkar (Model, Autonomous) 7 Hansraj College, Delhi
8 Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, Science College, Indore 8 University College of Arts & Social
Kanchi Mamunivar Centre for
5
Kochi Postgraduate Studies, Puducherry Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad
8 Narsee Monjee College of Commerce & 9 Sri Venkateswara College, Delhi
Economics, Mumbai 6 Government MKB Arts & Commerce 10 Jesus & Mary College, Delhi
9 RA Podar College of Commerce & College, Jabalpur 10 Barrackpore Rastraguru Surendranath
Economics, Mumbai 7 Government Arts College, Hassan College, Kolkata
10 St. Ann’s College for Women, (Karnataka)
Hyderabad 7 Mata Jija Bai Government Girls PG
College, Moti Tabela, Indore
8 Dr. VS Krishna Government Degree
College, Visakhapatnam education ministry has designated it
9 Government MLB Girls PG College,
Bhopal an Institute of Eminence.
universities that educate 70 percent 10 Government Arts & Science College, Likewise, your editors are also
of youth in higher education, pro- Karwar (Karnataka) wholly convinced about the institu-
vide better academic programmes, tional and societal benefits of com-
faculty and infrastructure than state petitive league tables that evaluate
government institutions filled with and rank education institutions. Since
ill-qualified faculty, whose prime 2007, EducationWorld has been pub-
qualifications are caste and kinship lishing extensive league tables ranking
ties with state politicians and bureau- information to make study choices education institutions across the spec-
crats. Therefore, since 2013 Educa- based on parameters of their interest,” trum, from preschools to universities.
tionWorld has been commissioning opines Dr. C. Raj Kumar, found- In the process, EW’s annual preschools
nationwide surveys to evaluate and ing vice chancellor of the new genre and primary-secondary schools sur-
rank the country’s best privately-pro- privately-promoted O.P. Jindal Global veys have evolved into the largest and
moted colleges and universities to en- University, Sonipat (JGU, estb.2009). most comprehensive schools ranking
able school leavers and undergrads to Evidently Dr. Raj Kumar, an alum league tables worldwide.
choose higher education institutions of Delhi, Oxford and Harvard univer- Initially, the EducationWorld India
that don’t receive adequate coverage sities, is totally convinced about the vi- Higher Education Rankings (EWI-
and examination in mainstream me- tal importance of academic rankings. HER) rated and ranked only private
dia. JGU has established a dedicated Office institutions because several print
“Rankings are a very important ser- of Rankings, Benchmarking and In- magazines were already publishing
vice for promoting institutional excel- stitutional Transformation headed by college and university rankings domi-
lence and improving quality of teach- two deans of the university to monitor nated by well-resourced and heavily
ing, learning and research. They also and continuously recommend ways subsidised Centrally-funded colleges
facilitate international collaborations and means to improve JGU’s rank in and universities. However in 2019
and perhaps most important, enable global and domestic varsity surveys. in a departure from tradition, we ex-
students to make informed choices for These efforts have borne fruit. The panded our survey of higher ed insti-
attaining their academic aspirations. highly reputed London-based agen- tutions to include the best government
They also motivate education institu- cy Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) has supported (‘aided’) and government-
tions to formulate sound policies and ranked JGU India’s #1 private uni- owned institutions as well.
develop robust teaching and research versity in its WUR (World University In EWIHER 2021-22, all arts, sci-
ecosystems. Reliable and credible in- Rankings) 2020-21 and among the ence and commerce (ASC) colleges are
stitutional ranking league tables pro- world’s top 750 universities below 50 evaluated on five common parameters
vide students diverse and transparent years vintage. Moreover, the Union of collegiate excellence, viz, compe-

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