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Cover Story EW India Government University Rankings 2025-26

Competence of faculty Curriculum & pedagogy Industry interface (100) Leadership / governance programmes offered (100) TOTAL SCORE (1300)

Rank Faculty welfare & development (100) Research and innovation (300) Placement (100) Infrastructure (150) Internationalism (100) Range/diversity of NIRF 2024* Rank
2022 2023 2024 2025 (150) (100) quality (100)

68 70 70 66 Saurashtra University, Rajkot 123 65 127 60 53 64 125 53 56 68 794 NR
69 69 65 67 Central University of Kashmir, Srinagar 118 67 128 70 55 56 111 60 61 66 792 NR
64 65 69 68 Gangadhar Meher University, Sambalpur (Odisha) 116 59 117 57 64 54 123 61 65 74 790 NR
62 68 71 69 Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat 121 61 125 62 54 60 118 52 66 69 788 NR
73 72 73 70 Gulbarga University, Kalaburagi 119 68 126 59 56 56 111 55 70 65 785 NR
63 70 70 71 Central University of Odisha, Koraput 123 59 125 57 60 57 116 56 60 70 783 NR
NR 71 72 72 Dharanidhar University (formerly Dharanidhar
Autonomous College), Keonjhar, Odisha 121 58 116 61 62 55 117 56 65 67 778 NR
NR NR NR 72 Khallikote Unitary University, Brahmapur (Odisha) 121 54 132 58 59 57 117 63 58 59 778 NR
61 69 72 73 Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur (AP) 117 59 124 64 57 60 114 56 58 68 777 NR
NR NR NR 74 Jagannath Barooah University, Jorhat 121 60 118 63 55 60 119 57 57 57 767 NR
74 71 74 74 Nagaland University, Zunheboto 119 60 128 53 64 64 113 50 54 62 767 NR
59 72 75 75 Pandit SN Shukla University, Shahdol (MP) 118 57 116 61 57 62 121 56 59 55 762 NR
NR NR NR 76 North Lakhimpur University (Assam) 124 56 116 59 57 55 114 51 62 58 742 NR
73 73 76 76 University of Kalyani (WB) 122 55 116 61 54 53 116 53 55 57 742 151-200
75 74 77 77 Rajiv Gandhi University, Itanagar 116 52 116 59 50 49 113 51 44 54 704 NR
NR 75 78 77 Maa Manikeshwari University (formerly Kalahandi
University) (Odisha) 113 51 109 55 56 53 112 49 52 54 704 NR

NB: NR= Not Ranked; NIRF= National Institutional Ranking Framework, 2024 of the Union education ministry

State rankings: Govt. multidisciplinary

Rank Total Rank Total
India 2025 State 2025 Andhra Pradesh score India 2025 State 2025 Delhi (1300)
score
(1300)

26 1 Andhra University, Visakhapatnam 911 1+ 1 University of Delhi 1148
45 2 Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati 856 3 2 Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) 1081
64 3 Krishna University, Machilipatnam 797 16 3 Jamia Millia Islamia University 954
73 4 Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur 777 27 4 Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University 902
32 5 Dr. BR Ambedkar University 881

Rank
Total
Rank Total India 2025 State 2025 Gujarat score
India 2025 State 2025 Assam score 15 1 The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (1300)
(1300)
957
30 1 Tezpur University 890 30 2 Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar 890
42 2 Gauhati University 863 49 3 Gujarat University, Ahmedabad 848
48 3 Assam University, Silchar 852 52 4 Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar 832
74 4 Jagannath Barooah University, Jorhat 767 66 5 Saurashtra University, Rajkot 794
76 5 North Lakhimpur University 742 69 6 Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat 788

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