Nagaland University is ranked 95 in NIRF 2018

• NU features first time in 200 top Universities in India
• Pros - teaching resources, graduation outcomes and inclusivity.
• Cons - research, professional practice, collaborative performance and peer perception

Morung Express News
Dimapur | April 3  

Nagaland University (NU) was ranked 95 from a list of 200 top universities in the third edition of National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2018, India’s top university rankings.   A total of 301 university participated in the process.

 While the 100 universities were ranked, NIRF does not release in the public domain the ranks of educational institutions that do not figure among the first 100 and the ranking from 101-200 is listed in alphabetical order.  

The ranking list was released by Union Minister for Human Resource Development (HRD), Prakash Javedkar in New Delhi on April 3.  

According to an official release from HRD Ministry, a total of 2809 institutions have participated in 9 categories this year. This includes 301 Universities, 906 Engineering Institutions, 487 Management Institutions, 286 Pharmacy Institutions, 71 Law Institutions, 101 Medical Institutions, 59 Architecture Institutions and 1087 General Degree Colleges.    

NU overall performance

It is a big jump for the university as on two previous editions, the NU did not feature in the list of top 200. It is not known whether it participated in the process.  

As for the performances in different parameters, NU was graded ‘fairly average’ in teaching resources, graduation outcomes and inclusivity.  

However, the ranking painted a dreary picture for the university’s research credentials and its standing among fellow academics. Marked on several categories, NU, which was the only institution from the State to have participated in the ranking, scored an overall score of 38.14 out of a possible 100.  

Among the several aspects, NU scored 68.12 in Teaching Learning Resources. This was based on assessment of student strength including doctoral students; faculty-student ratio with emphasis on permanent faculty; combined metric for faculty with PhD (or equivalent) and experience; and total budget and its utilization.  

In terms of research, professional practice and collaborative performance, Nagaland University scored only 1.16 out of 100. This parameter takes into account the combined metric for publications; quality of publications; IPR and patents: filed, published, granted and licensed; footprint of projects and professional practice and executive development programs.  

The NIRF also gave NU 64.87 for graduation outcomes. This criterion took into account factors like combined percentage for placement, higher studies, and entrepreneurship; metric for university examinations; median salary; metric for graduating students admitted into top universities; and metric for number of Ph.D. students graduated.  

With regard to ‘Outreach and Inclusivity,’ NU scored 43.41 out of 100. This included assessment of percent students from other states/countries (Region Diversity RD); percentage of women; economically and socially challenged students (ESCS); and facilities for physically challenged students.  

In terms of ‘Perception,’ the ranking marked NU at a measly 0.41 percent. Perception, here, according to the ranking takes into consideration academic peer perception, public perception; employers and research investors; and competitiveness.  

Other NE States

Of those universities that participated from the North East, other than Nagaland University, Tezpur University ranked 29 with an overall score of 48; Gauhati University ranked 39 with an overall score of 45.44; Dibrugarh University ranked 84 with an overall score of 39.13; Assam University ranked 87 with an overall score of 38.79; Mizoram University ranked 81 rank with a score of 39.36; and the North East Hill University Meghalaya ranked 61 with an overall score of 42.34 score.  

Sikkim University and Tripura University also featured in the 101-200 bands.  

Overall, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras topped  and Indian Institute of Technology Bombay top 3 respectively.  

In universities category,  IISc Bangalore again top the ranking while JNU was ranked 2^nd.  

Miranda House, New Delhi and St. Stephens`s College, Delhi were the top two in the college category while Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad and  Indian Institute of Management Bangalore were ranked 1 and 2 respectively in Management category.  

The top two in other categories are:-  

Engineering:

1. Indian Institute of Technology Madras
2. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

  Pharmacy:

1. National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Mohali
2. Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi (2)

  Medical:

1. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
2. Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh.

  Law:

1. National Law School of India University, Bengaluru
2. National Law University, New Delhi.

  Architecture:

1. Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
2. Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee .

  #UPDATE:

The earlier version of the article appears to indicate that Nagaland University was ranked 95 out of 100 participating universities. It is clarified that 301 Universities participated in the NIRF 2018 and NU was ranked 95 out of top 200. The article has been updated to reflect the same.