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Guru Nanak Dev University improves NIRF rankings, IIM-Amritsar debuts

Guru Nanak Dev University improves NIRF rankings, IIM-Amritsar debuts

IIM Amritsar debuted with 67th rank in the top 100 management school list released by the NIRF



Tribune News Service

Amritsar, September 10

Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU) has improved its rankings from the previous year in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2021. Its ranking got scaled up to 13th rank in 2021 as compared to the 14th position in 2020 among the multi-speciality state universities of India. No other multi-speciality state university of northern region, except University of Kashmir, has figured in the first 55 positions in the country. Overall, it has stood at 53rd position among universities and 85th among all the higher education institutions of India.

VC Prof Jaspal Sandhu said high quality academics and highly cited research of the faculty have earned name and fame to the university not only in India but at international arena as well. High quality research has improved the H-index of the university from 64 to 115 with top 10 percent highly cited papers in Scopus. The NIRF had considered the parameters of teaching-learning resources, research and professional practice, graduation outcomes, outreach and inclusivity, peer perception, for evaluating higher education institutions. Prof (Dr) Jaspal Singh, while appreciating the efforts of the faculty and staff, has expressed its commitment to improve the quality of education and research in the university in the times to come.

Meanwhile, IIM Amritsar debuted with the 67th rank in the top 100 management school list released by the NIRF. IIM Amritsar has fared well on the parameters such as Graduation Outcome and Outreach and Inclusivity with a score of 88.37 and 66 respectively on a scale of 100.

Pleased with the entry of IIM Amritsar in the national ranking, Prof Nagarajan Ramamoorthy, Director IIM Amritsar, congratulated the faculty and staff of the Institute and lauded their efforts. Director, IIM Amritsar said, “We will enter the top 25 list within two years as we have made a considerable leap in terms of improvement in teaching-learning resources by recruiting quality faculty members in every area. I am confident that the results of the progress we have made since 2019-20 will be visible within two years.”


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