NIRF rankings 2018: GNDU ranks 81 in overall category

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, April 9

Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU) has been ranked 81st in the overall ranking of educational institutions released by the National Institutional Ranking Framework(NIRF) released by the Ministry of Human Resource Development. Last year, it was ranked 86th.

Among all universities of the country, GNDU stands at 55. The overall category includes IITs, IIMs, IISERs, colleges, private institutes, state and Central universities.

The ranking of the varsity has improved from 59 in 2018 to 55 in 2019 in university category, while has jumped from 86th last year to 81st in 2019 in the overall ranking of the institutes.

The MHRD sets parameters deciding the ranking of any institutions such as teaching, research, professional practices, graduation outcomes and perception.

Jaspal Singh Sandhu, Vice-Chancellor, Guru Nanak Dev University, credited this success to the hard work of the university’s teachers and students. He said without being complacent we would work even harder to improve our ranking and achieve global recognition. The university scored the lowest in perception compared to others.