BU, Amrita improve higher edu ranking

Coimbatore: The Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham and Bharathiar University in the district have improved their rankings in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) that was released by the Union human resource development ministry on Thursday.

While the Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham was ranked fourth, the Bharathiar University was placed 13th in the country, under the university category. Last year, the Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham was ranked eighth and the Bharathiar University 14th.

P Kaliraj, vice-chancellor, Bharathiar University, said they were assessed well in parameters such as perception, teaching and resources, and research and professional practices.

As per the ranking, BU is the topmost among the state arts and science universities in Tamil Nadu. It was placed 21st in the overall category.

A total of nine arts and science colleges affiliated to BU have been ranked among the top 100 in the college category. Among them, PSGR Krishnammal College for Women was ranked 10th, PSG College of Arts and Science 25th, and Sri Krishna Arts and Science College 29th.

Meanwhile, the Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham was placed 13th in the overall category. Its vice-chancellor P Venkat Rangan said it was a result of academic excellence, outstanding faculty and world-class infrastructure of the university.

Among the engineering colleges, Amrita School of Engineering was ranked 20. While PSG College of Technology slipped to 49th place from 44 last year, Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences to 80th from 72nd and Kumaraguru College of Technology to 82nd from 77th, Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology improved its ranking to 83 from last year’s 97.