KOCHI: Only one state university from Kerala made it to the top 50 educational institutions in India, in a countrywide government ranking of educational institutions released on Monday.
Kerala University
is ranked 47, ahead of the much-in-demand
Indian Institute of Management
(IIM), Kozhikode that is ranked 85 and
Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology
at 56, in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2017. The topmost education institution in the country is Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
NIRF ranks the institutions based on five parameters: Teaching, learning and resources, research and professional practices, graduation outcomes, outreach and inclusivity perception. The ranking, which is an annual exercise, was done by an independent and autonomous body National Board of Accreditation (NBA).
It looked at the number of faculty members with PhD, students employed through campus placement and their median salary besides patents and earnings from it. They also considered facilities for the physically challenged such as lifts and ramps, walking aids and specially designed toilets.
Besides overall ranking of institutions, separate rankings has also been worked out for six categories of institutions: Engineering, management, pharmacy, universities and colleges.
Amongst the colleges, it is mostly the autonomous colleges from the state that find place in the top 50 list in India. Christ College, Thrissur leads at 17, followed by Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, Ernakulam at 25 and Sacred Heart College, Ernakulam at rank 28. Other state colleges to figure in the top 50 in the general degree category are St Joseph’s College, Calicut (31), St Joseph’s College, Thrissur (42), Mercy College, Palakkad (48) and Little Flower College, Thrissur (49). This is the first time the colleges have been ranked.
When it comes to universities, Kerala University ranks at 29 followed by Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology at 35. Not a single pharmacy college from the state made it to the top 50 list.
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