NIRF India Rankings 2017: No UP College in Top 100 College List
Even the almost century old premier university of the state - Lucknow University - has not been able to make a mark in the rankings this year.
Since the National Institutional Ranking Framework or NIRF India Rankings 2017 have been declared by the HRD Ministry, it has been in the news.
Interestingly, it has been noted that not even a single college from the state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) has made it to the top 100 college list. Even the almost century old premier university of the state - Lucknow University - has not been able to make a mark in the rankings this year.
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The state of Uttar Pradesh has more than 5,600 colleges. Out of these 138 are government aided institutes while about 330 are unaided ones.
Some reasons behind poor rankings of UP colleges:
- Lack of teaching staff leading to poor teacher-taught ratio
- Poor funding from the central government
- Hiring and firing of various part-time teachers
- Probability of some institutes not participating in the rankings this year
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On the other hand, some experts were of the opinion that the rankings were skewed because some prominent institutes that found a place in the NIRF India Rankings 2017 in other categories, did not make it to the Top 100 College List.
Performance of Uttar Pradesh in Other Categories:
Management:
| Institute Name | NIRF Rank in 2017 |
| Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIM-L) | 4 |
| Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur | 11 |
| Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad (IMT) | 24 |
| Banaras Hindu University (BHU) | 28 |
| Jaipuria Institute of Management, Noida | 43 |
| Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH) | 45 |
Engineering:
| Institute Name | NIRF Rank in 2017 |
| Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur | 5 |
| Indian Institute of Technology, Varanasi (IIT-BHU) | 31 |
| Zakir Husain College of Engineering & Technology, Aligarh | 40 |
| Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad (MNIT) | 41 |
| Amity University | 46 |
| Jaypee Institute of Information Technology | 54 |
Pharmacy:
| Institute Name | NIRF Rank in 2017 |
| Integral University | 25 |
Universities:
| University Name | NIRF Rank in 2017 |
| Banaras Hindu University | 3 |
| Aligarh Muslim University | 11 |
| Amity University, Noida | 52 |
| Shiv Nadar University | 60 |
| Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra | 72 |
| Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida | 81 |
| University of Allahabad | 95 |
Overall:
| Institute/College Name | NIRF Rank in 2017 |
| IIT Kanpur | 7 |
| Banaras Hindu University | 10 |
| Aligarh Muslim University | 19 |
| IIM Lucknow | 51 |
| IIT Varanasi | 70 |
| Amity University | 86 |
| Shiv Nadar University | 96 |
With inputs from Hindustan Times