NIRF 2018: Three Bengaluru institutes bag top honours

BENGALURU: Three reputed institutions based in Bengaluru have come up trumps in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2018. While Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has been ranked the best among all higher educational institutions in India for the third consecutive year, the National Law School of India University (NLSIU) is ranked first under the law institutions category. Under the management institutions category, Indian Institute of Management-Bengaluru (IIM-B) has been ranked second.

The NIRF 2018 rankings were released by Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar in New Delhi on Tuesday. About 3,954 higher education institutions were ranked under nine different parameters. Of the top 10 institutions under different heads, a few more institutions from Karnataka have also found a place. The rankings were done on the basis of factors like teaching, learning and resources, research and professional practices, graduation outcomes, outreach and inclusivity, and perception.

IISc director Prof Anurag Kumar told The New Indian Express, “We are very happy and proud, and this is because of the hard work and efforts of all our teachers and research scholars at the institution. It is not just from the last three years, the hard work is on since several years and this will go on.”

Apart from IISc, there are institutions under law, management, medical, architecture and pharmacy categories which found place within top 10 institutions at the national level. Among medical institutions, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal is ranked fourth, while under pharmacy, JSS College of Pharmacy, Mysuru, is ranked 10th. Among the architecture institutes, the Department of Architecture, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Udupi, is ranked 10th.

Prof R Venkata Rao, vice-chancellor, NLSIU, Bengaluru said, “This is a moment of pride. This is the contribution of quality teachers, talented students and also because of the guidance by the Chief Justice of India and other judges and statutory bodies of the university.” 

Research scholars at IISc, however, said they were expecting the top ranking. “IISc is on the top for the last two years and it was expected this year too,” said a faculty member.

Engineering institutes
NITK Suratkal (21), IIIT-B, Bengaluru (56), RVCE, Bengaluru (58), BMS College of Engineering, Bengaluru (67), Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumakuru (78), PES University, Bengaluru (87), Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology, Bengaluru (100)

Other colleges
-St Joseph’s College of Commerce, Bengaluru (55), St Joseph’s College for Arts and Science, Bengaluru (60), St Aloysius College, Mangaluru (94)

Universities
-Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal (11), JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysuru (37), University of Agriculture Sciences, Dharwad (58), Kuvempu University, Shivamogga (78), Yenepoya University, Mangalore (92), PES University, Bengaluru (99)

Medical
-MS Ramaiah Medical College, Bengaluru (12), Kasturba Medical College, Mangaluru (16), Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belagavi (25)

Pharmacy
-Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Udupi (07), JSS College of Pharmacy Mysore (10), KLE College of Pharmacy, Belagavi (22)