AU ranks 38th among 40 central varsities in country

Prayagraj: In what could a further dent in the credibility of the over 128-year-old University of Allahabad, it has been ranked 38th among 40 central universities of the country. What more, AU has stood last among the four central universities of the state. The ranking was released by the Ministry of Education on Thursday through its annual report of 40 central universities across the country.
Jamia Millia Islamia has bagged the first spot among all central universities. In the grading/scoring of performance of central universities by the ministry, Jamia has a score of 90%, compared to 83% of Rajiv Gandhi University of Arunachal Pradesh, 82% of JNU and 78% of Aligarh Muslim University.
In terms of the four central universities of the state, Baba Saheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, is on the first position, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) on the second, Banaras Hindu University (BHU) on the third and AU on the fourth.
AU has scored 94.5 out of 283.5. In various parameters, AU has got just 33% marks though it is compulsory to get minimum 59.975 % marks. AU did not find a place in the AIRF rankings and NAAC grading B has been added.
“AU holds a B ++ grade from NAAC. Due to only a B being recorded in the assessment, AU has got very few marks. A letter has been sent to the ministry for the revised report. Efforts are being made to improve the performance of AU,” said, AU registrar Prof N K Shukla.
The evaluation is based on parameters which included annual student intake in UG, PG, PhD and MPhil and student diversity, which included percentage of female students, students from other states and foreign students. Other parameters were faculty quality and strength which included student-teacher ratio, teacher vacancy and visiting faculty. Central universities were also assessed on the number of students placed through campus interviews and those who qualified in NET and GATE. Based on this, grants are issued to universities.