This year, Delhi University dropped one place to 12th place, behind city-based Jawaharlal Nehru University and Jamia Millia Islamia.
NEW DELHI: According to Delhi University’s interim vice-chancellor PC Joshi, a low student-teacher ratio might be one of the reasons for the university’s drop from 11th to 12th place in the NIRF rankings this year.
The Delhi University has dropped to 12th place this year, behind city-based Jawaharlal Nehru University and Jamia Millia Islamia, which have been placed second and sixth respectively in the Education Ministry’s National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF). In the NIRF rankings, five Delhi University (DU) institutions were among the top ten, with Miranda House taking the top place for the sixth year in a row.
DU, which was rated 11th in this area last year, was ranked 13th in 2019 and sixth in 2018. Even in its overall rating, the varsity fell one position to 19th place. It was rated 18th last year, but is now placed 20th in 2019. It had been ranked 14th in 2018. “The low teacher-to-student ratio is to blame for the drop in rankings. There are around 850 empty positions at the university, and although other universities were able to fill them, we were unable to do so. The education minister has put it on mission mode, saying that all universities should conduct recruitment “PTI quoted Joshi as saying.
NIRF Ranking 2021
Teaching, learning, and resources (TLR) rated 42.65, much below JNU (71.19) and Jamia Millia Islamia (42.65). (66.44). According to Joshi, DU colleges have performed well, with Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College improving significantly from last year to rank 13th in colleges and Bhaskaracharya College of Applied Sciences debuting in the rankings at 32nd.
While Lady Shri Ram College for Women remained in second place, Hindu College fell to ninth place from third place the previous year. St Stephen’s College, which was ranked fourth last year, has similarly slipped to eighth place. Shri Ram College of Commerce improved from 12th to 10th place this year.
“Consistency and collaboration have been the key,” said Professor Bijayalakshmi Nanda, principal of Miranda House, which has been ranked first among colleges for the fifth year in a row. “Covid has taught everyone compassion. We attempted to assist the children and address their concerns. We promoted a lot of group effort, and a lot of multidisciplinary research got underway as a result. Our placements have gotten better.”
“We are motivated to develop as a result of the NIRF rankings. We’ll be looking at the National Education Policy, employment and employability, skill development, and promoting start-ups and more multi-disciplinary research, among other things “Nanda said.