NAAC to rank Indian Universities
By
siliconindia news bureau
| Tuesday,06 January 2009, 19:10 hrs
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Mumbai:Indian Universities may soon be ranked by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) and the ranking system would be in global perspective. NAAC,an autonomous body to assess and credit institutions of higher education in the country is discussing the possibilities with concerned departments and a committee has been formed to devise a framework, reported Business Standard.
For developing its own grading scales, NAAC is studying various university ranking models like Shanghai Jiao Tong University's (SJTU) Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), the UK and Australia.
The committee set up for the purpose are visiting and studying various colleges and universities. "We intend to introduce our own rankings, based on world class indicators, something on the lines of Shanghai?s ARWU. Such an Indian ranking formed by NAAC should be respected by institutions across the world," said HA Ranganath, Director, NAAC.
In the SJTU ranking model, the main indicators are the number of alumni who got Nobel Prize or Fields Medal since 1901, number of researchers who earned a Noble Prize in physics, chemistry, medicine or economics and/or the Fields Medal in mathematics since 1911, number of highly-cited researchers in the fields of life science, medicine, physics, engineering and social sciences, number of articles published in Nature and Science between 2003-2007, and number of articles listed in Thompson Scientific's Science Citation Index Expanded and its Social Sciences Citation Index in 2007.
NAAC will make an in depth research before announcing the ranking system. The body is closely studying the Shanghai index which includes two categories based on Nobel prizes and Fields medals. However, according to Ranganath,"While it might be tough to come up with exact indicators like that of Shanghai including Nobel prize winners and Fields medals, our indicators will be globally acceptable."
The new ranking system would be applicable on both NAAC accredited institutions and the other institutes. "While it is premature to state an exact date, we intend to come up with indicators for the rankings by 2010-11," Ranganath said.
For developing its own grading scales, NAAC is studying various university ranking models like Shanghai Jiao Tong University's (SJTU) Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), the UK and Australia.
The committee set up for the purpose are visiting and studying various colleges and universities. "We intend to introduce our own rankings, based on world class indicators, something on the lines of Shanghai?s ARWU. Such an Indian ranking formed by NAAC should be respected by institutions across the world," said HA Ranganath, Director, NAAC.
In the SJTU ranking model, the main indicators are the number of alumni who got Nobel Prize or Fields Medal since 1901, number of researchers who earned a Noble Prize in physics, chemistry, medicine or economics and/or the Fields Medal in mathematics since 1911, number of highly-cited researchers in the fields of life science, medicine, physics, engineering and social sciences, number of articles published in Nature and Science between 2003-2007, and number of articles listed in Thompson Scientific's Science Citation Index Expanded and its Social Sciences Citation Index in 2007.
NAAC will make an in depth research before announcing the ranking system. The body is closely studying the Shanghai index which includes two categories based on Nobel prizes and Fields medals. However, according to Ranganath,"While it might be tough to come up with exact indicators like that of Shanghai including Nobel prize winners and Fields medals, our indicators will be globally acceptable."
The new ranking system would be applicable on both NAAC accredited institutions and the other institutes. "While it is premature to state an exact date, we intend to come up with indicators for the rankings by 2010-11," Ranganath said.
Reader's comments (3)
1: Birla Institute of Technology and Science -
BITS Pilani which is one among the top
ranking universities in India today has been
reaccredited by NAAC recently with "A" Grade
and a CGPA of 3.71 out of 4.
Posted by: Partha Sarathy - 09 Mar, 2009
2: NAAC must first get its house in order before
it can win the trust of its own people and
those around the world. There is a growing
concern in India that the ethics of the NAAC
body is highly questionable. Accreditations
are comprised because of back door deals.
Several institution leaders in India moan in
private that NAAC is simply a matter of
greasing the right hands. While there are
many at NAAC who work diligently to enhance
the quality of education and who are above
board, even a few who comprise the integrity
of the institution can be dangerous. It
simply shows that NAAAC does not have enough
checks and balances to prevent such
situations. Recommend that NAAC first ensure
that it's house is in order!
Posted by: Dr. Gupta - 07 Jan, 2009
3: Would this kind of rating help to increase
the standard of Indian University.We all knew
except few university, all are university are
not as per the standard which are thier in
the foriegn university. We have Quantity but
not Quality
Posted by: navid - 06 Jan, 2009
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