National Ranking: IIT-Gn, GU in top-100 for third time

National Ranking: IIT-Gn, GU in top-100 for third time

New Delhi: The Education Department of the Government of India has released the National Ranking-2022 (NIRF) report on Friday. Gujarat University and IIT-Gandhinagar have achieved a spot in the top-100 educational institutions of the country for the third successive year. Even the Gujarat University has ranked among the country’s top-100 for the third time. None of the private universities in Gujarat have achieved a spot either in the overall category or university category. IIM- Ahmedabad has secured the top spot in the top-100 institutions ranked under the management category.

The central government has started the National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2016 and the first yearly ranking report was released in the same year. The seventh yearly ranking report was released yesterday. IIT-Gandhinagar is ranked 37th while Gujarat University is ranked 73rd in the overall category in the 2022 report. In the previous year, IIT-Gandhinagar was ranked 33rd and Gujarat University was ranked 62nd in the overall category. None of the private universities from the state have been ranked in the top 100 even this year.

Only one college from Ahmedabad, St Xaviers, has secured a place in the top 100 colleges of the country.

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