BHU bags 3rd spot in national ranking

Varanasi: Banaras Hindu University (BHU) has again claimed the third position in top 10 universities in the country for the fourth consecutive year in ranking released by National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF). Besides, BHU also claimed the 10th rank in the overall ranking.
Union human resource development minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank released the India Ranking 2020 for Higher Educational Institutions on Thursday.
BHU spokesman Rajesh Singh said, “In 2019 too, BHU was ranked third in university category and 10th in overall category.”
National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranks institutes on basis of performance on five parameters — Teaching, Learning and Resources (TLR), Research and Professional Practice (RP), Graduation Outcomes (GO), Outreach and Inclusivity (OI) and Perception (PR).
Ranks are assigned on basis of sum of marks assigned for the parameters.
“BHU’s score in overall category is 62.03, and 63.15 in university category. BHU has fared well in the medical category, by claiming 6th place,” added Singh.
Total 3,771 institutions offered themselves for ranking in overall category-specific and/or domain-specific rankings.
In all, the 3,771 institutes, including 294 universities, 1,071 engineering institutes, 630 management institutes, 334 pharmacy institutes, 97 law institutes, 118 medical institutes, 48 architecture institutes and 1,659 general degree colleges had submitted 5,805 applications for ranking under various categories.