India Today in association with the Neilsen Company conducted a survey to list out the top universities in India in the arts, science and commerce streams. A rigorous step by step procedure has been adopted for the same. Institutions of national importance which specialize in only one area of knowledge such as engineering, medicine, law or journalism have not been included in the survey. Due to this reason, premier institutes IIT, AIIMS and NIT have been excluded from the list. The different parameters on which universities were judged were reputation, quality of academic input, faculty, research publications/projects, infrastructure, placement opportunities, and enrollment for higher education. To determine the ranks, in-depth interviews were conducted with experts to verify the above mentioned parameters. Desk research through internet, published reports and Association for India Universities Handbook were also used to generate the list of universities for the survey.
Best Universities in India: A Survey by India Today and Neilsen Company
|
S.No. |
Name of University |
Place |
S.No. |
Name of University |
Place |
|
1 |
Delhi University |
Delhi |
26 |
Visva Bharati |
Birbhum |
|
2 |
Banaras Hindu University |
Varanasi |
27 |
Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University |
Amravati |
|
3 |
University of Calcutta |
Kolkata |
28 |
Mahatama Gandhi University |
Kottayam |
|
4 |
Jawaharlal Nehru University |
Delhi |
29 |
Punjabi University |
Patiala |
|
5 |
Aligarh Muslim University |
Aligarh |
30 |
Burdwan University |
Bardhaman |
|
6 |
Osmania University |
Hyderabad |
31 |
Christ University |
Bangalore |
|
7 |
University of Madras |
Chennai |
32 |
Mangalore University |
Mangalore |
|
8 |
University of Allahabad |
Allahabad |
33 |
Kurukshetra University |
Kurukshetra |
|
9 |
University of Hyderabad |
Hyderabad |
34 |
University of Kerela |
Thiruvananthapuram |
|
10 |
Jamia Millia Islamia |
Delhi |
35 |
Amity University |
Noida |
|
11 |
Pondicherry University |
Puducherry |
36 |
Ranchi University |
Ranchi |
|
12 |
University of Mysore |
Mysore |
37 |
Kakatiya University |
Warangal |
|
13 |
Andhra University |
Visakhapatnam |
38 |
Sri Venkateswara University |
Tirupati |
|
14 |
Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda |
Vadodara |
39 |
Bharathidasan University |
Tiruchirappalli |
|
15 |
University of Lucknow |
Lucknow |
40 |
Utkal University |
Bhubaneswar |
|
16 |
North eastern Hill University |
Shillong |
41 |
Himachal Pradesh University |
Shimla |
|
17 |
Goa University |
Goa |
42 |
Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University |
Aurangabad |
|
18 |
Guru Nanak Dev University |
Amritsar |
43 |
Banasthali Vidyapith |
Jaipur |
|
19 |
Madurai Kamaraj University |
Madurai |
44 |
SRM Institute of Science and Technology |
Chennai |
|
20 |
Banglore University |
Bangalore |
45 |
Assam University |
Silchar |
|
21 |
Karnatak University |
Dharwad |
46 |
University of Calicut |
Malappuram |
|
22 |
Jain University |
Bangalore |
47 |
Bharati Vidyapeeth |
Pune |
|
23 |
Birla iNstitute of Science and Technology |
Pilani |
48 |
Patna University |
Patna |
|
24 |
Gauhati University |
Guwahati |
49 |
Cochin University of Science and Technology |
Kochi |
|
25 |
Symbiosis International University |
Pune |
50 |
Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth |
Varanasi |
A total of 337 experts (deans, registrars, readers and professors) were shown the list of 160 selected universities and were asked to rate them on identified parameters with an exception to their own university. They were then asked to distribute 100 points across the listed parameters. The overall score of a university was calculated on the basis of the ratings given by the experts on the five key parameters weighted by their importance. A number of 75 universities were then ranked based on their overall scores.
After collecting the factual information from these 75 universities, a comprehensive list of 50 universities who shared the date were selected to be ranked. The weightage of actual and factual information based on the expert opinions was utilized to get the overall score, which has been calculated by giving 50 percent weightage to actual and factual scores. After assigning these weights, the score was indexed to 100. Thus the methodology of ranking provides a comprehensive picture of each university rated.
