National Institutional ranking and Institutions of eminence

Vijayan, M (2018) National Institutional ranking and Institutions of eminence. In: Current Science, 115 (6). pp. 1031-1032.

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Abstract

The National Institutional Ranking Framework of the Ministry of Human Resource Development shows that institutions funded by the Central Government occupy the pride of place in the higher education sector in India, followed by state universities and then by private universities. Autonomy, internal democracy, emphasis on merit in appointments and admissions, flexibility in administration, ability of faculty to attract research grants, etc. are pre-requisites for eminence. These attributes, which are worth fighting for, exist to different extents in centrally funded institutions. It is unfair to treat public and private institutions as two separate categories of equal importance for identifying Institutions of Eminence. Private universities need to be encouraged, but not at the expense of publically funded institutions which have done the nation proud and are acclaimed in India and abroad.

Item Type:	Editorials/Short Communications
Publication:	Current Science
Publisher:	Indian Academy of Sciences
Additional Information:	The copyright for this article belongs to the Indian Academy of Sciences.
Department/Centre:	Division of Biological Sciences > Molecular Biophysics Unit
Date Deposited:	05 Aug 2022 11:08
Last Modified:	05 Aug 2022 11:08
URI:	https://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/75392

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