National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) has granted its highest accreditation grade ‘A’ to Search Results Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (IP university) for maintaining excellence in the field of higher education.
According to Prof DK Bandyopadhyay, vice-chancellor of the university, in the present accreditation system adopted by the NAAC, obtaining A grade is a big reward to the university. Recently, Jawaharlal Nehru University and some other top universities have been granted A grade by the NAAC. Earlier highest accreditation grade was A++ and IP University was accredited with A grade in 2008.
The IP University has constantly excelled in the field of higher education since its inception in 1998 and was recently conferred with Best Emerging University Award by Shashi Tharoor, HRD Minister for State at a function organised in Delhi.
In 2012, the university was awarded with Quality and Commercial Prestige Award at a function organised in Paris. In 2011, the university was awarded with Plantinum Technology Award at a function organised in Paris. At present, the university has 11 schools and 111 affiliated colleges where 144 academic programmes are being run for around 75,000 students. In a short span of time, the university has emerged as a front ranking university in the field of professional and technical education in the country.