Kurukshetra University has emerged as top ranking university in Haryana in the NIRF-MHRD rankings 2017 released by National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), Ministry of Human Resource Development.
KU Vice-Chancellor Prof Kailash Chander Sharma congratulated the faculty, staff and students for the achievement.
He said that amongst the multi-faculty State universities, Kurukshetra University got 11th rank, which puts it among top league of State universities in the country. The University has scored an overall rank of 95 among institutions of higher education in the country and stands 59 among the universities in India. This year, a total of 2,735 educational institutions have participated in the NIRF ranking, said he.
Prof Sharma added that NIRF has ranked the Universities and other institutions of higher education in India on five parameters – teaching and learning resources, research and professional practice, graduation outcome, outreach and inclusivity and perception. KU has a score of 43.43 out of 100 in teaching learning and resources, 13.44 in research and professional practice, 79.64 in graduate outcome, 50.37 in outreach and inclusivity.
While explaining the strides in excellence of Kurukshera University, Prof Sharma said that according to the recently released annual report of the University, the research contribution of the faculty is really remarkable. With 604 publications out of which 245 are reported on Scopus, h- index of 54, research grants worth over Rs 60 crore, the University is fast emerging as a leading institution in higher education, said he.
University offers state of the art academic programmes which produce a class of scholars, proficient in their capabilities. With thrust on academics and research, the stride in excellence will continue in the days to come, said the Vice-Chancellor.