Assam edu institutions fare poorly in NIFR rankings

Several educational institutions of Assam although grabbing a position in the top 100 have fared poorly in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) rankings for the year 2019 in various categories.

Only three institutions have been able to clinch positions in the overall NIRF rankings. The Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG), stood at the ninth rank, Tezpur University secured the 48^th rank and Gauhati University has somehow managed to grab the 65^th position.

In the top universities category, Tezpur University (TU) has secured the 29^th position, Gauhati University (GU) in the 42^nd, Dibrugarh University (DU) in the 86^th and Assam University (AU) in the 97^th position of the rankings.

It may be noted that TU stood at the 30^th rank in 2017, climbed a rank higher in 2018 securing the 29^th rank and retained it in the year 2019. But it is not the same with GU, as it is seen going downwards in ranking as in 2017 it stood at 27^th rank, in 2018 at 39^th and this year clinched the 42^nd rank. Likewise, DU has also not made any progress as it secured 74^th position in 2017, 84^th position in 2018 and in the current year, 2019, has secured the 86^th rank. However, AU secured the 92^nd rank in 2017, progressed to the 87^th rank in 2018 but fell down to 97^th position in the year 2019.

However, none of the colleges of Assam has been able to grab a spot in the NIRF rankings 2019 in the Top 100 colleges of India.

On the other hand, only two institutions have been named in the Top 100 engineering institutions category. IITG has stood at the 7^th rank and National Institute of Technology Silchar (NITS) has grabbed the 51th rank.

Further, in the pharmacy category, Dibrugarh University has slated its name at the 28^th rank and Girijananda Chowdhury Institute of Pharmaceutical Science has grabbed the 72nd rank.