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    NIRF Ranking 2020 - Top Government Colleges in India

    Vishwas GariaUpdated on 14 Jun 2020, 11:40 AM IST

    Top Government Colleges in India - The Ministry of Human Resource Development has released the National Institute Research Framework Ranking 2020o on June 11. Miranda House College bagged the first position with an overall score of 77.23. It is for the fourth time in a row that the college has spotted in the first rank. The second, third and fourth rank has been positioned by Lady Shri Ram College, Hindu College and St. Stephen's College, respectively. The NIRF ranking 2020 for government colleges in India is decided using certain formulas and any institution is given weightage and ranking primarily based on five areas that include Teaching, Learning & Resources (TLR), Research and Professional Practice (RP), Graduation Outcomes (GO), Outreach and Inclusivity (OI) and Perception (PR). 12 out of top 20 colleges are from the Delhi University colleges. Last year, there were 11 DU colleges in top 20 colleges in India. Some colleges like St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata, Sri Venkateswara College, Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College, P.D. Patel Institute of Applied Sciences, Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, Sri Krishna Arts and Science College and Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College have gained their positions. On the other hand some government colleges.have seen a plunge in their rankings.i.e, Kirori Mal College, Presidency College, etc. Careers360 brings to you the list of top government colleges in India under rank 100, according to the NIRF ranking 2020.

    NIRF Ranking 2020 - Top Government Colleges in India
    NIRF Ranking

    Top Government Colleges in India - NIRF Ranking 2020

    Colleges

    State

    AIR

    Overall Score

    Miranda House, Delhi

    Delhi

    1

    77.23

    Lady Shriram College for Women, New Delhi

    Delhi

    2

    72.08

    Hindu College, Delhi

    Delhi

    3

    70.44

    St Stephens College, Delhi

    Delhi

    4

    69.67

    Presidency College

    Tamil Nadu

    5

    68.89

    Hans Raj College

    Delhi

    9

    67.23

    Shri Ram College of Commerce

    Delhi

    12

    66.29

    Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College

    Delhi

    13

    66.15

    Sri Venkateswara College

    Delhi

    14

    66.04

    Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College

    Delhi

    15

    65.32

    Gargi College

    Delhi

    16

    64.53

    Acharya Narendra Dev College

    Delhi

    18

    63.1

    Kirori Mal College

    Delhi

    19

    62.58

    Dyal Singh College

    Delhi

    21

    62.2

    University College

    Kerala

    23

    61.08

    Daulat Ram College

    Delhi

    26

    60.4

    Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College

    Delhi

    30

    58.35

    Lady Irwin College

    Delhi

    32

    58.25

    Government Arts College

    Tamil Nadu

    34

    57.81

    Maitreyi College

    Delhi

    35

    57.7

    Jesus and Mary College, Delhi

    Delhi

    37

    57.29

    Government College for Women

    Kerala

    40

    56.56

    Indraprastha College for Women

    Delhi

    43

    55.9

    Kamala Nehru College

    Delhi

    43

    55.9

    Maharaja Agrasen College

    Delhi

    45

    55.88

    IC College of Home Science

    Haryana

    49

    54.93

    St. Xavier's College

    Tamil Nadu

    50

    54.91

    Shivaji College, Delhi

    Delhi

    51

    54.76

    Jamal Mohamed College, Tiruchirappalli

    Tamil Nadu

    54

    54.53

    Kanchi Mamunivar Centre for Postgraduate Studies, Puducherry

    Pondicherry

    56

    54.38

    Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies, Delhi

    Delhi

    57

    54.11

    Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College, Virudhunagar

    Tamil Nadu

    58

    53.94

    St Xavier's College, Ahmedabad

    Gujarat

    59

    53.93

    Ramanujan College, New Delhi

    Delhi

    61

    53.73

    College of Social Work Nirmala Niketan, Mumbai

    Maharashtra

    62

    53.66

    Holy Cross College, Tiruchirappalli

    Tamil Nadu

    66

    53.27

    Shaheed Rajguru College of Applied Science for Women, Delhi

    Delhi

    67

    53.22

    Shyam Lal College, Delhi

    Delhi

    69

    52.7

    Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce, Delhi

    Delhi

    71

    52.4

    Keshav Mahavidyalaya, Delhi

    Delhi

    77

    51.92

    Alagappa Government Arts College, Karaikudi

    Tamil Nadu

    80

    51.55

    Government College, Kasaragod

    Kerala

    83

    51.39

    Government Home Science College, Chandigarh

    Chandigarh

    86

    51.28

    Bethune College, Kolkata

    West Bengal

    88

    51.23

    Farook College, Kozhikode

    Kerala

    88

    51.23

    Mahatma Gandhi Government Arts College, Chalakkara

    Pondicherry

    92

    50.89

    Deshbandhu College, New Delhi

    Delhi

    96

    50.38

    Government Arts College, Thiruvananthapuram

    Kerala

    98

    50.22

    NIRF Ranking Parameters 2020

    Parameters

    Marks

    1. Teaching, Learning & Resources (TLR) Ranking weight: 0.30

    100


    • Student Strength including Doctoral Students(SS): 20 marks

    • Faculty-student ratio with emphasis on permanent faculty (FSR): 30 marks

    • Combined metric for Faculty with PhD (or equivalent) and Experience (FQE): 20 marks

    • Financial Resources and their Utilisation (FRU): 30 marks


    2. Research and Professional Practice (RP) Ranking weight: 0.30

    100


    • Combined metric for Publications (PU): 35 marks

    • Combined metric for Quality of Publications (QP): 40 marks

    • IPR and Patents: Published and Granted (IPR): 15 marks

    • Footprint of Projects and Professional Practice (FPPP): 10 marks


    3. Graduation Outcomes (GO) Ranking weight: 0.20

    100

    • Combined metric for Placement and Higher Studies (GPH): 40 marks

    • Metric for University Examinations (GUE): 15 marks

    • Median Salary (GMS): 25 marks

    • Metric for Number of Ph.D. Students Graduated (GPHD): 20 marks


    4. Outreach and Inclusivity (OI) Ranking weight: 0.10

    100


    • Percentage of Students from other States/Countries (Region Diversity RD): 30 marks

    • Percentage of Women (Women Diversity WD): 30 marks

    • Economically and Socially Challenged Students (ESCS): 20 marks

    • Facilities for Physically Challenged Students (PCS): 20 marks


    5. Perception (PR) Ranking weight: 0.10

    100


    • Peer Perception: Employers & Academic Peer (PR): 100 marks


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    Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

    Q: Who releases the NIRF ranking?
    A:

    Ministry of Human Resource Development releases the NIRF ranking.

    Q: Are the NIRF rankings consistent throughout the coming years?
    A:

    No, the NIRF rankings changes as per the report of the college and universities every year.

    Q: When did NIRF 2020 ranking come out?
    A:

    NIRF ranking 2020 was released on June 11 by MHRD.

    Q: What is the basis of this NIRF Ranking?
    A:

    NIRF uses certain formulas and any institution is given weightage and ranking primarily based on five areas that include Teaching, Learning & Resources (TLR), Research and Professional Practice (RP), Graduation Outcomes (GO), Outreach and Inclusivity (OI) and Perception (PR). Further, these parameters have sub-parameters which are also taken into account to rank any institution.

    Q: Which government college in India tops the NIRF ranking 2020?
    A:

    Miranda House College has been ranked sixth in All India ranking of NIRF 2020.

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