Explained | Is the National Institutional Ranking Framework flawed?
In a country as diverse as India, ranking universities and institutions is not an easy task. Currently, the NIRF releases rankings across various categories: ‘Overall’, ‘Research Institutions’, ‘Universities’, and ‘Colleges’, and specific disciplines like engineering, management, pharmacy, law, etc. NIRF ranks institutes by their total score; it uses five indicators to determine this score: ‘Teaching, Learning & Resources’ ; ‘Research and Professional Practice’ ; ‘Graduation Outcomes’ ; ‘Outreach and Inclusivity’ ; and e) ‘Perception’. Similarly, the NIRF’s publication-metrics indicator solely considers research articles, sidelining other forms of intellectual contributions, such as books, book chapters, monographs, non-traditional outputs like popular articles, workshop reports, and other forms of grey literature. The current framework considers five dimensions for assessment and scoring: “metric for quantitative research” ; “metric for qualitative research” ; the collective ‘contributions of students and faculty’ ; ‘outreach and inclusivity initiatives’ ; and ‘peer perception’.
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