Female students will play role in determining universities rankings
Girls and women students will play a role in determining the rank of a university or an engineering or law institute in the annual government-backed survey, India Rankings, to be announced on April 3.
A high percentage of women students in a particular institution could give it an edge in an otherwise close contest among institutions where every point makes a difference in their ranking. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, topped the first survey last year.
The survey is conducted by the National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF) under the aegis of the union human resource development (HRD) ministry.
“In this year’s survey, 2.5% weightage has been given for the percentage of women students in a campus. This is important as it will bring in greater gender parity in institu...