GNDU improves ranking, MHRD list puts it at 59

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, April 3

Improving its rank from last year, Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU) has been ranked 59 in the all-India university ranking released under the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) by the Ministry of Human Resource Development on Tuesday.

Under the same category, Panjab University got 20th rank while Punjab Agriculture University (PAU) is at the 38 rank in the university ranking category. In the overall ranking, Panjab University is at 33rd rank while the PAU ranked 60 and GNDU 86.

Under the NIRF system, the educational institutes, colleges, universities are judged and ranked on parameters broadly including teaching, research, professional practices, graduation outcomes, perception among others.

Last year, the university had managed to reach 89 in the university ranking. The universities need to send their own data to the authorities and afterwards the rankings are declared by the MHRD.

Confirming the news, GNDU Vice-Chancellor Jaspal Singh Sandhu said, “We have improved from our last year ranking. We shall be working towards making the university as one of the best across globe.”

“We will be working more towards improving the perception among the general public apart from our other avenues,” he added.

UBS to start two new courses

The department of University Business School (UBS) will start two new courses from the next academic session. The UBS will be the only department to offer MBA in Human Resource Development as claimed by the university authorities.

Under the MBA program, the students will be taught about the human resource aspect of the management in detail as compared to the regular human resource degree.

The other degree course Bachelors of Hotel Management and Catering Technology (BHMCT) will be looking into the cooking, hotel, management aspects of the hotel industry.

Talking more about it, Dr Jasveen Kaur, Head, UBS said, “A postgraduate course in Human Resource Development is the need of the hour. We are the only university providing the course in the state."