25 unis at state level, five star rating to college, but not in top 50 nationwide 25 universities at the state level, five star rating to the college, but not in the top 50 nationwide

Vivek Singh Rajput In the recent National Institute of Ranking Framework (NIRF), Gujarat University was ranked barely 85th among state universities, but it has received a five-star rating in the Gujarat State Institutional Ranking Framework (GSIRF) conducted at the state level. Nirma University was ranked 65th at the national level, ranked second at the state level. While the five star rating has been given to the Agricultural University of Junagadh outside of the national level ranking.

26 universities, colleges were given five star rating
26 out of 245 universities and colleges in the state have been given a five star rating, but are not even among the top 50 in the country. With an aim to improve the standard of education in the colleges of the state and prepare them for competition at the national level, the state government has set up the Knowledge Consortium of Gujarat (KCG), which annually rates the universities, colleges of the state. For the year 2021-22, 37 universities, 208 colleges participated.

Rating is given based on such criteria

Five star rating was given to these universities, colleges

University Category : Gujarat University, Pandit Deendayal Energy, Nirma, SEP, Junagadh Agriculture, Institute of Infrastructure Technology Research and Management (IIT-RAM), Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information Communication and Technology (DA-IICT) have been given five star rating.
College Category: Ahmedabad University, Ganpat University, Institute of Science and Technology for Advanced Studies and Research (ISTAR), Smt Chandaben Mohanbhai Patel Institute of Computer Application (CMPICA), Sardar Ganj Mercantile Co-operative Bank Limited (ANAND) English Medium College of Commerce and Management (Semcom), St. Xavier’s College Ahmedabad, Smt. Chandaben Mohanbhai Patel Institute of Computer Application, Manibhai Virani Smt. Navalben Virani Science College, PT Public College of Science, LJ Institute of Computer Application, Navarachna University School of Science.
Management Category: LJ Institute of Management Studies
Law Category: Gujarat National Law University Gandhinagar.
Pharmacy Category: Institute of Pharmacy, Nirma University, Parul Institute of Pharmacy, MM College of Pharmacy Ahmedabad.
Engineering Category: LD College of Engineering Ahmedabad, c. S. Patel Institute of Technology.
Architecture Category: Sept University

7 universities included in the State of Excellence rank behind the national rankings
According to Vimal Prajapati, Joint Director, Technical Education Department, the state government included seven universities in the State of Excellence on March 7, including SEP, Nirma, PDEU, DA-IICT, Marwari University, Ahmedabad University, Charotar University of Science and Technology. However, out of these only seven universities have secured the seventh rank in the country. All other universities are not even in the top 50.

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Not all universities and colleges in the state participate in the state ranking
Not all universities and colleges participate in this rating category. To participate, they have to pay a fee of 5 to 10 thousand, to which GSIRF also contributes. This type of survey is done by an agency. The agency again guides the universities every three months on what kind of facilities they should have and how they should conduct their academic sessions. Everything from teaching to training is explained to the students. > Prof. A.U. Patel, Advisor, KCG