JSS Academy Ranked 37th, Third In The State
“JSS Academy Ranked 37th, Third In The State of Karnataka”
JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research (JSS AHER) has done the city proud by bagging the 37th rank among Universities in the country and third in the State of Karnataka. This is the only institution from Mysuru to make it to the national ranking list and it has maintained its position among top 50 Universities of India continuously for the third time. Meanwhile, JSS College of Pharmacy, Mysuru, is ranked 10th among 346 colleges in the country and second in Karnataka. The JSS College of Pharmacy, Ooty, is ranked 15th in the country and first in Tamil Nadu.
JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, which is based out of Mysuru, has been ranked 37th among the universities in India. It was ranked 45th in the country last year. It is also ranked 59th best educational institution overall in the country this year as against 74th rank secured in 2017.
A release from the academy said this is the only institution from Mysuru to make it to the national list and has retained its position among the top 50 universities continuously since the last three years. It said JSS College of Pharmacy in Mysuru was also ranked 10th in the country out of 346 colleges while its sister institute – the JSS College of Pharmacy at Ooty – was ranked 15th.
“NIRF 2018: Three Bengaluru institutes bag top honours”
By Express News Service | Published: 04th April 2018 03:59 AM |
Last Updated: 04th April 2018 03:59 AM | A+A A- |
BENGALURU: Three reputed institutions based in Bengaluru have come up trumps in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2018. While Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has been ranked the best among all higher educational institutions in India for the third consecutive year, the National Law School of India University (NLSIU) is ranked first under the law institutions category. Under the management institutions category, Indian Institute of Management-Bengaluru (IIM-B) has been ranked second.
The NIRF 2018 rankings were released by Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar in New Delhi on Tuesday. About 3,954 higher education institutions were ranked under nine different parameters. Of the top 10 institutions under different heads, a few more institutions from Karnataka have also found a place. The rankings were done on the basis of factors like teaching, learning and resources, research and pr
IISc director Prof Anurag Kumar told The New Indian Express, “We are very happy and proud, and this is because of the hard work and efforts of all our teachers and research scholars at the institution. It is not just from the last three years, the hard work is on since several years and this will go on.”
Apart from IISc, there are institutions under law, management, medical, architecture and pharmacy categories which found place within top 10 institutions at the national level. Among medical institutions, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal is ranked fourth, while under pharmacy, JSS College of Pharmacy, Mysuru, is ranked 10th. Among the architecture institutes, the Department of Architecture, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Udupi, is ranked 10th.
Prof R Venkata Rao, vice-chancellor, NLSIU, Bengaluru said, “This is a moment of pride. This is the contribution of quality teachers, talented students and also because of the guidance by the Chief Justice of India and other judges and statutory bodies of the university.”
Research scholars at IISc, however, said they were expecting the top ranking. “IISc is on the top for the last two years and it was expected this year too,” said a faculty member.
“Engineering institutes”
NITK Suratkal (21),
IIIT-B, Bengaluru (56),
RVCE, Bengaluru (58),
BMS College of Engineering, Bengaluru (67),
Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumakuru (78),
PES University, Bengaluru (87),
Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology, Bengaluru (100)
“Other Colleges”
St Joseph’s College of Commerce, Bengaluru (55),
St Joseph’s College for Arts and Science, Bengaluru (60),
St Aloysius College, Mangaluru (94)
“Universities”
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal (11),
JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysuru (37),
University of Agriculture Sciences, Dharwad (58),
Kuvempu University, Shivamogga (78),
Yenepoya University, Mangalore (92),
PES University, Bengaluru (99)
“Medical Colleges”
MS Ramaiah Medical College, Bengaluru (12),
Kasturba Medical College, Mangaluru (16),
Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belagavi (25)
“Pharmacy Colleges”
Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Udupi (07),
JSS College of Pharmacy Mysore (10),
KLE College of Pharmacy, Belagavi (22)