National Institutional Ranking Framework Research Articles

Evaluation of Selected Universities Library Websites Listed by National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) during the Year 2017: A Webometric Analysis

The present study is carried out for analyzing the selected universities library websites ranked by National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) for the year 2017. The paper investigates domain authority, a number of webpages, links and calculates the Web Impact Factor of 23 universities library websites. Though top 25 universities were selected for the study out of which 1 university library website found an error while fetching data and 1 more university was not having library website. The study revealed that the Internal Web Impact Factor and Simple Web Impact Factor of Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Rajasthan occupies at the top with 3309.52. Whereas, Jamia Millia Islamia occupies second place with 1250 IWIF and 1250.05 SWIF and the third place was occupied by Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research with 230.26 IWIF and 230.31 SWIF. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore recorded highest EWIF with 11.67.

Performance of Indian Institute of Technology in National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF): A Comparative Study

The article discusses the National Institutional Ranking Framework and the performance of India’s primer institutions, Indian Institute of Technology in the rankings. Ranking of higher educational institutions exists in various countries for a longer period. Times Higher Education Rankings, QS Rankings and Academic Rankings of World Universities are few to mention. All these higher education rankings have various parameters to analyze and based on which the rankings of higher learning institutions are being published. One such ranking for Indian higher educational institutions is NIRF and this ranking will list out the colleges and universities which are functioning in India. There are 23 IITs functioning in India, but only ten IITs have been included for the study, the institutions were selected based on the year of establishment.

Intercultural Education in Engineering Curriculum:A Review of Communication Courses for Undergraduate Students in India

Intercultural communication in the Indian Information Technology (IT) industry is an everyday reality. Today, many companies are multinational; and those which are not, are still multicultural owing to huge cultural diversity within the nation. However, despite a harmonious coexistence of multiple cultures, the possibility of conflicts resulting from cultural diversity is palpable. Such conflicts, or likes and dislikes, arising out of cultural stereotypes often impede accurat e evaluat ion of a pe rson's communicative intentions and behaviour. This becomes a potential hazard at the professional as well as the personal front. Given that businesses are no more restricted to geographical boundaries, nor are companies hiring manpower from one location, the need to s tudy and cul t iva t e int er cul tura l communication competence (ICC) becomes fundamental to business success. As part of a research work on ICC in the Indian Information Technology industry, this study analyses communication related courses currently being offered to undergraduate (Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Technology) students of the top ten engineering institutions of India, as identified in the 2017 Rankings by National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) for Department of Higher Ed uc a t ion , Mini s t ry of Human Re sou rc e Development, Government of India, to see if current academic curriculum is adequately educating students for effective intercultural communication at the workplace. Findings suggest that the importance and need of intercultural education has mildly been realized, but its inclusion in current course curriculum is negligible. Limitations of the study and suggestions on how to introduce ICC in class are discussed.

An evaluation of selected universities’ library website of north-east India: A webometric analysis

The paper studies the domain and page authority, top followed links to the site, spam score, internal followed links and external followed links, total links, total linking domains and followed linking domains, and the web impact factor (internal, external and simple)of top seven universities of North-East India ranked by National Institutional Ranking Framework selected (NIRF) in 2018.The study explored that overall, the WIF of Mizoram University Library ranked at top with highest Internal WIF of 172.73 and Simple WIF of 172.84, whereas, North-Eastern Hill University Library occupied second place with Internal WIF of 139.45, External WIF of 4.58 and Simple WIF of 144.28 and Nagaland University Library recorded to be on third place with Internal WIF of 77.95 and Simple WIF of 77.95.

ACADEMIC WEB TOOL FOR WEIGHTAGE DETERMINATION OF RANKING PARAMETERS

Abstract. Indian education system, third largest of education system in the world comprises of Universities, Colleges, Technical institutions, Institutions of National importance etc. Choosing the right institution for academic activity is always a challenging job. In this context, ranking of Universities play a big role in shaping opinions of current potential students, parents, employers and government about the quality of educational institutions. National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), an initiative of MHRD is the ranking system of India to rank all institutions of higher education in India. The current framework of NIRF works on approved set of parameters and assigned weightage. We propose a user defined framework with our own set of parameters based on survey of national and international ranking system. Weightages are calculated (algorithm based) dynamically by registering the preferences of different stakeholders. A web-portal was developed to capture the responses of different stakeholders, calculate weightages and can be used to assign ranking to the universities on the basis of end-user preferences. The portal was tested by registering responses of school students, colleges students, faculties of universities and parents and calculating the weightages for each parameter run time. This paper presents our methodology ,results of data analytics of survey and performance of our algorithm in evaluating the weightages, importance of parameters and perception of stakeholders of institutes at various levels.

National Institutional Ranking and Institutions of Eminence

The National Institutional Ranking Framework of the Ministry of Human Resource Development shows that institutions funded by the Central Government occupy the pride of place in the higher education sector in India, followed by state universities and then by private universities. Autonomy, internal democracy, emphasis on merit in appointments and admissions, flexibility in administration, ability of faculty to attract research grants, etc. are pre-requisites for eminence. These attributes, which are worth fighting for, exist to different extents in centrally funded institutions. It is unfair to treat public and private institutions as two separate categories of equal importance for identifying Institutions of Eminence. Private universities need to be encouraged, but not at the expense of publically funded institutions which have done the nation proud and are acclaimed in India and abroad.

Eighteen National Institutes of Technology in The Top 100 NIRF Engineering Ranking

The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), launched in 2015 by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India, ranks higher educational institutions (HEIs) in the country using India-specific parameters. The ranking for 2018 was announced recently and considers five broad parameters: teaching, learning and resources (30%); research and professional practices (30%); graduation outcomes (20%); outreach and inclusivity (10%), and perception (10%).

Impact of scholarly output on university ranking

PurposeThis study aims to examine if there exists a relation between scholarly output and institutional ranking based on National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) of India. This paper also aims to analyze and compare the parameters of NIRF with those of leading world ranking university rankings.Design/methodology/approachThe data for the study were collected through Web content analysis. The major parts of data were collected from the official websites of NIRF, Times Higher Education World University Rankings and QS World University rankings.FindingsThe study found that the parameters fixed for the assessment of Indian institutions under NIRF are par with those of other world university ranking agencies. Scholarly output of a university is one of the major parameters of university ranking schemes. Indian universities who scored high for research productivity came top in NIRF. These universities were also figured in world university rankings. Universities from South India excel in NIRF and there is a close relationship between scholarly productivity and institutional ranking.Originality/valueCorrelation between h-index and scholarly productivity has been dealt with in several studies. This paper is the first attempt to find the relationship between scholarly productivity and ranking of universities in India based on NIRF.

'From information to interaction': website and social media usage and trends in top Indian higher education institutions

The purpose of this study is to examine Web 2.0 usage in terms of website development and social media of top 300 higher education institutions (HEI) in India in terms of website and social media. Top 300+ institutions were selected from National Institutional Ranking Framework, India. Content analysis was used in terms of quantitative approach. All the selected institutions have website and one third of the institutions are on social media. One-fourth has unofficial accounts on social media. In totality no trend has been noticed in Web 2.0 usage of higher education institutions in India. This study is completely based on publicly available data regarding presence on website and social media. Outcomes suggest that HEI are using Web 2.0 applications but at a slow pace. This is the first research that draws an overall picture of the top institutions' Web 2.0 usage in India. The study provides academics with helpful information to better meet their user needs by effectively applying digital strategies.

Performance Based Incentive for Research Publications-A Best Practice

National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) has been developed by Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD), Govt. of India. The NIRF has been drafted to provide an Indian context to educational aspiration and needs for two categories of institutions viz category 'A' mainly research and category 'B' mainly teaching. The NIRF provides for ranking of institutions under five broad generic parameters namely: i)Teaching, Learning and Resources; ii) Research, Professional Practice and Collaborative Performance; iii) Graduation Outcomes; iv) Outreach and inclusively and v) Perception. The importance of quality publications is highlighted in Research Publication metrics, which forms an important component of Research, Professional Practice and collaboration performance parameter. In Outcome Based Education, every faculty is required to contribute towards Research The institutions need to motivate the faculty to understand the importance of Research Publications in the context of National Institutional Ranking. Towards this goal, we have developed a methodology called Based Incentive for Research Publications. The incentive provides financial benefits to faculty members an amount equal to 15% of their Basic Pay during four months viz. Nov/Dec and May/June of the current academic year. The four months are the semester break months. The Performance Based Incentive is linked to both the quality and number of publications. The quality of publications is in relation to publications indexed in Scopus, Web of Science and Google scholar. The publications indexed in Scopus get maximum benefits of 15% of basic pay. The benefit gets decreased for publications indexed in Web of Sciences and Google Scholar in that order. The application of Performance Based Incentive at author's college has resulted in increase in the number of publications which has a bearing on getting better score in the National Institutional Ranking.

Websites of the leading academic libraries in India: An analytical study

Like any other organization, academic libraries can make use of their websites to market their services throughout the world. The present study analyzed the library websites of the leading 20 academic libraries in India. The selection was done based on National Institutional Ranking Framework 2017. The content survey of the websites were done with the help of a checklist prepared based on the similar previous evaluations of the websites by different authors. The main objective of the research was to identify the facilities and services offered through the websites and to check the level of adoption of web 2.0 tools in those sites. The survey revealed that almost all the websites of the leading university libraries were offered a wide range of courses and services through their web pages.