Fake game of NAAC & NIRF
India is an academic powerhouse. At least, that is the picture you get from the records of the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). Of India’s accredited universities, 140 or one of every three has a top A grade. Of these, 42 are at pole position with an impressive A++. When it comes to colleges, 546 have an A grade, 319 an A+ and 87 an A++.The stakes are high because such ratings allow a college to open its doors to foreign students, seek grants or even acquire autonomy to grant degrees. Eight universities, largely private and deemed, have so far been accorded scores by this body of evaluators that are even higher than those for the Indian Institute of Science, which is India’s pre-eminent institute, according to National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) rankin...









