Pune: The rankings of most public educational institutes in Pune declined in the National Institutional Ranking Framework ( NIRF ) for 2024 in the results announced on Monday. Private institutes showed improvement. City colleges and universities were absent in the architecture and planning, agriculture and allied sectors, innovation, and open university categories.
Pune has the fourth highest number of colleges in the country, according to AISHE 2021-22, but only one college was in the law category. Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) dropped two places from 35 to 37, and the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune (IISER, Pune) slipped from 34 to 42 in the overall ranking list. In the engineering category, only two institutes found a spot and both declined in their rankings compared to 2023.
Defence Institute of Advanced Technology dropped from 57 to 63, and COEP Technological University (COEPTU) fell from 73 to 77. A spokesperson from COEPTU said, “We are 77th with a score of 48 this year. Since the number of participating institutes is increasing every year, in spite of the rise in marks in almost all the parameters as compared to the previous year, our ranking has dropped from 73rd last year with a total score of 46.
89. Of the five from Maharashtra, we are one of the "state-funded" institutions to make it in the list of top 100, competing with others which are either centrally funded IITs, NITs, universities or institutes of eminence and ranked high.