This post is not for sincere and committed students. I know you are in a severe minority everywhere 😅 and the debacle that our educational institutions have made out of themselves is not on you 😅. Just keep working hard - if you're good, you'll be noticed and respected no matter where you are. Trust me, if you're good we know how to look beyond rankings and classifications and do it gladly all the time!
But for everyone else, there is a need to hold up a mirror to their faces, and I'm going to do just that.
When we look at rankings, we need to look at not just the rank but also the score. Consider NIRF for example. Below is the link to Engineering Rankings for 2023. The second last column carries the score.
I think universities with scores below 70 (after rounding off) should be formally classified as TIER II universities. Scores below 50 can be listed as TIER III. And any score less than 40 ought to result in a "not fit to be ranked" status.
Among other things this will start moving us away from classifying universities as TIER I, II & III based on considerations such as Central Government/State Government/Private/Etc. Let there be a level playing field and let universities earn their spots.
It will also keep everyone honest 😊! For example, the only four institutes with a score above 80 are IITs Madras, Delhi, Bombay and Kanpur. For any institute to start claiming that they are "close on the heels of these four" and "will overtake them anytime!", they have to at least cross milestones: 60, 65, 70, 75, 80... If someone is hovering around 50 and claiming parity with 80+, they're being plain dishonest 😊. That's the only way to put it 😊.
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