GNDU baggs a position in TOP-10 Public State Multidisciplinary universities

Amritsar, August 26 (Punjab Post Bureau) – – In “The Week–Hansa Research Survey-2020” released recently, Guru Nanak Dev University happens to be the only university of Punjab to have bagged a position in the Top-10 Public State Multidisciplinary universities with the ranking position of 7.

                 As far as North India is concerned the total universities which were taken into consideration i.e. Central, State and Private Universities, Guru Nanak Dev University stands at 8^th position. Among the State Public universities in North India, it stands at the top position immediately after Panjab University, Chandigarh which is an inter-state corporate and funded by Government of India. 

                   This is another feather in the cap of Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar after it has bagged, the 11^th Rank in the State Universities of India in the “India Today Ranking-2020” released recently. It is also amongst the top 9% of the universities as per the Centre for World Universities Ranking. This is apart from it being the only Category-I university of the state and accredited with the A++, highest grade by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). Its H-Index now stands at 103, a quantum jump from 64, three years ago. As per the Research gate analysis, the per-teacher output of research is highest among all State Universities of region and stands at 7.71.

                  Prof. Dr.Jaspal Singh Sandhu Vice Chancellor of university expressed his happiness and said that this is because of the continuous and untiring efforts of university faculty, non-teaching staff, research fellows and students. The elevation of ranking is a tribute to the hard work which they are doing. To keep the momentum of education on in the current difficult COVID times, the university is conducting online lectures through Google Suite and also engaged in admissions for new batch by following the online counselling method. Dr. Ashwani Luthra Director IQAC Guru Nanak Dev University informed that university is performing well in all the parameters of the survey used for ascertaining the ranks.