Ahmedabad: In the latest NIRF ranking for 2021, the University of Energy Pandit Deendayal (PDEU) in Gandhinagar was ranked 68th in the technical category, jumping over 109 impressive places from the 177th place in NIRF 2020.
PDEU, who did not find in 300 universities The top of last year’s category, also ranked 73rd throughout India in NIRF 2021.
Excellence in performance on a number of parameters, namely research work, student placement, inclusivity and outreach and good teacher ratios, credited for achievements.
PDEU has 313 teaching staff members in 2020 which rose 43% to 449 in 2021.
To put an increase in perspective, NIRF submission by Nirma University saw the number of faculties up from 525 to 528, and IIT Gandhinagar 111 to 122, a 9% increase.
The University of MS on the other hand recorded a 60% decline in the number of faculties from 1,457 to 589.
Senior academic section that had analyzed NIRF submission by the main universities had been marked by red that PDEU doubled a number of administrative staff members as assistant professors.
“Detail analysis uploaded by PDEU revealed that the Head of Human Resources Officer (CHRO), Chief Finance Officer (CFO), administrative executive, inspection staff and even personal assistants and secretaries have been registered as ‘assistant professor’,” said a senior) academics .
“This effectively means that many key administrative staff are full-time faculty teaching at universities along with giving their tasks that do not teach them,” said the source.
In the query by Toi about why many administrative staff were displayed as assistant professors, PDEU Registrar Prof.
Tarun Shah said that there was no difference in the details delivered to NIRF for assessment.
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2020 national education policy is being followed where in-house talents are used to provide skills-based learning courses and experience …” All submissions made for NIRF are available on the University’s website.
“It is necessary to note that the CFO also issued responsibility as a director of innovation and university incubation center, and thus pioneered skills and entrepreneurial-based programs to students.
He has also provided a course that is relevant to his expertise at the University for many years.
Chro is also mandated with The responsibility of teaching and senior mentors at the same center, “said the email.
About 10-plus administrative staff members are registered as assistant professors – academic positions that need permanent work with a PhD degree or special skills – Registrars say that they have qualifications and competencies to provide academic development.
“The staff conducts language courses for foreign students / student assistance in field research programs / field exploration, data collection and other learning modules.
Some of them also prepare students to develop innovative proposals for incubation, soft skills and professional skills development, ‘mention email .
PDEU Top Management says that the staff member has been adjusted as part of the teaching fraternity in line with skills training module in accordance with the national education policy by 2020.
Asked about the salary scale ‘assistant professor’ authorities confirmed that they do not draw a salary for teaching job done .
“According to the NEP guidelines, 35% of the course is modified as the course of the skills and experience-based learning, which requires a new set of Teaching-learning Resources (TLR) …
significantly in HR policies required to achieve the objectives of the NEP se Like additional regular teaching patterns.
Because 35% skills-based courses are adjusted in our curriculum, we need proficiency in several verticals, including co-curricular and extracurricular courses, which will be embedded in the main design of the 2020 curriculum in PDEU, “mention applicants in email.
Response.” In this effort, We have given the top priority to adopt appropriate in-house expertise available for several of these courses.
We have very talented skills from academic & admin staff, to the end.
“Practice – however – unique to PDEU, said academists.
The Top Private University Registra told TII that there were three categories listed for NIRF and they usually did not overlap.” The category includes teaching, administration and science.
Thus, if another category is involved in teaching, it is definitely a unique idea, “Registrants said.
PDEU officials said that the submission was examined by the NIRF authority and all treatments were taken to ensure that all the right information provided for the same thing.