VADODARA: In a surprising development, M S University has shied away from the Gujarat State Institutional Rating Framework released by Gujarat government.
The university’s name did not appear in GSRIF 2021-22, the summary report that had rankings of 34 universities of Gujarat including both public and private universities.
While Gujarat University tops the chart, even neighbouring universities in and around Vadodara have featured in the rankings.
Last year, MSU was ranked 13th in GSRIF which was launched by the state government in 2019 on the lines of the National Institutional Ranking Framework which is released by the ministry of human resource and development (now ministry of education).
MSU vice-chancellor professor Parimal Vyas admitted that the university has not participated in the state rankings.
“Our focus is on NAAC preparations and hence we did not participate in the state rankings,” he said, adding that MSU stands at structural disadvantage as it runs both under- and post-graduate programmes.
“A lot of other universities are at an advantage as they run only PG departments where the strength of students is less and there are enough teachers.
We have 47,000 students,” he said, claiming that the university is focusing on national and international rankings.
GSRIF aims to create world class institutions in Gujarat by the Knowledge Consortium of Gujarat in partnership with the Indian Centre for Academic Rankings and Excellence.