NIRF Ranking 2021: 4 UP medical institutions in Top 15 – Times of India

Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI) has been ranked fifth in the country with a score of 72.45. The Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, has been ranked 7th, King George’s Medical University Lucknow is 9th and the Institute of Medical Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University is 15th.

Compared to the rankings of 2020, SGPGI and IMS-AMU retained their spots, IMS-BHU slipped by one rank and KGMU went up by one rank. Each of the four centers though improved their overall scores this year.

All 50 medical institutes in the government and private sector were evaluated. The ranking parameters broadly covered heads like teaching, learning, and resources, research and professional practices, graduation outcomes, outreach and inclusivity and perception.

Among dental institutes, KGMU Dental faculty is ranked fifth best in India, followed by IMS-BHU in 25th place, IMS-AMU at 26th place, Saraswati Dental College Lucknow at 27th place, and ITS Dental College Hospital and Research Center Greater Noida at 40th place. In the dental category, 40 colleges had participated.

Officials in the state medical education department said the achievement was motivating but efforts were on to further improve their performance. They said the state government was trying to encourage more medical institutes to participate in the rankings that enable assessment of capabilities.

A former DG medical education said the improvement recorded by various medical education centres in the state was commendable but it must be used to fuel the spirit of advancement.

“SGPGI Lucknow, for instance, is over 20 points behind AIIMS Delhi which has been ranked the best. However, the institute was just three points away from the third ranker CMC Vellore. A micro-analysis can help in identifying the gaps to drive improvement,” he said.