‘WAS A BIG MISS’
NIRF rankings: TN govt med colleges didn’t apply
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:10.04.2019
Tamil Nadu has the most government medical colleges in the country – 22 – but none of them including Madras Medical College, Stanley Medical College and Madurai Medical College applied for the annual National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) of the Union ministry of human resource development.
The list, released on Monday, had Christian Medical College in Vellore — the sole state medical university-affiliated institution to participate in the survey — at 3 and Amrutha Vishwapeetam from Coimbatore at 5. Among the country’s top 30 medical colleges were 6 from TN, including Sri Ramachandra University (11), SRM University (22), Saveetha University (25) and Annamalai University (26) — the same as Delhi.
Besides being a major image booster, these rankings could soon be the eligibility criteria for various projects of the Union ministry. For instance, only top 100 institutions on the NIRF list will be allowed to apply for certain academic and research proposals, able to get financial and technical support through collaborations for research. Under the Scheme for Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC), institutions like the All India Institute of Medical Sciences and Sri Ramachandra Medical College were allotted research projects. “These projects will benefit the students, college as well as society at large. None of the TN
government colleges were even eligible although they have the clinical material, human resources and infrastructure to do the research,” said a senior academician.
In 2018-19, applying for NIRF ranking was not even on the priority list for Tamil Nadu. Director of Medical education Dr A Edwin Joe said some top colleges were asked to apply but none completed the formalities on time. “This year, all colleges were focusing on getting certificates from the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers. We wanted to ensure uniform standards across hospitals in treatment protocols and establish patient friendly environment. We missed out on NIRF 2019, but we will participate in the survey in 2020,” he said.
Madras Medical College Dean Dr R Jayanthi admits it was a big miss. “We had the scope to make it to the toppers list if only we had applied. We want to ensure we are on it at least next year,” she said. The Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University affiliates more than 10 self-financing colleges besides all government colleges. But since the university doesn’t have a constituent college, it can’t apply for the ranking survey or the University Grants Commission’s grading system.
In 2018, during a closed door meeting with V-Cs of state universities, governor Banwarilal Purohit told the former vice-chancellor Dr S Geethalakshmi to work on various formalities. There is a proposal to convert IRT Perundurai Medical College near Erode into a constituent college, but no decision has yet been taken.
NIRF rankings: TN govt med colleges didn’t apply
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:10.04.2019
Tamil Nadu has the most government medical colleges in the country – 22 – but none of them including Madras Medical College, Stanley Medical College and Madurai Medical College applied for the annual National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) of the Union ministry of human resource development.
The list, released on Monday, had Christian Medical College in Vellore — the sole state medical university-affiliated institution to participate in the survey — at 3 and Amrutha Vishwapeetam from Coimbatore at 5. Among the country’s top 30 medical colleges were 6 from TN, including Sri Ramachandra University (11), SRM University (22), Saveetha University (25) and Annamalai University (26) — the same as Delhi.
Besides being a major image booster, these rankings could soon be the eligibility criteria for various projects of the Union ministry. For instance, only top 100 institutions on the NIRF list will be allowed to apply for certain academic and research proposals, able to get financial and technical support through collaborations for research. Under the Scheme for Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC), institutions like the All India Institute of Medical Sciences and Sri Ramachandra Medical College were allotted research projects. “These projects will benefit the students, college as well as society at large. None of the TN
government colleges were even eligible although they have the clinical material, human resources and infrastructure to do the research,” said a senior academician.
In 2018-19, applying for NIRF ranking was not even on the priority list for Tamil Nadu. Director of Medical education Dr A Edwin Joe said some top colleges were asked to apply but none completed the formalities on time. “This year, all colleges were focusing on getting certificates from the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers. We wanted to ensure uniform standards across hospitals in treatment protocols and establish patient friendly environment. We missed out on NIRF 2019, but we will participate in the survey in 2020,” he said.
Madras Medical College Dean Dr R Jayanthi admits it was a big miss. “We had the scope to make it to the toppers list if only we had applied. We want to ensure we are on it at least next year,” she said. The Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University affiliates more than 10 self-financing colleges besides all government colleges. But since the university doesn’t have a constituent college, it can’t apply for the ranking survey or the University Grants Commission’s grading system.
In 2018, during a closed door meeting with V-Cs of state universities, governor Banwarilal Purohit told the former vice-chancellor Dr S Geethalakshmi to work on various formalities. There is a proposal to convert IRT Perundurai Medical College near Erode into a constituent college, but no decision has yet been taken.
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