TN univs, colleges slip down India Rankings ’25
Ragu.Raman@timesofindia.com 05.09.2025
The India Rankings (formerly NIRF rankings) of colleges and universities released on Thursday reflect the plight of state universities, which have been functioning without vice-chancellors (V-Cs) and with high number of vacancies in faculty positions. While the premier Anna University slipped seven ranks to 20th in the university category, Bharathiar University in Coimbatore and Madurai Kamaraj University slipped 20 places and 22 places to 46th rank and 85th rank, respectively. Algappa University offered the sole consolation, moving up by three places to 44th rank, while Bharthidasan University retained its previous year rank of 36. The biggest slide was reserved for Periyar University in Salem, which fell from 56th rank last year to 94th rank. Anna University also lost its top position to Jadavpur University in the state universities category.
Amrita Vishwa Vidhyapeetham in Coimbatore, which is the only institution from Tamil Nadu to feature among top 10 in universities category, also slipped by a rank to 8th position this year. University of Madras improved one rank from 39th last year to 38th this year in the university category
“All the state universities have been functioning with significant number of vacancies in faculty positions. It will affect the research output and teacher-student ratio,” said P Duraisamy, former V-C, University of Madras. As many as 14 out of 22 state universities have been functioning without V-Cs due to the tussle between the governor and state govt. For example, the scores for research publications and quality of publications for Anna University has come down by three points this year which has affected its overall score. The overall score has come down from 63.85 points to 61.22 this year compared to last year. Anna University has more than 400 vacancies on its four campuses. “State govt has granted permission to fill 288 of them. It would help improve the —ranking next year,” said Anna University registrar J Prakash. He pointed out that the university improved its ranking in the innovation category from 10th rank last year to 9th rank. For the first time, no college from Chennai city featured among the top 10 in colleges’ category.
Loyola College dropped from 8th rank to 14th rank. Two colleges from Coimbatore, PSGR Krishnammal College for Women and PSG Arts and Science College, were ranked 9th and 10th in the same category. College principals said the colleges did not get high ranks despite having better scores compared to last year. PSGR Krishnammal College secured a place in the top 10 rankings for the sixth consecutive year. Principal, P B Harathi said, “There are two parameters that we need to strengthen, one is research and the other is perception. If we improve on these two areas, we will certainly crack the top 5 positions in the coming years.” “Our overall score improved from 67.4 to 70.6. However, our college has slipped two places to 16th rank due to tough competition,” Madras Christian College principal Paul Wilson said.
The number of colleges taking part in the colleges’ category has increased from 3,371 last year to 4,030 this year. In the engineering category, top colleges such as SRM Institute of Technology (SRMIST) and Vellore Institute of Technology also slipped this year. SRMIST slipped a place to 14th rank, while VIT slipped five places to 16th rank in this category.
Among the medical colleges, Christian Medical College retained its third position, while Madras Medical College slipped six places to 16th rank this year. JSS College of Pharmacy in Ooty retained its fourth position, while Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences slipped a place to number two among dental colleges. NIT Trichy has slipped a place to ninth in the architecture and planning category. In the newly introduced sustainable development goals institutions category, SRM Institute of Science and Technology bagged the fourth rank, while IIT Madras received first rank.
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