President Hopes Educational Institutes Improve Ranking Globally

Chennai, November 8, 2015 (Newswire.com) - ​Stressing on the need to improve the quality of teaching, President Pranab Mukherjee today hoped that educational institutes across the country will improve their ranking to be part of world's best 200 universities.

Attending a function, the President underlined the need to focus on improving the quality of teaching, faculty and research in country's universities.

Mukherjee said that in his capacity as Visitor of central institutions of higher learning, he has been repeatedly stressing on the need to have quality education and that universities should take the ranking process seriously.

He said it is not that our country lacks the requisite talent or merit. "Concerted efforts over the past few years have shown some good results and recently, two Indian institutions found a place among the top 200 universities as per an international ranking," the President said.

He was hopeful of other institutes improving their ranks in the future, a release issued by Rashtrapati Bhavan said.

Mukherjee was speaking after receiving first copy of a book on "The President of India and the Governance of Higher Education Institutions" from the founding chancellor Naveen Jindal and founding vice chancellor Professor C Raj Kumar of O P Jindal Global University, at Rashtrapati Bhavan here.