CUO secures 20th rank among 40 central universities in India

BHUBANESWAR: The Central University of Odisha (CUO), Koraput, has secured 20th rank among 40 central universities of the country. It was revealed by the rankings released by the Union ministry of education.


The score is based on an evaluation on key parameters fixed under one memorandum of understanding (MoU) in 2019-20.

All the universities were required to sign a tripartite MoU with MHRD (now ministry of education) and university grants commission ( UGC ) for continuous evaluation.

Out of 283.5 marks, the CUO has secured 171.8 marks, which is 61 per cent of the total score. This performance helped the central university to get 20th rank. Universities like Visva-Bharati (50 per cent), University of Allahabad (33 per cent) and 18 other universities got lower score than the CUO, revealed the Grading/Scoring performance of the central universities.

The CUO, which had managed to get a rank between 151 and 200 in the recent National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), was established in 2009. "Our female students are higher than the male students. Research publications, hostel accommodation and other facilities helped us to get good score," said Sharat Kumar Palita, director of Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), CUO.

While Jamia Millia Islamia had a score of the highest 90 per cent, compared to 83 per cent of Rajiv Gandhi University of Arunachal Pradesh , 82 per cent of JNU and 78 per cent of Aligarh Muslim University .