CUSB adjudged country's 15th best central varsity

PATNA: Central University of South Bihar (CUSB) has bagged 15th position among 40 central universities in the country in rankings released by the ministry of education, with a score of 63%. The varsity has managed to secure Grade ‘A’.

Mahatma Gandhi Central University (MGCU), Motihari has jointly shared 23rd position with Central University of Gujarat. Both the universities have scored 59%.

The ministry gives the grading and scores to central universities based on several parameters, such as annual student intake in undergraduate, postgraduate, PhD, M Phil levels, student diversity, quality of faculty, student-teacher ratio, teacher vacancies, visiting faculty and research work.

The other parameters include National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2020, on-campus placement, number of students qualified in National Eligibility Test (NET) and Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE).

Harish CS Rathore, vice-chancellor of CUSB, said securing 15th position was a big achievement for the university’s staff and students. “There are around 42 old central universities across the country and CUSB is among 13 new universities established in 2009,” he said.