<p>Claiming a fall in the university ranking due to an error in NIRF data, AMU Vice Chancellor Tariq Mansoor urged Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhariyal to rectify the ‘mistake’.</p>.<p>The university has requested that the rectification be done at the earliest since a lower-ranking would adversely hit the career prospects of its students.</p>.<p>In a letter to the HRD minister, the Aligarh Muslim University Vice-Chancellor said a ‘serious discrepancy’ in terms of the PhD output has adversely hit the institution’s ranking announced by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF).</p>.<p>The university has 2,911 full-time research scholars while the data of the NIRF has mentioned just 33, said Shasay Kidwai, spokesperson of the university, adding that since 2016, a faulty data is being shown in the rankings.</p>.<p>Kidwai said because of the flawed data, the ranking of the AMU has slipped from its last year’s 18th spot to 31st.</p>.<p>Of the five parameters, the university has scored well in four. </p>
<p>Claiming a fall in the university ranking due to an error in NIRF data, AMU Vice Chancellor Tariq Mansoor urged Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhariyal to rectify the ‘mistake’.</p>.<p>The university has requested that the rectification be done at the earliest since a lower-ranking would adversely hit the career prospects of its students.</p>.<p>In a letter to the HRD minister, the Aligarh Muslim University Vice-Chancellor said a ‘serious discrepancy’ in terms of the PhD output has adversely hit the institution’s ranking announced by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF).</p>.<p>The university has 2,911 full-time research scholars while the data of the NIRF has mentioned just 33, said Shasay Kidwai, spokesperson of the university, adding that since 2016, a faulty data is being shown in the rankings.</p>.<p>Kidwai said because of the flawed data, the ranking of the AMU has slipped from its last year’s 18th spot to 31st.</p>.<p>Of the five parameters, the university has scored well in four. </p>