Letter to Minister of Human Resource Development – Govt. of India,

To,

Ms. Smriti Zubin Irani,
Hon’ble Member of Parliament – Rajya Sabha &
Minister of Human Resource Development – Govt. of India,
New Delhi
India

Subject: Feedback - All India College Rankings

Honourable Madam,

I hope that this letter finds you in best of health and spirit. Please accept my compliments and appreciation for the efforts being put by you and your team to arrive at All India Rankings for Colleges in Engineering, Medical and Pharmacy Category and also the All India University Rankings. More than anybody else, the parents of the kids seeking admission for their children will get benefited and relaxed to decide upon the future of their wards. As a citizen of India, I am very proud of the way the present government is taking up steps to bring ‘Ache din.’ It is a fact that development cannot happen in a day or two but it is essential that any step which is taken should be aimed at it. Your ministry like many other colleagues of your party are not leaving any stone unturned. Whether it’s Railways, External Affairs, Finance or Defence for that matter, each of the team members of Team NaMo are consistently raising the bar to redefine their own performance. I wish each one of your luck and best wishes for the tough challenges ahead. You will continue to receive brickbats from the opposition but as a citizen of India, I have accepted this Government with open arms. These days, the opposition team doesn’t even bother us because we know that the government is working for this country’s development.

Madam, I would like to share few suggestions which I think may help you and your team in the next All India College Rankings. I am certain that rankings will certainly close the shop of some sold media houses which have shown few colleges (after charging them lakhs of rupees) as the best in the country which didn’t even exist 10 year ago or nor do this exist today. I would also like to share that while your team has evaluated all the colleges in the country but there are some good one’s which got missed out in the list. Some of them include: TISS – Mumbai, IIFT – Delhi, FMS – Delhi, XIM – Bhubaneswar, IRMA – Gujarat, NMIMS – Mumbai to name a few. There could be several reasons that these colleges doesn’t feature in your list. The list published by you also contains few names which do not deserve to be there at this point of time. May be they will require some more years to reach there. May be, you would be interested in personally examining these in the rankings next year. Also, while the rankings have been considered, I would also request you to consider NAAC Certification and NBA Ratings in the evaluation criteria.

I am certain that you will not settle at anything less than bringing at least 25 Indian Universities or Colleges in the top 500 colleges of the world. I am also sure that the day is not far when we will achieve this milestone and then whole Indian Political History would remember you for your efforts.

Once again, my compliments and appreciation to you and your entire team for starting such an initiative from the Government side which could have been done by previous governments much earlier.

Jai Hind..!

Regards,
Varinder Singh         
A Proud Citizen of India