Mysuru; Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, head-quartered at Coimbatore, with one of its campuses in Bogadi, Mysuru, has emerged as the 8th best University in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) Ranking 2018 in the ‘University category’ as per the announcement by Ministry of Human Resource Development. Amrita has moved up by one rank from its 9th place in 2017 ranking.
“I am extremely thankful to the Government of India, students and staff of Amrita for this great reward. It is a wonderful outcome of the visionary leadership of the world-renowned humanitarian leader Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, in setting the dual goals of education for life and compassion-driven research. Significantly, Amrita is the only private University in the list of Top 10 Universities in the NIRF Ranking 2018,” said Dr. P. Venkat Rangan, Vice-Chancellor, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, who hails from Mysuru.
