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New Delhi : National Institutes of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPERs) under the aegis of the Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers, makes it to top ten Institutions of Higher Education in pharma category. This clearly underlines their improving performances and commitments to the cause of education, research, and innovation in field of pharmaceuticals and medical devices. This latest ranking has definitely added the shine to ‘’ Brand Niper’’.
Union’ Minister for Chemicals and fertilisers D V Sadananda Gowda and MoS (C&F) Mansukh Mandaviya have congratulated all faculties and students of NIPERs for their tireless efforts leading to this achievement. Union Ministry of Human Resource Development has released “India Rankings 2020” of Institutions of Higher Education in various categories on the basis of their performance on five broad parameters.
In pharmacy category NIPERs have much to cheer about on the declared ranking. Out of seven NIPERs across the country, SAS Nagar (Mohali) has retained its third position, while both NIPERs at Hyderabad and Ahmedabad have improved one rank from the last year and have been ranked 5th and 8th position in the country respectively’. Most importantly, this year ranking saw the remarkable performance by other three NIPERs at Guwahati, Raebareli, and Kolkata, who have entered for the first time and secured 11th, 18th and 27th spots for themselves, according to a PIB release. Under the annual ranking, various Universities, colleges, medicine, dental, law, architecture, engineering, management and pharmacy institutes are ranked.