SHILLONG: North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, secured the 15th rank among the top central universities in the country in the latest Indian Institutional Ranking Framework (IIRF) 2023. Prof. Prabha Shankar Shukla, the Vice-Chancellor of NEHU, while congratulating the faculty, administrative staff, students, and all the stakeholders of the varsity, said that the goal of making NEHU known to the rest of the world has begun. He said that the IIRF-2023 framework, although not the same as the NIRF ranking framework, is a step towards achieving greater goals and that the university has been working towards it. "The COVID pandemic has affected everyone, and it did not leave even the academics.
NEHU has similarly been impacted by the pandemic; however, with the IIRF rank of 15th, NEHU has solidified its position among the top universities in the country", he said. The university now boasts of having many centres catering to the different needs of the present time, like the Design Innovation Centre, Office of International Affairs, Research and Development Cell, Dr. Ambedkar Centre of Excellence in Shillong Campus, and the Bio Incubator Centre and Livelihood Incubation Centre in Tura Campus.
The university also has plans to open a Skill Development Centre to offer certificate courses in different trades that will help the youth of the region become skilled and employable. The Vice-Chancellor also said that the university is actively working for the placement of the students through the placement and training cell and has conducted many placement drives to make sure that as many students as possible get placed as soon as they graduate from the university. Dalmia Cements recently hired another batch of students within a span of six months; Emami has also started the hiring process for students of NEHU; and the university has signed an MoU with Sodexo, a multi-national company that will hire students for apprenticeship, internship, and employment, stated a press release.
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