In addition to dwindling faculty numbers, research integrity, redundant syllabus, a lack of international faculty and student diversity, and inadequate ‘data management’ are reasons for Savitribai Phule Pune University’s (SPPU) drop in National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) this year, said former Vice-Chancellor of the university Nitin Karmalkar. SPPU’s rank slid to 91 in the ‘Overall’ rankings this year as compared to the 37 rank it achieved last year.

Post discussion on the drop in rankings organised by the Progressive Education Society on Wednesday, Karmalkar shared data from the Research Integrity Risk Index (RI²), developed by Lokman Meho at the American University of Beirut. SPPU was ranked in the ‘Red Flag’ category, signalling extreme anomalies and systemic integrity risk

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