importance set up by Acts of Parliament, State Universities, Deemed-to-be Universities, Private Universities and other autonomous institutions. Category B institutions: These are institutions affiliated to a University and do not enjoy full academic autonomy. Parameters and their weightages Engineering, management, pharmacy and architecture institutions The approved set of parameter groups and the weightages assigned to them in respect of institutions offering programmes in engineering, management, pharmacy and architecture are given in the following table. Overall and colleges The approved set of parameter groups and the weightages assigned to them in respect of overall rating and for colleges are given in the following table, for 2018. Criticism The list was criticised for being incomplete, incoherent and bordering on the random in 2017. Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi raised objection on 2017 NIRF ranking, accusing it of being based on incomplete data. In 2021, Professor Anil Kumar Tripathi, director of the Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University criticised the NIRF University rankings, accusing it to compare institutions with same budget but varying number of students. He said that "IISc no doubt, is the top institution in the country. Banaras Hindu University (BHU), however, is a different kind of educational institution. Both institutions have almost the same budget but the same amount of money caters to a large number of students, teachers and infrastructure at BHU. In comparison to IISc the money available is about five to ten times lesser in our university because of the sheer size". See also National Skill Development Agency National Education Policy 2020 Skill India References NIRF Ranking 2020-Top 10 University list IISc, JNU, and BHU Best Universities University and college rankings Modi administration initiatives