Chandigarh : PGIMER, Chandigarh has been ranked Second Best Medical Institute in the NIRF Rankings-2022 by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt of India. Hon’ble Union Minister of Education, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, announced NIRF India Rankings 2022 through a webcast from NIRF website today, in which, PGIMER, Chandigarh competed amongst premier Institutes throughout the country under the Medical category. AIIMS, New Delhi has been ranked first in this category whereas CMC, Vellore has been ranked third.
The NIRF ranking of Institutes is calculated on the basis of five broad generic groups of parameters, namely: Teaching, Learning and Resources (TLR), Research and Professional Practice (RP), Graduation Outcomes (GO), Outreach and Inclusivity (OI) and Perception (PR).
With this year’s ranking, the Institute has retained the same position in the NIRF ranking for the last five years in a row from 2018 to 2022. This position has been attained by the combined team efforts of all the faculty and staff of the Institute under the leadership of the Prof. Vivek Lal, Director, PGIMER, Chandigarh.
Prof. Vivek Lal congratulated each member of the PGIMER family for continuous support and efforts in achieving this feat. He also thanked Hon’ble Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare and President of the Institute, Shri Mansukh Mandaviya and Hon’ble Prime Minister, Sh. Narendra Modi for extending wholehearted support and inspiration.