New Delhi: QS I-GAUGE, the Indian subsidiary of UK-based QS Quacquarelli Symonds, announced India’s happiest educational institutions at a Conclave in New Delhi, awarding over 33 universities, colleges, and schools from Pan India, after a rigorous assessment exercise which began in December last year in association with industry body ASSOCHAM. These institutions were titled as “Institutions of Happiness (IOH)”.

Present at the event in New Delhi’s India Habitat Centre, was Union Minister for Women and Child Development, Honourable Smt Smriti Zubin Irani, who presided over the event and awarded the certificates. On the occasion, she said that “It is important that educators gain insights into the level of happiness of students and their well-being, which will enable institutions to advance their outcomes holistically”. The ‘Institution of Happiness’ status was bestowed after a rigorous exercise that covered over 100 institutions, but only 33 of them were able to qualify the set thresholds.

QS I-GAUGE was launched in 2018 at the hands of the Former President of India, Late Shri Pranab Mukherjee, and was set up as an international, independent, private-sector initiative specialised in rating colleges, universities, and schools. The system was designed after the highly recognised QS STARS University Rating System, and further adapted to capture the reality of the dynamic Indian higher education sector, while at the same time maintaining the strict quality standards that are synonymous with the QS brand.

At the same event, the independent rating outcomes of over 22 Indian universities, colleges, and schools were also announced, after completing the assessment in over 100 indicators spread across various categories ranging from teaching & learning, faculty quality, employability, social responsibility, and internationalisation to research, entrepreneurship, innovation, sports, and arts & culture.

For many of the institutions that received both their Institution of Happiness and QS I-GAUGE Rating, it was a double bonanza to be recognised both as the happiest institutions as well as institutions of excellence in various categories.

On the same occasion, Dr Ashwin Fernandes, CEO, and Director of QS I-GAUGE said, “Quality and excellence are of great significance in imparting education, as it enhances the capacities and capabilities of the learners, who will bridge the gap between the underdeveloped and the developed nations. This is not possible without the involvement of every stakeholder. QS I-GAUGE is actively involved in providing global expertise to Indian institutions in this journey”. The event ended on a high note.

QS I-GAUGE Rated Institutions

Serial NumberInstitution
NameRating
CategoryState1

BML Munjal University

Subject Ratings: ManagementHaryana2Chandigarh University (University Institute of Media Studies)

Subject Ratings: Journalism and Media Studies
Subject Ratings: Law & Legal Studies

Punjab3Father Muller Medical CollegeSubject Ratings: MedicineKarnataka4JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research

E-Learning Readiness
(E-LEAD)
Advanced E-Learning Readiness
(Advanced E-LEAD)

Karnataka5Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences

E-Learning Readiness
(E-LEAD)
Advanced E-Learning Readiness
(Advanced E-LEAD)

Tamil Nadu6KES' Shroff College of Arts and CommerceQS I-GAUGE
University & College RatingsMaharashtra7KIET Group of InstitutionsQS I-GAUGE
University & College RatingsUttar Pradesh8KPR Institute of Engineering and TechnologyQS I-GAUGE
University & College RatingsTamil Nadu9Manav Rachna UniversityQS I-GAUGE
University & College RatingsHaryana10Nadimpalli Satyanarayana Raju Institute of TechnologyE-Learning Readiness
(E-LEAD)Andhra Pradesh11Ramaiah Institute of ManagementSubject Ratings: ManagementKarnataka12Ramaiah Institute of Technology

E-Learning Readiness
(E-LEAD)
Advanced E-Learning Readiness
(Advanced E-LEAD)
Subject Ratings: Engineering

Karnataka13Ramaiah University of Applied SciencesQS I-GAUGE
University & College RatingsKarnataka14Sacred Heart International School (Marthandam)QS I-GAUGE
Indian School RatingsTamil Nadu15Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences

Subject Ratings: Engineering

Tamil Nadu

16Sharda University

E-Learning Readiness
(E-LEAD)
Advanced E-Learning Readiness
(Advanced E-LEAD)

Uttar Pradesh17Shoolini UniversityQS I-GAUGE
University & College RatingsHimachal Pradesh18Shree Guru Gobind Singh Tricentenary University (SGT University)QS I-GAUGE
University & College RatingsHaryana19The ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education, HyderabadE-Learning Readiness
(E-LEAD)Telangana20The ICFAI University, DehradunE-Learning Readiness
(E-LEAD)Uttarakhand21Unison World SchoolQS I-GAUGE
Indian School RatingsUttarakhand22Vimal Jyothi Engineering CollegeE-Learning Readiness
(E-LEAD)Kerala

Institutions of Happiness

Serial
NumberInstitution
NameState1Adani World SchoolAndhra Pradesh2Axis Institute of Technology & ManagementUttar Pradesh3Bharati CollegeDelhi4Brindavan College of EngineeringKarnataka5Chandigarh UniversityPunjab6Chitkara UniversityPunjab7CS AcademyTamil Nadu8Devi Ahilya VishwavidyalayaMadhya Pradesh9GITAM UniversityAndhra Pradesh10Global Indian SchoolAjman, UAE11Griffins International SchoolWest Bengal12Guru Nanak Institute of TechnologyWest Bengal13Hindustan Institute of Technology & ScienceTamil Nadu14Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for WomenDelhi15International Institute of Mass MediaDelhi16Jaipuria Institute of ManagementRajasthan17JSS Academy of Higher Education & ResearchKarnataka18KES' Shroff College of Arts and CommerceMaharashtra19KIET Group of InstitutionsUttar Pradesh20KPR Institute of Engineering and TechnologyTamil Nadu21Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and StudiesHaryana22Manav Rachna UniversityHaryana23Mukundapuram Public SchoolKerala24N L Dalmia High SchoolMaharashtra25Shiksha 'O' Anusandhan UniversityOdisha26Shoolini UniversityHimachal Pradesh27SSVM InstitutionsTamil Nadu28The NorthCap UniversityHaryana29Trio World AcademyKarnataka30University of Petroleum and Energy StudiesUttarakhand31VELS UniversityTamil Nadu32Vidyavardhaka College of EngineeringKarnataka

For more information on the Institutions of Happiness project, visit: https://www.happiness.igauge.in/.