Yenepoya among world’s top 400 Varsities featured in the THE Global IMPACT Rankings from INDIA
The Yenepoya (Deemed to be University) from Mangalore, Karnataka is featured for the first time in the global Top 500 Times Higher Education (THE) Impact rankings from India.
Yenepoya is ranked within top 101-200th position globally for Sustainable Developmental Goals (SDG’s) SDG 3 (Good Health and Well Being); SDG 4 (Quality Education); and SDG 5 (Gender Equality) categories, and within Top 201-300th for SDGs 1 (No Poverty) and SDG 6 (Clean water and Sanitation), and is featured within top 301-400 under SDG 17 (Partnership for the Goals) and within top 301-400 in Overall category (65.5 points out of 100).
From India 26 Universities were featured in this year’s Global Impact Rankings.
The University secured shared 3rd place among Indian Universities that had made into the list of this year global rankings.
The Times Higher Education Impact rankings are the only global performance tables that assess University against the United Nations SDG’s. It has very finely calibrated indicators to provide comprehensive and balanced comparisons across three broad areas of research, outreach and stewardship among global Universities.
The University was mapped for the progress made against the United Nations SDG’s. This ranking provides an indication on how universities are putting their energies into combating gender inequality, tackling climate change, encouraging peaceful societies and putting measures in place to become more sustainable.
The United Nations SDG’s were established in 2015 in order to tackle some of the biggest global challenges by 2030. The goals focus on a number of issues including improving gender equality, tackling poverty, providing better healthcare, providing quality education for all and encouraging economic growth.
Based on all the 17 goals, the universities have to submit the data on how they were contributing to achieving these goals. With this ranking, the University is now entered the league of global pioneers – who have demonstrated commitment not just to supporting the Sustainable Development Goals through its teaching, research and knowledge transfer, but also to embodying the goals in its own institution’s internal practices, policies and procedures and providing verifiable evidence of activities. The University had provided evidence on how these goals were being incorporated into its governance, and how University was holding self accountability to make a real difference.
This THE Impact Rankings are particularly key in helping students find a university that champions the causes that they care about. These rankings move away from lauding universities only on research output and papers published, instead shine a light on those implementing tangible ways to make a difference in the world and to their students.
The Chancellor of the University, Mr. Yenepoya Abdulla Kunhi said we are delighted to be listed among the top global Universities in impact rankings and I dedicate this success to our stakeholders under the leadership of our Pro Chancellor Mr. Farhaad Yenepoya, Vice Chancellor Dr. M. Vijayakumar, and Dr. Arun Bhagwath, Deptuy Director, who have consistently put efforts towards achieving this feat. We will continue to strive hard to contribute towards providing solutions to complex global and local challenges through education, research and by creating leaders who can create a positive impact at their local and regional communities in line with the SDG of UN.
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Lucknow court summons Rahul Gandhi over remarks against Savarkar
Lucknow, Dec 13: A local court here on Friday summoned Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on January 10, 2025, to face trial for allegedly promoting enmity and disturbing harmony among people by making mischievous statements about freedom fighter Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.
Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) Alok Verma passed the order on a criminal complaint filed by local lawyer Nripendra Pandey.
The court found that prima facie offences under sections 153(a) (promoting enmity between different groups) and 505 (statements conducing to public mischief) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) were made out against Gandhi, also the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha.
The ACJM rejected the complaint on June 14, 2023, but the revisional court set aside the rejection order on October 3, 2024, and remanded the matter to the ACJM for passing a fresh order based on the material that had come on record in the complaint and statements of witnesses.
In the inquiry, police confirmed that Gandhi made the "objectionable" statement against Savarkar in Maharashtra and it was broadcast on television and other communication mediums.
The complaint in the case states that at a press conference during his Bharat Jodo Yatra in Akola, Maharashtra on November 17, 2022, Gandhi made serious remarks against Savarkar that spread communal disharmony, according to the order.
The complainant alleged that Gandhi called Savarkar "a servant of the British who received a pension from them" and distributed pamphlets to mediapersons to tarnish his image.
Passing the summoning order, the court observed, "The material presented demonstrates that Gandhi's remarks, broadcast nationwide via TV and social media, were intended to spread hatred and enmity, undermining the nation's unity".
