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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Another North Goa nightclub sealed; Kejriwal says corruption led to fire tragedy
Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.
Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.
Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.
An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.
The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.
A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.
Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."
"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.
"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.
A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.
