Best Colleges in India?

Drawbacks?
College data from internet, published reports & AIU Handbook Medicine Engg. Colleges allover India Science, arts, commerce only 13 cities Step I, II, III and IV

Step I
comprehensive list of 1500 colleges

Step II
Experts each city administered questionnaire 5 parameters (100 points) Reputation , Quality Academic Input, Student Care, Infrastructure and Job Prospects: Subjective Assigned weights to the levels of performance Multiply by frequency of response. Performance score for each parameter then multiplied with the importance of that parameter to get a perceptual score for it Weightage each parameter

Step II

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Rate the colleges in city/ zones Not allowed to rate own college Perceptual score of college: Rating given by experts & weightage

Step III
On the basis of Step 2, colleges to be evaluated at national level tabulated Different panel experts rate colleges with national perspective 165 experts engineering, medicine and law Perceptual scores 6 streams

Step IV
Top 25 colleges contacted for factual data Non-compliant colleges: eliminated

Step V
Combine perceptual & factual scores Weightage of 60:40 Final score indexed to 100

Van der Vleuten's formula

Utility = validity x reliability x acceptability x educational impact.