SWACHHATA RANKING AWARDS 2018 FOR HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

Feb. 28, 2019

Union HRD Minister conferred Swachhata Ranking Awards 2018 for Higher Educational Institutions.

About:

  • The Swachhata Rankings exercise has been initiated by Department of Higher Education to generate healthy peer pressure among higher educational institutions for maintaining hygienic campuses.

  • 51 higher educational institutions have been selected for this year Swachhata Ranking Awards in 8 different categories: Universities (Residential & Non-Residential); Colleges (Residential & Non-Residential); Technical Institutions (Universities – Residential); Technical Colleges (Residential & Non-Residential) and Government Universities.

Criteria:

  • The parameters for selecting the institutes are rain water harvesting, solar power, quality of hostel kitchen apparatus, water supply system quality, maintenance method sophistication etc.

  • Any institution that wants to be considered for rankings has to necessarily adopt a village or some villages and carry out hygiene & health related activities in it.

Source : PIB