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Table of Contents

1. AURS - Introduction .................................................................................................. 1

2. AURS Performance Parameters& Evaluation Mechanism .................................. 1-2

3. Guidelines for Submitting Data for AURS Evaluation ......................................... 3-4

4. Login as Nodal Officer ........................................................................................... 5-8

4.1 Proforma Parameter A - Teaching Resources & Outcome........................... 9-11

4.2 Proforma Parameter B - Research ............................................................. 12-13

4.3 Proforma Parameter C - Extension & Outreach ......................................... 14-16

4.4 Proforma Parameter D - Peer Recognition................................................. 17-19

5. Login as Competent Authority .......................................................................... 20-22

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List of Figures

Figure 3 Home Page of AURS......................................................................................... 3

Figure 3(a) Home Page of Education Portal .................................................................... 4

Figure 3(b) Education Portal - AURS Link ....................................................................... 4

Figure 4 AURS - Login as Nodal Officer .......................................................................... 5

Figure 4(a) AURS – Evaluation Proforma ........................................................................ 6

Figure 4(b) AURS – Brief Profile of the University ........................................................... 7

Figure 4.1 A1 – Faculty-Student Ratio with respect to Regular Faculty ........................... 9

Figure 4.1(a) A3 – Percentage of Regular Faculty with Ph.D. Degrees ......................... 10

Figure 4.1(b) A10 – CERA utilization ............................................................................ 10

Figure 4.1(c) Summary of Teaching Resources and Outcome ...................................... 11

Figure 4.2 B3 – Research Excellence ........................................................................... 12

Figure 4.2 (a) Summary of Research ............................................................................ 13

Figure 4.3 C2 – Frontline Extension Activities-TV Programme ...................................... 14

Figure 4.3 (a) C2 – Frontline Extension Activities-Radio Talk........................................ 15

Figure 4.3 (b) C2 – Frontline Extension Activities-KisanMela ........................................ 15

Figure 4.3(c) Summary of Extension and Outreach ....................................................... 16

Figure 4.4 D1 – Awards received by the regular faculty ................................................ 17

Figure 4.4 (a) Summary of Peer Recognition ................................................................ 17

Figure 4.4 (b) Final Preview – Submission to Competent Authority ............................... 18

Figure 4.4(c) Final Preview Summary – Print ................................................................ 19

Figure 5 (a) Login as Competent Authority .................................................................... 20

Figure 5 (b) Competent Authority – University Proforma ............................................... 21

Figure 5(c) Competent Authority – Review Questions Link ........................................... 22

Figure 5 (d) Competent Authority – Review Questions Data ......................................... 22

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1. Introduction

In line with the National Initiative on Ranking of Indian Institutions, ranking of Agricultural Universities

has been initiated by ICAR with a larger objective to drive the universities towards improving quality

standards and enhance their visibility to enable them for participation in global rankings. The ranking

status allows the students to make informed choices for university placement. Further, the ranking

process is expected to help the universities to self-assess themselves on the quality and enhance their

abilities. It also tends to improve healthy competition among universities.

As the mandate of Education Division is “to enhance the quality and relevance of higher agricultural

education in the country”, the ranking of agriculture education has been assigned to the Education

Division. Accordingly, the ranking process has been initiated in 2017 as per the Proforma developed by

NAAS. Since then, the Proforma has been modified based on the experience and also the inputs received

from various stakeholders.

Considering the unique position of agriculture education which has a strong role and larger responsibility

for humanity in providing food and nutrition security, both excellence and relevance have been

considered for evaluation. The emphasis on parameters such as teaching resources & outcome, faculty

profile, students’ performance, research productivity, research impact, research excellence, extension

activities, outreach programs, revenue generation and peer recognition of the faculty, students and staff

of the university etc. have been considered while evaluating the agricultural universities.

So far, the ranking has been done for the last three years based on the information received from the

universities in the prescribed Proforma through hard copies. In view of the COVID-19 pandemic

situation, it has been decided to obtain the required information from the universities through online.

Accordingly, an “Agricultural University Ranking System (AURS)” has been developed to enable the

submission of the required data by the universities and the evaluation/verification by the Committee

through online. Further, the uploaded information shall be made available in the public domain for

bringing transparency to the entire ranking process.

2. AURS Performance Parameters& Evaluation Mechanism

Transparent ranking methods provide comparative information and improved understanding in

assessing the education standards of Universities, with the inclusion of weightage calculation using

indicators across different parameters. Each such measure represents quality and academic &

institutional strengths. Measures of output/outcomes provide a more accurate assessment of the standard

and/or quality of a given institution. Weights are assigned to the following different Proforma

Parameters/Indicators that eventually aid in rankings calculations.

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AURS Proforma Parameters & their Weightage A TEACHING RESOURCES & OUTCOME 30 % B RESEARCH 30 % C EXTENSION AND OUTREACH 30 %

D PEER RECOGNITION 10 % Total 100 %

Each University’s Nodal Officer shall provide the respective details in a step-wise-format on

Agricultural Universities Ranking System (AURS) : https://education.icar.gov.in/auranking/

Using this online system, Nodal Officer shall submit the relevant data for all the enlisted

Proforma Parameters:

A - TEACHING RESOURCES & OUTCOME

B - RESEARCH

C - EXTENSION AND OUTREACH

D - PEER RECOGNITION

The Evaluation Data is gathered using a combination of the following methods:

Using the auto-populated data for the respective University E.g. Basic Information etc.

As per the submission of details by Nodal Officer (by solely using the

prescribed/provided format on AURS), data gets system generated

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3. Guidelines for Submitting Data for AURS Evaluation

Direct Link of AURS: https://education.icar.gov.in/auranking/

Fig. 3 Home Page of AURS

Alternatively, in your browser, open Education Portal: https://education.icar.gov.in/

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Scroll down to the bottom of the page, and click on the link Agricultural Universities Ranking

System (AURS). Please refer to the appended snapshots:

Fig. 3(a) Home Page of Education Portal

Fig. 3(b) Education Portal - AURS Link

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4. Login as Nodal Officer

Provide your Education Portal User ID and Password in the below screen to Login in to AURS

Fig. 4 AURS - Login as Nodal Officer

After successful login, Brief Profile of the University page will show up. Please refer to the

appended snapshot.

Forgot Password – If the Nodal Officer or the Registrar forgot his or her password then he can

click on the forgot password button and after filling his User name, the mail with the respective

login Id and password will be sent to them.

Nodal Officer will select the Proforma for Ranking Year (e.g. 2019) from the provided dropdown.

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Fig. 4(a) AURS – Evaluation Proforma

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On the selection the year then the first two sections i.e. (Full Name and Address of the University

and Contact details of ICAR Nodal Officer) will get auto-populated as per the details of your

University.

Fig. 4(b) AURS – Brief Profile of the University

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Nodal Officer shall fill the information as required for 3(a), 3 (b), 3(c) and 4 as shown in the figure

above.

After filling-in all the required information, Nodal Officer will click on the SAVE button.

Please Note: If the Nodal Officer mistakenly added some wrong entries in the proforma then he/she

can click on EDIT button and after correction of the entries can click on update button and those

entries will be saved in the portal.

Nodal officer can also change his/her password by clicking on the change password button available

on top right corner of the evaluation proforma page.

After saving the filled information, Nodal Officer will click on the NEXT button and he/she will

be provided with the first Proforma Parameter of Teaching Resources and Outcome

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4.1 Proforma Parameter A - Teaching Resources & Outcome

Fig. 4.1 A1 – Faculty-Student Ratio with respect to Regular Faculty

In this section of Teaching Resources & Outcome, there will be a total of 10 questions (i.e. A1 to

A10).

The system uses the following colors to denote the information gathered on all the respective

Proforma Parameters. Please refer to attached snapshot that uses the following colors to denote

information provided or required.

o Question Color: GREEN: Information Provided/Auto-populated

o Question Color: YELLOW: Information Required

For this section, the Nodal Officer is required to provide the information asked for A3 and A10.

Other than A3 and A10, all other questions will come auto-populated as per the University Data

available, and are denoted in green color as shown in the figure given below.

After providing necessary information, and clicking on the Next button on every question, Nodal

Officer can move to the next question.

For A3, the screen will appear as shown below.

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Fig. 4.1(a) A3 – Percentage of Regular Faculty with Ph.D. degrees

For some questions, like A3, the Nodal Officer will be required to download the template to fill the

asked information for regular faculty, in the downloaded template. The duly filled in template shall

then be uploaded as shown in the figure. Nodal Officer will then click on the Save button and will

move to the next question.

On proceeding further, for A10, the screen will appear like this as shown in the figure below. Nodal

Officer needs to click the Submit button for completion of this section of A1-A10 questions.

Fig. 4.1(b) A10 – CERA utilization

On clicking on the Submit button on A10, a Summary page for Teaching Resources and Outcome

will appear as shown in the figure below. Nodal Officer will complete this section by clicking the

Submit button provided.

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Fig. 4.1(c) Summary of Teaching Resources and Outcome

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4.2 Proforma Parameter B - Research

After submitting the Proforma Parameter A, Proforma Parameter B - Research page will appear,

which has 7 questions in total, and shall be filled by the Nodal Officers in the same way as previous

section.

For B3 the screen will appear as shown in the figure given below.

Fig. 4.2 B3 – Research Excellence

The Nodal Officer shall use the Add New Row functionality to upload the respective number of

files as per the number of University Patents.

After saving all the submitted Patents’ information and by clicking on Submit button, the

Summary page for Proforma Parameter - Research will appear as shown in the figure given below.

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Fig. 4.2 (a) Summary of Research

Nodal Officer will complete this section by clicking the Submit button provided.

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4.3 Proforma Parameter C - Extension & Outreach

After submitting the Proforma Parameter B, Proforma Parameter C–Extension & Outreach page

will appear, which has 8 questions in total, and shall be filled by the Nodal Officers in the same

way as previous sections.

For C2 the screen will appear as shown in the figure below, wherein the Nodal Officer is required

to fill in all the sub-sections of:

o TV Programme

o Radio Talk

o KisanMela

Please refer to the attached snapshots of the respective sub-sections. These sub-sections can be

opened and closed by clicking on the name of these sub-sections:

Fig. 4.3 C2 – Frontline Extension Activities Carried out during 2019-TV Programme

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Fig. 4.3(a) C2 – Frontline Extension Activities Carried out during 2019-Radio Talk

Fig. 4.3(b) C2 – Frontline Extension Activities Carried out during 2019-Kisan Mela

After filling all the required information and uploading all the related files, the Nodal Officer must

save the form by clicking on the Save & then Next button on every question.

On clicking on the Submit button on C8, a Summary page for Extension and Outreach will appear

as shown in the figure below. Nodal Officer will complete this section by clicking the Submit button

provided.

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Fig. 4.3(c) Summary of Extension and Outreach

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4.4 Proforma Parameter D - Peer Recognition

This section contains only one question i.e. D1. The Nodal Officer needs to upload all the

required information for this in the similar method as was done for C2.

Fig. 4.4 D1 – Awards received by the regular faculty

After saving the provided information for each of the sub-sections, and clicking on the Submit

button, the summary page will appear as shown below.

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Fig. 4.4(a) Summary of Peer Recognition

On the submission of this section, a Final Submission Preview Page will be shown.

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Fig. 4.4(b) Final Preview – Submission to Competent Authority

The Nodal Officer can print this page using the provided Print button.

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Fig. 4.4(c) Final Preview Summary - Print

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5. Login as Competent Authority

Provide the issued User ID and Password in the below screen to Login in to AURS.

Fig. 5(a) AURS - Login as Competent Authority

After successful login, “Proforma filled in for approval” page of the University will show up

for the Competent Authority. Please refer to the appended snapshot.

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Fig. 5(b) Competent Authority – University Proforma

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Proforma has been filled in by the Nodal Officer of the University. Competent Authority’s role

is to verify/validate the respective details.

Competent Authority can preview the question-wise details by clicking the respective question

link as shown in the appended screen shots

Fig. 5(c) Competent Authority - Review Questions Link

Fig. 5(d) Competent Authority - Review Questions Data

Competent Authority has the option to download the generated PDF file.

Competent Authority then has the option to Approve/Disapprove and submit it using the

Submit to Council button.