Perception-Based Insights into the 2025 NIRF Ranking of the University of Calcutta

Abstract

This study analyses the trend performance of the selected universities under the NIRF’s three key parameters of the Graduation Outcomes (GO), Research & Professional Practice (RPP), and Peer Perception (PR) during the period 2021–2025.A study to find an insight about the Peer Perception and the Ranking of the University of Calcutta has been intended to find out.
This study, compares, corelates and studies how research output, academic performances, graduation outcomes, and institutional reputation are inter- connected to each other over time. The findings show that universities with better research performance also have a stronger reputation among all the other universities across the country. However, it was also found that universities with good student performance do not always have a strong reputation among other universities across the country.
As Calcutta University is a clear example of this, where student outcome has remained good but research visibility and academic reputation have been falling steadily in recent past years. The study illustrates that there are the universities who need to grow equally across research quality, student success, and academic peer perception to improve their NIRF rankings.
These findings offer useful guidance for universities those institutions want to become more competitive and build a strong and long-term achievement.