NewsIMTSAnu Parthiban | November 18, 2025 | 12 PM IST | 1 min read Maharashtra CM urged public universities to strengthen quality education and skill-based programmes by scaling up industry partnerships and internships to improve employability. Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis asked public universities in the state to make special efforts and a time-bound plan to improve their national and international rankings and academic quality, and said that a dedicated digital dashboard will be set up to monitor each university. Speaking at the review meeting on the implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP) and Vision Maharashtra this year, Fadnavis said that universities should assess their current academic quality, research, infrastructure, and rankings in higher education to develop a time-bound plan. In line with this, the state government will help create an online dashboard to speed up monitoring, he said. Maharashtra universities should aim to strengthen quality education and skill-based programmes by scaling up industry partnerships, internships, and apprenticeships to improve employability, the CM said. With private universities advancing rapidly, the chief minister said public universities should pay more attention to improving quality. A roadmap for public universities up to this year to improve their National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) rankings, published… (Updated 18 Nov 2025, 13:09 IST; source: link)
Maharashtra plans to improve NIRF rankings for public universities; targets
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- Maharashtra CM urged public universities to strengthen quality education and skill-based programmes by scaling up industry partnerships and internships to improve employability.
- In line with this, the state government will help create an online dashboard to speed up monitoring, he said.
- Maharashtra universities should aim to strengthen quality education and skill-based programmes by scaling up industry partnerships, internships, and apprenticeships to improve employability, the CM said.