PIB Summaries 14 August 2024

Contents:

1. NIRF ranking
2. ‘GAURAV’

NIRF ranking

Focus:­­ GS II: Education

Why in news?

The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) has made a steep jump of 12 spots in its NIRF (National Institutional Ranking Framework) ranking released by Ministry of Education. 

The ranking jumps from 27^th rank in 2023 to 15^th this year.

This has been a record improvement in the institute’s ranking since beginning of NIRF ranking in 2016.

About NIRF

• The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) is a methodology adopted by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India, to rank institutions of higher education in India.
• There are separate rankings for different types of institutions depending on their areas of operation like universities and colleges, engineering institutions, management institutions, pharmacy institutions and architecture institutions.
• The ranking framework evaluates institutions on five broad generic groups of parameters, i.e.
  • Teaching, Learning and Resources (TLR),
  • Research and Professional Practice (RP),
  • Graduation Outcomes (GO),
  • Outreach and Inclusivity (OI)
  • Perception (PR).
• Rankings help universities to improve their performance on various ranking parameters and identify gaps in research and areas of improvement.

GAURAV

Focus: GS-III: Science and Technology

Why in news?

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has carried out successful maiden flight test of Long Range Glide Bomb (LRGB), GAURAV from Su-30 MK-I platform of the Indian Air Force (IAF). 

About ‘GAURAV’:

This is a major milestone in the country’s effort in developing indigenous defence technologies for further strengthening the capability of the Armed Forces.

It is an air launched 1,000 kg class glide bomb capable of hitting targets at long distance.

After being launched, the glide bomb steer towards the target using highly accurate hybrid navigation scheme with a combination of INS and GPS data.

GAURAV has been designed and developed indigenously by the Research Centre Imarat (RCI), Hyderabad.