Higher and Technical Education Minister Chandrakantdada Patil on Wednesday emphasised the need for concerted efforts to significantly improve the performance of Maharashtra’s universities in national and global rankings. He said universities must focus on enhancing academic quality, strengthening research, and expanding their global footprint to ensure the state’s higher education system becomes more competitive.

“We need to make greater efforts to improve NIRF rankings and bring the state’s universities to the forefront at the national and global levels,” Patil said during a review meeting held at Mantralaya.