Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Prakash Javadekar conferred Swachhata Ranking Awards 2018 for higher educational institutions in New Delhi on Monday. Best 51 higher educational institutions (HEIs) have been selected for Swachhata Ranking Awards in 8 different categories.
The Union Minister also released two books during the event 1. Elective Course Curriculum on Swachhata and Waste Management2. Booklet on 60 HEIs campus and Village Swachhata Activities. He congratulated MGNCRE for launching a sanitation course on Swachhata Management in curriculum.
This year Online submission of details sought from HEIs, 6029 institutions applied, 205 institutions shortlisted based on cut-off. AICTE & UGC inspected all 205 institutions. Best 51 institutions selected in 8 categories:
Universities ( Residential & Non-Residential)
Colleges (Residential & Non-Residential)
Technical Institutions (Universities – Residential)
Technical Colleges (Residential & Non-Residential)
Government Universities
The list of winners can be seen at http://164.100.117.97/WriteReadData/userfiles/final%20awards%20list.pdf
For the 6029 institutions that applied , some of the highlights are:
(i) 2430 institutions have solar power in their campus and 940 more are under progress. This is nearly 56% solar coverage
(ii) 3577 institutions have rainwater harvesting facility – this is nearly 60% coverage
(iii) 5607 institutions out of 6000 have 24 hours running water. This is a 93% coverage
(iv) 3915 campuses have more than 30% green cover and this is 65% of the institutions. Some leading institutions have also upto 60% green cover.
(v) 2557 institutions have full composting facility in their campuses and this is 42% of them.
