The 2023-24 league table of India’s best private medical and health sciences (including health management) universities comprises 11 exclusive higher ed institutions conferred university status by the Centre/state governments for excellence in medical/health sciences teaching and research.

The reaction of vice chancellors of the topper universities.

“We are pleased to learn that Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research is ranked India’s #1 private medical university for the second year in a row. This is acknowledgement of our unswerving commitment to quality and excellence in medical and health sciences education, research and patient care. In particular, our top scores under the parameters of faculty competence, research and innovation and industry interface are proof of the dedicated efforts of our highly qualified faculty to continuously update curriculums and pedagogies. At SRIHER, research is a high priority area and several of our faculty have published papers in high impact journals. In addition we have research collaborations with institutions of repute within India and abroad. Moreover SRIHER has established an Innovation and Incubation Center with funding support from Govt. of India to incubate 18 start-up companies in healthcare technology. Now with NEP 2020 coming into force, the university has formed a committee to proactively implement NEP recommendations specifically in the health sciences domain” — Dr. Uma Sekar (centre left), Vice Chancellor, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research (Deemed University), Chennai