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Swachhta Ranking 2017 for Higher Educational Institutions (HEI) has been announced by the Union Minister for Human Resource Development (HRD) Prakash Javadekar on eve of Engineer’s Day. About 3500 Higher Educational Institutes took part in the Swachhta Ranking 2017 of which 174 were shortlisted. Best 25 Institutions were selected for the top rankings in 4 different categories for Award.
The ranking has been done to the Institute on the basis of multiple categories such as cleanliness standards, cleaning systems, waste disposal methods, academic buildings, greenery in the institute campus, and campus accessibility. One of the most important criteria was the student/toilet ratio along with a running water supply for at least 15 hours. Also, a certain weightage is given to the institutions if they have adopted any neighboring locality or village to spread awareness & activities in Swachhta.