Out of the Thousands of Indian Colleges and Universities, only the Sri Sathya Sai University was able to obtain the much coveted "A++" grade in 2002 ( The NAAC conducts their accreditations every 5 years)
"The National Assessment and Accreditation Council or NAAC is an autonomous body of the University Grants Commission based at Bangalore. Various Colleges have to get the accreditation every five years. While it was stars earlier, it is the system of Grades now. There are about Seven criteria on which the various Colleges are assessed, like infrastructure, research facilities and teaching methods among other things. There are nine grades: A++, A+, A, B++, B+,B,C++,C+, and C. In the whole of India, there is only one college which has A++, that is the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Prasanthi Nilayam. Grants from the UGC and recognition for more courses are based on these ranks In 2007 Out of a massive 3632 accredited Colleges and Universities in India only two Institutes received the highest "A++" Grades : Sri Sathya Sai University and the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research The complete document File containing the NAAC's accreditation results for March 2007 can be found at the official website at www.naacindia.org Bhagawan's Sri Sathya Sai University Towers among every Other institute in the Country and is a Beacon for all other Institutes. Om Sai Ram
