The NAAC and NIRF placement report, done right
Accreditation reviewers do not reward a high placement number. They reward a number they can trust, with the base and the method stated. Here is what to include and how to count.
Count the placeable base, not the batch
Placement rate = students placed ÷ students who sought placement. Students who opted for higher studies or opted out are excluded from the base and reported separately. NIRF's graduation outcome asks for exactly this split, and NAAC reviewers check it against your student list.
What to include
- Batch size, placeable base, higher studies, opted out.
- Placed count and %, offers in flight, multiple-offer students counted once.
- Median and highest package, by programme.
- Number of recruiters, drives conducted, and the top recruiters.
- Training and readiness activity: mock interviews, tests, courses, with coverage.
- Department-wise table with readiness and placement side by side.
- Declaration and signatures of the placement director and the principal.
Keep it year over year
The most common NAAC finding is data that cannot be reproduced the next year because it lived in a spreadsheet someone took with them. Keep the report in a system that stores the base, the method and the per-student status, and generate it the same way every year.
Generate it in one click
Wishire's annual placement report uses the honest placeable base, department tables, training activity and an AI executive summary, printable for NAAC and NIRF submissions. See Wishire for colleges.
Questions people ask
- Should internships count as placements?
- No. Report internships separately; NIRF and NAAC both distinguish them.
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