The National Institute Ranking Framework, 2020 ranked Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) as the second-best among the 'Universities' category within the country for its contribution to the field of research and teaching. Located within 10 km of the Ministry of Home Affairs, JNU, which has always been in the news debate for every odd reason, has made it again to the list for the fourth time. Now, why the Home Affairs is incompetent to catch hold of the anti-nationals to date despite JNU being situated in the national capital, is something we will discuss some other day. For now, we will delve into the question of why such a university, which always have been the favourite topic for the nation in many infamous ways, finds its way into the MHRD academic rankings.