Which of the following agencies or institutions proposed the introduction of the India Education Index (IEI) for ranking institutes based on academic, research, performance and other parameters?

The India Education Index for ranking institutes was proposed by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council.

The All India Council for Technical Education handles technical education approval, not this index.

The University Grants Commission funds and regulates universities but did not propose this index.

IIT Delhi is an institution ranked by such indices rather than their author.

The proposed index was to rate institutes on academic, research and performance parameters.

The accreditation council already grades institutions on assessed quality.