The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) which lists top universities and colleges in India has been released today. The Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has released NIRF India Rankings 2021 at 12 noon.
The NIRF India Ranking 2021 has been announced for eleven categories such as overall, University, Management, College, Pharmacy, Medical, Engineering, Architecture, ARIIA (Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements), Law and Research Institutions.
The NIRF India Ranking parameters and the weighted averages adopted to derive the rankings differ for all the categories. The broad categories adopted to rank the colleges, universities and institutes include Teaching, Learning and Resources, Research and Professional Practice, Graduation Outcomes, Outreach and Inclusivity and Peer Perception.
With each passing year, the number of institutes participating in NIRF rankings has increased and so have the categories in which institutes are ranked. In 2016, the institutes were ranked in only four categories which increased to eleven in 2021.
As per the latest announcement, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has retained the top spot in NIRF 2021 ranking, third year in a row. The institute had scored 83.88 and 85.31 in the NIRF 2019 and NIRF 2020 ranking, respectively.
The ranking of universities and higher educational institutes, based on the government’s National Institute of Ranking Framework (NIRF), has been released today, September 9. The Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and IIT Bombay are the second and third top institutes in the country.
Among the top 5 institutes in the country are IIT Delhi and IIT Kanpur. This is the sixth NIRF ranking of higher educational institutes in the country. While IITs are among the top 10 engineering colleges this year, two NITs have also made it to the list.
The top 10 engineering colleges in the country are: IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Roorkee, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad, NIT Tiruchirappalli, and NIT Surathkal.
The rankings have been made for ten categories- Overall, University, Management, College, Pharmacy, Medical, Engineering, Architecture, ARIIA (Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements), Research and Law.
The rankings for all colleges and universities across the country have been done on the basis of teaching, learning, and resources, research and professional practice, graduation outcome, outreach and inclusivity, and peer perception.
To get complete NIRF Rankings 2021 online, visit the official website of NIRF at nirfindia.org
