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NIRF Rankings 2024: IIT Madras bags top spot in overall category for the 6th time; IISC Bengaluru tops Universities category

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NIRF Ranking 2024 IIT Madras bags top spot in overall category; IISC Bengaluru tops Universities categoryUnion Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Ministry of Education(MoE) has released the 9th edition of India Rankings (2024) based on the parameters identified and defined in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF).

  • According to the India Rankings 2024, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu (TN) bagged the top spot as the best educational institution in the country overall category for the 6th consecutive time.It is followed by Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, Karnataka at the 2nd spot and IIT Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra at the 3rd spot respectively.
  • IIT Madras retained its 1st position in Engineering subject of the India Rankings 2024 for the 9th consecutive year, i.e., from 2016 to 2024.
  • IITM has retained its 2nd position in Research Institutions Category of India Rankings 2024 for the 4th consecutive year, i.e., from 2021 to 2024.
  • Moreover, it stands at the 2nd position in the Innovation Institutions Category of India Rankings 2024.

About NIRF:

i.The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), launched on September 29, 2015, by the MoE.

  • The 1st edition of the India Rankings was released in 2016.

ii.The NIRF provides for ranking of institutions in five broad generic groups of parameters, namely:

  • Teaching, Learning and Resources (TLR)
  • Research and Professional Practice (RP)
  • Graduation Outcome (GO)
  • Outreach and Inclusivity (O&I)
  • Perception (PR)

iii.It was conducted by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA) in association with NIRF.

Key Points:

i.The number of categories and subject domains has expanded from 4 in 2016 to 16 in 2024.

ii.For the year 2024, the framework provides a comprehensive “Overall” rank, alongside distinct rankings in the categories of Universities, Research Institutions, Degree Colleges, Innovation, and discipline-specific rankings in Engineering, Management, Pharmacy, Law, Medical, Dental, Architecture & Planning, and Agriculture & Allied Sectors.

iii.Additionally, Open Universities, State Public Universities and Skill Universities have also been included as new verticals in this year’s Rankings.

Highlights of the India Rankings 2024:

i.IISc Bengaluru secured top position as the best university of the country, followed closely by Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) (New Delhi, Delhi) on the 2nd and Jamia Milia Islamia (JMI) (New Delhi, Delhi) on the 3rd spot.

ii.All India Institute of Medical Sciences(AIIMS) in New Delhi is the best place to study medical sciences, in the top spot for the seventh consecutive year, followed by Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (Chandigarh) and Christian Medical College (Vellore, Tamil Nadu).

iii. Top 100 in Overall category consists of 23 state public universities, 22 private deemed universities, 16 IITs, 9 National Institute of Technology (NITs), 7 each central universities 7 private universities, 4 each AIIMS, Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs) and Government deemed universities, 3 Other Centrally Funded Technical Institutes (CFTIs) and 1 college.

iv.Number of unique applicants to India Rankings have increased from 2,426 in 2016 to 6,517 in 2024 whereas total number of applications for ranking in various categories have increased from 3,565 in 2016, to 10,845 in 2024.

v.200 additional institutions each are ranked in Engineering and Colleges in three rank bands consisting of two rank bands of 50 each, i.e., 100-150 and 151-200 and one rank band of 100 each i.e., 201-300.

vi.In Management and Pharmacy, the numbers of ranked institutions were increased from 75 to 100 each from 2022 onwards with additional 25 institutions each ranked in these two disciplines in a rank band of 25 each.

Top 5 in Indian Ranking 2024: Overall

RankInstituteScore
1Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras (Chennai, Tamil Nadu)86.42
2Indian Institute of Science (IISc) (Bengaluru, Karnataka)83.28
3IIT Bombay (Mumbai, Maharashtra)81.37
4IIT Delhi (New Delhi, Delhi)80.31
5IIT Kanpur (Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh (UP))77.56

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Top 5 in Indian Ranking 2024: University

RankInstituteScore
1IISc (Bengaluru, Karnataka) 83.29
2Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) (New Delhi, Delhi)69.80
3Jamia Millia Islamia (New Delhi, Delhi)68.11
4Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) (Manipal, Karnataka)67.18
5Banaras Hindu University (BHU) (Varanasi, UP)66.05

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Top 5 in Indian Ranking 2024: Colleges

RankInstituteScore
1Hindu College (Delhi)74.47
2Miranda House (Delhi)73.22
3St. Stephens’s College (Delhi)72.97
4Rama Krishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College (Kolkata, West Bengal)72.97
5Atma Ram Sanatan Dharm College (Delhi)72.59

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Top 5 in Indian Ranking 2024: Research Institutions

RankInstituteScore
1IISc (Bengaluru, Karnataka)84.98
2IIT Madras (Chennai, Tamil Nadu)83.29
3IIT Delhi (New Delhi, Delhi)81.08
4IIT Bombay (Mumbai, Maharashtra)77.75
5IIT Kharagpur (Kharagpur, West Bengal)72.65

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Top 5 in Indian Ranking 2024: Engineering

RankInstituteScore
1IIT Madras (Chennai, Tamil Nadu)89.46
2IIT Delhi (New Delhi, Delhi)86.66
3IIT Bombay (Mumbai, Maharashtra)83.09
4IIT Kanpur (Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh (UP))82.79
5IIT Kharagpur (Kharagpur, West Bengal)76.88

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Top 5 in Indian Ranking 2024: Management

RankInstituteScore
1Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad (Ahmedabad, Gujarat)83.32
2IIM Bangalore (Bengaluru, Karnataka)81.16
3IIM Kozhikode (Kozhikode, Kerala)77.90
4IIT Delhi (New Delhi, Delhi)76.25
5IIM Calcutta (Kolkata, West Bengal)75.07

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Top 5 in Indian Ranking 2024: Pharmacy

RankInstituteScore
1Jamia Hamdard (New Delhi, Delhi)84.01
2National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (Hyderabad, Telangana)80.29
3Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) – Pilani (Pilani, Rajasthan)78.95
4JSS College of Pharmacy (Ooty, TN)77.13
5Institute of Chemical Technology (Mumbai, Maharashtra)74.69

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Top 5 in Indian Ranking 2024: Medical

RankInstituteScore
1All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi (New Delhi, Delhi)94.46
2Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (Chandigarh)80.83
3Christian Medical College (Vellore, TN)75.11
4National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (Bengaluru, Karnataka)71.92
5Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (Puducherry, Pondicherry)70.74

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Top 5 in Indian Ranking 2024: Dental

RankInstituteScore
1Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (Chennai,TN)81.83
2Manipal College of Dental Sciences (Manipal, Karnataka)76.03
3Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences (New Delhi, Delhi)74.39
4King George`s Medical University (Lucknow, UP)72.36
5Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth (Pune, Maharashtra)72.25

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Top 5 in Indian Ranking 2024: Law

RankInstituteScore
1National Law School of India University (Bengaluru, Karnataka)83.83
2National Law University (New Delhi, Delhi)77.48
3Nalsar University of Law (Hyderabad, Telangana)77.05
4The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (Kolkata, West Bengal)76.39
5Symbiosis Law School (Pune, Maharashtra)74.62

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Top 5 in Indian Ranking 2024: Architecture and Planning

RankInstituteScore
1IIT Roorkee (Roorkee, Uttarakhand)84.92
2IIT Kharagpur (Kharagpur, West Bengal)80.71
3National Institute of Technology (NIT) Calicut (Kozhikode, Kerala)79.51
4Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur (Howrah, WB)69.71
5School of Planning and Architecture (New Delhi, Delhi)69.00

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Top 5 in Indian Ranking 2024: Agriculture and Allied Sectors

RankInstituteScore
1Indian Agricultural Research Institute (New Delhi, Delhi)87.98
2ICAR – National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) (Karnal, Haryana)71.18
3Punjab Agricultural University (Ludhiana, Punjab)69.63
4Banaras Hindu University (BHU) (Varanasi, UP)68.32
5Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar (Bareilly, UP)67.76

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Top 5 in Indian Ranking 2024: Innovation

RankInstitute
1IIT Bombay (Mumbai, Maharashtra)
2IIT Madras (Chennai, Tamil Nadu)
3IIT Hyderabad (Hyderabad, Telangana)
4IISc (Bengaluru, Karnataka)
5IIT Kanpur (Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh (UP))

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Top 3 in Indian Ranking 2024: Open University

RankInstitute
1Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) (New Delhi, Delhi)
2Netaji Subhash Open University (Kolkata, West Bengal)
3Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University  (Ahmedabad, Gujarat)

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Top 3 in Indian Ranking 2024: Skill University

RankInstitute
1Symbiosis Skills and Professional University (Formerly Symbiosis Skill and Open University) (Pune, Maharashtra)
2Shri Vishwakarma Skill University (Palwal, Haryana)
3Bhartiya Skill Development University (Rajasthan)

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Top 5 in Indian Ranking 2024: State Public University

RankInstituteScore
1Anna University (Chennai, Tamil Nadu)78.14
2Jadavpur University (Kolkata, West Bengal)77.74
3Savitribai Phule Pune University (Pune, Maharashtra)70.26
4Calcutta University (Kolkata, West Bengal)68.96
5Panjab University (Chandigarh)67.43

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About Ministry of Education (MoE):
Union Minister – Dharmendra Pradhan(Constituency- Sambalpur, Odisha)
Minister of State (MoS)- Sukanta Majumdar(Balurghat,West Bengal(WB)), Jayant Chaudhary(Independent Charge-IC)(Rajya Sabha- Uttar Pradesh(UP))