IIT Madras tops, IISc Bangalore 2nd in NIRF Rankings

In National Institutional Rankings Framework(NIRF) ranking,Indian Institute of Technology(IIT) Madras had emerged as best institute in India in 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.IISc Bengaluru has maintained its status as one of the best institutes in the country and has been ranked at second place in the overall ranking. IIT Bombay has taken the third spot on top universities list. Two NITs have also made it to the list.

IIT Delhi, IIT Kanpur and IIT Kharagpur have been placed in fourth, fifth and sixth place respectively. Jawaharlal Nehru University and Banaras Hindu University have secured ninth and tenth ranks. AIIMS Delhi has bagged the top spot among medical colleges followed by PGIMER Chandigarh and Christian Medical College, Vellore. The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad ranked as the best B-School, while Jamia Hamdard was declared the top institution for pharmacy studies.

In the colleges category, Miranda House in Delhi bagged the first rank followed by Lady Sri Ram College for Women, Delhi and Loyola College, Chennai. NIRF Rankings 2021 were announced on Thursday, by Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan virtually. NIRF rankings were launched in 2015 and the first ranks were announced in 2016. Since the first rankings, the number of categories has increased from four to eleven. 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.