Context: The 2024 National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) results were announced recently by Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. This annual ranking, based on a comprehensive evaluation of various educational institutions across India, highlights the best performers in multiple categories. The rankings are crucial as they influence the perception of institutions, guide students in making informed decisions, and drive institutional improvements.
Key Facts from article- As per National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) rankings-2024.
Top Institutes in Engineering
1. IIT Madras
2. IIT Delhi
3. IIT Bombay
Universities Rankings
Indian Institute of Science (Bengaluru) ranked as the best university in the country followed by Jawaharlal Nehru University Delhi and Jamia Millia Islamia.
Top Overall Institutes
1. IIT Madras
2. IISc Bengaluru
3. IIT Bombay
Top Management
1. IIM Ahmedabad
2. IIM Bangalore
3. IIM Kozhikode
Top Medical College- AIIMS Delhi leads in the medical category.
Top Colleges- Delhi University's Hindu College ranked as the best college in the country followed by Miranda House College and St. Stephen's College.
State Universities Ranking
1. Anna University, Chennai
2. Jadavpur University, Kolkata
Law Institutes
1. National Law School of India University, Bengaluru
2. National Law University, Delhi
Architecture and Planning
1. IIT Roorkee
2. IIT Kharagpur
Open universities
1. IGNOU
2. Netaji Subhash Open University, Kolkata
Innovation category
1. IIT Bombay
2. IIT Madras
Agriculture and allied sectors
1. Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
2. ICAR- National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal
Top research institutes
1. IISc, Bengaluru
2. IIT Madras
Top dental college
1. Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Science, Chennai
Best skill university
1. Symbiosis Skill and Professional University, Pune
Top-ranked institution for pharmacy
1. Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi
New Categories
The 2024 rankings, introduced three new categories: open universities, skill universities, and State public universities, bringing the total to 16 categories. The Ministry of Education is considering adding "sustainability" as a ranking criterion in the future and is exploring the inclusion of institutions from neighboring countries to make the rankings more comprehensive
Increased Participation and Future Directions
The 2024 NIRF rankings saw participation from 6,517 institutions, a significant increase in engagement.
About NIRF
- This framework outlines a methodology to rank institutions across the country since 2016.
- The methodology draws from the overall recommendations and broad understanding arrived at by a Core Committee set up by Ministry of Education (MoE), to identify the broad parameters for ranking various universities and institutions.
- The parameters broadly cover
Teaching, Learning & Resources (TLR)
- Student Strength including Doctoral Students (SS)
- Faculty-student ratio with emphasis on permanent faculty (FSR)
- The combined metric for Faculty with PhD (or equivalent) and Experience (FQE)
- Financial Resources and their Utilisation (FRU)Research and Professional Practices
Research and Professional Practice (RP)
- The combined metric for Publications (PU)
- The combined metric for Quality of Publications (QP)
- IPR and Patents: Published and Granted (IPR)
- The Footprint of Projects and Professional Practice (FPPP)
Graduation Outcomes (GO)
- Metric for University Examinations (GUE)
- Metric for Number of Ph.D. Students Graduated (GPHD)
Outreach and Inclusivity (OI)
- Percentage of Students from Other States/Countries (Region Diversity RD)
- Percentage of Women (Women Diversity WD)
- Economically and Socially Challenged Students (ESCS)
- Facilities for Physically Challenged Students (PCS)
- Perception (PR) Ranking
Peer Perception
Academic Peers and Employers (PR)
NIRF ranks different educational institutes in the following 16 categories
- Engineering
- Management
- Pharmacy
- Law
- Medical
- Dental
- Architecture and planning
- Agriculture and allied sectors
- Collages
- University
- Research
- Innovation
- Overall
- open universities
- skill universities
- State public universities