Context: Recently the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), under the Union Ministry of Education, announced the India Rankings 2023 of higher education institutions. The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Madras in Chennai remained the best educational institution in overall rankings for the fifth consecutive term. The Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru ranked as the best university in the country for eight years in a row.
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 MHRD, 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 13 categories
- Engineering
- Management
- Pharmacy
- Law
- Medical
- Dental
- Architecture and planning
- Agriculture and allied sectors
- Collages
- University
- Research
- Innovation
- Overall
