IIT MADRAS TOP INSTITUTION IN RANKING

IIT MADRAS TOP INSTITUTION IN RANKING

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, is the country’s best in the field of higher education, according to the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIFR) released 

The Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, stands at the second place, followed by IIT- Delhi

Three top ranked universities were IISC, JNU and BHU

Three top ranked college were Miranda House, Lady Shri Ram College for Women, and Hindu College

Three best engineering institutions are all IITs, with Madras, Delhi and Bombay institutes making up top three

The Indian Institutes of management at Ahmadabad, Bengaluru and Kolkata took the top positions in the management category

National Law School of India University is the best for studying law, while the IIT – Kharagpur is the best place to study architecture

With regard to medical education, All India Institute of Medical Sciences stands first, followed by Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, and Christian Medical College, Vellore

Pharmacy category was topped by Jamia Hamdard University, while the newly introduced dental category had the Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences in the first place

Seven Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and Banaras Hindu University (BHU) were ranked as the top 10 educational institutions of 2020 in the overall category by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF)

These rankings come a day after the QS World University Rankings showed that India’s best – including the IISc and most IITs – have slipped in the global lists

Overall, 3,771 institutions registered in the ranking framework this year, which is a 20% increase in comparison to last year

National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF): It was approved by the MHRD

Launched by Minister of Human Resource Development on 29th September 2015

To rank institutions across the country

Draws from the overall recommendations broad understanding arrived at by a Core Committee set up by MHRD 

The parameters broadly cover “Teaching, Learning and Resources,” “Research and Professional Practices,” “Graduation Outcomes,” “Outreach and Inclusivity,” and “Perception”

Separate rankings for different types of institutions depending on their areas of operation like universities and colleges, engineering institutions, management institutions, pharmacy institutions and architecture institutions

In 2016, NIRF had four categories (Universities, Engineering, Management and Pharmacy), in 2017, two more categories namely, Overall and College, were added

The 2020 ranked lists were released by MHRD on June 11, 2020. For the first time, the Dental institutes were placed under a different ranking list