NIRF Ranking 2023: IIT Madras, IISC Bangalore, and IIT Delhi Secure Top Positions

NIRF released the rankings for the year 2023 and the top three institutions which topped the charts are the Indian Institute of Technology- Madras, Indian Institute of Sciences- Bangalore, and finally Indian Institute of Technology- Delhi.

The rankings were announced in a press conference by Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, who is the Minister of State Education and External Affairs.

According to Anil Sahasrabuddhe, Bangalore-based executive committee chairman for the National Assessment and Accreditation Council, the Ministry of Education established the Dr. Radhakrishnan Committee to look into criteria for assessment certification so that all educational institution data can be at the fingertips.

What do the NIRF rankings reveal?

NIRF rankings for this year were released for 12 categories and this year, NIRF increased its scope through the inclusion of a new category, Agriculture and Allied Sectors.

The top three universities in this field are Punjab Agriculture University in Ludhiana, National Dairy Institute in Karnal, and Indian Agriculture Research Institute in New Delhi.

Moreover, to more properly indicate its scope, the architecture field has also been renamed Architecture and Planning.

The IITs have yet again maintained their supremacy in the field of engineering of the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) Rankings 2023, continuing the trend from previous years. Therefore, this year the top three are IIT Madras, IIT Delhi, and IIT Bombay.

The best management school in India is IIM Ahmedabad, followed by IIM Bangalore and IIM Kozhikode.

Regarding university rankings, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, came in first, followed by JNU and Jamia Millia Islamia.

In the college category, Presidency College in Chennai took third place after Miranda House and Hindu College of Delhi University.

In the category of law, NLU Bengaluru took first place, followed by NLU Delhi and NALSAR, Hyderabad.

This year as well, the top three medical research institutions are in the same order: AIIMS, Delhi at the first place followed by PGIMER, Chandigarh, and Christian Medical College, Vellore.

Universities from Tamil Nadu are leading 

The top 100 list for the university category of the NIRF ranking 2023 includes 22 universities from Tamil Nadu.

Even though there are 22 state universities on the list (last year it was 21), academics are concerned because most of them are performing worse than they did last year.

Only Anna University, Bhrathidasan University, and Periyar University of the nine state universities in the top 100 list for universities have improved.

This year, Periyar University was ranked 59 (last year it was 63), Bharathidasan University was ranked 57 (last year it was at 41), and Anna University stand at the 14th stand while last year it was at 20.

Moreover, at position 93, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University is a newcomer to the rankings.

NMIMS is still in the race: How?

The well-known management institute Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) from the city recently made news after the University Grants Commission (UGC) banned it from providing online and distant learning programs due to a violation of norms.

According to the notice given by the UGC in April, NMIMS had broken UGC rules regarding the operation of the institute for internal quality assurance (CIQA), the caliber of self-learning materials and electronic learning materials (e-LM), and the nomenclature of the center for distance and online learning. 

Even after all this, the institute continues to retain its position in the top 50 management institutes across the country according to the NIRF ranking.

What is NIRF ranking?

According to the official website, this framework outlines a methodology to rank institutions across the country. Moreover, the methodology comes from the overall recommendations and broad understanding arrived at by a Core Committee set up by the Ministry of Human Resource Department (MHRD), to identify the broad parameters for ranking various universities and institutions. The parameters broadly cover “Teaching, Learning and Resources,” “Research and Professional Practices,” “Graduation Outcomes,” “Outreach and Inclusivity,” and “Perception’.

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