India’s Minister of State for Education and External Affairs, Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, released the 2023 National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) Rankings.
DESK – Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, the Minister of State for Education and External Affairs, unveiled the India Rankings 2023 today.
This ranking system, first introduced by the Ministry of Education in 2015, provides a useful tool for students choosing between higher educational institutions (HEIs) based on their relative standing in different categories and subject domains.
Dignitaries present at the release included K Sanjay Murthy, Secretary (HE), Prof. M Jagadesh Kumar, Chairman, UGC, Prof. T.G. Sitharam, Chairman, AICTE, Prof. Anil Sahasrabuddhe, Chairman, NETF and NBA, Dr. Abhay Jere, Vice Chairman, AICTE and Dr. Anil Kumar Nassa, Member Secretary, NBA, along with several vice chancellors and directors of higher education institutions.
The Minister emphasised the importance of rankings and accreditations in assessing the quality of educational programs and encouraged more institutions to participate in the rankings and accreditation process.
A total of 5,543 unique institutions applied for ranking under various categories/domains, a significant increase from 2,426 in 2016.
Indian Institute of Technology Madras retained its 1st position in the overall category for the fifth consecutive year and in engineering for the eighth consecutive year.
Other top performers included the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, which topped the Universities Category for the eighth consecutive year, and IIM Ahmedabad, which held the top position in Management for the fourth consecutive year.
Key Highlights of India Rankings 2023
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Indian Institute of Technology Madras retains its 1st position in Overall Category for fifth consecutive year, i.e. 2019 to 2023 and in Engineering for eighth consecutive year, , i.e. from 2016 to 2023..
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Top 100 in Overall category consists of 44 CFTIs/ CFUs INI, 24 state universities, 13 deemed universities, 18 private universities, 4 agriculture and allied sector institutions, and 3 management institutions.
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Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru tops the Universities Category for eighth consecutive years, i.e. from 2016 to 2023. It stood first in Research Institutions Category for the third consecutive year, i.e. from 2021 to 2023.
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IIM Ahmedabad tops in Management subject retaining its first position for fourth consecutive year, i.e. from 2020 to 2023. It was ranked amongst top two in Management subject of the India Rankings from 2016 to 2019.
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All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi occupies the top slot in Medical for the sixth consecutive year, i.e. from 2018 to 2023. Moreover, AIIMS is ranked at 6th position in Overall category thereby improving from its 9th position in 2022.
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National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Hyderabad tops the ranking in Pharmacy for first time pushing Jamia Hamdard to the second slot. Jamia Hamdard was ranked at 1st position for four consecutive years, i.e., from 2019 to 2022.
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Miranda House retains the 1st position amongst Colleges for the seventh consecutive year, i.e. from 2017 to 2023.
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IIT Roorkee stands at 1st position in Architecture subject for third consecutive year, i.e. from 2021 to 2023.
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National Law School of India University, Bengaluru retains its first position in Law for the sixth consecutive year, i.e. from 2018 to 2023
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Colleges in Delhi maintained their dominance in ranking of Colleges with five colleges out of first 10 colleges from Delhi.
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The Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences takes the top slot for the second consecutive year.
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Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi takes the top slot in Agriculture and Allied Sectors.
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Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur tops in Innovation category.
NIRF Report can be accessed here.
