NIRF ranking: IIT Madras best institution third year in row; IISc Bengaluru best for research

Indian Institute of Technology IIT Madras retained the top spot among institutes all over India for the third consecutive year whereas the Indian Institute of Science IISc Bengaluru was the best among research institutions as per the Ministry of Educations National Institutional Ranking Framework NIRF rankingsThe sixth edition of NIRF rankings was announced on Thursday by Union Education Minister Dharmendra PradhanSeven Indian Institutes of Technology IITs IIT Madras IIT Delhi IIT Bombay IIT Kharagpur IIT Kanpur IIT Guwahati and IIT Roorkee figured in the top 10 in the overall rankingsJawaharlal Nehru University and Banaras Hindu University were ranked ninth and tenth in the overall rankingsIn the universities category IISc Bengaluru bagged the top spot followed by JNU and BHU at second and third rankCalcutta University Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Jamia Millia Islamia Manipal Academy of Higher Education Jadavpur University University of Hyderabad and Aligarh Muslim Univeristy bagged the subsequent positions in the universities categoryRankings are the measure of the quality and excellence of an institution We must develop regional ranking frameworks and also work to ensure that our ranking framework emerges as a benchmark not only in the country but also globally especially for the developing economies Pradhan saidAlso read IIT Madras eSource seeks to tackle ewasteThe New Education Policy NEP also provides us with an opportunity to internationalise our education system We must work collectively to bring more and more institutions under our rankings framework and also establish India as a preferred global study destination he addedEight IITs Madras Delhi Bombay Kanpur Kharagpur Roorkee Guwahati and Hyderabad have bagged the top eight ranks among the engineering instituions category The National Institute of Technology NIT Tiruchirapalli and Suratkal have ranked ninth and tenth in the categoryAmong colleges Miranda House has been announced as the best college in the country followed by Lady Sri Ram College for Women and Loyola College Chennai at second and third rank respectivelySt Xaviers College Kolkata Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira Howrah PGSR Krishnammal College for Women Coimbatore Presidency College Chennai have bagged the fourth fith sixth and seventh rank respectivelyDelhi Universitys St Stephens College Hindu College and Shri Ram College of Commerce have been ranked eighth ninth and tenthIIM Ahmedabad Bangalore and Calcutta retained their first second and third rank respectively among the BSchools in the countryIn the pharmacy category the top institute is Delhis Jamia Hamdard followed by the Panjab University Chandigarh and the Birla Institute of Science and Technology BITS PilaniIn the medical colleges category AIIMS Delhi bagged the top spot followed by PGIMER Chandigarh and Christian Medical College VelloreThe ranking framework evaluates institutions on five broad generic groups of parameters of Teaching Learning and Resources TLR Research and Professional Practice RP Graduation Outcomes GO Outreach and Inclusivity OI and Perception PRRanks are assigned based on the total sum of marks assigned for each of these five broad groups of parametersThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever