The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, is once again the best institute of higher education in the country, followed by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru and IIT Bombay, according to the National Institutional Ranking Framework ( NIRF) from the Ministry of Education. 2022.
Among Indian universities, IISc, Jawahar Lal Nehru University, Jamia Milia Islamia, Jadavpur University and Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham were among the top five. And among the top five colleges in the country are Miranda House, Hindu College, President College, Loyola College and Lady Shri Ram College for Women.
The five major medical institutes are All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Christian Medical College, Vellore, National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences, Bangalore and Banaras Hindu University.
The top five management institutes are Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad, IIM Bengaluru, IIM Kolkata, IIT Delhi and IIM Kozhikode.
This is the seventh consecutive edition of the NIRF, which was launched in September 2015. It ranks colleges, universities and research institutes and also provides an overall ranking of all together. The institutes are also classified under seven fields, namely engineering, management, pharmacy, law, medicine, architecture, and dentistry.
A total of 4,786 institutions were rated on five metrics, which include teaching, learning and resources (TLR), research and professional practice, graduation outcomes, outreach, inclusiveness and perception.
While participation in the NIRF was voluntary in the early years, it was made mandatory for all public education institutions in 2018. Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said at an event to launch the ranking that the accreditation and evaluation of every institution of higher education will be made compulsory and all institutions will have to be part of the NIRF ranking system. He said the two accreditation systems – National Assessment and Accreditation Council for Institutional Accreditation (NAAC) and National Accreditation Council for Programs (NBA) – will be merged and institutes will be required to have either NAAC accreditation, or NIRF rank to qualify for government funding.
He also said that soon there will be an accreditation system for schools in the country.
