Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday announced the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) Rankings 2017 for the top Indian institutions at a press conference in Delhi. Talking about the overall top ranker in NIRF Rankings, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore has obtained the first position among all colleges in India. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras takes the title of the best engineering college among all colleges in India two years in a row.
National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) is a methodology adopted by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India, to rank all institutions of higher education in India.
Even in the 2016 NIRF rankings IIT Madras took the top position among engineering institutes. Among the top 10 this year, there are eight IITs including IIT Bombay, Kharagpur, Delhi and Roorkee. The other non-IIT institutes among the top 10 are Anna University, Chennai and Jadavpur University Kolkata.
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The Ministry of Human Resources Development set up a core committee to make the methodology to identify the broad parameters for ranking various universities and institutions based on the overall recommendations.
Last year, over 3000 private and public institutions had participated in the ‘India Rankings 2016‘. Separate list for each stream such as management, engineering, pharmacy etc has been released.
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Top 25 Engineering Institutes
1. Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
2. Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
3. Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
4. Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
5. Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
6. Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
7. Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
8. Anna University, Chennai
9. Jadavpur University, Kolkata
10. Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad
11. National Institute of Technology, Titruchirapalli
12. National Insititute of Technology, Rourkela
13. Vellore Institute of Technology
14. Institute of Chemical Technology
15. Indian Institute of Technology, Indore
16. Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
17. Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur
18. Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneshwar
19. Indian Institute of Technology, Patna
20. Jamia Millia Islamia
21. Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar
22. National Insititute of Technology, Surathkal
23. Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad
24. College of Engineering, Pune
25. Shanmugha Arts Science and Technology and Research Academy
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