HRD Minister Ramesh Nishank Pokhriyal on Thursday announced the NIRF Rankings 2020 listing the top institutes and universities in India this year. The NIRF rankings are usually announced in April but were delayed this year due to the Covid-19 crisis. This is the NIRF rankings fifth edition included Dental colleges for first time.
The Education minister went live from his Twitter handle with Minister of State Sanjay Dhotre and AICTE Chairman Anil Saharsrabudhe releases the NIRF Rankings 2020 in 10 categories which included Overall, Universities, Engineering, Colleges, Management, Pharmacy, Medical, Architecture, Law and Dental.
IIT Madras emerged as topper in the overall category of NIRF Rankings 2020 and the second and third spots were taken by IISc Bengaluru and IIT Delhi.
HRD minister in his live webinar said “I request the UGC Chairman to make it compulsory for all the universities to participate in the NIRF Rankings from next year.” India has over 45,000 degree colleges, over 1000 universities.
For the NIRF rankings, the Indian institutes and universities are judged on the basis of certain predetermined factors — Teaching, Learning & Resources (TLR), Research and Professional Practice (RP), Graduation Outcomes (GO), Outreach and Inclusivity (OI), Peer Perception. Each of these parametres includes sub-parametres as well.
Check out the top 20 institutes in India, and the top 3 from every other category as below.
NIRF Rankings 2020: Top 20 Institutes in ‘Overall’ Category
Rank 1: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Rank 2: Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru, Karnataka
Rank 3: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, New Delhi
Rank 4: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Rank 5: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, West Bengal
Rank 6: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Rank 7: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati, Assam
Rank 8: Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi,
Rank 9: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, Uttarakhand
Rank 10: Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Rank 11: Calcutta University (CU), Kolkata, West Bengal
Rank 12: Jadavpur University (JU), Kolkata, West Bengal
Rank 13: Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
Rank 14: Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka
Rank 15: University of Hyderabad (UoH), Hyderabad, Telangana
Rank 16: Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, Delhi
Rank 17: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad, Telangana
Rank 18: University of Delhi (DU), New Delhi, Delhi
Rank 19: Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra
Rank 20: Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
NIRF Rankings: Top 3 Universities in India
Rank 1: Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru, Karnataka
Rank 2: Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, Delhi
Rank 3: Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Top 3 Engineering Institutes in India
Rank 1: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Rank 2: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, New Delhi, Delhi
Rank 3: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Top 3 Management Institutes in India
Rank 1: Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Rank 2: Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore, Karnataka
Rank 3: Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal
Top 3 Pharmacy Institutes in India
Rank 1: Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, Delhi
Rank 2: Panjab University, Chandigarh, Chandigarh
Rank 3: National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Mohali, Punjab
NIRF Rankings: Top 3 ‘Colleges’ in India
Rank 1: Miranda House, New Delhi, Delhi
Rank 2: Lady Shri Ram College For Women, New Delhi, Delhi
Rank 3: Hindu College, New Delhi, Delhi
Top 3 Medical Colleges in India
Rank 1: All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, Delhi
Rank 2: Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Chandigarh
Rank 3: Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu
Top 3 Law Colleges in India
Rank 1: National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, Karnataka
Rank 2: National Law University (NLU), New Delhi, Delhi
Rank 3: Nalsar University of Law, Hyderabad, Telangana
Top 3 Architecture Institutes in India
Rank 1: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, West Bengal
Rank 2: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, Uttarakhand
Rank 3: National Institute of Technology (NIT) Calicut, Kozhikode, Kerala
Top 3 Dental Institutes in India
Rank 1: Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, New Delhi, Delhi
Rank 2: Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Udupi, Karnataka
Rank 3: Dr. DY Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune, Maharashtra
Here we have shared the Top Institutes of India based on NIRF Rankings 2020. If you have any queries or comments, please post in the below comment box.
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