Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, is at top spot in the national rankings of institutions in overall and engineering categories for the fifth and eighth consecutive year respectively. Bengaluru-based Indian Institute of Science (IISc) was adjudged the best university for the eighth year in a row, as per the latest education ministry's National Institutional Ranking Framework.
In NIRF-2023, Miranda House came on top in the category of colleges for the seventh year, followed by Hindu College and Presidency College, Chennai. IISc Bengaluru was also adjudged the best research institute and IIT-Kanpur ranked first for innovation.
In the universities category, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and Jamia Millia Islamia retained their second and third ranks, respectively, while Jadavpur University occupied the 4th position. Banaras Hindu University (BHU) moved one rank up to bag the fifth spot.
In the medical colleges category, AIIMS (Delhi) bagged the top spot, followed by PGIMER, Chandigarh, and Christian Medical College, Vellore - same as last year. AIIMS has occupied the top slot in medical for the sixth consecutive year while it moved to the 6th position in the overall category. In the engineering category, eight IITs – Madras, Delhi, Bombay, Kanpur, Roorkee, Kharagpur, Guwahati and Hyderabad – figured among the Top 10.
The eighth edition of NIRF observed that faculty with doctoral qualification is concentrated in the top 100 institutions.