New Delhi: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Madras continues to be the top institute in the country for the fifth consecutive year, according to the India Rankings 2023 report, released Monday, under the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF).
Published by the Ministry of Education, the report ranks higher education institutes in the country under various categories, including overall, university, college, engineering, management, medical, research, law, pharmacy, research and architecture. Two new categories — innovation and agriculture and allied sectors — have been added to the rankings from this year onwards.
For the fifth consecutive year, IIT-Madras aced the overall category, with the Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc), Bengaluru, being ranked second and IIT-Delhi coming in third spot.
IIT-Madras had been in news for the wrong reasons earlier this year, after four students allegedly died by suicide on campus.
The parameters on which institutes are ranked under NIRF include teaching, learning and resources — which cover student strength (including the number of doctoral students) and faculty-student ratio, with emphasis on permanent faculty, among others.
Another parameter is research and professional practice, which measures patents filed and quality of research at the institute.
Graduate outcomes — which measure the university examination results and number of PhDs completed — peer perception and outreach and inclusivity, are the other parameters.
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Other ranks
In the 2023 rankings, in the university category, IISc Bengaluru topped the list, followed by Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Delhi, in second rank and Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi, in third spot. Delhi University, yet again, did not find mention among the top 10. It has not been in the top 10 list since 2018, show past records.
In the engineering category, IIT Madras, Delhi and Bombay, were ranked at first, second and third places respectively. Indian Institute of Management (IIM)-Ahmedabad topped the management category, followed by IIM-Bangalore at number two spot and IIM-Kozhikode at number three. IIM Calcutta slipped from last year’s number three rank, to number four this year.
In the college category, Delhi’s Miranda House was ranked number one, followed by the city’s Hindu College at number two and Chennai’s Presidency College at number three spot.
The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi topped the medical institutes category, followed by the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh at number two and Christian Medical College, Vellore at number three.
The top law colleges according to the ranking are the National Law School of India University, Bangalore — number one — and the National Law University, Delhi and Nalsar University of Law, Hyderabad at number two and three, respectively.
(Edited by Poulomi Banerjee)
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