National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF)

• National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) is a ranking methodology adopted by the Ministry of Education, Government of India, to rank institutions of higher education in India.

• It was approved by the former Ministry of Human Resource Development (now the Ministry of Education) and launched in 2015.

• While participation in the NIRF was initially voluntary, it became mandatory in 2018 for all government-run educational institutions.

• NIRF ranks the best institutions across 13 categories: overall national ranking, universities, engineering, college, medical, management, pharmacy, law, architecture, dental and research, innovation and agriculture & allied Sectors.

• The NIRF assisted institutions in gaining a better understanding of their annual performance as well as their competitors and peer performers.

Highlights of NIRF Rankings 2024

• IIT-Madras is the best institute in India.

• IISc Bengaluru is the top university followed by JNU New Delhi and JMI New Delhi in the second and third positions respectively.

• The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) has been ranked as the best management institute for the fifth consecutive year in the NIRF India Rankings 2024.