The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has once again secured the top spot in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2024, marking its sixth consecutive year at the top of the rankings. The Ministry of Education announced the NIRF 2024 results on Monday.
IIT Madras retained its position as the leading institution, while the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru was recognized as the best university. IIT Madras has also been the top engineering college for the past nine years. In the management category, IIM-Ahmedabad, IIM-Bangalore, and IIM-Calcutta were listed among the top five.
The NIRF 2024 evaluates institutions based on five main criteria: teaching, learning, and resources; research and professional practice; graduation outcomes; outreach and inclusivity; and perception. This year, three new categories were added, bringing the total to 16 categories. These categories include overall rankings, universities, medical, engineering, management, law, architecture colleges, research institutions, pharmacy, dental, agriculture and allied sectors, innovation, state universities, open universities, and skill universities.
A total of 10,885 higher education institutions participated in this year’s NIRF. The National Institutional Ranking Framework, introduced by the Ministry of Education in 2015, is a ranking system designed to assess and rank higher educational institutions in India. The methodology for the rankings was developed by a Core Committee established by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) to define the broad parameters for evaluating universities and institutions.