Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar released the National Institutional Ranking Framework – NIRF Indian rankings 2017 on 3rd April 2017. As per the reports this is ranking framework for higher education institutions, which has out with top 100 universities and institutes of engineering, management and pharmacy in the country.
The project this year had over 800 new participants. And according to the release,, IISc Bangalore tops the list of universities. Last year, all 122 centrally-funded institutions - including all central universities, IITs and IIMs - participated in the first round of ranking.
Top Institutions Overall:
1) IISc, Bengaluru
2) IIT, Madras
3) IIT, Bombay
4) IIT, Kharagpur
5) IIT, Delhi
6) Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Delhi
7) IIT, Kanpur
8) IIT, Guwahati
9) IIT Roorkee
10) IIT, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi
The framework is divided into two categories:
Category A – It covers the institutions with academic autonomy and a greater focus on research.
Category B – It is comprised of colleges and centres affiliated to a university and more focused on teaching. An institution can volunteer to be ranked in both categories
Below given parameters are the criteria to rank the participating institutes:
Teaching, Learning and Resources (TLR) - For TLR, institutes are assessed on multiple factors such as student strength, faculty-student ratio, financial resources and their utilization etc. The weightage for TLR in ranking is 0.30.
Research and Professional Practice (RPP) - For RPP, institutes are ranked on factors such as research papers and journals published, quality of publication etc. The weightage for RPP in ranking is 0.30.
Graduation Outcome (GO) - Under GO, institutes are ranked on factors such as placements, median salary, ratio of students admitted to top universities etc. Weightage for this metric for overall ranking is 0.20.
Outreach and Inclusivity (OI) - Under this criteria institutes are assessed on the diversity factor such as number of students from other states, women students etc. The weightage for this metric is 0.10.
Perception - Institutes are also assessed for peer and public perception. The weightage accorded to perception of an institute for overall ranking is 0.10.
Top 10 universities among 100 universities
1) Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
2) Jawahalal Nehru University, Delhi
3) Banaras Hindu University, Vasanasi
4) Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Research, Bengaluru
5) Jadavpur University, Kolkata
6) Anna University Chennai
7) University of Hyderabad, Telangana
8) University of Delhi
9) Amrita Vishwa Vidaypeetham, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
10) Savitribai Phule Pune University, Maharashtra
Top 10 Colleges in India
1) Miranda House, Delhi
2) Loyola College, Madras
3) Shri Ram College of Commerce, New Delhi
4) Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirapalli
5) Atama Ram Sanatan Dharma College, New Delhi
6) St Xavier's College, Calcutta
7) Lady Shri Ram College for Women, New Delhi
8) Dyal Singh College, New Delhi
9) Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, New Delhi
10) Womens' Christian College, Madras
Top 10 Engineering institutes
1) Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
2) Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
3) Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
4) Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
5) Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
6) Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
7) Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
8) Anna University, Chennai
9) Jadavpur University, Kolkata
10) Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad
Top 10 Management institutes
1) Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
2) Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
3) Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
4) Indian Institutes of Management, Lucknow
5) Indian Institute of Management, Kazhikode
6) Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
7) Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
8) Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
9) Jamshedpur Labour Relations Institute, Jamshedpur
10) Indian Institute of Management, Indore