National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) Ranking 2023: Let's Explore the Background Salient Points and Rankings!
The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) was approved by the MHRD and launched by Honourable Minister of Human Resource Development on 29th September 2015.
This framework outlines a methodology to rank institutions across the country. The methodology draws from the overall recommendations broad understanding arrived at by a Core Committee set up by MHRD, to identify the broad parameters for ranking various universities and institutions. The parameters broadly cover “Teaching, Learning and Resources,” “Research and Professional Practices,” “Graduation Outcomes,” “Outreach and Inclusivity,” and “Perception”.
India Rankings – 2016 based on this framework were released on 4th April 2016.
For India Rankings – 2017, the main ranking parameters remain the same. However, there are a few significant changes in a few sub-parameters. Also, this year every large institution will be given a common overall rank as well as a discipline specific rank as applicable.
Details are in the Ranking Document available at
https://www.nirfindia.org/Docs/Ranking_Methodology_And_Metrics_2017.pdf
NIRF Ranking Methodology
As per the methodology of NIRF, there are five ranking parameters which are as follows:
Teaching,
Learning, and resources.
Research and professional practice.
Graduation outcomes.
The parameters broadly cover “Teaching, Learning and Resources,” “Research and Professional Practices,” “Graduation Outcomes,” “Outreach and Inclusivity,” and “Perception”.
Differences between NAAC and NIRF
NAAC evaluation method is qualitative, whereas NIRF has quantitative methodologies which it follows to provide ranks to educational institutions.
The existing literature restricted their study and analysis is for only comparative analysis for an accreditation process.
National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) – 10 Categories
NIRF ranks education institutions under 10 different categories. The 1st NIRF rankings released in 2016 had only 4 categories of institutions, 2017 saw the addition of 2 more categories of institutions. In 2020, overall 3800 education institutions had participated in the NIRF ranking process. NIRF 2020 rankings also saw the addition of a new category i.e. Dental institutions.
Below-table gives the categories of education institutions ranked under NIRF.
| Sl.No | Categories of Institutions |
| 1 | Engineering |
| 2 | Universities |
| 3 | Management |
| 4 | Pharmacy |
| 5 | Medical |
| 6 | Architecture |
| 7 | Law |
| 8 | Overall |
| 9 | Colleges |
| 10 | Dental |
NIRF Ranking – Main Parameters
The education institutions are ranked under NIRF as per 5 different parameters, which are listed below.
- Teaching, Learning & Resources – This parameter checks the core activities in the education institutions.
- Research and Professional Practice – Excellence in teaching and learning is closely associated with the scholarship
- Graduation Outcome – Tests the effectiveness of learning/core teaching
- Outreach & Exclusivity – Lays special emphasis on the representation of women
- Perception – Importance is also given to the perception of an institution
Engineering, management, pharmacy and architecture institutions
The approved set of parameter groups and the weightages assigned to them in respect of institutions offering programmes in engineering, management, pharmacy and architecture are given in the following table.
| Parameters | Category A institutions | Category B institutions |
| Teaching, learning and resources (TLR) | 0.30 | 0.30 |
| Research, professional practice and collaborative performance (RPC) | 0.30 | 0.20 |
| Graduation outcome (GO) | 0.15 | 0.25 |
| Outreach and inclusivity (OI) | 0.15 | 0.15 |
| Perception (PR) | 0.10 | 0.10 |
Overall and colleges
The approved set of parameter groups and the weightages assigned to them in respect of overall rating and for colleges are given in the following table, for 2018.
| Parameters | Overall | Colleges[ |
|---|---|---|
| Teaching, learning and resources (TLR) | 0.30 | 0.40 |
| Research, productivity, impact and IPR (RPII) | 0.30 | 0.15 |
| Graduation outcome (GO) | 0.20 | 0.25 |
| Outreach and inclusivity (OI) | 0.10 | 0.10 |
| Perception (PR) | 0.10 | 0.10 |
Discipline wise ranking framework documents can be viewed from the link below:
https://www.nirfindia.org/Documents
National Institutional Ranking Framework
Ministry of Education
Government of India
India Rankings 2023: Overall
The overall ranking of 2023 can be viewed from the link below:
https://www.nirfindia.org/nirfpdfcdn/2023/graph/Overall/IR-O-U-0436.png
However, The ranking details of some of the institution are given below
| Institute ID | Name | City | State | Score | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IR-O-U-0456 | Indian Institute of Technology Madras | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | 86.69 | 1 |
| IR-O-U-0220 | Indian Institute of Science | Bengaluru | Karnataka | 83.09 | 2 |
| IR-O-I-1074 | Indian Institute of Technology Delhi | New Delhi | Delhi | 82.16 | 3 |
| IR-O-U-0306 | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay | Mumbai | Maharashtra | 81.28 | 4 |
| IR-O-I-1075 | Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur | Kanpur | Uttar Pradesh | 77.23 | 5 |
| IR-O-N-15 | All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi | New Delhi | Delhi | 72.14 | 6 |
| IR-O-U-0573 | Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | Kharagpur | West Bengal | 71.82 | 7 |
| IR-O-U-0560 | Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee | Roorkee | Uttarakhand | 71.66 | 8 |
| IR-O-U-0053 | Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati | Guwahati | Assam | 68.78 | 9 |
| IR-O-U-0109 | Jawaharlal Nehru University | New Delhi | Delhi | 67.44 | 10 |
| IR-O-U-0500 | Banaras Hindu University | Varanasi | Uttar Pradesh | 67.21 | 11 |
| IR-O-U-0108 | Jamia Millia Islamia,New Delhi | New Delhi | Delhi | 65.52 | 12 |
| IR-O-U-0575 | Jadavpur University | Kolkata | West Bengal | 64.30 | 13 |
| IR-O-U-0013 | Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad | Hyderabad | Telangana | 64.24 | 14 |
| IR-O-U-0436 | Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham | Coimbatore | Tamil Nadu | 62.74 | 15 |
| IR-O-U-0234 | Manipal Academy of Higher Education-Manipal | Manipal | Karnataka | 62.71 | 16 |
| IR-O-U-0490 | Vellore Institute of Technology | Vellore | Tamil Nadu | 62.70 | 17 |
| IR-O-U-0439 | Anna University | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | 62.36 | 18 |
| IR-O-U-0496 | Aligarh Muslim University | Aligarh | Uttar Pradesh | 62.27 | 19 |
| IR-O-U-0042 | University of Hyderabad | Hyderabad | Telangana | 60.49 | 20 |
| IR-O-U-0467 | National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli | Tiruchirappalli | Tamil Nadu | 60.43 | 21 |
| IR-O-U-0120 | University of Delhi | Delhi | Delhi | 60.24 | 22 |
| IR-O-U-0570 | Calcutta University | Kolkata | West Bengal | 60.22 | 23 |
| IR-O-U-0139 | Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar | Gandhinagar | Gujarat | 58.89 | 24 |
| IR-O-U-0391 | Birla Institute of Technology & Science -Pilani | Pilani | Rajasthan | 58.76 | 25 |
| IR-O-U-0363 | Siksha `O` Anusandhan | Bhubaneswar | Odisha | 58.35 | 26 |
| IR-O-I-1441 | Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | 58.14 | 27 |
| IR-O-U-0273 | Indian Institute of Technology Indore | Indore | Madhya Pradesh | 58.00 | 28 |
| IR-O-U-0356 | Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology | Bhubaneswar | Odisha | 57.52 | 29 |
| IR-O-U-0304 | Homi Bhabha National Institute | Mumbai | Maharashtra | 57.09 | 30 |
| IR-O-U-0701 | Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi | Varanasi | Uttar Pradesh | 57.08 | 31 |
| IR-O-U-0473 | S.R.M. Institute of Science and Technology | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | 56.44 | 32 |
| IR-O-U-0378 | Indian Institute of Technology Ropar | Rupnagar | Punjab | 56.16 | 33 |
| IR-O-U-0305 | Indian Institute of Science Education & Research Pune | Pune | Maharashtra | 56.05 | 34 |
| IR-O-U-0323 | Savitribai Phule Pune University | Pune | Maharashtra | 55.78 | 35 |
| IR-O-U-0447 | Bharathiar University | Coimbatore | Tamil Nadu | 55.58 | 36 |
| IR-O-U-0357 | National Institute of Technology Rourkela | Rourkela | Odisha | 55.52 | 37 |
| IR-O-U-0237 | National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal | Surathkal | Karnataka | 55.47 | 38 |
| IR-O-U-0368 | Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research | Puducherry | Pondicherry | 55.41 | 39 |
| IR-O-I-1480 | Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (Deemed-to-be-university) | Patiala | Punjab | 55.17 | 40 |
| IR-O-U-0308 | Institute of Chemical Technology | Mumbai | Maharashtra | 54.53 | 41 |
| IR-O-U-0205 | Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) | Dhanbad | Jharkhand | 53.86 | 42 |
| IR-O-U-0572 | Indian Institute of Science Education & Research Kolkata | Mohanpur | West Bengal | 53.72 | 43 |
| IR-O-U-0078 | Panjab University | Chandigarh | Chandigarh | 53.31 | 44 |
| IR-O-U-0747 | Chandigarh University | Mohali | Punjab | 53.29 | 45 |
| IR-O-U-0379 | Lovely Professional University | Phagwara | Punjab | 53.22 | 46 |
| IR-O-U-0260 | Kerala University | Thiruvananthapuram | Kerala | 52.75 | 47 |
| IR-O-U-0458 | Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education | Srivilliputtur | Tamil Nadu | 52.52 | 48 |
| IR-O-U-0476 | Shanmugha Arts Science Technology & Research Academy | Thanjavur | Tamil Nadu | 52.00 | 49 |
| IR-O-U-0020 | Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation University (K L College of Engineering) | Vaddeswaram | Andhra Pradesh | 51.96 | 50 |
| IR-O-U-0377 | Indian Institute of Science Education & Research, Mohali | Mohali | Punjab | 51.86 | 51 |
| IR-O-U-0262 | Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam | Kottayam | Kerala | 51.84 | 52 |
| IR-O-U-0025 | National Institute of Technology Warangal | Warangal | Telangana | 51.83 | 53 |
References
- ^ "National Institutional Ranking Framework: Overview". MHRD, Government of India. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ^ "Dismal show of Haryana educational institutes in NIRF ranking". Hindustan Times. 10 September 2021.
- ^ "NIRF India Rankings 2018: IISc Bangalore overall best, AIIMS Delhi tops medical institutes' list - Times of India". The Times of India. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
- ^ "Department of Higher Education Budget Allocations 2021-22" (PDF). Ministry of Finance, Government of India. p. 89. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- NIRF Ranking framework documents 2023
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