INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEW DELHI: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, continues to hog the limelight in the national rankings, leading the overall and
engineering categories for the fifth and eighth consecutive years respectively, while Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, retains
the best varsity spot for the eighth year in a row
Like in global rankings, in the ministry of education's National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) as well, the IITs and IISc are
leading the lists in various categories
IIT-Kanpur is the top institute in innovation in the NIRF 2023 rankings, while IISc is the top-ranked in research.The eighth edition of the
NIRF released on Monday observed that faculty with doctoral qualification is concentrated in top 100 institutions, while remaining have
fewer faculty with doctoral degrees
This is a serious handicap since mentorship received during the doctoral training can play a vital role in preparing the faculty for a
top 10 in the overall rankings.The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), which was ranked ninth last year, improved its ranking
to sixth this year, while Jawaharlal Nehru University retained its 10th position in the overall category.The ranking framework evaluates
institutions in five broad generic groups on the parameters of teaching, learning and resources, research and professional practice,
graduation outcomes, outreach, and inclusivity and perception.In the universities category the trio of IISc, JNU and Jamia Millia Islamia
The IISc continues to be the top university from the start of the rankings in 2015.Banaras Hindu University, which was ranked sixth last
year in the category, improved its rank and bagged the fifth spot.Among private players, Manipal Academy of Higher Education is the
top-ranked (6), followed by Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham in Coimbatore (7) and Vellore Institute of Technology (8).Among colleges, Miranda
House, Hindu College and Presidency College-Chennai retained the first and second and third positions
Bhubaneshwar, also improved its rank in medical sciences (from 18 to 16), dental sciences (9) and law (8) this time, as it leads the
are in the top 10 ranks.Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and Bangalore, retained the first and second ranks respectively among the
IIM-Calcutta, which was at the third spot last year, slipped to the fourth position while IIM-Kozhikode bagged the third position.In the
medical colleges category, AIIMS, Delhi, bagged the top spot, followed by PGIMER, Chandigarh, and Christian Medical College, Vellore
The trio bagged the same positions as last year
normalisation algorithms were introduced over the years, although the basic framework was kept intact
As a result, the ranking of institutions has largely remained consistent, especially amongst 25 top-ranked institutions, over the years,
although individual ranks might have changed by a few slots for some institutions due to performance variations across institutions on some
and the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, has bagged the top slot in this category.
