Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan released the NIRF Ranking 2021 on Thursday listing the top institutes and universities in India this year. The education minister went live from his Twitter handle with Minister of State Sanjay Dhotre and AICTE Chairman Anil Saharsrabudhe to announce the top universities of India. The live recordings an also be seen on YouTube and Twitter.
The top two institutes remain the same as last year in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF). IIT Madras has topped the ‘Overall’ NIRF Rankings and the second spot was taken by IISc Bengaluru. The third spot has changed from last year’s IIT Delhi to IIT Bombay.
The number of Indian institutes registered for the NIRF ranking 2020 increased by 20 percent as compared to 2019. In 2020, 3,800 institutes participated in NIRF Rankings. In 2021, the number was 6000.
The top institutes and universities of India are judged on the basis of certain predetermined factors for the NIRF Rankings. These include — Teaching, Learning & Resources (TLR), Research and Professional Practice (RP), Graduation Outcomes (GO), Outreach and Inclusivity (OI), Peer Perception.
Please note that depending on the category for which an institute has been judged, their scores may differ. The categories NIRF has chosen in 2021 to rank colleges in are:
Overall
Research
Universities
Engineering
Management
Pharmacy
Colleges
Medical
Law
Architecture
NIRF Ranking 2021: Top 20 institutes in ‘Overall’ category
Rank 1: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras
Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Score: 86.76
Rank 2: Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka
Score: 82.67
Rank 3: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra
Score: 82.52
Rank 4: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi
Location: New Delhi, Delhi
Score: 81.75
Rank 5: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur
Location: Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Score: 76.50
Rank 6: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur
Location: Kharagpur, West Bengal
Score: 75.62
Rank 7: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee
Location: Roorkee, Uttarakhand
Score: 71.40
Rank 8: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati
Location: Guwahati, Assam
Score: 69.26
Rank 9: Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)
Location: New Delhi, Delhi
Score: 66.61
Rank 10: Banaras Hindu University (BHU)
Location: Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Score: 63.10
Rank 11: Calcutta University (CU)
Location: Kolkata, West Bengal
Score: 61.45
Rank 12: Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Location: Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
Score: 59.87
Rank 13: Jamia Millia Islamia
Location: New Delhi, Delhi
Score: 59.54
Rank 14: Jadavpur University (JU)
Location: Kolkata, West Bengal
Score: 58.93
Rank 15: Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Location: Manipal, Karnataka
Score: 58.91
Rank 16: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad
Location: Hyderabad, Telangana
Score: 58.53
Rank 17: University of Hyderabad (UoH)
Location: Hyderabad, Telangana
Score: 57.67
Rank 18: Aligarh Muslim University
Location: Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
Score: 57.38
Rank 19: University of Delhi (DU)
Location: New Delhi, Delhi
Score: 56.03
Rank 20: Savitribai Phule Pune University
Location: Pune, Maharashtra
Score: 55.83
NIRF Ranking 2021: Top 3 ‘Research’ institutes in India
Rank 1: Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka
Score: 86.48
Rank 2: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras
Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Score: 86.01
Rank 3: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra
Score: 80.93
NIRF Rankings: Top 3 ‘Universities’ in India
Rank 1: Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka
Score: 82.67
Rank 2: Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)
Location: New Delhi, Delhi
Score: 67.99
Rank 3: Banaras Hindu University (BHU)
Location: Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Score: 64.02
NIRF Ranking 2021: Top 3 ‘Engineering’ institutes in India
Rank 1: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras
Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Score: 90.19
Rank 2: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi
Location: New Delhi, Delhi
Score: 88.96
Rank 3: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra
Score: 85.16
NIRF Rankings: Top 3 ‘Management’ institutes in India
Rank 1: Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad
Location: Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Score: 83.69
Rank 2: Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka
Score: 83.48
Rank 3: Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta
Location: Kolkata, West Bengal
Score: 80.04
NIRF Ranking 2021: Top 3 ‘Pharmacy’ institutes in India
Rank 1: Jamia Hamdard
Location: New Delhi, Delhi
Score: 78.52
Rank 2: Panjab University
Location: Chandigarh, Chandigarh
Score: 77.99
Rank 3: Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS)
Location: Pilani, Rajasthan
Score: 75.57
NIRF Rankings: Top 3 ‘Colleges’ in India
Rank 1: Miranda House
Location: New Delhi, Delhi
Score: 75.42
Rank 2: Lady Shri Ram College For Women
Location: New Delhi, Delhi
Score: 69.44
Rank 3: Loyola College
Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Score: 69.28
NIRF Ranking 2021: Top 3 ‘Medical’ colleges in India
Rank 1: All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)
Location: New Delhi, Delhi
Score: 92.07
Rank 2: Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER)
Location: Chandigarh, Chandigarh
Score: 82.62
Rank 3: Christian Medical College (CMC)
Location: Vellore, Tamil Nadu
Score: 75.33
NIRF Ranking: Top 3 ‘Law’ colleges in India
Rank 1: National Law School of India University
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka
Score: 78.06
Rank 2: National Law University (NLU)
Location: New Delhi, Delhi
Score: 74.55
Rank 3: Nalsar University of Law
Location: Hyderabad, Telangana
Score: 72.39
NIRF Ranking 2021: Top 3 ‘Architecture’ institutes in India
Rank 1: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee
Location: Roorkee, Uttarakhand
Score: 82.65
Rank 2: National Institute of Technology (NIT) Calicut
Location: Kozhikode, Kerala
Score: 76.50
Rank 3: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur
Location: Kharagpur, West Bengal
Score: 76.14
NIRF Rankings: Top 3 ‘Dental’ institutes in India
Rank 1: Manipal College of Dental Sciences
Location: Udupi Karnataka
Score: 81.30
Rank 2: Dr. DY Patil Vidyapeeth
Location: Pune, Maharashtra
Score: 80.72
Rank 3: Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences
Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Score: 78.33