The Ministry of Education has released the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2023, today, 5th June at 11 am. Minister of State for Education and External Affairs, Rajkumar Ranjan Singh announced the rankings today. The rankings can be accessed on the official website of NIRF at nirfindia.org.
IIT Madras has once again topped the overall rankings. IISc Bengaluru has grabbed the “top university” spot this year, with JNU and Jamia Millia Islamia in the second and third spots. Indian Agricultural Research Institute has secured the top rank in agriculture and allied sectors, a category that has been introduced this year. IIM Ahmedabad has been ranked as the best management institute. The top college in the country is Miranda House, for the fourth time in a row.
According to the official website, the institutions are judged on several criteria. The parameters of the rankings include — Teaching, Learning and Resources, Research and Professional Practices, Graduation Outcomes, Outreach and Inclusivity, and Perception.
The institutions are ranked in four categories: Overall, Colleges, Universities, and Research Institutions. The subject domains now consist of Engineering, Management, Pharmacy, Law, Medical, Architecture and Planning, Dental, and a new addition — Agriculture and Allied Sectors.
The NIRF was approved by the Ministry of Human Resource Development and was launched by the Minister of HRD on September 29, 2015. According to the NIRF Ranking 2022, IIT Madras had retained its position as the top college in India overall. It was followed by IISC Bangalore which was the best-ranking institute in research as well as in the university category.
India Rankings 2023: Overall category list
1. IIT Madras
2. IISc Bangalore
3. IIT Delhi
4. IIT Bombay
5. IIT Kanpur
6. AIIMS, New Delhi
7. IIT Kharagpur
8. IIT Roorkee
9. IIT Guwahati
10. JNU, New Delhi
1. Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
2. Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
3. Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
4. Jadavpur University, Kolkata
5. Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
6. Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
7. Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore
8. Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore
9. Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh
10. University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
India Rankings 2023 for colleges: Miranda House bags 1st place
1. Miranda House, New Delhi
2. Hindu College, New Delhi
3. Presidency College, Chennai
4. PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore
5. St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata
6. Atma Ram Sanatan Dharm College, New Delhi
7. Loyola College, Chennai
8. Ram Krishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Kolkata
9. Kirori Mal College, New Delhi
10. Lady Shri Ram College For Women, New Delhi
NIRF Rankings 2023 Innovation: Top 10 Institutes
1. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
2. Indian Institute of Technology Madras
3. Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
4. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
5. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
6. Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
7. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
8. Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design & Manufacturing, Kancheepuram
9. National Institute of Technology Calicut
10. Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi
NIRF Rankings: Agriculture and allied sectors top institutes
1. Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
2. National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal
3. Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana
4. Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
5. Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore.
NIRF Rankings 2023: Top 5 Medical Colleges in India
1. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi
2. Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
3. Christian Medical College, Vellore
4. National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences, Bangalore
5. Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research, Puducherry
NIRF Rankings: Top Institutes of Architecture and Planning
1. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
2. National Institute of Technology Calicut
3. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
4. National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli
5. School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi
NIRF Rankings 2023: Top 5 Law Institutes
1. National Law School of India University, Bengaluru
2. National Law University, New Delhi
3. Nalsar University of Law, Hyderabad
4. The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata
5. Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
NIRF Rankings 2023: Top 5 Research Institutions
1. Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
2. Indian Institute of Technology Madras
3. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
4. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
5. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
NIRF Rankings 2023: Top Engineering Institutes
1. Indian Institute of Technology Madras
2. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
3. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
4. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
5. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
6. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
7. Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
8. Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
9. National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli
10. Jadavpur University, Kolkata
India Rankings 2023: Top Management Institutes
1. Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
2. Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
3. Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode
4. Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
5. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
6. Indian Institute of Management Lucknow
7. National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai
8. Indian Institute of Management Indore
9. XLRI – Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur
10. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
NIRF Rankings 2023: Top 10 Pharmacy Institutes of India
1. National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Hyderabad
2. Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi
3. Birla Institute of Technology & Science – Pilani
4. JSS College of Pharmacy, Ooty
5. Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai
6. National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Mohali
7. JSS College of Pharmacy, Mysuru
8. Panjab University, Chandigarh
9. Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal
10. Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore
NIRF has witnessed growing participation of institutions in the rankings, since its inception. In 2016, 3,500 institutes participated while 8,686 institutes took part this year. With 13 categories, this edition of NIRF is the largest in its scope to date.
