The National Institutional Rankings Framework (NIRF rankings) 2024 has been announced today, August 12. The announcement of the NIRF 2024 rankings was made by Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan through a press conference held at the Bharat Mandapam. Minister of State for Education, Dr Sukanta Majumdar were also present at the press conference. The top higher education institutions are ranked in 13 different categories. The ninth edition of the ranking includes overall, university, colleges, engineering, management, pharmacy, law, medical, and architecture categories. Apart from the existing 13 categories, this year, three more new categories have been introduced including open universities, skill universities, and state-funded government universities. While addressing the event, Prof Anil Sahasrabudhe said that the Sustainability ranking category will also be added next year. Individuals can check the NIRF rankings 2023 at the official website, nirfindia.org. This year, the number of participating institutes has also increased. As per the information, more than, 10,000 institutes participated in the NIRF rankings 2024.
It should be noted that IIT Madras has maintained its top position in the engineering category for seven consecutive years, since the inception of the rankings. This year also, it emerged as the top higher education institution in the 'overall' category. In 2023, IIT Madras was announced as the best institute in the overall and engineering categories. IISC Bengaluru secured the top university position, and Miranda House of Delhi University emerged as the number one college. Check category-wise All India NIRF ranking 2024 below.
