The Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today released the National Institute of Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2021. The list was revealed through a webcast on the official website of the ranking platform – nirfindia.org. IIT-Madras has managed to retain its number one position in the overall educational institutes and engineering categories. The institute has bagged the second position in the newly introduced ‘research’ category.
Last year, the NIRF rankings were released in online format owing to the pandemic. IIT Madras was adjudged the top institute (overall category) while the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore was the top university followed by Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).
The education institutes and universities all over India are ranked across several parameters including teaching, learning and resources, research and professional practices, graduation outcome outreach and inclusivity, and perception
While institutes have to register and submit data to NIRF ranking as well as make the same data public through its website. The NIRF also conducts physical audits and checks to ensure that the data provided is authentic. As per rules, if the institute is providing false data it can also be debarred from ranking and face consequences too.
e-Release of Indian Ranking 2021 under NIRF is live with Hon'ble Education Minister. Watch Here https://t.co/zjytR384Pz
— Ministry of Education (@EduMinOfIndia) September 9, 2021
