Shri Dharmendra Pradhan releases India Rankings 2024 in New Delhi
Shri Dharmendra Pradhan releases India Rankings 2024 in New Delhi
Union Minister for Education Shri Dharmendra Pradhan today released the India Rankings 2024, which implements the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) drafted for this purpose by the Ministry of Education in 2015. Secretary, Higher Education, Shri K. Sanjay Murthy; UGC, Prof. M Jagadesh Kumar; Chairman, AICTE, Prof. T.G. Sitharam; Chairman, NETF, Prof. Anil Sahasrabuddhe; Member Secretary, NBA, Dr. Anil Kumar Nassa, Additional Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Shri Sunil Kumar Barnwal; Joint Secretary, Shri Govind Jaiswal; Chairman, and other academicians, heads of the institutions, etc. were present on this occasion.
Shri Dharmendra Pradhan while addressing the audience said that Rankings, ratings and accreditation is a vital recommendation of NEP 2020. It is heartening that NIRF rankings deeply reflect the spirit of NEP, he added. The Minister congratulated all the HEIs who have demonstrated excellence in teaching, innovation, research, graduation outcomes and other parameters and bagged a place of pride in the India Rankings 2024.
The Minister stressed that knowing the quality, performance and strengths of an academic institution is a right of students and parents. Therefore, all the 58,000 HEIs in the country must come under the ranking and rating framework. Shri Pradhan stated that employability and skills are a priority. He also said that our ranking mechanism must also include skilling as a parameter. Intangible aspects are powerful stimulus to learning and development. We should devise mechanisms to bring intangible aspects of education in the rankings framework, he added.
The Minister urged to all the captains of Indian academia to come under the ranking framework, set ambitious goals and strive for higher rankings in future editions. Together, let’s foster an environment of educational excellence for realising the goal of Viksit Bharat, he added.
Dr. Sukanta Majumdar in his speech expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi for introducing the National Education Policy 2020 with inclusivity and innovations at its core for the academic institutes of the country. The healthy competition among the higher education institutes will improve their overall standards in the time to come, he added. Along with Research, student welfare, publications, etc. have been given weightage with the introduction of the NIRF, Dr. Majumdar said.
Shri K. Sanjay Murthy in his address mentioned how several workshops at national and regional levels for achieving better rankings are conducted by the Ministry of Education and specifically mentioned one that was organized during the Akhil Bhartiya Shiksha Samagam on 29th July 2024. He emphasized the importance of collaboration among academic institutes in the country and international institutes.
This is the 9th consecutive edition of India Rankings of HEIs in India. Four distinct additions to 2024 edition of India Rankings are as follows:
i) Introduction of three new categories namely State Public Universities, Open Universities, and Skill Universities; and
ii) Integration of “Innovation” ranking into the India Rankings using NIRF framework.
With the addition of three categories, i.e. Open Universities, State Public Universities and Skill Universities, the existing portfolio of India Rankings has increased to 16 categories and subject domains that have been ranked in India Rankings 2024.
During the maiden year of India Rankings 2016, rankings were announced for Universities as well as for three domain-specific rankings, namely Engineering, Management and Pharmacy. Over the period of nine years, seven new categories and five new subject domains were added to bring the total tally to eight categories, namely Overall, Universities, Colleges, Research Institutions, State Public Universities, Open Universities, Skill Universities and Innovation Institutions and 8 subject domains, namely Engineering, Management, Pharmacy, Architecture & Planning, Medical, Law, Dental and Agriculture and Allied Sectors.
Five Broad Categories of Parameters and Weightage
The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), launched in November 2015 by the Ministry of Education, was used for this edition as well as for the previous eight editions of India Rankings released for the years 2016 to 2023. Five broad categories of parameters identified in the NIRF and their weightage on scale of 10 are given below:
Sl.
No.
Parameter
Marks
Weightage
1
Teaching, Learning & Resources
100
0.30
2
Research and Professional Practice
100
0.30
3
Graduation Outcome
100
0.20
4
Outreach and Inclusivity
100
0.10
5
Perception
100
0.10
Each of these five parameters have 2 to 5 sub-parameters. A total number of 18 parameters are used for ranking of HEIs in different categories and subject domains. Institutions are ranked based on total sum of marks assigned for each of these five broad groups of parameters.
Besides, sourcing data on various parameters from applicant institutions, third party sources of data have also been used, wherever possible. Scopus (Elsevier Science) and Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics) were used for retrieving publications and citations data. Derwent Innovation was used for retrieving data on patents. Data retrieved from these sources was shared with the institutions for transparency with a provision to give their inputs.
Increase in Number of Applicants for India Rankings from 2016 to 2024
A total number of 6,517 unique institutions offered themselves for ranking under “Overall”, category-specific and / or domain-specific rankings for India Rankings 2024. In all, 10,845 applications for ranking were made by these 6,517 unique institutions under various categories / domains including 2,781 in Overall Category, 1,463 in Engineering, and 3,371 in General Degree Colleges. A noticeable increase in institutional participation in the rankings exercise this year indicates its recognition amongst institutions of higher education in India as a fair and transparent ranking exercise. Number of unique applicants to India Rankings have increased from 2,426 in 2016 to 6,517 in 2024 whereas total number of applications for ranking in various categories have increased from 3,565 in 2016, to 10,845 in 2024 i.e. total increase of 4091 (168.63% increase) in number of unique institutions and 7,280 (204.21% increase) in total number of applicants.
Increase in Number of Institutions Ranked in India Rankings from 2016 to 2024
Historically, 100 institutions have been ranked in the Overall, Universities, Engineering and College categories since inception of India rankings. In addition, 100 institutions each are ranked in Overall and Universities categories in two rank bands of 50 each. 200 additional institutions each are ranked in Engineering and Colleges in three rank bands consisting of two rank bands of 50 each, i.e. 100-150 and 151-200 and one rank band of 100 each i.e. 201-300. In Management and Pharmacy, the numbers of ranked institutions were increased from 75 to 100 each from 2022 onwards with additional 25 institutions each ranked in these two disciplines in a rank band of 25 each. For subject domains such as Architecture & Planning, Law, Medical, Dental, Research Institutions, Agriculture & Allied Sectors, the number of ranked institutions ranges from 40 to 50.
As far as newly introduced categories are concerned, 50 State Public Universities are ranked this year with additional 50 in rank band of 51-100. However, only three institutions each are ranked in the Open Universities and Skill Universities categories. In case of Innovation Institutions, while 10 institutions are ranked, addition 40 institutions are ranked in rank bands of 11-50.
Key Highlights of India Rankings 2024
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India Rankings; Top Institutions in All Categories and Subjects: 2016 – 2024
Overall
Institute Name
Year of Est
City
State
2024 Rank
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
1959
Chennai
Tamil Nadu
1
Indian Institute of Science
1909
Bengaluru
Karnataka
2
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
1958
Mumbai
Maharashtra
3
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
1961
New Delhi
Delhi
4
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
1959
Kanpur
Uttar Pradesh
5
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
1951
Kharagpur
West Bengal
6
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi
1956
New Delhi
Delhi
7
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
1847
Roorkee
Uttarakhand
8
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
1994
Guwahati
Assam
9
Jawaharlal Nehru University
1969
New Delhi
Delhi
10
Universities
Institute Name
Year of Est
City
State
2024 Rank
Indian Institute of Science
1909
Bengaluru
Karnataka
1
Jawaharlal Nehru University
1969
New Delhi
Delhi
2
Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi
1920
New Delhi
Delhi
3
Manipal Academy of Higher Education-Manipal
1993
Manipal
Karnataka
4
Banaras Hindu University
1916
Varanasi
Uttar Pradesh
5
University of Delhi
1922
Delhi
Delhi
6
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
2003
Coimbatore
Tamil Nadu
7
Aligarh Muslim University
1920
Aligarh
Uttar Pradesh
8
Jadavpur University
1955
Kolkata
West Bengal
9
Vellore Institute of Technology
1984
Vellore
Tamil Nadu
10
State Public Universities
Institute Name
Year of Est
City
State
2024 Rank
Anna University, Chennai
1978
Chennai
Tamil Nadu
1
Jadavpur University, Kolkata
1955
Kolkata
West Bengal
2
Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune
1949
Pune
Maharashtra
3
University of Calcutta, Kolkata
1857
Kolkata
West Bengal
4
Panjab University, Chandigarh
1882
Chandigarh
Chandigarh
5
Open University
Institute Name
Year of Est
City
State
2024 Rank
Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)
1985
New Delhi
Delhi
1
Skill Universities
Institute Name
Year of Est
City
State
2024 Rank
Symbiosis Skills and Professional University (Formerly Symbiosis Skill and Open University)
2017
Pune
Maharashtra
1
Colleges
Institute Name
Year of Est
City
State
2024 Rank
Hindu College
1899
Delhi
Delhi
1
Miranda House
1948
Delhi
Delhi
2
Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira
1941
Howrah
West Bengal
3
St. Stephens’s College
1881
Delhi
Delhi
3
Atma Ram Sanatan Dharm College
1959
New Delhi
Delhi
5
St. Xavier`s College
1860
Kolkata
West Bengal
6
PSGR Krishnammal College for Women
1963
Coimbatore
Tamil Nadu
7
Loyola College
1925
Chennai
Tamil Nadu
8
Kirori Mal College
1954
Delhi
Delhi
9
Lady Shri Ram College For Women
1956
New Delhi
Delhi
10
Research Institutions
Institute Name
Year of Est
City
State
2024 Rank
Indian Institute of Science
1909
Bengaluru
Karnataka
1
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
1959
Chennai
Tamil Nadu
2
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
1961
New Delhi
Delhi
3
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
1958
Mumbai
Maharashtra
4
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
1951
Kharagpur
West Bengal
5
Innovation Institutions
Institute Name
Year of Est
City
State
2024 Rank
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
1958
Mumbai
Maharashtra
1
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
1959
Chennai
Tamil Nadu
2
Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
1909
Bengaluru
Karnataka
3
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
2008
Hyderabad
Telangana
4
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
1959
Kanpur
Uttar Pradesh
5
Engineering
Institute Name
Year of Est
City
State
2024 Rank
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
1959
Chennai
Tamil Nadu
1
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
1961
New Delhi
Delhi
2
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
1958
Mumbai
Maharashtra
3
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
1959
Kanpur
Uttar Pradesh
4
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
1951
Kharagpur
West Bengal
5
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
1847
Roorkee
Uttarakhand
6
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
1994
Guwahati
Assam
7
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
2008
Hyderabad
Telangana
8
National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli
1964
Tiruchirappalli
Tamil Nadu
9
Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi
2012
Varanasi
Uttar Pradesh
10
Management
Institute Name
Year of Est
City
State
2024 Rank
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
1961
Ahmedabad
Gujarat
1
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
1973
Bengaluru
Karnataka
2
Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode
1996
Kozhikode
Kerala
3
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
1961
New Delhi
Delhi
4
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
1961
Kolkata
West Bengal
5
Indian Institute of Management Mumbai (Formerly NITIE)
1963
Mumbai
Maharashtra
6
Indian Institute of Management Lucknow
1984
Lucknow
Uttar Pradesh
7
Indian Institute of Management Indore
1996
Indore
Madhya Pradesh
8
Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI)
1949
Jamshedpur
Jharkhand
9
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
1958
Mumbai
Maharashtra
10
Pharmacy
Institute Name
Year of Est
City
State
2024 Rank
Jamia Hamdard
1989
New Delhi
Delhi
1
National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Hyderabad
2007
Hyderabad
Telangana
2
Birla Institute of Technology & Science -Pilani
1964
Pilani
Rajasthan
3
JSS College of Pharmacy
1980
Ooty
Tamil Nadu
4
Institute of Chemical Technology
1933
Mumbai
Maharashtra
5
JSS College of Pharmacy
1973
Mysore
Karnataka
6
Panjab University
1882
Chandigarh
Chandigarh
7
Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal
1963
Udupi
Karnataka
8
National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Mohali
1991
Mohali
Punjab
9
SVKM`s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies
2006
Mumbai
Maharashtra
10
Architecture and Planning
Institute Name
Year of Est
City
State
2024 Rank
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
1847
Roorkee
Uttarakhand
1
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
1951
Kharagpur
West Bengal
2
National Institute of Technology Calicut
1961
Kozhikode
Kerala
3
Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur
1856
HOWRAH
West Bengal
4
School of Planning and Architecture New Delhi
1942
New Delhi
Delhi
5
Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology University
1962
Ahmedabad
Gujarat
6
Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
1920
New Delhi
Delhi
7
National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli
1964
Tiruchirappalli
Tamil Nadu
8
National Institute of Technology Rourkela
1961
Rourkela
Odisha
9
Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur
1960
Nagpur
Maharashtra
10
Law
Institute Name
Year of Est
City
State
2024 Rank
National Law School of India University
1986
Bengaluru
Karnataka
1
National Law University
2008
New Delhi
Delhi
2
Nalsar University of Law
1998
Hyderabad
Telangana
3
The West Bengal National University of Juridicial Sciences
1999
Kolkata
West Bengal
4
Symbiosis Law School
1977
Pune
Maharashtra
5
Medical
Institute Name
Year of Est
City
State
2024 Rank
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi
1956
New Delhi
Delhi
1
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research
1962
Chandigarh
Chandigarh
2
Christian Medical College
1942
Vellore
Tamil Nadu
3
National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences, Bangalore
1974
Bangalore
Karnataka
4
Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research
1823
Puducherry
Pondicherry
5
Dental
Institute Name
Year of Est
City
State
2024 Rank
Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences
2005
Chennai
Tamil Nadu
1
Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal
1965
Udupi
Karnataka
2
Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences
1983
Delhi
Delhi
3
Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth
2003
Pune
Maharashtra
4
King George`s Medical University
1905
Lucknow
Uttar Pradesh
5
Agriculture and Allied Sectors
Institute Name
Year of Est
City
State
2024 Rank
Indian Agricultural Research Institute
1905
New Delhi
Delhi
1
ICAR – National Dairy Research Institute
1923
Karnal
Haryana
2
Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana
1962
Ludhiana
Punjab
3
Banaras Hindu University
1916
Varanasi
Uttar Pradesh
4
Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar
1889
Bareilly
Uttar Pradesh
5