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Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan The 9th edition of the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) Rankings 2024 was announced on Monday. The NIRF rankings, released annually, evaluate and rank higher education institutions in India based on various criteria.
In NIRF Ranking 2024, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore tops the University Ranking, followed by Jawaharlal Nehru University and Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi.
It is noteworthy that IISc Bangalore has been ranked second after IIT Madras in the NIRF list of best higher education institutions. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay has secured third place in the overall category ranking, followed by Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur and Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.
What is NIRF ranking?
The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) was approved by the Ministry of Human Resource Development and launched by the Minister of Human Resource Development on September 29, 2015. The framework outlines the methodology to rank institutions across the country.
The higher educational institutions have been listed in 13 categories – overall, universities, medicine, engineering, management, law, architecture, colleges, research institutes, pharmacy, dentistry, agriculture and allied sectors, and innovation.
Three new categories were added in the 2024 edition of the NIRF rankings – Open Universities, Skills Universities and State-funded Government Universities. Anil Sahasrabudhe said that the NIRF rankings will also include sustainability rankings from next year.
NIRF Ranking 2024: Weightage given to each parameter
Teaching, learning and resources, as well as research and professional practice, are each given a weightage of 30 per cent, graduation outcomes contribute 20 per cent, outreach, inclusion and perception make up 10 per cent of the total weightage.
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