India Rankings 2021 of NIRF released

The Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan recently 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.

Key Highlights

• The ranking framework judges institutions under five broad generic groups of parameters of Teaching, Learning and Resources (TLR), Research and Professional Practice (RP), Graduation Outcomes (GO), Outreach and Inclusivity (OI) and Perception (PR). 
• Ranks are assigned based on the total sum of marks assigned for each of these five broad groups of parameters.
• This is the sixth consecutive edition of India Rankings of HEIs in India. During its maiden year in 2016, rankings were announced for the University category as well as for three domain-specific rankings, namely Engineering, Management and Pharmacy institutions. 
• Over the period of six years, three new categories and five new subject domains were added to bring the total tally to 4 four categories, namely Overall, University, College and Research Institutions and 7 subjects, namely Engineering, Management, Pharmacy, Architecture, Medical, Law and Dental in 2021. 

• Research institutions have been ranked for the first time in India Rankings 2021.

SOURCE: The Indian Express

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