3 new categories added to NIRF rankings this year: Highlights from India Rankings 2024

The Ministry of Education has announced the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2024. This is the 9th edition of this report. On this occasion, three new categories have been added, namely: State Public Universities, Skill Universities, and Open Universities. The subject domain has been added to the ranking exercise.
The NIRF rankings are based on parameters such as teaching, learning, resources, graduation outcomes, research, perception, outreach, and inclusivity.
Institutes can view the ranking methodology here. Although the primary parameters have remained the same since 2017, there have been notable changes in the sub-parameters. This year, every major institution will receive an overall ranking as well as a discipline-specific ranking, where relevant.

NIRF Ranking Categories

Till 2023, NIRF rankings used to span through 13 categories: Overall, Universities, Colleges, Engineering, Management, Pharmacy, Medical, Law, Architecture, Dental, Innovation, Agriculture, Allied Institutions, and Research Institutions. With the three new categories added this year, the number has increased to 16.

NIRF Rankings 2024: Highlights

This year, Hindu College, Delhi has secured the top position in the colleges category while IIM Ahmedabad has topped in the management category. IISc Bengaluru leads the universities category, with JNU New Delhi taking second place and JMI New Delhi securing third. IIT Madras ranks as the top engineering institute. It has also bagged the first position in the overall category.