NIRF Rankings 2021 released: IIT Madras upsets IIT Delhi again; IIM Ahmedabad and Miranda House retains the top spot! (check the overall list)

The Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan recently released the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) rankings 2021, today, putting IIM Ahemdabad, IIT Madras, and Miranda House at the top in the category of B-Schools (Management), Engineering, and Colleges respectively. Scroll down to check the complete rankings.

First launched in 2015 by the Honourable Minister of Human Resource Development, NIRF outlines a methodology to rank institutions across the country. Each passing year, the number of colleges and universities participating in the NIRF rankings have increased and so is the number of categories in which the colleges are ranked. In 2016, the institutes were ranked in only 4 categories which increased from 9 in 2019 to 11 categories in 2021!

The 11 categories for the NIRF Ranking 2021 are as follows:

Overall	University
Management	College
Pharmacy	Medical
Engineering	Architecture
ARIIA (Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements)	Law
Research institutions (introduced in 2021)

The parameters adopted to derive at the NIRF India Rankings include:

Teaching, Learning and Resources
Research and Professional Practices
Graduation Outcomes
Outreach and Inclusivity
Perception

*The parameters and their weightage differ for all the categories of NIRF Ranking.

IIT Madras again upsets IIT Delhi!

NIRF Ranking 2021 - Category: Engineering

Institute	Ranking
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras	1
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi	2
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay	3
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur	4
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur	5
Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee	6
Indian Intsitute of Technology, Guwahati	7
Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad	8
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli	9
National Institute of Technology, Surathkal	10

IIM Ahmedabad shines once again!

NIRF Ranking 2021 - Category: B-School

Institute	Ranking
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad	1
Indian Institutes of Management, Bangalore	2
Indian Institutes of Management, Calcutta	3
Indian Institutes of Management, Kozhikode	4
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi	5

Also read: IIT Madras, IIT Delhi and IIT Bombay maintain their legacy in the NIRF 2020 engineering rankings

Delhi colleges rule the NIRF Rankings 2021, Miranda ranks 1st!

NIRF Ranking 2021 - Category: Colleges

Institute	Ranking
Miranda House, Delhi	1
Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi	2
Loyola College, Chennai	3
St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata	4
Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, Howrah	5
PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore	6
Presidency College, Chennai	7
St. Stephen’s College, Delhi	8
Hindu College, Delhi	9
Sri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi	10

Read the full NIRF ranking 2021 here!

Congratulations to all the winning colleges!

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