NEW DELHI: The Indian Institute of Technology-Madras has retained the top position in the National Institutional Rankings Framework (NIRF) of the Ministry of Education, the results for which were announced on Thursday.

The institute has been ranked first in the 'Engineering' category for the 10th consecutive year and in the 'Overall' category for the 7th consecutive year. It also secured the number one rank in the 'Innovations' category (previously known as Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements), improving upon its position of number two last year.

In the 'Research Institutions' category, IIT-M retained the last year's position of number two, behind only the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. It also secured the number one rank in the newly introduced 'Sustainable Development Goals' (SDG) category.

IIT-Madras has been ranked number one in the Engineering category for every year since the NIRF Rankings were introduced.

Congratulating the students, faculty, alumni and non-teaching staff for their hardwork, Prof V Kamakoti, director, IIT-M, said being a topper consistently was the result of collective, cohesive and focused team effort.

Anna University, Chennai, was placed 29th in the overall category and second among State Public Universities. Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, bagged 17th position in the overall category, coming second after IIT-M among institutions in Tamil Nadu.

Bharathidasan University and University of Madras have secured 61st and 69th positions, respectively, in the same category. Tamil Nadu Agricultural University entered in the top 100 by getting the 88th rank.

Among deemed universities, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), SRM Institute of Science and Technology, and Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences were ranked 21, 22, and 23, respectively, in the overall category. PSGR Krishnammal College for Women and PSG College of Arts and Science, both in Coimbatore, secured 9th and 10th position, respectively, among colleges.