IIT-M tops HRD ministry rankings list, Tiruchy NIT declared category best

The Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, is at the second spot, while IIT Delhi is at the third spot. The ranking of the institutions across the country is based on the methodology outlined by the National Institutional RankingFramework or the NIRF, approved by the education ministry. The first list, based on this framework, was publishedin 2016.

Seven IITs are among the education ministry’s overall national ranking of higher institutes this year. Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi is at the seventh spot.

All India Institute of Medical Sciences ranks first among the medical sciences institutes and the National Law School, Bangalore, tops the list for law colleges.

Jamia Hamdard, based out of Delhi, has been ranked as the best pharmacy institute, and the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore ranks first among the management institutes.

In the national ranking of colleges, Delhi University’s Miranda House gets the top spot; while St Stephen’s is at the fourth spot.

Meanwhile, NIT, Tiruchy retained its first position among the 31 NITs across the nation and also found a place among the top 10 engineering institutions.

It is the only NIT to find a place in the top 10 engineering institutions in the country. In addition, its Architecture Department is ranked seventh and the Management Department is ranked seventeenth in the country.