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What makes a ‘good’ engineering college: Ranking, fees, placement – what matters most?
June 14, 2026 11:07 am
As aspirants prepare for engineering admissions, experts, professors and parents say choosing the right college requires looking beyond rankings and placement packages, with greater focus on faculty quality, internships, research exposure, innovation ecosystems and long-term career growth opportunities.
India needs an autonomous Research Integrity Office
May 25, 2026 7:04 am
Promotion, identification, and recognition of high-quality teaching and research across the academic ecosystem should receive the highest priority so that India’s enormous talent effectively takes the country to a truly leading position.
Education Ministry denies 'decline' claims of JNU NIRF rankings
April 04, 2026 9:37 am
The clarification further noted that in the Overall Category, the university has actually shown improvement rather than decline. As per the data cited, JNU moved up from the 10th position in 2024 to the 9th position in 2025.
IIM Udaipur to offer bilingual BBA course
October 11, 2025 2:11 pm
IIM Udaipur BBA Hindi, IIM Udaipur online BBA: The online BBA course in Hindi also has an option for students to pursue their education for a fourth year, which would help them secure a BBA (Honours) degree from IIM Udaipur.
NIRF set to introduce negative marking for retracted papers, poor quality research
October 04, 2025 9:59 am
The tenth edition of the NIRF was announced by Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on September 4. Since its inception, the NIRF has never had negative weightage.
Minister says drop in SPPU’s NIRF ‘perception’ scores due to protests; but figures mostly constant in 7 years
September 29, 2025 10:09 pm
SPPU’s rank in NIRF’s Overall category dropped from 37 in 2024 to 91 in the 2025 ranking released earlier this month.
‘Perception parameter a black box in NIRF rankings’: BITS Pilani Group V-C Ramgopal Rao urges more transparency
September 18, 2025 6:00 pm
Prof V Ramgopal Rao, who is also a former director of IIT Delhi, said that to ensure transparency, NIRF can take simple steps like displaying all the data submitted by institutions and showing the methodology for how universities’ scores are calculated.
NIRF Rankings 2025: AIIMS, Saveetha University—Top dental colleges
September 08, 2025 9:57 am
This is the first spot that has been snatched from Saveetha University, and AIIMS has been ranked the best. AIIMS has also been ranked the top institute under the medical category of the India Rankings 2025.
NIRF 2025 gets Sustainable Development Goals category; IIT Madras tops the list
September 08, 2025 9:59 am
NIRF 2025 Rankings: As many as 791 institutions have participated in the debut edition of NIRF 2025 SDG category.
NIRF Rankings 2025: IARI Delhi, Haryana's ICAR top Agriculture institutes
September 08, 2025 10:02 am
NIRF Rankings Agriculture Category 2025: In the list, Delhi's Indian Agricultural Research Institute, followed by Haryana's ICAR - National Dairy Research Institute, have achieved the top two spots.
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NIRF ranking 2018: Top 10 colleges in India
April 09, 2018 1:01 pm
In the latest NIRF ranking 2018, five Delhi University colleges have made it to the list of top 10 colleges in the country. The Union Human Resource Development Ministry’s national ranking framework was released today with Miranda House retaining its number one rank this year as well. St Stephens College, which participated in the ranking for the first time, has bagged second rank. Hindu College, which did not participate in the rankings last year, is at the fifth position in the top 10 list
NIRF Rankings 2018: Top 10 institutes, universities in India
April 09, 2018 12:56 pm
Like every year, the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) rankings were released by the Union Human Resource Development Ministry on April 3, at Vigyan Bhavan, Delhi. Taking the lead, the Indian Institute of Science (IISC) Bangalore ranked as the best overall institution and university in India with 82.16 score.
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Hema Malini would love Deepika Padukone to do her biopic: ‘A beautiful, talented girl’
Entertainment35 min ago
As yesteryear actor-turned-politician Hema Malini completed 60 years in Indian cinema, she participated in an event to commemorate the occasion. During the event, Hema agreed that Deepika Padukone would be an apt choice to portray her in a biopic, if it were to be made.
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