NIRF Ranking 2019: The Indian Institute of Science (IISC) Bengaluru was ranked as the best overall institution and university in India in 2018
NIRF ranking 2019: The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) India Rankings 2019 will be released on April 8. As per the sources, the ranking will be announced on Monday by the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind.
From 2016, colleges and universities in the country are ranked according to set criteria for different fields and courses. The rankings will be announced under nine categories – Overall, Universities, Engineering, Colleges, Management, Pharmacy, Medical, Architecture, and Law.
The ranking is done on the basis of teaching, learning and resources, research and professional practices, graduation outcomes, outreach and inclusivity, and perception.
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Last year, the HRD Ministry released the ranking on April 3, 2019. Overall, the best institute was IISc and the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) was adjudged the best engineering college while the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) the best management institution. Delhi University’s Miranda House was the top college, premier healthcare institute AIIMS the best medical college and NLSIU-Bengaluru the best law school in the country.
1) Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
2) Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi
3) Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi
4) Anna University, Chennai
5) University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
6) Jadavpur University, Kolkata
7) University of Delhi, Delhi
8) Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore
9) Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune
10) Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh.


