IIT-Madras tops overall list; JNU and BHU among best institutes: NIRF Rankings 2022

The seventh edition of the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) Rankings 2022 was released by the Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today through a virtual event. The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras was announced as the best university in the overall category this year.

Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru was a close second, followed by IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi and IIT Kanpur as the top five institutes in the overall category. This year’s too, IITs dominated the list as IIT Kharagpur, IIT Roorkee and IIT Guwahati have followed IIT Kanpur to complete the top 8 ranks. AIIMS-Delhi has secured the ninth rank and JNU is ranked tenth.

(Graphics by Dinkar Sasi)

This year, IIT Madras has also been ranked as the best engineering college in the country, for yet another year.

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In 2021, too, IIT Madras had topped the overall category with IISc Bengaluru at number 2 and IIT-Bombay at number 3. IIT Delhi and IIT Kanpur had followed in the top 5 list.

Institutes are assessed on five main parameters: teaching, learning and resources, research and professional practices, graduation outcomes, outreach and inclusivity, and perception. The institute that tops the overall category is labelled as the best not just in its own domain, but in all streams, colleges, and even universities across India.