NIRF ranking 2022: The National Law School of India University, Bengaluru retained the top position in the National Institutional Ranking (NIRF) 2022. The rankings were announced by Union Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan in a virtual address on Friday. NIRF Rankings 2022 | Top educational institutions | Best engineering colleges | Best colleges in India | Top medical colleges in India | Top universities in India | Best management colleges Meanwhile, National Law University, New Delhi remained the second-best institute in the rankings, while the third position was taken by Symbiosis Law School which significantly improved its position of ninth place last year. Nalsar University of Law, Hyderabad has slipped one position from third last year to fourth this year. Here are the top 10 law university of the country as per NIRF 2022: Rank 1: National Law School of India University, Bengaluru Rank 2: National Law University, New Delhi Rank 3: Symbiosis Law School, Pune Rank 4: Nalsar University of Law, Hyderabad Rank 5: The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata Rank 6: Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur Rank 7: Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi Rank 8: Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar Rank 9: Siksha `O` Anusandhan Rank 10: National Law University, Jodhpur Meanwhile, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore was ranked as the country’s premier university in the NIRF 2020 listings. New Delhi’s Jawaharlal National University (JNU) and Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) stood at the second and third positions. Every year, the HRD ministry releases the NIRF list, rating education institutes across the country based on their performance. The objective behind this ranking system is to encourage institutes to compete against each other and simultaneously work towards their growth. In addition, these rankings also attract foreign students, providing a solid base for the ‘Study in India’ programme.