NIRF Ranking 2019: Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-Madras) topped the NIRF ranking 2019 this year in the overall category with 83.88 per cent score. The Indian Institute of Science (IISc), that was number 1 last year, has slipped to number 2 this year. The top sixth spot hold by the Indian Institute of Technologies (IITs) — Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi (Rank 3), Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (Rank 4), Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur (Rank 5), Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur (Rank 6). The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind announced the NIRF ranking on Monday, April 8. Jawaharlal Nehru University has secured the seventh spot, while Banaras Hindu University clinched the 10th position. READ | Top 25 universities in India NIRF ranking 2019: Top 10 educational institutions in India Rank 1: Indian Institute of Technology Madras Rank 2: Indian Institute of Science Rank 3: Indian Institute of Technology Delhi NIRF Ranking 2019: Best institutes in India Rank 4: Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Rank 5: Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur Also read | Top 20 MBA colleges in India Rank 6: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Rank 7: Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi READ | Top 25 engineering colleges in India Rank 8: Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee Rank 9: Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati Rank 10: Banaras Hindu University Started in 2016, the rankings have been announced under nine categories – overall, universities, engineering, colleges, management, pharmacy, medical, architecture and law. Read| NIRF 2019 updates Three new categories were introduced by the Ministry last year that included architecture, medical and law. In 2018, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras occupied the best engineering college while Delhi University’s Miranda House topped the college category. Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad was the top position among management institutions last year. Under the law category, NLU Bangalore bagged number 1 position followed by NLU Delhi and NLUSAR.
