NIRF India Rankings 2020 | UPSC
HEADLINES:
Union HRDMinister virtually releases “India Rankings 2020” for Higher Educational Institutions in New Delhi today
WHY IN NEWS:
“India Rankings 2020” is for Institutions of Higher Education in various categories on the basis of their performance on five broad categories of parameters.
MINISTRY? :-Ministry of Human Resource Development
SYLLABUS COVERED: GS 3:Education : Human Resource : Report
LEARNING:
For PRELIMS understand the methodology of ranking . No need to remember any colleges . Just focus on new entries and NIRF !
For MAINS what is the reason Indian institutions do not rank high globally ?
ISSUE:
NIRF :
NIRF :
The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) was approved by the MHRD and launched by Honourable Minister of Human Resource Development on 29th September 2015.
This framework outlines a methodology to rank institutions across the country.
- The methodology draws from the overall recommendations broad understanding arrived at by a Core Committee set up by MHRD, to identify the broad parameters for ranking various universities and institutions.
NIRF INDIA RANKINGS 2020
NIRF INDIA RANKINGS 2020
- IIT Madras retains 1st Position in Overall Ranking as well as in Engineering,
- Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru tops the University list
- IIM Ahmedabad tops in Management Category and AIIMS occupies the top slot in Medical category for third consecutive year.
- Miranda College retains 1st position amongst colleges for third consecutive year
- Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, Delhi secures 1st position in “Dental” category, dental institutions included for first time in India Rankings 2020
- A new subject domain, i.e. “Dental” is introduced from 2020 onwards.
THE RANKING FRAMEWORK EVALUATES INSTITUTIONS ON FIVE BROAD GENERIC GROUPS OF PARAMETERS, I.E.
- Teaching,
- Learning and Resources (TLR),
- Research and Professional Practice (RP),
- Graduation Outcomes (GO),
- Outreach and Inclusivity (OI) and
- Perception (PR).
Ranks are assigned based on total sum of marks assigned for each of these five broad groups of parameters.
- Scopus (Elsevier Science) and Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics) were used for retrieving publications and citations data.
- Derwent Innovation was used for retrieving data on patents.
- A total number of 3771 unique institutions offered themselves for ranking under “Overall”, category-specific and / or domain-specific rankings for India Rankings 2020.
LIST OF TOP 10 INDIA RANKINGS 2020
LIST OF TOP 10 INDIA RANKINGS 2020
OVERALL
| Name of Institute | Rank No. |
| Indian Institute of Technology Madras | 1 |
| Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru | 2 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Delhi | 3 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Bombay | 4 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | 5 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur | 6 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati | 7 |
| Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi | 8 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee | 9 |
| Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi | 10 |
UNIVERSITY
| Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru | 1 |
| Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi | 2 |
| Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi | 3 |
| Amrita VishwaVidyapeetham, Coimbatore | 4 |
| Jadavpur University, Kolkata | 5 |
| University of Hyderabad, | 6 |
| Calcutta University, Kolkata | 7 |
| Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal | 8 |
| SavitribaiPhule Pune University, Pune | 9 |
| JamiaMilliaIslamia, New Delhi | 10 |
ENGINEERING
| Indian Institute of Technology Madras | 1 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Delhi | 2 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Bombay | 3 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur | 4 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | 5 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee | 6 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati | 7 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad | 8 |
| National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli | 9 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Indore | 10 |
MANAGEMENT
| Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad | 1 |
| Indian Institute of Management Bangalore | 2 |
| Indian Institute of Management Calcutta | 3 |
| Indian Institute of Management Lucknow | 4 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | 5 |
| Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode | 6 |
| Indian Institute of Management Indore | 7 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Delhi | 8 |
| Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI) | 9 |
| Management Development Institute, Gurugram | 10 |
COLLEGES
| Miranda House, Delhi | 1 |
| Lady Shri Ram College for Women, New Delhi | 2 |
| Hindu College, Delhi | 3 |
| St. Stephen`s College, Delhi | 4 |
| Presidency College, Chennai | 5 |
| Loyola College, Chennai | 6 |
| St. Xavier`s College, Kolkata | 7 |
| Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, Howrah | 8 |
| Hans Raj College, Delhi | 9 |
| PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore | 10 |
PHARMACY
| JamiaHamdard, New Delhi | 1 |
| Panjab University, Chandigarh | 2 |
| National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Mohali | 3 |
| Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai | 4 |
| National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Hyderabad | 5 |
| Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani | 6 |
| Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Udupi | 7 |
| National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Ahmedabad | 8 |
| JSS College of Pharmacy, Ooty | 9 |
| JSS College of Pharmacy, Mysore | 10 |
MEDICAL
| All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi | 1 |
| Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh | 2 |
| Christian Medical College, Vellore | 3 |
ARCHITECTURE
| Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | 1 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee | 2 |
| National Institute of Technology Calicut | 3 |
LAW
| National Law School of India University, Bengaluru | 1 |
| National Law University, New Delhi | 2 |
| Nalsar University of Law, Hyderabad | 3 |
DENTAL
| Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, Delhi | 1 |
| Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Udupi | 2 |
| Dr. D. Y. PatilVidyapeeth, Pune | 3 |
IASbhai WINDUP:
- Rankings help universities to improve their performance on various ranking parameters and identify gaps in research and areas of improvement.
- These rankings acts as a guide to students for selection of universities based on a set of criteria and helps universities to improve their performance on various ranking parameters.
SOURCES:PIB | NIRF India Rankings 2020 UPSC
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