National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF)

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The Union Minister of Education has recently released the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) on their official website ‘nirfindia.org’.
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) has again topped the list in the overall educational institutes and engineering categories.
All India Institute of Medical Science in Delhi emerged as the best medical college in India.

National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF)

The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) is a methodology adopted by the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (Now Ministry of Education).
- It was started in 2015 to rank institutions of higher education in India.
The Union Ministry of Education has released the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) Ranking 2022 for 11 categories, this includes:
- Overall
- University
- Management
- College
- Pharmacy
- Medical
- Engineering
- Architecture
- ARIIA (Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements)
- Law Institutions
- Research institutions.
The ranking framework analyses institutions under 5 broad categories of parameters;
- Teaching, Learning and Resources.
- Research and Professional Practice.
- Graduation Outcomes.
- Outreach and Inclusivity.
Ranks are allocated based on the sum of marks assigned for each of these 5 categories of parameters.
The ranking helps in assessing the institution, this also promotes a sense of competition among the institution, which encourages them to take more steps to promote quality education and education-related services to perform better in the next ranking.