The Indian Institute of Technology Madras has attained the top spot in NIRF (National Institutional Ranking Framework 2019). The ranking was announced by president Ram Nath Kovind at Vigyan Bhavan on Monday. Indian Institute of Science(IISc) Bangalore and IIT-Delhi got second and third rank respectively.      

In the university category, IISc Bengaluru was ranked first, IIT-Madras got the top spot in the engineering category.  Among management institutes, IIM-Bengaluru was ranked first. All India Institute of Medical Sciences(AIIMS) Delhi was adjudged as best medicine institute and Delhi’s Jamia Hamdard gained the top spot in pharmacy. Like last year, institutions have been ranked in nine categories namely overall, colleges, universities, engineering, pharmacy, management, law, medicine, and architecture.    

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras got a score of 83.88 to top the overall category, while IISc got a close score of 82.28 getting the second rank in the list. IIT Delhi ranked third with a score of 78.69. In addition to NIRF rankings, MHRD also launched the first ARIIA rankings to promote innovation, research, and entrepreneurship.   

IIT- Madras was ranked first in the ARIIA rankings 2019, IIT- Bombay and IIT-Delhi were placed second and third in the list respectively. Ten Government Funded Technical Institutions (GFTIs) have been awarded for their contribution in encouraging innovation and entrepreneurship within their campus in this category.  Five private universities have also been awarded. VIT Vellore was ranked first, followed by KIIT Bhubaneswar, and SRM Institute of Science and Technology at second and third position.

HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar in a tweet on Tuesday said, “Congratulations to @iitmadras, @iiscbangalore & @iitdelhi for emerging as top three institutions in the Overall category in the India Rankings 2019 #NIRF.” The NIRF is an initiative of MHRD and launched by Honourable Minister for Human Resource Development on 29th September 2015. This framework outlines a methodology to rank institutions across the country.

Top Ten Institutes in Overall Ranking

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi

Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee

Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati

Banaras Hindu University (BHU)

Top Ten Universities

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi

Banaras Hindu University (BHU)

University of Hyderabad (UoH)

Calcutta University

Jadavpur University

Anna University

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham

Manipal Academy of Higher Education

Savitribai Phule Pune University

Top Ten Engineering Institutes

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Hyderabad

Anna University, Chennai

National Institute of Technology (NIT) Tiruchirappalli

Top Management Institutes

Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore

Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta

Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

Indian Institute of Management, Indore

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur- Management School

Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI)

Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi – Management School

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Top Ten Colleges

Miranda House, Delhi

Hindu College, Delhi

Presidency College, Kolkata

St. Stephens College, Delhi

Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi

Loyola College, Chennai

Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi

Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Narendrapur 

Hansraj College, Delhi

St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata 

Top Ten Medical Institutes

AIIMS, New Delhi

PGIMER Chandigarh

CMC Vellore

Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore

Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

Kasturba Medical College, Manipal

Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research, Puducherry

Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, Delhi

King George`s Medical University, Lucknow  

Top Ten Law Institutes

National Law School of India University, Bengaluru

National Law University, Delhi

Nalsar University of Law, Bengaluru

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

The West Bengal National University of Juridicial Sciences, Kolkata

National Law University, Jodhpur

Symbiosis Law School, Pune

Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi

Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar

The Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala    

ARIIA Ranking 2019

Government Funded Technical Institutions

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai

Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee

Panjab University, Chandigarh

Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad

Private Institutions

Vellore Institute of Technology- Vellore

Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology- Bhubaneswar

SRM Institute of Science and Technology – Chennai

J.S.S. Academy of Technical Education- Bangalore

Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology- Chennai