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Besides holding number one position in the overall institutes’ category, the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras has again bagged the top position in the engineering college category. President Ram Nath Kovind has today announced the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) at New Delhi.
In the overall category, The Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, and IIT-Delhi ranked second and third in the list respectively. Of the top 10 institutes, seven are IITs. The ranking of IIT-Bombay slipped from number 2 in 2018 to number 3 this year. National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli has made it the top 10 list while the ranking of the Anna University has slipped this year.
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As per the NIRF 2019 rankings, the top 10 engineering colleges in India are:
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
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Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Hyderabad
Anna University, Chennai
National Institute of Technology, Thiruchirappalli
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Top 25 engineering colleges in India in 2018
1) Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
2) Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
3) Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
4) Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
5) Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
6) Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
7) Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
8) Anna University, Chennai
9) Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad
10) Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai
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Started in 2016, the rankings are announced by the Union Human Resources Development (HRD) Minister, however, due to the Lok Sabha elections, the President Kovind has released the list. The rankings have been announced under nine categories – overall, universities, engineering, colleges, management, pharmacy, medical, architecture and law. In 2018, about 3,954 higher education institutions were ranked under nine different parameters.
The framework outlines a methodology to rank institutions across India. The ministry prepares the list on the basis of teaching, learning and resources, research and professional practices, graduation outcomes, outreach and inclusivity, and perception.
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.