IIT Madras retains top spot in NIRF rankings

IISc Bangalore is best in research

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras retained the top spot among institutes all over India for the third consecutive year whereas the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore was the best among research institutions.

The sixth edition of Ministry of Education's National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) rankings was announced on Thursday. Seven Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) - IIT Madras, IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Kanpur, IIT Guwahati and IIT Roorkee - figured in the top 10 in the overall rankings.

Jawaharlal Nehru University and Banaras Hindu University were ranked ninth and tenth in the overall rankings. In the universities category, IISc Bengaluru bagged the top spot followed by JNU and BHU at second and third rank.

Calcutta University, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Jamia Millia Islamia, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Jadavpur University, University of Hyderabad and Aligarh Muslim Univeristy bagged the subsequent positions in the universities category.

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