IIT Hyderabad at 14, University of Hyderabad 20 in all-India rankings

HYDERABAD: Indian Institute of Technology was ranked 14, while the University of Hyderabad was given the 20th rank, the National Institute of Technology, Warangal, was at 45 and Osmania University was given 46.

The Union Education Minister Devendra Pradhan released the 2022 ranks of educational institutions on Friday.

IIT Madras bagged the top slot, followed by Indian Institute or Science, Banagalore, IIT-Bombay, IIT-Delhi, IIT-Kanpur, IIT-Kharagpur, IIT-Roorkee, IIT-Guwahati and AIIMS-Delhi in that order. Koneru Lakshmaiah College of Engineering, Vaddeswaram in AP was ranked 54. Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, stood at 72.

Find the list of all the rankings here: 

https://www.nirfindia.org/2022/OverallRanking.html

Koneru Lakshmaiah College of Engineering, Vaddeswaram in AP was ranked 54. Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, stood at 72.

Pradhan said that officials were working towards making India's education ecosystem more vibrant and making youth future ready. A robust and objective framework for assessment, accreditation and ranking would play a major role in enhancing quality in the higher education ecosystem, he added.

The Minister further said that the country was moving towards creating a knowledge-based economy which was innovation-led and technology-driven. Higher educational institutions have to play a key role in making India a leading global innovation and digital economy and making quality education affordable and accessible for the bottom of the pyramid population, he added.

The Minister also highlighted following points:

Accreditation and assessment shall be mandatory and every Higher Education Institution would need to be accredited. Self-declaration and transparency would be basis of assessment and accreditation.

All the institutions would also be part of NIRF ranking system.

By next year, the institutional accreditation presently being done by NAAC and programme accreditation, presently being done by NBA, would be unified. Ranking on Innovation done earlier by AICTE would henceforth be integrated with NIRF. All institutions would be a part of the combined system of assessment, accreditation and rankings. Such a system would be transparent and objective.

From next year NIRF ranking categories would include Innovation and Entrepreneurship. NIRF rankings categories could be increased as per the needs.

There was already work going on rankings of ITIs and Polytechnics.

Soon there would be a system where each school would also be accredited. The Centre would take state governments on board. Parents would know the standing of school where the child was being admitted.

Only those Universities/Colleges which have NAAC grading or NIRF ranking will be eligible for inclusion in the list maintained by the UGC under Section 12 B of the UGC Act, 1956 for receiving financial assistance.

The Government accreditation and rankings system would become international and invite foreign institutions to be a part of it.

CUET was a step towards quality and standardization. Any remaining challenge in CUET would be resolved at the earliest.

Several Private Higher Education Institutions apply some affirmative action or reservation policy. All private HEIs shall move in that direction to ensure inclusive education and comply with NEP 2020 principles.

Institutions shall become multi-disciplinary. IITs coming in top 10 in management category showed that market also desires multi-disciplinary education and institutions.

Five broad categories of parameters and weightage would be introduced. 

Increase in Number of Applicants for India Rankings from 2016 to 2022

A total number of 4,786 unique institutions offered themselves for ranking under "Overall", category-specific and / or domain-specific rankings for India Rankings 2022. In all, 7,254 applications for ranking were made by these 4,786 unique institutions under various categories / domains including 1,876 in Overall Category, 1,249 in Engineering and 2,270 in General Degree Colleges.

A noticeable increase in institutional participation in the rankings exercise this year indicated its recognition amongst institutions of higher education in India as a fair and transparent ranking exercise. Number of unique applicants to India Rankings had increased from 2,426 in 2016 to 4,786 in 2022 whereas total number of applications for ranking in various categories had increased from 3,565 in 2016, to 7,254 in 2022 i.e. total increase of 2,360 (97.28% increase) in unique institutions and 3,689 (103.48% increase) in total applicants.

Increase in Number of Institutions Ranked in India Rankings from 2016 to 2022

While 100 institutions were ranked in Overall, Universities and Colleges categories, number of institutions that were being ranked in Engineering had increased to 200 from 2019 onwards. Moreover, number of institutions ranked in Management and Pharmacy were being increased from 75 to100 each from this year. However, number of institutions ranked were restricted between 30 and 50 in subject domains namely Architecture, Law, Medical, Dental as well as in Research Institutions. Additional rankings are suitably bunched in Rank Bands of 101-150 and 151-200 in case of Overall, Universities and Colleges, 201-250 and 251-300 in case of Engineering and 101-125 in case of Pharmacy and Management.

Key Highlights of India Rankings 2022

Indian Institute of Technology Madras retains its 1st position in Overall Category for fourth consecutive year and in Engineering for seventh consecutive year.

Top 100 in Overall category consists of 40 CFTIs and CFU (including 38 technical institutions), 26 state universities, 24 deemed universities, 6 private universities, 7 medical institutions and 3 management institutions.

Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru tops the Universities Category for seventh consecutive year. It stood first in Research Institutions Category for second consecutive year.

IIM Ahmedabad topped in Management subject retaining its first position for third consecutive year.

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi occupied the top slot in Medical for the fifth consecutive year. Moreover, AIIMS is ranked at 9th position in Overall category for the first time.

Jamia Hamdard topped the ranking in Pharmacy for fourth consecutive year.

Miranda House retained the 1st position amongst Colleges for the sixth consecutive year.

IIT Roorkee stood at 1st position in Architecture subject for second consecutive year.

National Law School of India University, Bengaluru retained its first position in Law for the fifth consecutive year.

Colleges in Delhi dominate ranking of colleges with five colleges out of first 10 colleges from Delhi.

The Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences took the top slot for the first time in Dental Subject displacing Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal.